Thanks Chris, I find it is one of those topics that has become the subject of a lot of confusion over the years, mainly spread by the internet.  Sometimes these things just need clarifying and simplifying so people can cut out all the clutter.  I’m amazed at how many different ideas there are regarding the use of Microsol and Microset, when the bottom line is very simply that they are both the same stuff but Microsol is a good bit stronger. For many applications Microset is all you need.

Thanks Colin

A while back Paul Freshney when Editor made considerable efforts to engage the model sailing community without any real success. Since then the Model Powerboat people have lost interest in the magazine also. I think that just reflects the fact that Model Boats no longer has any attraction for competitive model boating which back in the 70s and 80s occupied many of its pages. Model boating has separated into its various niches and the magazine is now catering for scale, semi scale and miscellaneous model RC model boating.

Maybe this reflects the decline of competitive model boating to club level when it used to be National. Discuss!

Colin

Hi is Mayhem down been trying for to days

Thank you Colin for the information , hope it’s sorted soon

Just got around to reading your article Mick, very good and the model looks great. My scratch built tramp steamer Reculver is now around 50  years old and still operational. It started off as a Victorian Union Castle liner but the superstructure ultimately got a but shabby. I therefore discarded the upperworks and rebuilt the model as a tramp in a larger scale.

Colin

Ships from that period seemed to have such a wealth of character about them.