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Model Boats June 2012

Model Boats June 2012 on sale 11th May 

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Model Boats June 2012

Model Boats June 2012

A look at the Cover and Contents of the June 2012 issue of Model Boats on sale 11th May

Model Boat Convention 2011

Model Boat Convention 2011

DAVE ABBOTT reports on the show by modellers for modellers

Policing Afloat

Policing Afloat

COLIN BISHOP visits the Thames River Police HQ at Wapping.

Amy Claire

Amy Claire

DAVE BRUMSTEAD reviews the Riverside Models Narrow Boat Kit Subscribers Only

USS INDEPENDENCE LCS-2

USS INDEPENDENCE LCS-2

BRIAN JOHNSON builds a water jet powered 1:110 scale Littoral Combat Ship Subscribers Only

Diana

Diana

DAVID PLEDGE goes small!

International One Metre 2011 World Championship

International One Metre 2011 World Championship

DAVE WOOLEY reports from West Kirby Sailing Club, with pictures by JON GODSELL

Two models of HMS Warspite

Two models of HMS Warspite

PAT KEOGH’S creations

H.M.C.S. Snowberry

H.M.C.S. Snowberry

DAVE ABBOTT revisits the Revell 1:72 scale Flower class corvette Subscribers Only

Topaz: Installation and commissioning the steam plant

Topaz: Installation and commissioning the steam plant

ROY BURTON describes his efforts and how to overcome problems Subscribers Only

Converting a Futaba 35MHz Transmitter to 2.4GHz

Converting a Futaba 35MHz Transmitter to 2.4GHz

DAVE BRUMSTEAD does a spot of soldering!

King Lear Model Boat Club

King Lear Model Boat Club

DAVE ABBOTT reports on the club and their 2011 East Midlands Lifeboat Day

International Model Lifeboat Rally

International Model Lifeboat Rally

DAVE WOOLEY reports from Etherow Country Park 26th June 2011

Tamar class lifeboat

Tamar class lifeboat

TERRY SMALL reviews the Model Slipway kit Subscribers Only

A Tale of Two Springers

A Tale of Two Springers

By GARETH JONES, with a lot of help from his wife ELIZABETH Subscribers Only

HMS Consort

HMS Consort

JOHN EDWARDS and his model

Wooden Boats

Wooden Boats

COLIN BISHOP reports from Vancouver

Branksome

Branksome

THOR FROHN-NIELSEN, a Canadian reader of MB, describes his part-built model Subscribers Only

MPBA 2011 National Scale Finals

MPBA 2011 National Scale Finals

DAVE WOOLEY reports from Branston Water Park Subscribers Only

MPBA News October 2011

MPBA News October 2011

From KEN GOULD and DAVE ABBOTT

Boiler Room . Part 10: Boiler Testing

Boiler Room . Part 10: Boiler Testing

RICHARD SIMPSON's series on model steam plants

Sea Bird

Sea Bird

ANTHONY ADDAMS creates a period yacht based on a Fairwind kit Subscribers Only

Irishman

Irishman

IVOR WARNE reviews the recently updated Model Slipway kit of Yorkshireman and Irishman Subscribers Only

Intermodellbau 2011

Intermodellbau 2011

DAVE WOOLEY reports from Dortmund

The River Cruiser Dubarry

The River Cruiser Dubarry

A revival of a classic river cruiser design, length 28.5 inches, presented by COLIN BISHOP

Gallery by Dave Wooley

Gallery by Dave Wooley

Bob Abell's S.S. Great Eastern Subscribers Only

Magnetic Propshaft Coupling

Magnetic Propshaft Coupling

CARL A. LLOYD presents a novel leak proof method for model boat drivelines Subscribers Only

Flying Dolphin

Flying Dolphin

RON TERLICH describes his model built from a Model Boats Free Plan

USS ARIZONA BB39 1941

USS ARIZONA BB39 1941

DAVE ABBOTT reviews and converts the Trumpeter kit to radio control Subscribers Only

Straight Running - the original competitive model power boating

Straight Running - the original competitive model power boating

COLIN BISHOP, with help from PHIL ABBOTT, looks at the history and current activity Subscribers Only

Ellesmere Port MBC Spring Show

Ellesmere Port MBC Spring Show

DAVE WOOLEY visits this increasingly popular March event

Our Lass II

Our Lass II

TERRY SMALL reviews the Nautix A.R.T.R. model, supplied by Deans Marine

Motor Tug Lowgarth

Motor Tug Lowgarth

DAVE ABBOTT reviews the Mountfleet Models kit Subscribers Only

BMPRS News June 2011

BMPRS News June 2011

www.bmprs.co.uk STEWART RAE (SCOOP) with a report from Leicester and other news

KM Prinz Eugen

KM Prinz Eugen

PAT KEOUGH, a South African reader, describes his model

ETV Waker

ETV Waker

ERIS KENNEDY converted this Revell kit to radio control Subscribers Only

Range Finder October 2011

Range Finder October 2011

DAVE WOOLEY with his World Wide Review of Warships and Warship Modelling Subscribers Only

Steam Yacht Gondola

Steam Yacht Gondola

CHRIS BROWN, an Australian reader, describes his model

Boiler Room Part 5: Attenuator Valves

Boiler Room Part 5: Attenuator Valves

RICHARD SIMPSON’s mini-series on model steam plants

Samwise

Samwise

ARMANDO LONI scratch builds a 1/144 scale WW2 Liberty Ship using a Glynn Guest plan Subscribers Only

Jet-Riva Aquarama

Jet-Riva Aquarama

BRIAN JOHNSON builds and modifies the Amati kit Subscribers Only

Drink cans for model boat construction?

Drink cans for model boat construction?

Alan Furness describes the construction of Emily May

Model Engineer Exhibition 2010

Model Engineer Exhibition 2010

Report by COLIN BISHOP and DAVID ABBOTT

Sea-Jet Evolution

Sea-Jet Evolution

TERRY SMALL reviews the Robbe kit

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