News and Announcements

The new NRJ is now available for download to NRG members. Contents are:

Features

Columns and Editorials

A new online workshop has been added for NRG members. This is Online Research Sources, presented by Chuck Bauer, dated 14 October 2023.

Check our Workshops page for this and other workshop videos. 

https://www.thenrg.org/page-1075414

A new online workshop has been added for NRG members. This is Online Research Sources, presented by Paul Fontenoy.

Check our Workshops page for this and other workshop videos. 

https://www.thenrg.org/page-1075413

A new online workshop has been added for NRG members. This is Diorama Water Crafting, presented by Ron Neilson.

Check our Workshops page for this and other workshop videos. 

https://thenrg.org/page-1075412

Features

• USS/SS Leviathan: Building a museum model with a split personality, Part 4.
• L'Egyptienne: A 1:160-scale 24-pounder frigate of 1799 (A work in progress.) 
• A Viking river-ship in portage over rough terrain.
• The America's Cup schooner Sappho.
• Interview with the ship modeler, conservator, and maritime historian Ab Hoving.
  
• NEPTUNIA
• 3D-Printing and using a mariner's astrolabe 
  

Columns and Editorials

• SHOP NOTES: How to cut a plank with minimum wastage.
• TIPS & TECHNIQUES: Cleaning sandpaper: Prolong its life with a rubber cleaning stick!

Our book review section has now been updated with the previous five journals of titles, plus the previously quarterly online reviews. Please visit the Book Reviews page via our website menu.

JH

05-04-2023

The Winter 2022 edition of the Nautical Research Journal is now available!    

Digital subscribers can access the digital edition here. Print subscribers will be receiving their copies by mail soon!

Features

Columns and Editorials

The all-new Model Ships 2023 Calendar is now available in the NRG store.  Order today - there is a limited number available and once they're gone, they're gone!

The official Nautical Research Guild 2023 calendar features a different model ship each month.  Each model was built by an NRG or Model Ship World member.  

Beautiful full color, high resolution photos are suitable for framing once the year is over.  The wall calendar measures 11" x 17" when opened.

Featuring models from:

The Autumn 2022 edition of the Nautical Research Journal is now available!    

Digital subscribers can access the digital edition here. Print subscribers will be receiving their copies by mail soon!

Features

• USS/SS Leviathan: Building a museum model with a split personality, Part 1 by Dan Pariser
• A model of Henry VIII’s flagship Great Harry, as portrayed in the Dover painting by William J. Wardle
• Some tips and techniques for paper ship models by David Sakrison
• United States Navy submarine O-9 (SS 70) by Richard Yorczyk
• NEPTUNIA No.307
• The schooner America by Marcelo C. Ossó
• A non-destructive method of constructing a frame on a lofted drawing by David Antscherl
• Postscript to “Thoughts on ship decoration” by Richard Simon

Columns and Editorials

• Editorial: Research makes all the difference by Paul Fontenoy
• SHOP NOTES: Making an inexpensive thickness sander by Robbie Zielemans
• SHOP NOTES: Making mini sanding discs by Bill Kammermeyer
• MODELER’S REVIEW: The Nautical Research Guild’s thin strip saw jig by Mike Lonnecker
• Book Reviews