Work in Progress January 20, 2016

Reporter: Dave Yotter Don Dressel gave a PowerPoint slide presentation on hull planking to open up the meeting. Thanks to one of our “guests” who happened to have a PC in his car, we were able to complete this presentation, Dave Yotter having brought the club projector to the meeting. We hope to have a presentation at each meeting this year to augment the SMA member ship model work shown. Any SMA member who would be willing to make a presentation, please contact Don Dressel or one of the SMA Officers. There will be a presentation again in the month of February and hopefully all necessary equipment for the presentation will be present! Randy Biddle announced that the Lady Washington would be at Channel Islands Harbor (3900 Pelican Way, Oxnard, CA 93035) from January 22 to February 5. Hawaiian Chieftain will be at the same location through February 15th. See historicalseaport.org for information and tickets. Also, there will be a series of programs on public television this April called “West of the West – Tales from California’s Channel Islands.” There will be 14 tails told in three separate programs. A lesser number of tails will be screened at the Arlington Theater premier in Santa Barbara on March 5 and 6, 2016. In addition, Bill Alcorn at B&B has all kinds of replacement parts for JARMAC, and the only source I’ve found for 4” sanding adhesive discs in 80/120/180 grits. http://www.zoominfo.com/c/JARMAC-TOOLS/344171788.

Newsletter

Volume 43, Number 2, Feb. 2016

Contacts

President: Don Dressel (909) 949-6931

E-Mail: roebuckdres4@gmail.com Vice President: Bill Schultheis

(714) 366-7602 E-Mail: bsmath@yahoo.com

Secretary: Paul Payne (310) 544-1461

Treasurer: Larry Van Es (714) 936-0389

E-Mail: Larry@uswheel.com Editor, Don Dressel

(909) 949-6931 908 W. 22nd Street

Upland, CA 91784-1229 E-mail: roebuckdres4@gmail.com

Web Manager: Doug Tolbert: (949) 644-5416

Web Site www.shipmodelersassociation.org

Meeting – Wed., Jan. 20, 7 PM, Red

Cross Building, 1207 N. Lemon, Fullerton, CA. 92832

Officers meeting –Wed., Feb 3. 6, 2015, 7 PM, Bob Beech’s house, 130 Clove Pl., Brea, CA. 92821 –

(714) 529-1481.

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Also: Dave Yotter has supplied photos of restored Motor Life Boat CG36500, which can be found at: cg36500.org.

HMS Surprise 1796 – Chris Carl HMS Surprise was the ship chosen by author Patrick O’Brian to restore Captain “Lucky” Jack Aubrey of the Aubrey-Maturin series to his place as a captain, and eventually see him raise his flag as an admiral on the Royal Navy. Surprise is an important element of the series, both because of her importance to the running plotline, and because of the emotional attachment she has earned among fans of the series. For the 2003 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, the role of Surprise was filled by the reproduction of HMS Rose, which was purchased by the film studio and modified for the role. The film relates that Aubrey had served aboard her as a midshipman in 1785, when the real Surprise had not yet been launched. The book HMS Surprise by O’Brian also mentions Aubrey being a midshipman aboard Surprise. The series also has the Surprise in service until at least 1812, even though a 38-gun frigate by this name was commissioned in September 1812. The fictional Surprise is sold out of service in The Reverse of the medal, being purchased by Stephen Maturin and employed first as a letter of marquee and later as His Majesty’s hired ship Surprise under Aubrey’s command. Maturin agrees to sell the Surprise to Aubrey in The Nutmeg of Consolation, though later novels suggest that Maturin continues to own the ship. Surprise’s ultimate fictional fate is unknown although she was still at sea in Blue at the Mizzen, when Aubrey receives news of his promotion to rear admiral of the blue in her great cabin at the end of the book.

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Chris has been making progress on his Mamoli kit of HMS Surprise in 1”76 scale. The first layer of planking resulted in some flat spots in the hull, particularly forward due to the wide spacing of the kit bulkheads. He added fuller to the planking in this area and sanded it fair ready to receive the second layer of planking. The spar deck is on now and there was just enough kit material to complete the job. There was only one plank left over. We look forward to the continuing progress that is being made on the HMS Surprise.

Continental Schooner Hannah – Don Dressel The schooner Hannah was the first armed American naval vessel of the American Revolution and is claimed to be the founding vessel of the United States Navy. She was owned by John Glover’s in-laws of Marblehead, Massachusetts and was named for his wife, Hannah Glover. The crew was drawn largely from the town of Marblehead. General George Washington hired the schooner into the service of the American Continental Army. Washington commissioned Nicolson Broughton to command the Hannah on 2 September 1775 and ordered the vessel to cruise against the enemy. Hannah set sail from the harbor of Beverly, Massachusetts on 5 September 1775, but fled to the protection of the harbor of Gloucester, Massachusetts two days later under the pursuit of HMS Lively and a second British vessel. Leaving Gloucester Harbor, Hannah captured the British sloop Unity. Hannah’s brief naval career ended on 10 October 1775, when she was run aground under the guns of a small American fort near Beverly by the British sloop Nautilus. After an engagement between the British ship and townspeople on the shore, Hannah was saved from destruction and capture, but was soon decommissioned as General Washington found more suitable ships for his cruisers. Soon after the Hannah’s decommissioning, the schooner was towed to Lee’s Wharf in Manchester, where its name was changed to the Lynch. There, the vessel was restored to working condition by 7 carpenters over the course of 3 weeks. In March of 1777, the Lynch was sent to France with congressional correspondence for Benjamin Franklin, who was there as the U.S. Ambassador. Upon embarking on their journey back to the U.S., the Lynch and its crew

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were captured by the British ship HMS Froudroyant. The Lynch was sold as a prize by the British and documentation indicates that the schooner was used as a merchant vessel thereafter. The scratch built model of the Hannah was acquired by Don from Richard Simon a number of years ago, since Richard was not going to complete the model. Don plans to complete the deck furniture and fully mast and rig the model in the near future along with rigging his model of the Halifax. HMS Pegasus 1776 –Don Leyman

The Swan-class sloops were built as a 14-gun class of ship-sloops for the Royal Navy, although an extra 2 guns were added soon after completion. Surveyor of the Navy, John Williams, designed the class and two vessels to this design (Swan and Kingfisher) were ordered in January 1766. Twenty-three more were ordered to the same design between 1773 and 1779; they formed the ‘standard’ ship sloop design of the British Navy during the American Revolutionary War, during which eleven of them were lost.

Surviving vessels went on to serve during the French Revolutionary War and Napoleonic War. The design provided for 16 gun ports (eight per side, excluding the bridle-ports) but one pair was initially left unoccupied, and the ships were always rated at 14 guns. However an eighth pair of guns was added from 1780 onwards to utilize the vacant ports, without any change in the normal rating. The Swan-class sloops were unusually attractive for the type of vessel. Not only did they have sleek hull lines but they also carried an unusual amount of decoration for their size. They were built just before the Admiralty issued orders that all vessels (especially lesser rates and unrated vessels) should have minimal decoration and carvings to save on costs, due to the seemingly ever continuing war with France and other nations. Following the initial 1766 order for two ships, a second pair was ordered in 1773 (Cygnet and Atlanta) and a further five in 1775 (Pegasus in April, Fly in August, and Swift, Dispatch and Fortune in October); all these were built in the Royal Dockyards. Another five were contracted in November 1775 to be built by commercial shipbuilders (Hound, Hornet, Vulture, Spy and Cormorant), and a further pair during 1776 (Fairy and Nymph) and a final seven from commercial constructors over the following 30 months (Savage, Fury, Delight and Thorn during 1777, Bonetta and Shark during 1778, and Alligator in 1779). Don is building his scratch built Pegasus in 1:48 scale using the Antscherl-Herbert books on the Swan Class Sloops and plans from the National Maritime Museum on Pegasus herself. Several plan versions were available and he chose to use the one with the most available decoration detail. He is using wood purchased from Hobby Mill and has used boxwood for the frames, alder planking and holly for the deck planking. The main deck is

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complete as it stands now, leaving it half un planked to allow viewing of below deck details and the main deck framing. Order of assembly is important. It seems too easy to close up lower deck areas with new construction before all of the lower deck details have been put in place. The area around the main mast is particularly busy with mast partners, pumps, bitts, rigging eyebolts, hatches and gratings all present in a small area. The ships stove is complete and has been installed under the forecastle planking. USS Fletcher (DD-445) – Sean Fallesen USS Fletcher (DD-445), named for Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher, was the lead Fletcher-class destroyer, and served in the Pacific during World War II. She received fifteen battle stars for World War II service, and five for Korean War service. Fletcher was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, on 2 October 1941. She was launched on 3 May 1942; sponsored by Mrs. F.F. Fletcher, widow of Admiral Fletcher; and commissioned on 30 June 1942, with Lieutenant Commander William M. Cole in command. 1942: Fletcher arrived at Nouméa, New Caledonia on 5 October 1942 from the east coast, and at once began escort and patrol duty in the Guadalcanal operation, bombarding Lunga Point on 30 October. Sailing from Espiritu Santo 9 November to cover the landing of reinforcements on the embattled island, she joined in driving off a heavy enemy air attack on the transports 12 November, splashing several enemy aircraft. This was the opening phase of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, a 3-day air and surface action. Fletcher played an important part in the surface action off Guadalcanal 13 November, firing guns and torpedoes in the general melee, which sank two Japanese destroyers and damaged the fast battleship Hiei, later sent to the bottom by carrier and marine aircraft. Fletcher retired to replenish at Espiritu Santo, arriving the day after the battle, and after patrolling against submarines off Nouméa, sortied on 30 November 1942, with a force of cruisers and destroyers, to intercept a force of enemy transports and destroyers expected to attempt a reinforcement of Guadalcanal that night. Fletcher led the force through Lengo Channel, and made the first radar contact with the enemy off Tassafaronga Point just before midnight. The resulting Battle of Tassafaronga saw one Japanese destroyer sunk, and one slightly damaged, and four American cruisers badly

damaged, though all but one were saved by superb damage control measures. Fletcher rescued survivors of Northampton, ingeniously using cork-floated cargo nets to take great groups of them from the water. Sean has almost completed his out of the box build of USS Fletcher in 1:144 scale from a Revell of Germany kit. The ship is fitted out as she looked in 1942. Sean wants to finish it in a few weeks for display at an upcoming show which has as its theme this year the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

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Since there is no photo-etch to be used on this build the railings have passed a particular problem. The 1942 fit dictates that the round bridge configuration is appropriate. Fletcher is painted in Measure 12 (modified). In Measure 12 (modified) irregular patches or splotches were added to break up the ship’s profile: Haze Gray splotches on Sea Blue (later Navy Blue) and vice versa, and Sea Blue (later Navy Blue) splotches on Ocean Gray. These splotches should be obtained by extending the Navy Blue paint into the designated Ocean Gray paint area and vice versa. Sean used a precut vinyl mask to help applying the camouflage paint. Yet to be completed are depth charge racks and launchers on the stern. Three Masted Collier – Clyde Emerson

Clyde brought in a repair project he is completing for the Vallejo Gallery. The model, of unknown scale, is made from bone and/or ivory for the deck, deck furniture, railings, masts and spars. The hull is wood down to the waterline mounted on a “sea” of gray painted wood. The model was made by the ship’s captain in the 1880’s and was rigged with paper sails. The model was broken while on transport to its buyer when the hull was unshipped from its ocean. The paper sails were all broken and will not be

replaced. The masting and spars are too small to completely rig and there are no pin rails for rigging attachment. Currently he is working on the masts and bowsprit and using glue to help with the repairs. The original was not glued, just stuck together. Side Wheel Steamer – Clyde Emerson Another repair project from Vallejo Gallery is a plated brass and copper side-wheel steamer. Clyde thought it to be an English Channel Steamer of around 1870’s to 1880’s. David Okamura thought it might be earlier, ca. 1850-1860’s. The masts are relatively short and there is no evidence of accommodation for sails. The base metals of brass and copper were found out inadvertently as the plating was fragile and started to come off during cleaning. Clyde will be building a new case for the model as part of the restoration.

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London’s Tower Bridge – Burt Goldstein

Tower Bridge (built 1886-1894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London. The bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and has become an iconic symbol of London. Tower Bridge is one of the five London bridges now owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. The bridge is 800 feet (244 m) in length with two towers each 213 feet (65 m) high, built on piers. The central span of 200 feet (61 m) between the towers is split

into two equal bascules or leaves, which can be raised to an angle of 86 degrees to allow river traffic to pass. The bascules, weighing over 1,000 tons each, are counterbalanced to minimize the force required and allow raising in five minutes. The two side-spans are suspension bridges, each 270 feet (82 m) long, with the suspension rods anchored both at the abutments and through rods contained within the bridge’s upper walkways. The pedestrian walkways are 143 feet (44 m) above the river at high tide. The main bridge deck carries two lanes of road traffic between two low-level pedestrian walkways separated from the roadway by fences. The roadway passes through each of the two towers, whereas the low-level walkways pass around the outside of the towers. Burt brought in his cardstock model of Tower Bridge, estimated to be 1:1000 scale. The kit is available from Canon Creative Park and qualifies for show and tell (works in Progress) due to the fact that there is a small ship passing near the bridge in the diorama, possibly a pilot vessel. Your reporter also is reminded that the HMS Belfast is docked nearby.

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     Don Dressel’s Continental Schooner Hannah                          Burt Goldstein’s London Tower Bridge         Clyde Emerson’s three masted collier                                    Clyde Emerson’s side wheel steamer 

 

                                                                                Chris Carl’s HMS Surprise            

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                                                                              Sean Fallesen’s USS Fletcher                                                                         Don Layman’s HMS Pegasus 1776  

            

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By Don Dressel 

Old Salts in Port:  John Bakker, Don Dressel, Guy Bell, Steve Jones, John Vanderneut, Larry Van Es, plus a guest from Florida, Allen Yedlinsky. 

Ships in Port: HMS Roebuck. Emma C. Berry, President 

  The  meeting  started  off  again  as  usual  with  a  lot  of  banter  and  ship  modeling information passed between those present.   There was an  interesting discussion between our guest from Florida, Allen, and the things going on with modelers outside of California.   

  John Vanderneut started off the “official” meeting with a discussion of his current project, which he has named the USS President, which  is the  one  ship  that  comes  closest  to  the  actual model, although the original kit called in the USS Constitution.   He  is having  fun while  starting  to make  the  spars  for  the  ship,  as  the accompanying photo  indicates.   He did not have a  lathe  to make  the  spars,  so used  the  idea he obtained from Don Dressel to use a drill, except he used a drill press.  He shaped the spar while it 

was  turning  in  the  drill  press  then  afterwards,  after removing the spar from the drill press, cut off the top of the dowel leaving only the tapered part of the spar.  He had a  lot of  fun doing  this and plans  to use  the  same method to make two additional lower spars.  The rest of the  spars  will  follow  suit.    Then  he  will  go  back  to making  the  necessary  deck  beams, which  have  to  be done.    He  indicated  he  is  not  happy  with  the  deck gratings he made previously and will make them again. 

  John Bakker then discussed his continuing project of the Emma C. Berry, which is coming along very nicely.   It  is a plank‐on‐bulkhead model from Model Shipways, with all the wooden material being in basswood.  As John explained before, it is intended as a “practice model” for 

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his upcoming effort to build the Washington Galley,  plans  and  instructions  of  which  are offered  by  the  Nautical  Research  Guild (NRG).    There  was  a  lot  of  discussion concerning  the  sliding  door  access  to  the hold  on  the  Emma  C.  Berry  which  was resolved by the group.   John also showed us the plans he had purchased through the NRG as well as the wood package he had obtained for the Washington Galley.  It looks as though he  is  going  to  have  a  very  interesting  time 

with the Washington Galley, with lots of help from the Model Shipworld web site, where other modelers are already building the model.  

  Don  Dressel  then  discussed  his  progress  on  the  HMS Roebuck.    Since  last month Don  installed  the  planking  on  the orlop  deck,  but  only  on  the  starboard  side  so  as  to  show  the orlop deck beams and work done in the hold.  Don also installed on  gangway  (ladder  for  landlubbers)  from  the orlop deck  into the lower hold.  His next step is to figure out just how he is going to  make  the  gun  deck  beams,  which  are  curved.    Several suggestions  were  made,  but  Don  is  also  in  the  process  of starting  to  work  on  another  model,  the  Robert  E.  Lee,  a Mississippi River boat kit from Amati.  There is no hurry with the HMS Roebuck, as he does not currently know what he is going to do with the model once it is completed, as he does plan to fully rig the model and it will be rather large upon completion – but it is also a lot of fun. 

  Along with  the models present,  there were also some other things discussed, one of which was  the  “lathe”  used  by  John  Bakker which  is  pictured  here.    The  drill  was purchased  separately,  but  the  “lathe” equipment was bought  from Harbor  Freight.  We do not know  if Harbor Freight still offers this  product  or  not,  as  John  obtained  his  a number  of  years  ago.    The  meeting  ended with some items being given away by John. 

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2015 NRG Conference at Mystic – Part III 

By Don Dressel 

  The actual NRG conference itself was held on the next two days after the visit to Mystic Seaport on Thursday.   Friday’s  sessions were held at  the Mystic Hilton Hotel  conference  rooms  composed of Modeler’s  symposiums,  the  first  of which was  on modeling  clinker‐built  boats  by  Steve Wheeler,  a master on  the  subject.    The  second  speaker was  Frank  Shurick  speaking on  the process of  the  fully‐framed model using CAD & 3‐D printing.   The  third  speaker,  just before  lunch break, was by Douglas Brooks on Japanese Boat Building & Models.   Douglas Brooks  is a real expert  in this field, having built Japanese boats himself, and had written an excellent book, Japanese Wooden Boat Building, which is a fascinating  read.    Following  the  lunch  break,  there were  5  roundtable  discussions,  “Rigging  Tips  and Tricks”;  “A  Jig  for  Making  Oars”;  “Serving  Rope”;  “Airbrush  Basics”;  and  “Making  Silkspan  Sails”.  Unfortunately,  as I was not able to actually attend the event, I do not know just who the speakers for these roundtable discussions were, but I am sure they were all expert in their respective topics. 

  There were four speakers on Saturday.  Paul O’Pecko spoke on Primary and Secondary Research at Mystic Seaport, Kroum Batchvarov spoke on INA research on 17th Century Dutch & French warships, Dana Hewson  and Quentin  Snediker  spoke  on  Restoration  of  Charles W. Morgan  and Grant Walker spoke on his new book The Rogers Collection of Dockyard Models At the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, First and Second Rates, Vol.1, in my opinion and excellent book and well worth the read, with excellent color photo’s throughout (available from SEA WATCH BOOKS).  The  rest of the day was spent viewing all the fine ship models that were on display at the hotel as well as visiting all the vendors.   There was a membership meeting  in  the  afternoon  followed  by  the  conference  dinner  in  the  evening with  guest speaker Russ Kramer, President & Fellow, American Society of Marine Artists.   All  in all, an excellent conference,  one of which  I would have  loved  to  attend.   Be  sure  and  check out  the  upcoming NRG Conference  in San Diego this coming October 6, 7 and 8, 2016.   Put the date on your calendar!   Again, thank you Dave Yotter and Doug Tolbert for supplying your editor with all the written  information and the photos taken by Dave. 

  To  round off  this article,  the  following photo’s  supplied by Dave  are of  a  few of  the models that were on display at the conference.  This first photo shown is of a Smith Island Crab Scraping  Boat,  ca.  1990.    According  to  the plague, the water of Maryland’s Eastern Shore is the richest source of soft crabs  in the world.  In the photo the waterman hauls all aboard  in the  scrape  and  sorts  them  into  appropriate containers  in  the boat.   Molting  crabs hide  in eelgrass beds while going though the shedding process  as  they  grow  bigger.    Hard  crab  to 

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peeler crab to Buster crab to soft crab to hard crab, according to the information supplied.   

The  second  photo  shows  the  Hooper  Island Draketail  Chesapeake  Bay,  Eastern  Shore Workboat ca. 1929.  The boat was designed in the  early  1900’s  to  take  advantage  of  the small  gasoline  engines  coming  to  the  Bay, these  long narrow boats were used  to hand tong  for  oysters  in  winter  and  trot  line  for hard blue  crabs  in  summer.   The  “Draketail” may  have  been  inspired  by  the  design,  and speed, of U.S. Navy  steam‐powered  torpedo ships  operating  in  the  Bay  in  the  1890’s.  While  looking  at  these  photos  note  the models on display in the background. 

  The  third photo  to  the  right  is of  the  U.S.S.  Susquehanna  of  1850, built  by Gilbert McArdle M.D.  in  2014 and  based  on  his  excellent  book  The Paddle  Wheel  Frigate  U.S.S. Susquehanna  1847,  the  text,  photos, drawings  and  plans  again  available from SeaWatchBooks.   I am sure a few of these (books and plans) were sold to my  friends  in  Japan, as  this ship was a very  important  part  of  the  Japanese maritime  history.    Note  again  the models  in  the  background,  as  there were apparently many of them. 

  The next model  is of a Grand Canyon River Boat, built by master modeler Steve Wheeler.   The details  is superb and  is a good example of the high quality of work that Steve does.   As well as being a member of the NRG, Steve  is also a member of the Midwest Model Shipwrights in Chicago and his work is  often  featured  in  their  club  newsletter,  the Forecastle Report.   There  is a second photo of  this model  from  the  starboard  side,  which  is  fully planked, on the next page.   

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Following this model of Steve’s Grand Canyon River Boat,  there  are  several more pictures of models that were on display  at  the  NRG  Conference  in Mystic,  but  unfortunately  I  do  not know  who  the  craftsmen  were  who built  the  models.    Subsequently,  I have  decided  to  make  the  photos larger  so more detail  can be  seen.    I hope  you  all  enjoy.    This  concludes this  series  of  articles  on  the  NRG Conference in Mystic. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Note  the  stern  wheeler  in  the  diorama above which shows a  lot of detail besides the ship herself, as does the photo above.  They  both  have  excellent  and  authentic looking  bottom  details,  even  including small fish.   

The photo to the left is of the thread that is available now  for making excellent  line for  your  ship  models,  preferable  using Barnes  new  Rope  Walk.    This  is  a  very small indication of the many things that a ship  modeler  can  learn  while  attending one  of  these  NRG  Conferences  –  the vendors help a great deal also! 

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After selecting the items you want from a recent Lands End catalog or from their web site (www.landsend.com/business), the simplest way to order is to call Lands End directly at the telephone number below.  Tell the operator the items you want, your payment information and the logo information below for each item. 

Lands End:  1‐800‐338‐2000 Hours of operation:  7 AM to 7 PM Central time (that’s 5 AM to 5 PM in California) SMA account number: #6191266 (this number will connect you to the SMA logos) 

The SMA logo is available in two forms – one for clothing and another for hats.  We have done this because the standard SMA logo is too wide for use on hats.  Be sure you tell the operator the logo you want.  Logos will not appear automatically; you must ask for them. 

If you are ordering dark clothing, you can ask to have the text to the left of our sea horse stitched in a color that will make it easier to read, such as white.  This text will appear in black unless you specifically ask for it to be another color. 

Item  Logo Number  Sample Logo 

Clothing Cases Totes 

1322577 

 

Hats  1329924 

 

When ordering hats, the more expensive ($13) hats can be ordered one at a time.  Ask for Item #: 406004‐CV4 in any of the available colors.  The less expense caps are for bulk orders and cannot be ordered singly. 

In addition to the cost of the items you order, there is an $8.50 charge for each logo you order. Delivery may take several weeks so order now!  Ask the operator for details. 

If you are feeling adventurous, you can order directly from the Lands End web site.   You must first create a user account and associate the SMA account number with it. It’s simpler just to call them. 

 

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SMA Dues are Due!! I am wishing everyone a very Happy NEW YEAR. For the members of the SMA, this means Dues are again due for 2016. Remember, we have to pay for our meeting place, unlike some other lucky organizations, so please contact our treasurer, Larry Van Es. Dues for email members are still $25.00, while dues for snail mail members is $40.00, primarily due to large increases in postal service. Email SMA members, beyond 100 miles of the meeting site (Fullerton) is still $20.00. SMA Participation in the upcoming NRG Conference in San Diego The SMA will participate in the upcoming NRG Conference in San Diego in October by participating in the Ship Model Exhibition along with other Southern California clubs. All SMA members are encouraged to enter one or more models in the exhibition. There will be no contest. PowerPoint Presentation at February SMA meeting There will be a PowerPoint presentation on the ship models at the French Maritime Museum presented by Larry Van Es at the upcoming February SMA meeting. There will also be more presentations at the other SMA meetings the rest of the year, providing there are volunteer’s presenters. If you would like to demonstrate or give a talk on a maritime subject, please let any SMA officer know. Treasurer’s Report Larry Van Es reports that there is $4,637.28 in the SMA account for the end of January. 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 last month at the SMA meeting in January has been added to the web site. SMA Badges For those SMA members who do not have an SMA badge, please inform our president, Bill Schultheis, providing your name and the city you live in, and Paul Payne will be notified. An SMA badge will then be made for you and given to you at the following SMA meeting. 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. Last month Larry Van Es was a guest from the SMA also.

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USS Fletcher – Sean Fallesen

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

Next meeting Wednesday, February 17, 7:30 PM, Hillcrest Park Red Cross Building

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