Monthly Archives: January 2015

First HSPMS Meeting of the Year

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Saturday, January 17 marks the first meeting of the Hyde Street Pier Model Shipwrights for 2015. It’s a new year and a great time to get those ship model projects out and to recommit ourselves to support the club and the park service by spending a little time at our workshop aboard the Eureka. Meeting starts at 9:30am.

From the December meeting

From the December meeting

Tom Shea and Paul Reck deserve some thanks for having done some house cleaning in the workshop so members have more room to work on their builds. So, come and take advantage of the new space and see what everyone is working on.

Last of the Kriegstein Collection Books – Get Yours Quick!

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Ship Modeler

If you’ve never seen the Kriegstein Collection or part of it, you’re really missing a rare sight. I was fortunately to be able to visit the home of Dr. Arnold Kriegstein with the members of the Hyde Street Pier Model Shipwrights group a few years ago.

Kriegstein129_sm Photos courtesy of Seawatch Books

Kriegstein081_sm Photos courtesy of Seawatch Books

I had attended the Nautical Research Guild Conference in San Francisco (well, actually, it was in San Mateo) where Dr. Kriegstein gave a presentation. The NRG event included a tour of his home, which I had missed. So one of the other Hyde Street Pier members and I approached Dr. Kriegstein about organizing a separate visit at some time, which he was completely open to. So, we went about organizing a date for our group some months later and visited his home, which is just North of San Francisco.

I won’t go into a…

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