The Model Craftsman: Volume 9, Issue 2 – July 1940

UU SETTTEP Creat eeeerree “mT vr | Excellent Weather, Many Contestants Contribute To Success of Philadelphia Regatta . By R. P. Dezendorf Philadelphia ee. INE clubs, with a total of 32 entries, participated in the rst: Quaker City Regatta at Concourse Lake, Philadelphia, May 5. Weather was fine, and wind was about 10 m.p.h., causing close reach and broad reach. There were several fouls, none damaging, and no protests. it |e | | aa |e = The Quaker City Club wishes to thank neighboring organi: zations for their excellent participation. QUAKER CITY RESULTS Skipper Club .. a Gy Ls Beppe oc. icc ewe sins casceeds Q. C. 2. 6 ia ns Shellmer .. 2… 6:0 cc tasccseds li PE S. FF. Vevitie os ads cies sew ces cow ewes -Q; CG. |) me « ; Pent, cnccccccccvssvecscessiode ep G2. A | ee i | aie 3 thee it | 2m | WA : if ia | i i FE i 93 of 2 BAL 71 AA RMR bs ee ness see 6 ah celsis « Sues ome esa J: 43 41 Al 40 EFS Ay. CRBNCY: os pio snes w 0’s aces oases wee -Em. bgt: i rs «4 © Fe OF a. WR, Loewe ocr ties wis siels s ores sews War 8. Mrs. H. Montcreiff ……… -Bayview D 18 13 12 9 Hud 1 X and 1 A Class being built. C. O. Brooks has returned to the fold and is living at 904 ns Rennssalaer. He would appreciate hearing from his qn 38 34 ’ 31 9g 22 Marblehead Marblehead Cup Race held-at Atlantic M. Y. C., Springfield, L. 1, May 25-26. Light winds prevailed. 14-8 m.p.h. 3 rounds were sailed. Mostly a close reach and a broad reach. Results: 26 5 Greater Detroit M. Y. C. Owing to the wet weather, there was MARB Skipper 3. J. Black 4. G. Bersuch southwest, beat and run. Sea making dugele 7. oN A. Anderson a.m., with a reaching wind from the southeast at about 10 m.p.h. 5. H. Shellmer After lunch, the wind increased to 26-35 m.p.h., and veered to 6. D, Harriman boat, equippe 20 of There this model this year. are 6 new 50s and a turn out of only 10 yachts. Racing got under way at 10:15 One | Os WI Reynolds: « oe ‘he 50’s sidjers se: Tre Pol Pen 28 27 23 23 50 ac riblgeigsp ae 3 a Tiudsod ete to aon Delgrave hes’ aasounced « Poon ee – iam mode of only 25 pounds. It can also be used as 4520 X” class with a smaller suit of sails. He expects great things ped-26..’-C. Christensen ……….ececeees «Phila. 27. P. Gordiner ss ee ee tev. Ai See DA Tate: oe. oe bE ETE. ose Tre Pol Pen Points 47 SE Wagner (21… ..csfeh acorns War. Rawardd: Fe be gic aus vohs ior teed “Wash. ; 6. H.[Chandler ……….00000% Cadillac 50 DAL 07 WW. Writliams? SELOWCTORE. -21.1. vi5:0 ……. oS Siwialaveyele wees 4 edie]: 0.7.0 Em. Ref -Coles. oot) A is sees ce eeeFee Club 64 SA AL W. Greely ii sais cece ccc sews s ced . Wash. O. Perkins Mn odie rcs avs «raven Balt. 3 Banving ep any wera geave « Siordell Irv. DETROIT RESULTS 1. J. |B. Lennie …scecccscsince Tre Pol Pen 2. Mas, R, Lennieiss . ok wecskcs Detroit Women’s c eee cees Tre Pol Pen 3. A.| Monterieff 2.256. BPS mth oa ve cies Pee sess eos Cadillac 54 eh J. Christensen – ois ccaw ctiyteesecied «Phila. 18. C. Lindbloom ……………000. . War. BG. W. Schilaefer in. 5. o6s’00 4 sass awees . «« Wash. Ba ee akan psu 1.8: J. 28. 2 Skipper SE OY. Wi Roper os. cats ash «cies 00% Tre Pol Pen M5, 5 D:, Dane’ omic ele . Bs 5 shes sini s aes aie & Irv. ee Be Bt good style. Storm sails were broken out by some skippers. The majority used their No. 1 suit. A full round was sailed. 90 69 67. GE GS Hi, Retbmnait. oc ads says sesiecon see code Em. nod -Em. ewaneeeee wineee BL. Gatse ooies oie oie e oescece HS. 14. G. Kahmer ………. sQ.. ©, 1G, race, but the remaining skippers brought their boats through in 72 6. G. Gallager ………..ccccvcccegs Oo. 7 RR, ELLIGEG: cos sigs Seeie 6 Sie 5 we eure 3 oe ds M. P. 8. W. Stout …….ccceecccvcccccece Phila. 9. G. Bersuch …….ssseesccccccecs -Em. 10. W: Crawford ………ccscseccves ‘Q, ‘C. oS 100 ar. 1H j i a7 ‘|, a ee Be ie | Points 1. A. Link 22… eee ee eee ee eee eeees Q. C. Skiff sailing is shown at Batterson Park, Farmington, Conn., during the regatta between the Hartford and Rhode Island clubs, May 5. | with a vane gear, disabled and forced to withdraw from the race. Several minor accidents marred the 8. C.H. Farley 9. J. Weaver Bendy RESULTS Club Gear Points Marblehead Sliding Irvington Long Island oa ee a Brai “ana Empire Staten aten Island Islan Boston Central Park and V Sliding and Brain <0 Braine Sliding Vane- and Vane 77 7 : 2 48 30 28 THe Mopet CRAFTSMAN O. O. D. A. Brassington of the Staten Island Club. must be covered by moving the center of California We hear that “Gurgles” won the re- gatta at Long Beach, Cal., April 6-7, with 101 out of a possible 130 points. LONG BEACH RESULTS Skipper = =a =z = a os — é s - od s Club Points 1. Richard So. Cal. 2. Knauss So. Cal 89 3. Bourgeois 4. Atthewe So. Cal. Berkeley 81% 6914 5. Thorson So. Cal. 69 6. Stockham So. Cal. 7. Lassel So. Cal. «65 So. Cal. 64 So. Cal. 58 8. Shanks 9. Wakeman 101 664 Berkeley 10. Sousa 59% 11. Schwab Berkeley 12. Collet Berkeley 54 13. Spowart Berkeley 48 14. Wakeman, Jr. Berkeley 29 36 effort to compensate variation in wind strength and courses laid. The mast must be stepped, raked or the rigging moved to promote this end. Yet the most facile and rational Equally inconsistent are thou sportsmen. permit the selfsame purpose. Snow, on the Relegate it to the family “In the recent California Championship Sliding Some of the skippers agree with Snow and some do not. from each side. We would like to hear Three letters follow: Regatta, reaches, contrary to the calumny we hear. If anyone had had occasion to slide his rig ahead to relieve an overworked helm, he would have been thanked for his s through in kippers. By C. H. Farley Balance, to be effectively gained by changing the lateral plane by means of rudders of varying areas, while, at the same time, project the flame thrower of their wrath on the ‘movable keel,” which represents as ineffective a method as can be conceived. This rule is a monument to our ‘stampeding instinct, and an indictment against our vaunted emotional level and knowl- in S. commensurate with accurate sailing. If they have better gear than we, they will be doubly welcome. Sports- the emotions, expressed as ‘rules,’ which MAN. F. Berkeley, in 1941, it will be considered an act of courtesy for them to have manship is not synonymous with intolerance. used. Rig in the last issue of MopEL CRAFTS- by a sea lawyer's vacation! When the champions of the Eastern and Mid-West Divisions come to one is labeled ‘pernicious’ by holier-than- 14 boats competed. Every one was equipped with sliding rig and vane, but the rig was not used; little need for it article days, not one protest and equipment edge of facts. Sliding Rig Opinions interest in according the best competition within his power. Two rounds in two “Fundamentally, the ethics and the purpose are the same, whatever method is skeleton-closet! We have received some answers to the ., during , May 5. an approach toward that goal can be made by these means. The rest of the distance The “In answer to your public invitation to comment upon the very bitter and bigoted article appearing in the May issue and to supporting remarks by its editor in the June number, stating that a skipper using the. sliding-rig- has ‘ceased to be a sportsman, I would like to call your attention to the fact that individuals and clubs have supported the yachting columns because they expected it would remain a medium for the presentation of news and articles of an interesting and rational character. “However, these columns have fouled themselves in a most shocking manner, in that they have allowed such a hysterical article to appear, and which offers a de- liberate insult to many skippers who could give lessons in the conduct of ‘being a sportsman,’ and who are above reproach. “A ridiculous statement is made that ‘anyone using a vane or sliding rig when his opponent does not, is taking unfair sailec advantage." The same might be said when one elects to use a spinnaker, tacking gye, superior skippering or what-not, perverted reasoning is employed. “I feel, with many others, if this including vane and sliding-rig users and their opponents, that an apology is due the splendid sportmen who are unfortunate enough to have incurred the petty wrath of the pundits. Here are the entries for the race between the Hartford Model Yacht Club and the Rhode Island Miniature Yacht Club at Batton Park. s0 be used as great things living at 904 ing from his ., opringfield, ch. 3 rounds ach. Results: “As long as the rating and sailing rules are observed, no one has the right to start a mudslinging campaign against pro- (Continued on page 59) By A. R. Lassel, So. Calif. M.Y.C. “There has been much ado in public print about the sliding rig and the vane steering gear. Most of the “disquisitionsTM have been stark rationalizations, showing lack of first-hand knowledge of the writer on the subject or unwillingness to face the facts. The horse-and-buggy days of model yachting are in transit, and we are being treated to a spectacle where the votaries of the ‘good old days’ are scrambling at the salvage job, holds barred. with no “The New Era of model sailing needs no apologia, does not thrive on lament, does not ask for exclusive franchise, but an education for what it stands for is a crying need: “Perfect Balance does not exist in sailing vessel, nor can it be achieved a by design of the appendage, which is a most profitable expedient, or by a meticulous metacentric analysis July, 1940 of hull sections, but This is a general view of the Quaker City Invitation Regatta, May 5, at Concourse Lake, Philadelphia, George Kahmer is commodore of the Philly organization. 37 of a type suitable to such a commutator. The interest of this discovery can be summed up by explaining that no American Flyer locomotive with a drum commutator (except the modern HO gauge) has ever prior to now! been known assembly is quite obviously duction and made cannot be an_indi- vidual replacement. At this time, Flyer did a great deal of experimental work on motors and assemblies. However, the discovery is of no less interest because of its In simple explanation. of talking varieties “die dorfan (or as sometimes happened, “pattern varieties’) we are not referring to those pathetic doubling up of numbers which have oc- curred all too frequently where a manufacturer assigns a number to a new model which he has previously used on another steamtype! some very old and interesting pieces of Lionel equipment, among the first models, in fact, ever made by that firm. This stuff was built for two rail and the odd gauge of 27%”. The first is the large four wheel (all Lionel equipment in this gauge is four wheeled) open trolley car No. 300 from 1902, but manufactured for several after that. The bodies were not made by Lionel on this one car, but were years purchased Converse Co. who used them on pull-toy and trackless clockwork trolley cars, This of the same general type, size, etc., and they may range from variations in the A body floor floor the headlights, bells, pantographs, etc. Perhaps the best example of all time is the Ives 1134 Standard gauge steam type which illustrates several points in major and minor variations, and even, to some extent, duplication of numbers, altho because of the circumstances and similarity, fans do not regard this Ives devia- tion as of a very serious nature. The first 1134s were made in 1927. They E. Morton from assembled Lionel electric car, about major body die to merely variations in of photographs we have This month. model of entirely different type several or many years before. We mean, instead, minor variations in the same locomotive, handsmade a on not Old Lionel Models The whole factory pro- them, by used sample, but on a special model they made up and sold to a customer who wanted a long and 15” 9” high, was “something” no matter how you look at it, and retailed for $7.00. second photograph shows the under’ view and motor, including the wood installed under the original metal for insulation purposes. Also note the large cast motor field and the long thin brushes. The piece of paper pasted to the car floor contains instructions on changing these brushes. The controller handle on the front platform is not a dummy but actually works the reverse switch below the car floor, as shown in the two pictures. This reverse switch itself tirely different model, being a long and completely redesigned 4-4-2 type, die cast. is of rather peculiar design, but is only one of several such types used on these early Lionel numbers. The frames are of cast brass. The third picture shows a very interesting and peculiar car, a trailer car in the picture, but a unit which was manu factured both as a trailer and as a motor: ized car. This was described in the cata- In this model, the headlight was mounted log as a “box car”, on a bracket in front of the smokestack somewhat and the bell was carried on a railway were sand cast 4-4-0 types. As a matter of fact, this 4-4-0 type has been classified into several minor types; with engineer, without engineer, lettered “1132” instead of “1134,” ete. The form 1928 out 1134, however, at a little angle was an en- little platbehind the stack. Now, the 1928 and 1929 models illustrate a basic and important “die variety, for not only are they identical as to size, general design and cannot be told apart at a glance except by someone who knows what to look for, but they were sold without a break as the same engine. In other words, the 1929 model represents an improvement in the original 1928 type (altho as later circumstances seem to confirm, the die was not altered actually, but a new second die was made up). The 1929 model has the headlight concealed in the center of the boiler front (which is removable), and the bell is mounted on the little bracket in front of the smokestack. The old bell platform and using their own namevplates. Of course the very fact that this engine was sold under the AF name automatically makes it another variety, but also adds one more die variation to the original Ives casting. 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MODEL YACHTING and taken of your American in finishing models. experience known from coast (Continued from page 37) gressives who wish to investigate and employ modern means of yacht control. If the sliding rig and vane must be barred, SPECIALIZE the 12 behind years to coast. us. pictures of Our you European name is HEINZ FINE PHOTOGRAPHY Photo Finishing of Supreme 5 UNION SQUARE Quality NEW YORK, N. Y. Write for price list and mailing bags then go about it in a decent and kind fashion, and not by blitzkreig of insult- men’ from the clouds of intolerance.” known that at least one 1134 die casting was purchased from Ives by Dorfan and When writing to advertisers please mention By C. O. Brook, Deeper Hudson M.Y.C. I might suggest at this time that all men MovEL CRAFTSMAN for July. 1940 NEW ] bombs dropped by self-styled ‘true sports- REBUILT PARTS SERVICE a SEND US YOUR Repairs—Seven old Years MOTOR TROUBLES. Experience, Or, trade motor on Jiberaj terms, for new one, Expert in your LANGE’S MODEL Supp ties 75 E. ADAMS ST., R |! Chicago, Illinois 59 and women interested in the sport of model yachting, read the first paragraph of the Constitution of the M.Y.R.A.A, EVAN IDJEFE2 As I have pointed out in other writ ings, the spinnaker was frowned on in no Tool of 100! Uses AREER uncertain terms, as was the Braine Gear A WHOLE TOOL SHOP in its time. Each new class has had its friends and foes—all of which is quite IN YOUR HAND steady Smooth, power at your finger tips, Uses 300 accessories to grind, drill, polish, rout, cut,carve,sand, saw, sharpen, engrave, etc. Plugs in any AC or DC & natural. / The vane gear and the sliding rig were at first looked upon as being novel, just socket, as a device I once used for unlocking the Work 10 Days’ Money-Back Trial Order today. 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When some devotee of the sport “discovers” something which he is sure will make his boat win races, or at least sail attention of his fellow “playmates,” it seems thoughtless to say the least to write an article claiming to all the world that he is “no sportsman.” What difference does it make if each enjoys the same privileged and one takes advantage of HOW TO PROPER ENGINE CARE — HOW TO BUILD A TRACK — LATEST ENGINE CLASSIFICATION. PRICE 10 CENTS MODEL CRAFTSMAN New York, N. Y. MODEL YACHTS Fittings - Sails - Spinnakers for all Classes of Model Yachts Free deck layout with all orders. Send 3c stamp for illustrated list. A . J . F | § H E R Dept. 8 Hasal Oaky Mich. to be “overcrowded” with rules now. Those who have followed the sport for any length of time will agree that every event of Divisional or National character brings more suggestions to “improve” the sport by impeding its progress... . By that I mean, in plain language, that the moment some skipper brings a boat, or some improved equipment to the pondside, and proceeds to win race after race, there is one in the crowd ready to suggest that the sport needs a new ruling to call a halt. TO WHAT? TO THE OTHER FELLOW WINNING? I sometin.es think sO. I feel free to state that Frank knows my friendship for him is unquestioned, but I think, nevertheless, he is at fault in that article for condemning the sliding rig while an officer in the sport, but more so by stating that those who use them when their competitors do not have them are NOT sportsmen. I am sure his opinion of our friends on the Coast who have brought the slide rig to the notice of the sport so clearly, is not the consensus of opinion of the sport as a whole here in the East. I might add this: I have been told that a recent race of greatest importance was won by an old boat that had never won anything before, and that the winning was accredited by some as due ONLY to a certain After all, we are in the sport because we love to sail, and we should be sportmen enough to concede our friendly opponent the right to enjoy his half of it. If he is smart enough to so equip his craft, without infringing on the rules, as to make his craft sail better than ours, more power to him. If we lack ambition, or added equipment, thereby implying that this new nationai figure won unfairly. My answer to this is—more power to the smartness of the chap who was able to go out and beat real competitors at their own game with an old boat. He deserves great credit. MODEL SPEED BOATS (Continued from page 9) that privilege and another doesn’t? spinnaker, vane and sliding rig, or even VISED 1940 AMRCA RULES — 60 Island club members were not sportsmen. skill, or finances to own a fine working BUILD AND RACE A CAR — RE- 110 W. 42nd St. ing rules. But there was no suggestion on the part of anyone that the Staten | better, and brings his “discovery” to the RACE CAR FANS articles of the club at the time, I objected to the use of the sliding rig by the Staten Island boys because the rig was shifted during the race—which I believe is unconstitutional according to the M.Y.R.A.A. rac: more rules than we already have. I be- lieve, with many, that we are beginning plated speedboat. Second and third prize in each class was a gold plated model spark plug on a ribbon. The plating and making of the plaques and casting of the speedboat sections was done by members of the Washington club. I believe everyone who attended is grateful for the way the race was handled. fine sails, then let us not scowl and say the other fellow lacks sportsmanship. Certainly we cannot expect the other TENDER FRAME (Continued from page 33) competitor to ruin his sails because ours are bad, or to rig his model with poor home-made fittings because that is what we put on our craft. I disagree with Frank most heartily that “laws should be made” against the vane, or the slide rig! A rule already applies, I believe, that a rig may not be altered during a race ... that the mast may not be moved more than ¥% inch Yet, without in the “A”TM Class rule. checking back, I would not be too certain allow a certain freedom of movement between the bar and pins so that when the engine is packed up against its train the bump will come on the buffers and not on the draw bar pins. The extra vertical width allowed in the draw bar pocket is to allow the draw bar to adjust itself to any difference in the level between the engine and tender While I would like to see a CLASS of model come into being along a “pet according to the track surfaces. In large engine practice, it is customary to use two draw bars with the draw bar pin holes drifted so that if one boats built as nearly identical as possible, and where every sail and appliance would be allowed, thereby bringing a contest down to purely a test of the skipper’s skill. I do not think it wise to add any vent “breaking in two” between the engine and tender. In the days of the old single between engine and tender draw bar, failure of the one draw bar some- of that. idea” of my own, wherein there would be draw bar should fail, the other will be brought into use automatically and pre- When writing to advertisers please mention MopeL CRAFTSMAN for July, 1940