New Jersey Club meeting took place on Saturday - 1 -24 - 26

[Chuck]

Our club had its regular monthly meeting yesterday at the Roseland Public Library.  It was cold out.   Thanks to all who attended.

 

We had 10 members in attendance with another 6 joining us virtually.   Doc Fletcher gave us an update on his Mamoli kit of the HMS Beagle.   Rich Lane also brought in his completed Boston Pilot Hesper boat model made from scratch.

 

 

Our Virtual Member Mort Stoll also gave us an update on his Caldercraft kit of the Diana.   All the cannon are rigged and he is moving on to the other deck fittings.

 

Chuck showed us a video on how to belay a line to a belaying pin on a real ship and followed that up with a demonstration on how it is done on a model.   

 

 

 

 

At the Meeting, Chuck also discussed the New area created on Model Ship World for our local club.  Its a virtual area where our members can converse online and post questions and pictures of their latest projects.  This is a test to see if our club members will use such an area and see if it is beneficial.   Its like having our own interactive social media page but not on Facebook or Instagram.  The goal is to have a place for our local members to post pictures of their projects and keep in contact with you fellow club members.  It will also hopefully be seen by other local model builders in the area who might want to join our local group once they see how Robust and Active we are.  There are hundreds of ship Model enthusiasts from New Jersey on Model Ship World and this may help attract some new Members.

 

If this new area proves beneficial to our club and also helps attract new members, and if it is used and successful, it will be rolled out for other local clubs and NRG chapters for their members.  So make sure to log in and populate the area with good content and show folks what a fun little club we have.

 

Chuck Passaro

 

Vice President

Ship Model Society of New Jersey

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ryland Craze]

It was a good meeting. Thanks for the presentation.  Your modeling techniques help us all to improve our skills.