September 9th, 2018

The meeting was held at Lee Valley Tools in Niagara Falls, Ontario.  The Theme of the meeting was Adhesives (as they relate to model building) and was prepared and presented by Ron.

Ron discussed all types of adhesives in some detail and recommended the website www.thistothat.com to discover what type adhesive you might consider for your project.

​A downloadable PDF of Ron's presentation is available HERE...

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Brandon brought in his 1:48 Admiralty scale scratch build model of HMS Euryalus.  She was a 36 gun frigate launched in 1803.  At the Battle of Trafalgar she was captained by Henry Blackwood, and became Collingwood's flagship after the death of Nelson. She was broken up in Gibraltar in 1860.
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Brandon has completed the keel and stem post assembly, installed transom pieces and the first aft cant frame.  Forward of midships he has dry fitted a few frame assemblies, and towards the stem or bow he has begun the installation of the bow cant frames.

Very impressive work for his first major build and with only hand tools  at his disposal!
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Tijs discussed his next build, the Algonquin Alligator amphibious logging paddle wheel boat as depicted in the image above.

​Pat discussed his 1:96 scale plastic model build of the battleship USS North Carolina and his plans to build the US Brig Niagara from the war of 1812.

David brought in his half hull model of the unique cruising catboat  Nonsuch 30  (30 feet) as originally built by George Hinterhoeller in 1978 for Canadian yachtsman Gordon Fisher and his yacht designer Mark Ellis. 

Alan had started his figurehead carving of his interpretation of the first figurehead installed on the first HMS Bellerophon (74 gun 3rd Rate Man of War) as per recorded verbal descriptions. 

The original figurehead was lost due to a collision at sea in rough weather.  It was replaced with a simpler less costly carving.

Above the rough carving image to the left is the plasticine maquette created by Alan for reference.

This carving (below the maquette) is displayed on a portion of the bow as part of the carving.  It is 3X larger than the final version to be made for his scratch build model.

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