Work in Progress September 21, 2016

Reporter: Dave Yotter

AUCTION NIGHT FOR THE OCTOBER SMA MEETING SO DON’T BRING YOUR MODELS FOR THE WORKS IN PROGRESS - BRING YOUR ITEMS FOR AUCTION!

USS Swordfish (SSN-579) – Dave Yotter USS Swordfish (SSN-579), a skate-class submarine, was the second submarine of the United States Navy named for the swordfish. The contract to build her was awarded to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard of Kittery, Maine on 18 July 1955, and her keel was laid down on 25 January 1956. She was launched on 27 August 1957 sponsored by Mrs. Eugene C. Riders, and commissioned on 15 September 1958 with Commander Shannon D. Cramer, Jr., in command. Name: USS Swordfish Ordered: 18 July 1955 Builder: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Laid Down: 25 January 1956 Launched: 27 August 1957 Commissioned: 15 September 1958 Decommissioned: 2 June 1989 Struck: 2 June 1989 Fate: Submarine recycling program General Characteristics: Class and Type: Skate-class submarine

Newsletter

Volume 43, Number 10, Oct. 2016

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Displacement: 2,570 long tons surfaced 2,861 long tons submerged Length: 267 ft 7 in. Beam: 25 ft. Draft: 22 ft. Propulsion: 53W reactor Speed: 18 knots Complement: 87 officers and men Armament: 8 X 21 in (530) mm) torpedo tubes.

Swordfish was the fourth nuclear submarine built by the US Navy. USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the first followed by USS Seawolf (SSN-575). Seawolf was the second nuclear submarine, and the only US submarine built with a liquid metal cooled (sodium) nuclear reactor known as the Submarine Intermediate Reactor (SIR) or Liquid Metal Fast Reactor (LMFR). The Skate-class submarines were the United States Navy’s first production run of nuclear-powered submarines. They were an evolution of the Tang-class in everything

(except their propulsion plants), which were based on the operational prototype USS Nautilus. The four Skate-class boats re-introduced stern torpedo tubes (6 forward, 2 aft). Although among the smallest nuclear-powered attack submarines ever built, the Skate-class served for many years, with the last being decommissioned in 1989. USS Skate (SSN-578) was the first to surface at the North Pole, on 17 March 1959. Skate and USS Sargo (SSN-583) were built with the S3W reactor, Swordfish and USS Seadragon (SSN-584) also had the S3W reactor in the S4W reactor plant – same machinery in an alternate arrangement. The Skate-class were designed as economical production nuclear-powered submarines (SSN’s), and thus were smaller and more austere than their ground-breaking predecessor Nautilus, whose high cost had raised concerns. They were designed before Nautilus demonstrated the advantages of sustained high underwater speed, thus their designed speed was about the maximum speed of the conventional Tang class. Their S3W reactor was a scaled-down version of Nautilus’ S2W reactor with about half the power output; it was known as SFR (Submarine Fleet Reactor) during development. A slightly modified version known as S4W powered the second pair of Skate-class boats. Unfortunately, scaling down the reactor did not reduce the weight of reactor shielding proportionally, and it was eventually realized that further downsizing was impractical. Their armament was the same as the Tangs, six bow and two stern 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. Like the Tangs, the stern tubes had no ejection pump, and could only be used for swim-out weapons such as the Mark 37 ASW homing torpedo. The quest for a high submerged speed and improved sonar led to the subsequent Skipjack and

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Thresher classes becoming the model for further development. Your reporter served aboard Swordfish while home ported in Pearl Harbor during 1964 and 1965. The model of Swordfish was made by Mel Douyette of Cold War Submarines in 1:192 scale. The hull is of cast resin with aluminum masts. The model has since been installed in a case made for it by Plexidisplays at 700 East Lambert Rd, Ste J in La Habra, Cal. – www.plexiDisplays.com. This is the same plexi-glass establishment that Dave used to make the plexi-glass for his very large case to house the Philadelphia, which was on display at the recent NRG Conference in San Diego. Good job, DAVE!

Halifax – Don Dressel Don brought in his completed Halifax with all the masting and rigging completed on the model. The masting and rigging was based on the plans by Harold Hahn of the Halifax along with information obtained from the book The Colonial Schooner 1763 – 1775. The spars were turned down using my long bed Sherline lathe, first cutting the spars in square section. All spars were Degame (lemon wood). The rigging line was obtained from my “stash” of linen rigging line obtained over many years of purchasing the line,

since I did not have the time to use my rope walk to actually fabricate the line. The case was obtained in parts from Lloyd Warner (he no longer makes cases) and assembled by myself, with some added assistance given by Lloyd in the way of jigs to use in making the case. The plexi-glass was purchased from the same source as Dave Yotter used, namely Plexidisplays as indicated above. The flags were made by Gus Agustin using his usual method, which also saved me some time. The model was completed and cased in time for the NRG Conference in San Diego on October 6, 7 and 8 and was a very successful conference. More details will be provided on the NRG Conference next month in the SMA Newsletter for November.

Container Ship Mary Arctica – Burt Goldstein Royal Arctic Line A/S (RAL) or Royal Arctic is a seaborne freight company in Greenland, wholly owned by the Greenland Home Rule Government. It was formed in 1993 and is headquartered in Nuuk. Royal Arctic operates cargo routes among the Greenland settlements and between Nuuk and Aalborg in Denmark and manages 13 harbors in Greenland as well as the Greenlandic base harbor in Aalborg, which serves as the source for all European shipping to the island. Seaborne traffic from North America goes to Reykjavik aboard Eimskip, whence it is

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carried to Greenland aboard Royal Arctic. In 2011, government concessions accounted for 76% of the company’s income. Royal Arctic Linietrafik operates the company’s fleet, currently consisting of ten ships – six container ships and four “settlement ships” – with five more under construction. The three largest ships – the Naja Arctica (782 TEU (Twenty-foot equivalent units)), Nuke Arctica (782 TEU) and Mary Arctica (588 TEU) – are principally used for the Aalborg route. The Irene Arctica (424 TEU), Arina Arctica (283 TEU) and Pajuttaat are used within Greenland and have equipment for unloading in cities without harbors. All these container ships are double-hulled and built with high freeboards and the highest ice ratings: the Mary Arctica has even been chartered for Antarctic service. The settlement ships Angaju Ittuk, Anguteq Ittuk, Aqqaluk Ittuk and Johanna Kristina are all older and smaller (220-320 m3) and used for supplying the smaller ports. One of the new ships is considered Mary-class and will have a capacity of 606 TEU. Of the four others, two will have 108 TEU and two will have 360 TEU capacity. Bert’s cardstock model of the container ship Mary Arctica is built in 1:400 scale. The kit comes from a Polish company, JSC. This made the model more difficult as the instructions were in Polish. Even the photos proved to be poor and difficult to interpret. Bert credits years of cardstock modeling experience to being able to overcome the difficulties presented by this kit and it took about one and one-half months to complete. There was no baseplate included in this waterline model’s design. Consequently, to keep the hull from warping it had to be constructed symmetrically across the hull. The cargo was built in units of six by four container unite and seven by three container units and are removable. Here again the photos were the only help as the written instructions were impossible.

Zerstörer 1 (D170) – Burt Goldstein USS Anthony (DD-515), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was laid down on 17 August 1942 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched on 20 December 1942; sponsored by Miss Alice Anthony and Miss Frances Anthony, granddaughters of Sergeant Major William Anthony; and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 26 February 1943, Lieutenant Commander Blinn Van Mater in command. Anthony earned seven battle stars for her World War II service, and was awarded a Navy Unit Commendation for heroism during the Okinawa campaign. She was placed out of commission, in reserve, in 1946. In 1958, the destroyer was loaned to the Federal Republic of Germany, and renamed Zerstörer 1. She was returned to the United States custody and simultaneously struck from the Navy list in 1972 and sold to West Germany for cannibalization and scrapping. The ship was stricken in 1976. She was sunk by U-29 as a torpedo target in the Mediterranean on 16 May 1979.

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Burt’s cardstock model of Zerstörer 1 is being built from a Wilhelmshaven Models Kit in 1:250 scale. He mentioned that this particular scale was used historically for recognition models. The model is now complete. Final operations included construction and installing the mast and guns. The guns elevate and rotate. He mentioned also that the torpedo launcher amidships has five tubes instead of the prototypical six. This allows the model to be constructed with a rotating launcher.

USS Constitution – Paul Payne On 31 October USS Philadelphia, under the command of William Bainbridge, ran aground off Tripoli while pursuing a Tripoline vessel. The crew was taken prisoner; Philadelphia was refloated by the Tripolines and brought into their harbor. To deprive the Tripolines of their prize, Preble planned to destroy Philadelphia using the captured ship Mastico, which was renamed Intrepid. Under the command of Stephen Decatur, Intrepid Tripoli Harbor on 16 February 1804 disguised as a merchant ship. Decatur’s crew quickly overpowered the Tripoline crew and set Philadelphia ablaze. Withdrawing the squadron to Syracuse, Sicily, Preble began planning for a summer attack on Tripoli, procuring a number of smaller gunboats that could move closer to Tripoli than was feasible for USS Constitution given her deep draft. Arriving the morning of 3 August, Constitution, Argus, Enterprise, Scourge, Syren, the six gunboats and two bomb ketches began operations. Twenty-two Tripoline gunboats met them in the harbor and, in a series of attacks in the coming month, Constitution and her squadron severely damaged or destroyed the Tripoline gunboats, taking their crews prisoner. Constitution primarily provided gunfire support, bombarding the shore batteries of Tripoli. Despite his losses, Karamanli remained firm in his demand for ransom and tribute. In a last attempt of the season against Tripoli, Preble outfitted Intrepid as a “floating volcano” with 100 short tons of gunpowder aboard. She was to sail into Tripoli harbor and blow up in the midst of the corsair fleet, close under the walls of the city. Under the command of Richard Somers, Intrepid made her way into the harbor on the evening of 3 September, but exploded prematurely, killing Somers and his entire crew of thirteen volunteers. USS Constellation and USS President arrived at Tripoli on the 9th with Samuel Barron in command; Preble was forced to relinquish his command of the squadron to Barron, who was senior in rank. Constitution was ordered to Malta on the 11th for repairs, and while on route captured two Greek vessels attempting to deliver wheat into Tripoli. One the 12th, a collision with President severely damaged Constitution’s bow, stern, and figurehead of Hercules. The collision was attributed to an “act of God”, in the form of a sudden change in wind direction.

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Paul is continuing progress on his 1:96 scale scratch built model of USS Constitution, which is built in her launched configuration. The deadeyes have been installed on the channels using photo-etch straps. These turned out to be a pain and he does not plan to use this method again. In response to a question on the armament he said that the main deck guns were turned from aluminum and those on the spar deck were turned from box wood. In both cases he used a lathe with a duplicator. The ships boats are underway with three of the six needed in various stages of completion. These have been carved from solid pine down to a very thin hull and then the interior added.

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                             Halifax – Don Dressel                                                   USS Swordfish – Dave Yotter                                                                USS Constitution – Paul Payne  

                                                    Container ship Mary Arctica and Zerstörer 1 – Burt Goldstein   

         

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By Don Dressel 

Old Salts in Port:  John Bakker, Don Dressel, Steve Jones, Guy Bell, Don Leyman. 

Ships in Port: Robert E. Lee, Washington Galley, HMS Pegasus. 

It was a real nice day  for a get  together of  the group  to discuss all  the upcoming events and things  happening  in  the month  of October.    There  are  lots  of  things  happening  this  coming month, including the NRG Conference in San Diego, which many of us are preparing for.   

Robert E. Lee – Don Dressel 

I  was  the  first  up  and  discussed  the  slight progress I had made on my Robert E. Lee.  Since my main effort was to complete the Halifax, her masting and rigging, and the case to display her in,  I had not done very much on  the Robert E. Lee.   

The  third  deck  structure  was  assembled  and mounted on the model but the bulkheads have yet  to be planked  and  the doors  and windows installed.  This will be followed by the third deck being planked.   The  “middle  section”  shown  in 

the photo  is also  covered over and planked as part of  the  third deck which will be  installed when  the bulkheads are  completed  first.    Lots of planking and painting  to do on  this model which makes  it easy  for a modeler who does not  to  like  to do  too much  rigging.     Since  the month of October will be so busy with other ship modeling events taking place, there probably will not be much more work done on the Robert E. Lee until after the October SMA meeting and the SMA club meeting auction that will take place. 

HMS Pegasus – Don Leyman 

Don has been doing a lot of work on the HMS Pegasus, one of the Swan group of ship models that he  is working on.   He will be on  the “Swan Group” panel at  the NRG Conference  in San Diego  and will  represent  a  ship modeler who does not have  a mill or  a  lathe  as part of his 

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modeling  tools,  where  the  other members  of  the “Swan Group”  panel will  all  have  these  tools.    He discussed  the process and making of  the head  rails for the model (see the photo of the drawing method he  used  to  the  left).    This  isometric  procedure  is probably the best and most accurate way of making the  head  rails.    Don  indicated  that  much  of  the information is included on page 216 of the book The Fully Framed Model, HMN Swan Class Sloops 1767‐1780 by David Antscherl.  Don used a scraper (made 

from an old razor blade) to put the detail on the  head  rails.    He  is  also working  on  the rudder and the  installation of the gudgeons and  pintals  using  a  lot  of  the  information supplied  in  the book The Naiad Frigate  (38) 1797  by  Edward  J.  Tosti,  Volume  II.    This covers both the head work and the work on the  rudders.   The photo  to  the  right  shows the  great  progress  Don  is  making  on  the model  and  the  detail  that  can  be accomplished  without  the  use  of many  of the more expensive tools that many of us use. 

Washington Galley – John Bakker 

John briefly discussed the progress he is slowly making  on  the  Washington  Galley  and  the many  problems  he  is  running  into  while building  the model.   He  is not entirely happy with  the  results,  but  will  persevere  and continue  work  on  this  project.    He  is contemplating  planking  the  entire  hull  but  it was  suggested  that  he  leave  a  few  planks missing  to  show  the  detail  of  the  frames  he has  installed.   Techniques  and methods were discussed.   We will  see  the  progress  on  this model next month, I am sure. 

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The ROPE Tokyo Honorary SMA Members – Part III 

By Don Dressel 

   

Mr. Tanaka’s Models 

The  continuation  of  this  article  on  Mr.  Tanaka’s  models  continues  with  a  repeat  of  the  two  fine Sandbagger Sloop models, a basic repeat of last month’s comments but with the added point that John Simmons will be  rewarded with another  look at  these models  (John  loves Sandbagger  sloop models).  We will then continue our “adventure” with the more details of Mr. Tanaka’s exceptional models and the continuing involvement in ship modeling activities. 

Sandbagger Sloop 

The next two models are definitely scratch built, as there  is  no  “kit”  of  these models  as  far  as  I  am aware.    Here  Mr.  Tanaka  shows  two  different aspects  of  the  Sandbagger  sloop  in  two  different years,  1868  and  1880.    The  photos  below  show both models, which were displayed together.   One is a yacht for pleasure use and the other  is a work boat.    I  am  sure  you  can  tell  the difference.   The yacht is the one designated 1868, the work boat is 1880.   

The sandbagger sloop is a type of sailboat made popular in the 19th century as a work vessel which also could be used as a pleasure craft.  They are a descendant of shoal‐draft sloops used in oyster fishing in the shallow waters of New York Bay.  The term “sandbagger” refers to the use of sandbags to shift the boat’s center of gravity in order to obtain the most power from the sails.  In practice, the sandbags were actually  filled with gravel  in order  to  keep  them from  retaining excessive amounts of water.   The vessels  could  be  anywhere  from  20’  to  30‘in length,  but with  a  sail  area  disproportionate  to their  size.   They were  crewed by between 10  to 15 men.  

Le Cygne 

Cygne  was  an  Abeille‐class  16‐gun  brig  of  the French Navy, launched in 1806.  On 10 November 1808,  under  Lieutenant  Menouvrier  Defresne, Cygne  departed  Cherbourg,  part  of  a  squadron 

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under Rear‐Admiral Hamelin also comprising  the frigates  Vénus,  Junon,  Amphirite  and  the  brig Papillon, bound for Martinique.  The next day, the ships  of  the  squadron  were  scattered.    On  13 November,  Cygne  captured  the  Portuguese  ship Miliciano and set her ablaze. 

Arriving  near Martinique,  Cynge was  chased  by the  frigate  HMS  Circe  (Augustin  Collier),  the corvette  Stork  (George  Le Geyt),  the  brigs HMS Morne  Fortunee  (John  Brown),  Amaranthe (Pelham  Brenton),  Epervier  (Thomas  Tudor)  and the  schooner  Express  (William  Dowers).    On  12  December,  Cygne  passed  the  Northern  cape  of Martinique; seeing  that he would be overhauled by  the British squadron before reaching Saint‐Pierre, Menouvrier Defresne decided to drop anchor under a shore battery at Anse Céron. 

Two of the British brigs then dropped anchor in positions that cut Cygne’s retreat to Saint‐Pierre, while the  other  ships  launched  boats  to  attempt  a  cutting  out  boarding.    Cygne  sank  three  before  they reached  her.    Circe  approached with  her  crew  ready  for  boarding,  but was  repelled  by  a  grapeshot broadside, while the surviving boats reached Cygne’s stern; the British party was repelled and 17 men were taken prisoner. 

The next day, Cygne found herself becalmed; Defresne attempted to move his ship by having her hauled from the shore by  infantrymen and by using her oars, and progressed towards Saint‐Pierre, under fire from Amaranthe.   But due to a navigation error, Cygne ran aground and started taking water.   As the other  British  ships  closed  within  range,  Defresne  ordered  Cygne  abandoned  and  scuttled  by  fire.  Defresne was offered a sword of honor by the city of Saint‐Pierre for his defense.  As a token of esteem, Brenton gifted him a sword belt, and Lieutenant Hay, a dagger.  The wreck was discovered in 1991 and was explored the next year.   A 1:36 scale model of the ship  is on display at the Musée National de  la Marine in Paris.  (Adapted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).    

The beautiful scratch built model built by Mr. Tanaka I believe is based on the monographs and plans by J. Boudriot, part of the collection Archeology Naval Francaise.   There are 19 plans and 88 pages  in the “instruction  booklet”.    I  believe  these  are  still available from A.N.C.R.E. – check the internet. 

Willie L. Bennett 

The Willie  L.  Bennett model  is  based  on  a  skipjack discovered at the bottom of Harris Creek, Maryland in 1954.   The Skipjack  is the  last working sailboat to ply American waters.    These  vessels  possessed  a  highly raked mast  and  a  large  amount  of  sail  area,  giving them  the  power  necessary  to  haul  the  dredging 

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equipment  used  to  collect  oysters.    The  Skipjack evolved  from  traditional,  generally  flat‐bottomed bay crabbing skiffs, enlarged and given a V‐shaped wooden hull.   Meeting the need for an easily and inexpensively‐constructed vessel,  they often were built  by  house  carpenters  or  by  the  waterman.  There  is  a  56  page  instruction  book  by  Ben Lankford  that  gives  a  lot  of  detail  with  lots  of photographs and drawings.   Three sheets of plans are  available which  could  allow  you  to  build  the real thing. 

Mr. Tanaka’s model may have been built from a Model Shipways plank‐on‐frame kit or scratch built,  I am not sure which.  You can see the Japanese touch if you look closely at the model as the picture above indicates.  Notice all the fishing gear. 

Higaki Kaisen 

Higaki Kaisen were a  type of Edo period cargo  ships which  traveled  regularly  between  Edo  and  Osaka, carrying  cotton,  oil,  paper,  and  other  basic  goods.  The  name  refers  to  the  diamond  shaped  (hishi) pattern of lattices (gaki) on the side of the cargo ship (kaisen).   

Mr. Tanaka exhibited his original scratch built model of  Higakikaisen  at  1:100  scale  at  the  33rd  ROPE 

Exhibition in 2008.  He consulted the replica ship of Naniwamaru  then  on  display  at  the  Maritime Museum  in Osaka for reference while construction his  model.    On  the  next  page  are  a  number  of photos of the model of the Higaki Kaisen as built by Mr. Tanaka, which show some of the details of his progress while building, which he was kind enough to  send  to  your  editor  while  he  was making  the model.  For me, it was very inspirational and, at the same time, educational to see the fine work that he was doing while building  this model, which  itself was very  interesting, since  I had no prior experience with this type of craft.  At the time he was building it, I wished that there was an equivalent set of plans or a kit that  I could purchase to build the model myself.   As they say that pictures convey a thousand words, the following is self explanatory: 

 

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I  hope  I  can  be  forgiven  for  all  the photographs,  but  it  is  the  best  way  of explaining  the  fine  craftsmanship  and  the great  effort  it  took  to  build  this model  from scratch.    Mr.  Tanaka  then  did  a  wonderful thing  –  he  proposed  to  the  Woody  Joe  kit manufacturing  company  to  make  a commercial  kit  of  the Higakikaisen.   He  also made  the  kit  distinctive  and  competitive  by making a structure model to show the interior of  the boat.   Woody  Joe  then developed  the kit  at  1:72  scale  by  fully  incorporating  their laser  cut  technology.    On  the  box,  Mr. Tanaka’s  name  in  shown  as  a  collaborator.  When    several members of  the SMA went  to the ROPE in Japan for their exhibition, several of us purchased the then new kit, which now is very popular.  As I was one of the individuals from the SMA to purchase the kit, I first had to find  a  partner who  could  translate  the  plans and  instructions,  which  were  in  Japanese.  Fortunately,  I  had  a  good  friend, who was  a member  of  the  SMA,  Mr.  Yasuhiko  (Yas) Komorita, who  translated  all  the  instructions and plans for me, so that  I would not make a 

mistake through not understanding  the  instructions.   Also, the material supplied  In  the Woody  Joe kit was first rate, with very fine materials and plenty of what was necessary.  The Japanese cedar and other woods were a joy to work with.  The wonderful “aroma” of the cedar wood made things very pleasant in 

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the workshop.   The process of making  the model was,  to a westerner, very unique and  interesting as well as a sort of challenge, as this type of vessel had never been constructed by me before.   To put  it simply,  it was a  lot of  fun.   Below  is a picture of  the original kit box.   Also  shown  is a picture of  the resulting model that was built by myself as she was first finished – in my workshop. 

 

The final thoughts from Mr. Tanaka, president of the ROPE, are summarized as here.     The purpose of the  activities  of  The  ROPE  is:  First,  to  exchange  information  and  work  hard  together  in  a  friendly manner,  Second,  to  know  and  learn  history,  third,  to mutually  interchange  knowledge  and methods among the members, forth, to interchange with modeling friends both in Japan and abroad and fifth, to promote model ship construction in Japan.  He believes that this makes life rich and exciting and I tend to agree completely with him.   

I strongly recommend the wooden ship model kits and other wooden kits available from Woody Joe.  I have built several of them with great satisfaction and hope to be able to build more.  Some of the SMA members who participated  in  the excursions  to  Japan  to visit  the ROPE  in  the past have benefited  in many ways and very much enjoyed the hospitality of the Japanese people.   

The  articles  on members  of  the  ROPE who are also honorary members of  the SMA  will  continue,  which  I  hope  will inspire  other members  of  the  SMA  to someday take a trip to visit the ROPE  in Japan  and  be  able  to  enjoy,  in  person, the  fine  ship mode exhibitions  that  the ROPE presents every year. 

I want  to  thank Mr.  Tanaka  for  taking the  time  to  prepare  and  send me  the information  and  the many  photos  that made this article possible.   

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SMA Auction month this year will be This MONTH The SMA Officers decided that, since the NRG Conference this year is in the first part of October in San Diego, the SMA club auction will take place the third Wednesday of the month of October as was done in the past. Save all your ship modeling “stuff” and “stash” that you no longer require. There are usually lots of kits, tools and other related ship modeling items that go up for very GREAT prices at the Auction. A gentle reminder – you MUST be an SMA member to participate in the auction. SMA Participation in the upcoming NRG Conference in San Diego The members of the SMA participated in the NRG Conference in San Diego in October by showing their ship model or models in the Ship Model Exhibition along with other Southern California clubs. All SMA members who displayed their models are thanked very much for their efforts. There was no contest. Treasurer’s Report Larry Van Es reports that there is $4,513.26 in the SMA account for the end of August. Mike has become the advisor and helper for the new SMA Treasurer, Larry Van Es. Web Manager’s Report The Webmaster, Doug Tolbert, informed us that the SMA web site is back up and running fine. There will be additional details added to the web site as time goes by and members may wish to visit the web site occasionally to see what is new. The Planking demonstration given at the SMA meeting in January has been added to the web site. San Diego Ship Modelers Guild For those SMA members who may be interested, the San Diego Ship Modelers Guild now has their meetings on the BERKLEY on the second TUSEDAY of each month, instead of the second Wednesday. Your editor and reporter routinely attend the meeting which is usually very informative and enlightening. Tony Devroude cast figure There have been several requests about the Tony Devroude figure on my Halifax model. It is available from Tony Devroude for only $10.00 if you contact him and order the figure. He also does carvings and other figures if desired. Tony can be contacted at buddevroude@yahoo.com. Computer for the SMA There is a question to be answered by the members of the SMA – do we purchase a computer to show the presentations at the club meetings, making it simpler and more convenient to do so? You can respond to this inquiry by letting any of the club officers know your opinion. It is becoming extremely difficult to show presentations in a timely manner at this time.

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Washington Galley – John Bakker

Donald C. Dressel 908 W. 22nd Street, Upland, CA. 91784-1229

Next meeting Wednesday, October 19, 7:30 PM, Hillcrest Park Red Cross Building

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