Pic 1: This bows on picture shows the neat deck planking. Pic 2: The steam plant ready for a bench test. Pic 3: The steam plant installed in the model, forward of the cabin. This was my very first attempt at model boat building, having been into exhibition model railways for many years. Not knowing…
Some of us may believe we make realistic models, but when I saw this dockyard diorama in Denmark, I could not believe how it could possibly have been made by human hands, because it was so finely detailed. Was this Hamlet’s Dockyard? Elsinore Castle conjures up a misty mysterious medieval stronghold that Shakespeare would have…
I spotted it on a roundabout in France whilst exploring Burgundy, both the countryside and the wine. There it was, an old wooden river skiff, nicely painted and partly filled with soil and planted with flowers to make a display in the centre of the roundabout – such indignity! Camping nearby, I was soon walking…
Pic 1: Port bow view from overhead. Pic 2: An overhead seagull view from above the stern.Pic 3: Le Renard at full speed. Pic 4: Close up on the mainmast top. Pic 5: Focus on the bowsprit with all the blocks required for amongst others, the top sail bowlines and braces. Pic 6: Focus on…
Pic 1: The tin tug well on the way to being restored. I became interested in model boats in the late 1950s after building what was then an almost compulsory KeilKraft Ezebuild balsa model. It was then I joined the Hull Model Boat Club as a junior and my horizons became much wider, as I…
In the beginning It being term time, I took our nine year old lad to the Imperial War Museum in London for a visit. In the shop, as small boys do, he spent all my money and among the items he (or was it me) purchased, was a small box containing some slot together, pre-cut…
Pic 1: The completely restored 6M yacht confirming the elegance and beauty of this old timer. The model yacht lakes at Walpole Park, Gosport are synonymous with International A Class Yachts. However, before the introduction of these in 1922, another class was alive and kicking. The 6 Metre Class is basically a scaled down version…
