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2018 NRG CONFERENCE UPDATE
October 25 – 27, 2018
 
 

 
 
Registration Forms -  https://www.thenrg.org/nrg-2018-conference.php
 
The 2018 Conference dates are October 25 – 27, 2018 and the Conference Hotel is the Palace Station Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.  The hotel is just off the “strip” and has free airport shuttle service on a set schedule and free shuttle service to and from the “strip”.    
   
HOTEL INFORMATION
Room rates (with $15.86 LV Resort fee) are $65.85  (+ tax) for Tuesday through Thursday nights and $125.85 (+ tax) for Friday and Saturday nights. All rooms are equipped with high speed internet access with a daily newspaper and admission to the exercise facility. Last date to get the special conference room rates is September 25, 2018.
 
Reservation Link =   https://palacestation.sclv.com/
 
You must use this offer code for the discounted room rate when making hotel reservations - PCINRG1
If making reservation by phone you must tell them you are attending the NRG Conference
 
The hotel has five restaurants and a Starbucks.  The Feast Buffet is one of the best buffets in LV with breakfast, lunch and dinner – open from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM with $9.99 breakfast, $11.99 lunch and $16.99 dinner prices ($3 to $7 less for Boarding Pass members).
 
The Grand Café is open 24 round the clock and has very reasonable prices with breakfast available at any time or how about a cheeseburger for breakfast?  Breakfast prices from $6.99 to $13.99, lunch from $6.99 to $10.99 and dinner from $8.99 to $17.99.
 
For the seafood lovers the Oyster Bar is open 24/7 with any seafood you can think of on the menu.
 
Fine dining is available at the Charcoal Room, open from 5:00 PM until 10:00 PM Sun –Thur. and 11:00 PM on Friday and Saturday.
 
Little Tony's offers a variety of Italian and American pizza styles, including classic Italian, classic American, Sicilian, New York, traditional Chicago, cracker-thin, and gluten-free. Additionally, a selection of pastas, calzones, stromboli, antipasti, and salads
are offered, all with a focus on authentic Italian ingredients and organically-grown produce.  Open from 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM – M-Th, 4:00 PM to 11:00PM F, 11:00 AM to11:00 PM Sat.
 
CONFERENCE EVENTS
The Thursday Tour is a trip to the Hoover Dam and a lunch cruise on Lake Mead on a sternwheel boat.  The guided tour of the Hoover Dam includes the entire inner workings of the Dam, not just the exterior.  The cruise, with lunch and beverage provided, provides a water side close up view of the Dam.  There is also a cash bar on the boat for those wishing to have an adult beverage.
 

DESERT PRINCESS - Lunch Cruise
 
Informal gatherings on Thursday and Friday evenings with a cash bar will be an opportunity to gather and see old friends, make new friends and can serve as a meeting place for those going to dinner together.
 
The speaker line-up for our 2018 conference is almost finalized with an interesting group committed. As of press time almost all speakers are on board. Some names you will certainly recognize as being outstanding and respected members of the Guild or very well known in their areas of expertise.  
*    Ken Foran will talk about Soldering Brass.
*    Tony Devroude will talk about carving figureheads.
*    Dr. Al Ross of BlueJacket will speak about kit development.
*    Kurt Van Dahm will speak about model size table saw use and safety.
*    Steve Wheeler will talk about some unique Colorado River boats and their
construction.
*    Doug Tolbert will talk about researching the 74 gun class Buckingham.  
*    Chris Dostal, Asst Prof at Texas A&M Nautical Archaeology Program, will speak
about nautical archaeological excavations and the use of 3D rendering of the
artifacts.
*    Justin Parkoff, Texas A&M graduate will speak about conservation work on the
Union Civil War Gunboat Westfield (aka Texas City wreck).
   
DAILY SCHEDULES (Tentative) – We will have a 90 minute lunch period on Friday and Saturday during which we encourage attendees to visit the vendors and check out the model display.  
 
FRIDAY – TECHNICAL SESSIONS
*    Ken Foran – Soldering Brass
*    Steve Wheeler – Lapstrake Hull Construction
*    Kurt Van Dahm – Table Saw Use and Safety
Afternoon will feature several round tables – topics and speakers to be confirmed.
The Annual Membership Meeting will follow the round tables.

Gus Agustin's 2017 Round Table - Making Flags

David Antscherl's 2017 Round Table - Frieze Painting
 
SATURDAY – GENERAL SESSIONS
*    Tony Devroude – Carving Figureheads
*    Al Ross – Kit Development
*    Chris Dostal – Nautical Archaeological Excavations – 3D Imaging
*    Justin Parkoff - Union Civil War Gunboat Westfield – Texas City wreck
*    Doug Tolbert – Researching 74 Gun Class Buckingham
 
The after dinner speaker will be NRG member and artist Peter Rindlisbacher whose talk will cover his use of ship models to help create his paintings.
 
MEALS
Lunch on both Friday and Saturday will be sandwich and salad buffets where you can select your own sandwich and salads.  This has been a very popular type of lunch for our members at past conferences.

Banquet meal choices are:
*    Sautéed Chicken Breast – Herb Roasted Marinade
*    Orange Roughy with Fresh Tropical Salsa
*    Traditional 6 oz. Filet of Beef

All dinners include rolls and butter, salad, vegetable, potato, coffee, hot and iced teas and desert.
 
If you have special dietary restrictions please let us know when you register so your needs can be accommodated.  Special dietary needs can’t be accommodated if we are not notified at least a week before the event – due to the hotel’s requirements.

VENDORS
At press time there are two vendors confirmed.  BlueJacket Shipcrafters and Train Troll will be attending and displaying their materials.  The NRG will also have a sales table.

MODEL DISPLAY
Please bring a model; we will have a lot of space for model display.  The model registration form is also on the web site.

2017 Model Display
Downloadable registration forms are now on the website.  The hotel registration information and link is also posted on the website.
 
 
 

Good morning.

CHEBECE 1750
Completion of the side parapet.
 
Karl
 
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Hi again folks, another small update.  I have started work on the anchors - Trotman Pattern.  The contract for Victoria specified 3 of these, two as Bowers and one as the stream, with the latter a little smaller/lighter.  These anchors were assessed by a Committee in 1852 and rated as the strongest/best holding anchors (28% better) yet the Admiralty did not deviate from their "Admiralty pattern".  These were an enhanced version of the Port/Hornibal pattern
The earlier style of this anchor had the rounded/ovalish shank and the straight iron stock; the bent arm iron stock was not introduced until about 1860.
 
The following photos show the construction of the first anchor from cut raw materials through to completed item.  The shank was shaped from a single piece of thick brass then the holes drilled and the slot cut.  The flukes were silver soldered to the shank then cleaned up.  the stock was made in two parts to enable the ball ends to be turned as they would not fit through the 1mm hole; I don't know how they did this in real life as the is a conical stopper on one side of the stock and a pin on the other - if you look real close you can see I managed to add that detail.  The hex head bolt and nut, and the shackle, were some purchased stock from another project, but fit perfectly for this job   The anchor was blackened with Birchwood Casey Brass Black (diluted to 25%)
 
The photos are in extreme close up as these are only 21mm long overall and as such show all the early scuffing from my filing before cleanup.  The next two should look a little better as my technique improves.
 
cheers
 
Pat
 
    
  

Nice to see the correct number of reef points per cloth!
 
If you need right hand line and only have right hand thread, you can unwind the thread and rewind it left handed before spinning right hand line from it.

The running rigging should have right direction, but it is difficult to make right-handed rigging from the right-handed threads. I tried it, but the results was not acceptable. So I decided to make all rigging as left-handed.
Next part - cross jack yard and mizzen course installation.

Hello gentlemen !

Following the mistake I made by positioning a black join - not to simulate a caulking - but to show that the barrels were composed of several pieces, I decided to start all over again.

So I trimmed my chopsticks, without the join this time :


Then I ordered copper roll (Petr - my new Czech friend - advised me) :

Back on the lathe, still using a rubber band allowing me to machine both sides of the barrels without damaging them :


Vérification :

Then the result on a serie :

The lids :

For the continuation of the work on these lids, here in pictures, how I proceeded, for those that it could interest :









Then comes the work of copper. I use gloves so as not to 'grease' and I cut small strips corresponding to the size of barrels :

The advantage of this copper roll is that it can be immersed in a liquid without altering the self-adhesive part :

For rinsing, I followed Petr's advice : "Bicarbonate de soude" dissolved in distilled water :

After drying, the copper strips are cut into thin lengths using a ruler and a scalpel, then it is patience :




Nothing complicated, but it's quite long.

In the end, I declined 6 series of barrels :

To obtain 88 barrels :

No more black joints, so it is more in line with reality, but we see less separations between the boards ... Question of choice !

They were the most "big" barrels. There will be others thereafter, but not for the moment : I'm starting to saturate!

See you later !

Patrick

If the brass has any thickness, file a 'V' on the side you are bending toward. There will still be a slight radius, but it will be much less than a bend where that has not been done.
Bending sheet metal.psd

Hi,
 
Beginning of planking deck
 
Regards
 
Christian
 
 
 

Your dad still has mad skills, as shown by his work on the parrels Barbara. Are you a ship model maker also? If not, it's even more impressive that you are directing the construction of such a complicated model.

Before President Kennedy approved operation "Frigate Bird," he wanted to be sure he understood exactly what the launching sub looked like. This model was built to show him the lead ship of the new ETHAN ALLEN class of SSBN.
 
Operation "Frigate Bird," would be the worlds first and only launching of a fully armed nuclear-tipped ballistic missile. Upon studying the model Kennedy decided he needed to see the ship in person. Due to his back injuries climbing the ladders into the ship was not an option. Electric Boat fabricated a special cage that lowered the President into the submarine. Kennedy approved the operation.
 
The launch went off as planned. The warhead detonated over the Pacific with a force 15 times greater than the weapon used on Hiroshima. 
 
What happened to this model is really unknown. It appears that for security reasons at the time large portions of the interior were removed. Now that the class is no longer in commision and the technology is declassified I can rebuild the interior to what it should have looked like. However, I can still only do the unclassified version of the Engineering spaces. Even the Nautilus Engineering Spaces are still classified. The exterior will be detailed and repainted as it would have appeared in the 1960s.This model is almost 7 feet long!! This will be a fun project for SUBVETS and all who served on the nations SSBNs.     

Sandor, the key is to first anneal the strip by heating it to just starting to change color and then quenching in water; this will soften the brass. Then with small duckbill pliers straddling a rod slowly form the strip while pushing down and squeezing at the same time.
There is a picture on page 9 of my Constitution build of this.  Hope this helps.

Sandor 
If you use a small vice, smooth jaws are a must as knurled faced jaws will mark your brass. A light flat faced hammer will easily bend the brass over and will create a sharp 90' bend for you Cut the pieces to length before bending as cutting after the bend is in will not work well at all even drilling any holes is much easier while the material is flat. If you are making a few of the same item's make a jig in the vice jaws to ensure the parts all fold at the same point.
Andy 

Getting ready to install the stern and gallery windows. They fit surprising well with little fitting required.The windows of this period were referred to as lights. The frames are airbrushed the same yellow as the double bead trim pieces.
 
Micro Kristal Klear will be used for the glazing. I experimented on a spare frame which came out OK.

Your dad still has mad skills, as shown by his work on the parrels Barbara. Are you a ship model maker also? If not, it's even more impressive that you are directing the construction of such a complicated model.

Lattice platform newly built after the shape of the ship.
Plan drawing is wrong.
Karl
 
Teil 21
 
 
 

Thank you guys for so many nice responses.
To aviaamator: I have found no informations about it, but there are many pictures in the Lees book (The masting and rigging of english ships of war), where can you see that direction of leech rope was the same on both sides of the sail.
I continue with the fore and main course. Only these two sails will be partially furled.

Hello,
 
after I had to do some other things then shipbuilding, here now an update. I painted the under water ship.
 
Before I go on and build the upper part of the outside ship ready, I must build in the gun deck and made the inner walls smooth. But then the slots for the over head stand will get lost. So I painted it now.
 
In the first picture I made the water line horizontal.
 

 

 

 

Great photo, Ed! I'd never seen those fairleads before. I also appreciate the way the ratline ends were spliced. I don't recall how you handled these in your build but if you managed to splice them on your model I'd need to rate your model an 11 (ala Monty Python) instead of a perfect 10.

Terrific  posting, Ed! It's amazing how well the wipe on poly resists smudging from alcohol and blackening solution. Blackening in place certainly solves the problem of damaging the metal finish during installation.
 
I note an additional iron band on the starboard yard plan that was not installed on the model (eighth from center). Illustration error?

Your dad still has mad skills, as shown by his work on the parrels Barbara. Are you a ship model maker also? If not, it's even more impressive that you are directing the construction of such a complicated model.

Your dad still has mad skills, as shown by his work on the parrels Barbara. Are you a ship model maker also? If not, it's even more impressive that you are directing the construction of such a complicated model.

If I had a ship that beautiful I would never let it leave the harbor. Imagine what one cannon ball could do to those delicate structures!

Hello: I have regularized the frames, and finished carving the stern. The stuck tag marks the top of the tape. Aa greeting  
(Hola:
He regularizado las cuadernas, y terminado de tallar la popa.
La traca pegada marca la parte superior de la cinta.
 
Un saludo)

Just... what?   More than amazing and stunning.  I'm printing those last ones out and will hang a couple in the workshop for inspiration.