Headlines for 2003

12/31/03

My Fitzgerald has her center section near completion. The frame is built up and the bow and stern section fitted for assembly.

12/22/03

Kevin Williams adds 2 new boats, The Misener Transport and Riverdliffe Hall and has updated shoots of his Windoc. Kevin does a great job with keeping things pretty straight forward, yet detailed enough to craft a great looking model. Very classy and creative work Kevin !!!

12/20/03

My Fitzgerald has her new center section ready to be framed up. Hope to have her read for fiberglass before the new year. My Belle River is striped ready for another layer of light fiberglass to finish her off. Hope to fiberglass both boats at the same time.

11/29/03

My Fitzgerald finally goes into dry dock for some major repairs. Your not seeing things, that's the cargo hold that's missing !!!! Finally get the pages together on her construction. Also added a "How to Fiberglass" page in the Tips section.

11/29/03

My Fitzgerald finally goes into dry dock for some major repairs, and finally get the pages together on her construction. Also added a "How to Fiberglass" page in the Tips section. Find all of these pages in the tips section.

11/26/03

Charles Drummond adds his Ho RC whaleback Trevor John B. He used templates filled with Styrofoam, shaped then fiberglassed the hull. Looking good Chuck !!

11/15/03

Norm Hart adds his award winning collection of fine models to our museum. South America - Inoican Tug - John Reon IV Tug - Wiflred Sykes - Edmund Fitzgerald - 3 mast Schooner. All RC and lighted.

11/13/03

We have a few updates from Scott Tomlinson. He runs his Steamer Col. John Caldwell one last time before winter layup. Great shots Scott!!!

11/13/03

Keith Williams adds the first Federal boat to our museum, the Federal Navigator Looking good Kieth !!

11/10/03

We also have a few updates from Alan Hinchmans. Some more great shots of his Srykes and American Mariner in action!!

11/07/03

It gives me great honor to announce a brand new group out of Port Huron Michigan called the Great Lakes Nautical Society. This is a fine group of individuals specializing in model building and researching of Great Lakes shipping. We have been given the use of a pond and new facilities just of he St. Clair River which will be our home port. The Great Lakes Modeling Association is proud to be a part of this group, together making the best of this hobby for all to enjoy.

10/25/03

Once more I'm going to give another shot at an active Message Board. I'm hoping with the new formation of the Great Lakes Nautical Society, that working together we can generate enough traffic between our groups. This message board is for you, so your welcome you to use it !!!

10/20/03

In the tradition of boats being renamed, I am no longer building the Oglebay Norton, I am now building the Belle River. I really like the black hulled Footers. I also live only a block from the river that the Edison Plant "Belle River" was named after, and the ship being named after the plant. So it hit kind of close to home.

10/20/03

Alan Hinchmans launches his Wilfred Sykes !!!!!!!!!!!!! Alan is wowing the folks down in Charlotte North Carolina with his Laker!!! Can't wait to see her next June 5th at the Port Huron Regatta Alan!!!!

10/20/03

I would like to introduce the newest section to the G.L.M.A. "Feature Stories" I have ran acroos many things since the start of this web site, and I thought it would be nice to share these things with you.

10/17/03

Here are some early shots of my Lindberg G Tug. I really like the looks of the G Tugs, but the Lindberg hull is way to big. So I modified the deckhouse a bit. If your interested in building your own Lindberg Tug, I will have step by step photos on her construction as I go.

10/14/03

Russ Mamere builds the Irving S. Olds. This is his second shot at building this Laker. Russ all your boats look great, but I must say you are definitely honing your modeling skills !!!! It's not what you build or how well you build. It's what you put into it and what you get out of building these models. Thank you gentlemen for sharing your work and inspiring others.

10/11/03

Computer Building Aids. Excel tools you can use in calculating between different scales, scaling plans and hull volume. Thank you Alan Hinchman for you handy spread sheet.

10/10/03

Kurt Langert adds his Fred R. White Jr. which is still under construction. Taking 1/16” plans and doubled the size, making the hull eight feet long. Another outstanding job Kurt !!!

10/07/03

Don Campbell adds his first Laker model that he's building out of steel. Get the full story of Dons model building at his web site. Some very impressive work !!

10/02/03

Don Cambell adds his first Laker model that he's building out of steel. Get the full story of Dons model building at his web site.

Some very impressive work !!

09/30/03

Alan Hinchman adds his 1"= 10' RC American Mariner, Wilfred Sykes and a 1"= 16' Sam Laud. Nice work Alan!!!        

09/24/03

Kurt Langert adds his Edmund Fitzgerald to our Museum !! At 11.6 feet it's hardly just another Fitzgerald. This is his first attempt at a Lake boat with 99.9% being scratch built by himself. What an outstanding model Kurt !!!!!

09/23/03

My Oglebay Norton gets her deckhouse. Tipes on working with styrene. More to come as I get into the detailing of this HO boat of mine.

09/22/03

Another HO Footer is added to our museum !!! Michael Ferguson and his Stewart H. Cort. What a boat that is going to be. Looks like we now have 3 1000 Footers looking to set sail in Port Huron come next spring. What a sight that will be !!

09/20/03

Hugh O Conner displays his 1/200 scale collection and Revell T2 Tanker kit conversion, pushing our museum to over 50 models. Not only is Hugh a great model builder, but he does paintings as well as murals. I most say some of the best work I have ever seen !!!

09/05/03

Four more boats are added to our Museum: Three by a fairly new comer to the hobby Kevin Williams. Doing some fine work I might add on his Upper Lakes model and his Windoc !!! One by Jim Clark the Edmund Fitzgerald. Although still under construction this is going to be one of the best Fitzgerald's ever built.

08/18/03

Scott Tomlinson adds some pics of his Paul R. Tregurtha and Paula Ann Lindberge Tug. Scotts Tregurtha is off to a good start, with a hopeful launch date sometime next spring.

08/11/03

Bearco Model Marine has a new look. Esther Beris again hard at work bringing what she can for this hobby of ours.

07/21/03

Great Lakes Fleet Colors will be available very soon !! These are samples directly from the Fleets, they are being computer match an mixed in easy to apply enamels. Algoma, Ogleybay, Cleveland Cliffs, Interlake, Ferris are just a few to be listed on a soon to come web page.

06/15/03

Esther Beris displays her Edmund Fitzgerald kit with the Walter Ore Dock in our Museum. 

05/14/03

Don't miss the annual Port Huron Marine Mart on June 7th. A wide arang of Gret lakes memorabilia will be avalible to buy and sell. More information: Port Huron Museum, 1115 Sixth St., Port Huron, Michigan. 810.982.0891 Ext. 16. tjgaffney@phmuseum.org

03/12/03

Esther from Bearco Marine Model now has an Edmund Fitzgerald kit available thru there web site at:  www.BearcoMarine.com 

03/09/03

Bob Gesking brings the first Chris Craft to our Museum! Bob did an outstanding job building this 1940 Barrelback. These are in my book the classiest pleasure boats ever made.

03/04/03

Bob Schaar kicks off our newest section to the G.L.M.A. This section is dedicated to the Custom Modeler, free advertising and free web site are being offered to those modelers willing to build models for others to enjoy!

02/24/03

Albert Blevins adds three of his models to our museum: The Edna G. Tug - Champion Tug - The Marigold Lighthouse Tender. Albert really does some fine work.

02/23/03

The G.L.M.A. gets her first Ore Dock built by Don Steffan. His work was displayed Manitowoc Maritime Museum in Wisconsin 

02/13/03

The G.L.M.A. is offering FREE WEB SITES to any modeler build or manufacture how sells, builds or manufactures products related to Great Lakes modeling. Also a FREE CLASSIFIED section is being setup for anyone sell Great Lakes models.   

02/10/03

The new G.L.M.A. Message Board is up and running! Check the Trivia section out and WIN a Great lakes Kit!

02/06/03

Looking for a cheap simple Great Lakes project? Here are a few kits available for less then $50.00.

01/27/03

I came across this Dolphin Helicopter 1/48 scale kit, looks good. I figured why not include this as part of the web site, after all we owe a great deal to these men and there machines. U.S.C.G. 

01/27/03

Sylvan products have been around since 1997, and if your into HO or N scale you might find they have some nice kits. Covering many HO and N scale trains, structures, ships and many accessories. 

01/15/03

Installing a "Flap Rudder" on your Tug.