Monthly Archives: February 2021

The HSPMS Youtube Channel

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Check out the Hyde Street Pier Model Shipwrights new Youtube channel!

HSPMS member and Commodore Paul Reck has been showing his models to members and other friends by making neat little slide show videos, so it only makes sense to make them available for the public to view.

In addition, we a pretty decent collection of photos from a couple club outings, and from some members that take photos of their progress. Add to that a little footage of our meetings and you have some nice recruitment video material.

Here is the first video we’ve posted. It’s a collection of photos and video footage taken from our 2017 Day Sail aboard the scow schooner Alma, which belongs to the San Francisco Maritime National Park. Check it out.

Our second video is a progress slideshow of Paul Reck’s scratch built US Coast Guard 26′ motor lifeboat. We haven’t seen any footage of it in the water though. Hopefully, it’s not at the bottom of the bay!

Be sure to view these on Youtube and give us a like, and make sure to subscribe to our youtube channel, Hyde Street Pier Model Shipwrights, to view our latest videos.

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Artesania Latina’s New 1/65-Scale Vasa Kit

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Looks like Artesania Latina is back producing new kits. This latest release looks especially promising, and note the serious attempt to up the standards of wooden ship model kit instructions. If you’re curious, it seems that you can download these directly from their website at http://artesanialatina.net.

Ages of Sail

We just received a big shipment of products from the “new and improved” Artesania Latina, so we’re finally recovering after the holidays depleted our stocks of this long-time popular brand. In addition, we’ve receive some new kits you might want to check out, as well as the return of an old favorite, the San Juan Nepomuceno. But, the biggest news by far is the release of their brand new kit of the 17th century Swedish warship Vasa.

This spectacular kit is made for the Expert Level modeler and is produced in 1/65-scale, making it one of the largest Vasa kits available at 42″ long and 34″ high. The kit makes heavy use of die-cast and photo-etched decorations, and there are a LOT of them!

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Building the Kanrin Maru – Japan’s First Screw Steamer – Part 4

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The latest update from HSPMS member Clare Hess on his Dutch-built screw-steamer Kanrin Maru, the second steamship of the Japanese Shogun’s navy, and Japan’s first ship to visit the United States, right here in San Francisco.

Ship Modeler

After the modification of the bulwarks, the rest of the model should look pretty much like the plans. The Woody Joe kit seems to be pretty well spot-on with the Dutch maritime museum plans as far as hull shape and deck layout. So, it’s basically the smaller details that I need to consider.

The scrollwork for the bow is a cast metal piece, which looks fine. There are a few artifacts from the casting process which need cleaning up, but this is pretty easy to do. I just used a sharp, chisel pointed blade to cut them away.

With the scrollwork cleaned up, I mounted it on the bow. The upper and lower molding of this piece are supposed to line up with the wooden molding strips applied to the hull. With the scrollwork in place, I decided to trim the stem so that it didn’t stick out beyond the…

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