Building the 1/720 Scale Italeri Model of U.S.S. Ronald Reagan

Ed Chan

September 2015 Meeting

We start the new season with a meeting on September 1, 2015, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Nepean Museum, 16 Rowley. Be sure to bring out items for show and tell, especially anything you have worked on over the summer.

Some Boats Going Through the Rideau Canal Locks

A while ago I went to the first set of locks on the Rideau Canal to take pictures of memorials to Colonel John By and to Canal Workers. There were some boats going up through the locks so I got a couple of pictures of them.

First I'll show the memorials.

This is the John By memorial. Most visitors to the canal don't even notice it.
There are more pictures of it on my Memorials in Ottawa blog site.

This is the canal workers memorial. There are more pictures of it on my
Memorials blog site.

Now the boats.

CMMG's Booth at the 2nd Annual Military Hobby Show

Capital Marine Modellers's Guild had a display at the 2nd Annual Military Hobby Show at the Major E. J.G. Holland VC Armoury on Walkley Road. Members Dave Omond, Richard Hooker, Tom Wright, Rafal Trzop, Edwin Chan, and Ian Gorman manned the booth.

It took a few minutes to get them to behave so I could take this picture. Here
are four of the six members manning the booth. From left to right: Ed Chan,
Ian Gorman, Rafal Trzop, and Dave Omond.

This is a small sampling of Ed Chan's collection of 1:700 scale ships. Ed goes
way beyond simple assembly of kits. He does extensive research and adds
details the kits don't provide as well as modifying kits to make them more
accurate. He has also modified ships of a class into another ship in that
class and modified a ship from one period of time to another time after
an extensive refit.

Rafal Trzop built the large ships in the two cases out of paper. The models
are produced in Poland and come in the form of a booklet. There is some
detailing that isn't paper, such as hand railings and some of the rigging.
Other than that they are all paper. They're also all to the same scale.
More views of the far ship model are shown further down the page.

In the foreground is a model of the Sultana. This was a club project, built by
several members. This one is Dave Omond's model. The hull is carved from
a block of wood. That forms the basis for the model. In the background there
are a couple or rope walks that Dave Omond built. The rope walks are used to
manufacture miniature rope, which, for some reason,
is not available commercially

Ed Chan's Display at the Military Hobby Show

Ed Chan has these models on display at the 2nd Annual Military Hobby Show.

You May See Models Like This at the 2nd Annual Military Hobby Show

The Capital Marine Modellers' Guild will have a presence at the 2nd Annual Military Hobby Show on June 7, 2015. Although the models on display have yet to be finalized one's like these will be shown by our members.

Paula D

I went out to photograph the new statue of John McCrae. On the way I saw the Ottawa River tour boat, Paula D.

The Hobby Centre Purchased Large Naval Book Collection

The Hobby Centre, 6-33 Roydon Place in Ottawa, has purchased a large collection of ship and naval books. There are over a thousand titles listed. for more information phone The Hobby Centre at 613-288-1299 or email.
hobcen@rogers.com
If this is of interest, act on it quickly. Many titles have already sold.

1:700 Scale Ships Will be Displayed at Military Hobby Show

The 1:700 scale model ships shown here are some of the fleet built and owned by CMMG member, Ed Chan, that will be displayed at the 2nd Annual Military Hobby Show. For more information on the show click here.