MODEL AEROPLANE NOTES and General Hobbicrafts

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 46, 23 February 1935, Page 3 (Supplement)

MODEL AEROPLANE NOTES and General Hobbicrafts

THE STAR GALLEON,

YOU CAN NOW BUILD THIS OLD

TIME SHIP MODEL.

I know a lot of readers will be pleased to see this long-promised oldtime galleon appearing at last. There is something so appealing about an oldtime ship like this; the imagination is stirred; we see, in our mind's eye, pictures of Spanisli loot, pirates, hidden gold and cannot but be transported back to those old romantic and colourful days. The Star Galleon does not represent any special ship, it was not sailed by Columbus, Drake or by any special bold buccaneer, but it is representative of those days, and I think if you read up all you can about this period you will absorb the ideas of the times and will build into your model something of the romance that surrounded these ships.

Going back quite a few years, I can remember that'l liad the urge to build a galleon. I had seen pictures of them in my early school books and in sundry journals that I read later on, but when

it came down to tin tacks and I wanted to know how long such a ship was, its depth and beam, I could not seem to strike any information at all. I suppose I was six months looking over anything and everything that smacked of old-time sailing ships, including many hours tpent in the Public Library, and it seemed impossible to get true details. However, I foraged out what information I could and built my first galleon. Perhaps experts could have found fault with it in some of its details. Perhaps I used some wrong rigging and probably missed out a lot that should be there) but in the end I had a really fine model, and still have most of it, that seemed to me to breathe of the times of "culverins" and "pieces of eight." Well, I had a lot of pleasure building that model, and I have had a whole lot more possessing it since, and I am writing this next series of articles to help the amateur craftsman who would like to build another such ship model. I am profusely illustrating the model, and most of the parts will be shown full sizo so that you will be able to follow step by step, and anyone wlio can handle a fretsaw, pocket knife and a paint brush should find no difficulty in constructing it. As the plans and drawings are rather great in number, and you will have to get about four rather large-sized drawings before you can begin to build, I would suggest that you fill in the meantime in reading up everything that you can relative to the subject and will be ready to get going when No. 3 article comes out. Ihe whole series of articles dealing with this galleon will spread over six weekly issues, so save up the Supplements, as you will have to constantly refer back to the various drawings.

by Propeller

pleasant hours out of working on this model, and when finished will be able to point to it where it graces your den and say proudly, "I made that."

Garry Blaynney, of Morningside, ia very interested in models and would particularly like to get plans of the Kawasaki Fighter, the Camel and the Winnie Mae.

M. H. Hodge, of North Auckland, would like to see me publish plans of a model yacht. Well, I think if on 6 of the readers were to send along a, spare plan of the Star Yacht, which I published a long time back, he would get exactly what he wanted. I will send tliem on if any of you have a spare set.

E.C., of Birkdale, wants the second part of the Curtiss Wright Coupe plana very "badly. He would like to borrow these if possible, and asked me to put in an S.O.S. for him.

K.W.S., of Putaruru, would like the plans of the autogyro published in the notes a montli or so back. He is also interested in the Saucerplane, a new production with a circular wing just like a saucer. I have seen the photos of this, but no details as to size, etc.

H.H.A., of North Auckland, sends along correspondence for J.P. and E.J.H.

Note: There are very often readers who want special plans. If I cannot supply them myself I am always prepared to put in an S.O.S. call, and it is quite likely that swaps may be then made of mutual benefit to all concerned. If you want a personally written reply to any query it is necessary to enclose a stamped addressed envelope. All queries re model-making should be addressed to Propeller, c/o "The Auckland Star." If I can help you I will gladly do so.