Marine modelling international may 2016

MORE BUILDING IDEAS FOR THE MARITIME MODELLER

MAY 2016

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Kit Review

Loyal Supporter

Etoile

New Traplet wood pack

100th Anniversary

Battle of Jutland Commemorative Issue Issue 350 £4.75•

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CONTENTS MAY 2016 - ISSUE 350 34 64

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LIVEWIRES

An introduction to Fast Electric racing for newcomers

POWERPLUG

Rick goes tweaking a petrol engine

MEETING POINT

Reports on recently held events

COMING NEXT MONTH

Articles in the planning stage for the June edition

Features

GRAND BANKS YACHT

The full size versions of this attractive pleasure yacht are very popular across the world, especially in its own country of America.

This kit by Amati is of the Classic design with four others in the full size range. The kit review covers the assembly of many of the 700 parts, including much of the cabin furniture, and the model can be made up as a static model or for operational radio control. For the modeller who wishes to build this model from just plans these are available from the Traplet plans service.

Regulars

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MESSAGE FROM THE BRIDGE

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MASTHEAD

The Editor introduces this month’s edition

News of interest to the maritime modeller

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DIARY DATES

Maritime events you may wish to visit

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PLASTIC KIT SCENE

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JUTLAND DATA FILE 1

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JUTLAND DATA FILE 2

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GRAND BANKS YACHT

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JUTLAND REVISITED (PART 1)

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JUTLAND DATA FILE 3

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Flags used in the battle

Bugle presentation

Building a Heritage 46’ Classic Yacht from the Amati kit

The Grand Fleet and the first phase of the battle

HMS Caroline

LOYAL SUPPORTER

Building the Model Slipway Loyal Class Fleet Tender

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ETOILE

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JUTLAND DATA FILE 4

Buiding one of the latest Traplet wood packs

Posthumous Victoria Cross awarded

Some of the latest released plastic kits

VINTAGE CHATTER 33

Britain’s Magnificent Merco Part 2

AIRWAVES

LED’s revisited

SCALE SCENE

How to extend a propshaft

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MESSAGE FROM THE BRIDGE EDITORIAL CONTACT MMI generally publishes commissioned articles, but will consider other contributions including news items and factual articles. It is important that contact is made with the editor before any material is written, as duplication of items may result in articles being rejected.

Prospective contributors can email or write for a copy of the MMI Notes for Contributors via Traplet Publications Ltd. Any other Editorial queries can be made by telephone to 01749 347172 during normal office hours.

GREETINGS ALL

I know I have ranted on in the past that we try in MMI to publish each month a wide selection of specialities within our hobby. This month will be a slight exception as this is the centenary of what has been claimed as the greatest naval battle in history. Therefore we have allocated a fair amount of space to the Battle of Jutland. For the non-warship reader I apologise but as a historic item we felt we should give justice to all who lost their lives.

Back in the July 2014 edition of MMI we published the plans for a model of HMS Caroline, which is the last remaining full size warship that saw service at Jutland, copies can be obtained from Traplet customer services.

Other non-warship articles this month include the build of a Classic Yacht from Amati, and the building of the Model Slipway Loyal Class Fleet Tender Loyal Supporter. One of the Traplet plans the Etoile, which is a modern jet ski, has proved popular in the past and has now been released as a wood pack.

A question, which is constantly asked at the lakeside, is how do I wire up LEDs? This subject has been covered a few times in the past but under Airwaves we cover the subject again with some easy to understand diagrams. In Powerplug we tackle some of the issues with misbehaving IC motors. Scale Scene describes an easy way of extending a propshaft and in Livewires we take the beginner by the hand and explain how to start in Fast Electric racing. With other articles like Vintage Chatter and Meeting Point we hope you find it an interesting read.

Have a good month

Barrie Stevens MMI

LEFT: Portrait of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet at Jutland (Š National Maritime Museum, London)

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GREAT BRITAIN HMS Iron Duke was Admiral Jellicoe's flagship at Jutland

JUTLAND REVISITED AUTHOR: KELVIN HOLMES CONTACT: khwaterlines@btinternet.com

THE GRAND FLEET AND THE FIRST PHASE OF THE BATTLE

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ay 31st 2016 is the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland, notable for being the one major fleet engagement of WW1, the results of which left the Royal Navy (still) in command of the sea but with greater losses on the day. Of course that is just one take on a controversial battle which has spurned a host of books and articles many of which, especially those written between the wars, are fiercely partisan in favour of either Admiral Jellicoe or Vice Admiral Beatty.

The 5th Battle Squadron at sea (original postcard, author’s collection)

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Of the early books ‘The Riddle of Jutland’ by Rear Admiral J.E.T. Harper (published in 1934) is definitely worth reading (plenty of copies on www.abebooks.co.uk). Macintyre (1957) and Bennett (1964) are well balanced and ‘Jutland – An Analysis of the Fighting’ by John Campbell (1986) is essential. ‘Jutland – the German Perspective’ by V.E. Tarrant (1995) is especially helpful from a collector’s point of view as it lists all the ships present including the German torpedo boats. For a very detailed account and a superb read which captures the feel of the moment try ‘The Rules of the Game – Jutland and the British Naval Command’ by Andrew Gordon (1996); also recommended: ‘Jutland 1916 – Death in Grey Waters’ by Nigel Steel and Peter Hart (2003).

February 2016 saw publication of the original circa 1920 ‘Naval Staff Appreciation’, which was suppressed at the time and ‘Jutland: World War I’s Greatest Naval Battle’. March 2016 brought ‘Jutland The Unfinished Battle’ by Nick Jellicoe, grandson of Admiral Jellicoe.

Our aim here, this month and next, is to provide an overview of the battle mainly from the point of view of the capital ships and details of the ships involved plus relevant 1/1200-1250 models.

To the waterline ship enthusiast the battle provides a wonderful theme for collecting, covering the full scope of a World War 1 navy or more precisely two Navies as represented by the British ‘Grand Fleet’ and the German ‘High Seas Fleet’.

The main but not quite only source of models is the German made Navis range where typically a model is representative of the

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class rather than a particular ship. Most of the range has been cast at least twice and the postfix ‘N’ to a catalogue number indicates a third version with a more detailed finish; often the ‘N’ models are of a specific ship. In writing this piece a full ship listing giving name, class, model and fleet organisation has been compiled (an Excel spreadsheet); if anyone wants a copy via email please me know.

So this month we cover the RN’s Grand Fleet (including the two detached Battle Cruiser Squadrons which became the Battle Cruiser Force – BCF) in terms of organisation, ships and models plus the first phase of the battle where the BCF supported by the 5th Battle Squadron took on their German equivalents in the 1st Scouting Group.

THE GRAND FLEET

Based mainly at Scapa Flow in the Orkneys, the heart of the Grand Fleet was the 1st, 2nd (Cromarty based in May 1916) and 4th Battle Squadrons (BS) each comprising 8 dreadnought battleships – 24 in total – drawn from 11 classes effectively tracing the evolution of the type in RN service from the 12" to the 15" gun and from coal to oil. The oldest of these were HMSs Bellerophon (class), Temeraire and Superb, followed by HMSs Vanguard, Collingwood and St Vincent (class), which can be represented in 1/1250 by Navis models NM108N Superb and NM107 Vanguard.

The first four of these 12" gunned vessels formed half of the 4th BS. The last two were in the 1st BS where they were joined

by HMS Neptune (NM106) and sisters HMSs Colossus (class; NM105) and Hercules, all 12" gunned. The final RN dreadnought to mount this calibre, also a member of the 1st BS was HMS Agincourt (NM119), an ex-Brazilian ship taken over whilst under construction in 1914.

HMS Warspite – All’s Well

RN 13.5" guns; each salvo saw one gun from each turret firing

Firing the secondary battery of 6" guns typically for defence against torpedo boats

The next group of RN dreadnoughts, in three classes of four plus the ex-Turkish HMS Erin, introduced the 13.5” gun with all turrets mounted on the centreline. The first class (Orion (NM104; class), Monarch, Thunderer and Conqueror) formed the 2nd division as part of the 2nd BS, while the succeeding King George V (class, NM103N), Centurion and Ajax together with HMS Erin (NM118) completed the Squadron.

The missing ship of the KGV class was HMS Audacious which was mined in 1914 – the only RN dreadnought battleship to be lost.

Three battleships from the last 13.5" gunned class (Iron Duke, NM102) provided flagships for the 1st BS (HMS Marlborough) and the two divisions of the 4th BS (HMS Iron Duke (class) and Benbow) with the former also serving as Admiral Jellicoe’s fleet flagship.

Completing the 4th BS was the only WW1 RN dreadnought to carry 14" guns – HMS Canada (NM117N). She was another foreign compulsory purchase (ex Chilean Almirante Latorre which she became in 1920 surviving into the late 1950s). Finally, the first of the 15" gunned Royal Sovereign class HMS Revenge (NM100N) completed the 1st BS. Recently attached to the Grand Fleet for gunnery training was the 3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron (BCS) comprising the three oldest RN battlecruisers, Invincible (class; NM126N), Indomitable and Inflexible all of the same class, plus the eight obsolescent armoured cruisers of the 1st and 2nd Cruiser Squadrons.

To provide all eight ships four different ‘class’ models are needed: NM132 (as Black Prince & Edinburgh) NM133 Argyll (as HMS Hampshire), two NM131 Natal (as HMSs Warrior & Cochrane), and three NM130N (as Defence, Minotaur and Shannon).

More modern scouting forces were provided by the five ships of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron plus six ‘attached’ cruisers; the latter were HMSs Boadicea, Blanche and Bellona (Boadicea class; no model available but very similar to NM148), HMS Active (NM148), HMS Canterbury (Cambrian class, NM141) and HMS Chester (NM144a). The 4th LCS comprised HMS Royalist (NM143), HMSs Calliope and Constance (Cambrian class; NM141) and HMSs Caroline and Comus (Caroline class; NM142).

There were fifty destroyers plus one cruiser of the 4th, 11th and 12th Flotillas with the Grand Fleet on 31st May plus the tender HMS Oak (a converted destroyer; NM166) and the minelayer HMS Abdiel (a Marksman class destroyer). The 4th Flotilla comprised sixteen K class (NM163a), one Admiralty M class (NM163, 3 funnels) and two Botha class (NM165); the 11th comprised the cruiser HMS Castor (NM141), eleven Admiralty M class, three Yarrow built M class (2 funnels) and one Marksman class; the 12th comprised fourteen Admiralty Ms, one Botha class and one Marksmen class. There is no Navis model of the Marksmen class, only the Later Marksmen class (NM164) which were slightly larger but with 3 not 4 funnels.

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