The Model Craftsman: Volume 5, Issue 4 – September, 1936

Sted my ae =) Dx ;=5: S hi,\=e= 4= 3 ae \ OL.I0 – i %r,d e op:‘ r¢:‘ e‘2 LS 3: % P, = 2 ‘5 i= ‘ “g ne. z i + geia i SN SH THE MODEL CRAFTSMAN Top left; “Blue Chip,” Boston M. Y. C. National Champion. William Bithell, who has taken this boat to Europe for the International Class “A” races at Gosport. Top, right; John Black, seated (skipper) and Don Manning, mate. Marblehead entry. Mr. Black has sailed for Europe as mate to Wm. Bithell. Center, left. Archie Arroll, Detroit M. Y. C. Western Champion. Center, right; George Steinbrecher with ‘Comanche,’ In oval, Eugene L. Cheney, President, M. ¥. R. A. A. Lower, left; Standing, l. to r. Walter Foote, Max Grabowski, Robert Bickley; Seated, Archie Arroll, Don Steinbrecher, Bob Buckley. Boats, “W, W. J, “C he,” “‘Lochii Asn Lower, right; Western Champion, Detroit Model Yacht Club, “W. W, J.” owned and sailed by Archie Arroll, The 1936 Class “A” YACHTING FINALS By HARVEY BARKUS as reported in THE DETROIT NEWS @ When the final round of the National Class A Model Yacht Championship races started on July Ist, in the Belle Isle, Detroit, Basin, Comanche, sailed by George Stein- brecher of the Detroit Model Yacht Club, had a one-point lead over Blue Chip, sailed by William Bithell of the Boston Model Yacht Club. The two were drawn against one another in the first race. Blue Chip took the beat and then the’ run, scoring five points and thus having a four-point lead. The race between the two leaders decided the National Championship. Blue Chip went on to win with four more beats and two more runs, finishing up the day’s sailing with a grand total of 98 points for the three-day regatta. Comanche was close behind with considered by everyone as a dan- gerous contender not only because of its remarkable sailing qualities but also because of the fact that it will be handled by an able skipper and mate. Bithell will serve tional Black Champion, will be mate. is recognized as the most able model yacht sailor in the United States and his experience in past International Regattas should be of the greatest value towards winning the Championship. An unfortunate accident alone prevented his entry from scoring considerably higher than it did, and nobody who has seen his able handling of model yachts has any doubt that this was the reason for his score being what it was. The Model Yacht Racing Association of America, through the efforts of its President, Eugene L. Cheney, is, for the first time, sending both a mate and skipper Thus, the 25-year-old Bithell be- came the National second Champion successive for year. Last year he won with his Yankee IJ. The young Boston Skipner will represent the United States in the In- ternational Regatta at England, in August. _ Gosport, Third place was taken by Loch- tmvar sailed and owned by Bob Buckley of St. Louis, with the ex- cellent showing of 82 points. Charles H. Farley of Boston, with Scherezade, made 75 points; John Black of Marblehead was fifth with Bostonia points and V which Archie scored Arrol’s 54 WWJ of the Cadillac M. Y.C. was sixth with 48 points. While no American sailing model has ever won the exception of the fifth round on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 30th, when it was handicapped by wet canvas, this model averaged more than 16 points to the round, winning 22 out of 30 beats and 16 out of 30 runs. The Detroit News presented trophies to six contestants in the National Races, additional prizes going to WWJ, Comanche, and Lochinvar that finished first, second and third respectively in the Mid-Western Regatta that decided the National entries from that section. four beats and three runs, totalling 93 points. the as skipper and Black, six times Na- with the winning model. In view of the fact that this expenditure is by no means small, even for an association as well established as the M. Y. R. A. A. great credit should be given to the energy and public spirit of Mr. Cheney and his associates, who made this possible. The sailing of Blue Chip was fairly consistent throughout the entire three days racing. With the Class A. Boat Mid-West Finals Skipper WW] Comanche A. Arroll D. Steinbrecher Club Points Cadillac Detroit 65 64 Lochinvar Robert Buckley St. Louis 61 Rene III Warren Lee Tre-Pol-Pen 52 Detroiter G. Steinbrecher Detroit 5] Coquette Mohawk Maen Mildred II Mizpah Glenshee Circe Tom Malloy G. Barron L. E. Troeger W. J. Palmer FE. L. Cheney J. McKinney F. Lippold Chicago Ogden Park Chicago Chicago Saugatuck Ogden Park Chicago 50 46 46 46 46 44 35 Bertha Marvey II Ed Phillips H. Miller Trelawney Detroit Y. C. 34 32 Lark IT C. Hands Adventure Stag IV Rene II W. J. Comstock Ray Palmer Columbia Grand Traverse Joe Mack International Championship, Blue Chip must be Final scores at Detroit Page 5 31 Chicago 27 15 Tre-Pol-Pen 14 MODEL CRAFTSMAN, The Home Mechanic’s Magazine for September, 1936 20 a simple compass, rigid enough for accurate work is all you’ll really ueed. A sharp pencil, preferably with a hard lead is used; the harder the lead, the less often it needs to be sharpened. The locomotive is planned The Origin and History of the MARBLEHEAD 50-800 Class Model Yacht by drawing the side elevation first. Lay out the driving wheels first, making sure you allow a large enough wheelbase so the flanges don’t touch. Of course, on certain loco- motives, where the wheels are widely spaced, this does not need to be considered. The cylinder blocks and pony truck must be worked on as a unit, and it may be necessary to make some of the compensations mentioned above, in order to provide clearance for sharp curves. Lay out the boiler center line, then make sure that the widest part of the boiler clears the driving wheels. The next important step is making provision for the motor. There is now available a little permanent magnet motor, intended for HO gauge locomotives, which is small enough to take care of motive. desired, sary to almost any kind of locoIf a regular AC motor is it will probably be necesdistort the firebox of any locomotive smaller than O gauge. in order to accommodate it. In fact this is often done in the case of O gauge locomotives, too, in order to provide room for the larger motors generally used for this gauge. If the locomotive is of a type with a small firebox, it will generally be found By ROY F. CLOUGH necessary to mount the motor in the tender, with a flexible shaft drive, otherwise the increase in the dimensions of the firebox would spoil the proportions of the engine. Related to the motor, and equally important with it is the transmission. The worm drive is practically standardized, but the smallest worm and gear available are rather large for OO and HO locomotives. Do not fail to consider ample room for them when choosing the stock for the frame. The frame brings us to another point, the necessity for adhering to stock sizes of material. There’s not much point in designing a frame to be made of channel brass 31/64” wide and 7/32” high if we know all along that no such stock is available. The same applies to all the other parts: these cannot always be reduced in an exact pro- portion. The sheet metal of which cabs and tenders are made must be proportionately thicker, in OO and (Continued on page 57) @ In my first article published in the May number of Moper CrartsMAN I tried to outline in a general way the advantages of building the Marblehead 50-800 Class boat for real pleasure in sailing model yachts. I would now like to tell how this class came into existence. The idea of building a boat of this size came to me suddenly one Sunday morning when my club was racing the old 450 square inch sail area class. Looking out on the pond, I was all at once conscious of the fact that although the class was limited to 450 square inches of sail we had a real “mongrel” class of boats. Boats of all sizes from 30 to 45 inches long; regular keels, fin keels, overhanging rudders, and boats anywhere from five to ten inches wide all belonged in the same class! I went home that Sunday morning and drew my dream boat in: profile and sail plan on an old barn door. Different members of the club came to see it and the comments on it were very favorable, so after drawing it up on paper and then building the boat, the interest began to increase, and soon there were twelve boats being built from that plan, each with a few individual changes. From that time on, our member- shin began to increase, and we had to hire larger quarters. New clubs seemed to spring up overnight, and things started to boom for the Marblehead class. Later the design was officially adopted by the Model of Association Racing Yacht America, and the greatest model yacht building boom ever seen in this country was under way. Clubs and trophies began to appear as if by magic, and at the present time the most sought-for trophy is the “Marblehead Perpetual Challenge Cup” which was won this year by the Jersey City Model Yacht Club. The Heisler Cup, which was given by Mr. Charles Heisler of Rensselaer, N. Y., is another beautiful prize. This cup is held by the Red Bank Model Yacht Club. Another trophy, a sterling silver bowl, which was won last year by Mr. Frank Goodwin of the Marblehead Yacht Club, is the Chester I. Campbell Cup, which was given by the estate of the late Chester I. Campbell. The winner of this cup holds it for one year, and also receives a replica to keep. There are also large regattas held each year by other clubs at which will be from 50 to 60 models. One of these events is the National Championship Races of the Marblehead 50-800 class, which is to be held this year in Warinanco, New Jersey. Little did anyone who saw that first profile drawing on the old barn door think that it was to be the forerunner of the largest model yacht class in the world today. And now, to make the joy of the 50-800 fans complete, I have this week received notice from the Model Sailing Club, a department of the German Sailing Club, that the Marblehead 50-800 class has been accepted in Germany because they “. . . believe that this class will render very nice and useful boats with a simple formula which are not difficult to build and which besides by reason of their small size are handy…” An accompanying notice gave word that they are to hold an International Race at Hamburg at the end of the Olympic Games. One of the two yacht classes selected for the race is the Marblehead 50-800, and this country will be invited to send two boats to the competition. Eight other countries have also been invited to participate. From the small beginning on the old barn door has come the most popular class of yachts the world has ever known; after blanketing our country, it has spread to for- eign lands, and is still growing. Come on now, Model Yachtmen —clean off the workbench, sharpen up those tools, and start work NOW, on the world’s most popular model yacht, the Marblehead 50-800 Class!