In the March 2008 issue of Model Boats, John who has Parkinson’s Disease described how he successfully overcame his medical problem and continued to gain much pleasure from his hobby. Here follows his description of the construction of his next model from Jotika Nelson’s Navy – Paul Freshney Brief history Cutters were designed and built…
Two of his recently completed craft Peter, a keen reader of Model Boats magazine, sent in some information recently about about two models of which he is particularly proud. Vital Spark This is built on a GRP hull measuring just under eleven inches length overall purchased from a Child Beale Model Show (Pangbourne, Berks), and…
Getting underway With only a vague idea of how to proceed, construction started anyway. My ideas are always vague when I commence a project, but usually, although not always, they become firmer as the project progresses and this was to be no exception. Looking at the kit parts I was glad to see that they…
An Australian reader’s model from Greg Turek This project was an attempt to combine model boating with model armoured fighting vehicles. I am a keen member of the St. George MBC in Sydney, Australia, and enjoy sailing my various models around the club pond at Scarborough Park which is near Botany Bay. Several club members…
PETER WHITEHEAD goes small! During the early 1970’s, Roger Stollery’s new lightweight A class boat ‘Clockwork Orange’ was the centre of much interest. Model Boats showed the boat’s plans in miniature and because I had some scrap balsa wood, I made a miniature model of it, about 4.5 inches long. It was so quick (it…
This unique and very fast ferry, Photo 1, was built by Austal of Western Australia in 2003 and is currently operated by Fred Olsen Express. She can transport a maximum of 1290 passengers and 123 cars, plus has 450 metres of truck lane (which can also be used for cars) between the Canary Islands, Tenerife,…
ROGER SUITTER’S unique submarine Roger Suitters with his model in late-2012 This a model of Nuclear Research No. 1, an American nuclear powered submarine conceived in 1970 by Admiral Rickover of the US Navy who is widely accepted as the father of the modern nuclear powered submarine and surface fleet. The submarine still exists today…
Gareth Jones rebuilds an Elco 80 foot patrol torpedo boat Introduction I have always enjoyed practical hobbies and one day I said to my wife; ‘I fancy building a model boat’! This was just a passing thought, but in the back of my mind was the idea of building a large scale radio controlled tug…
PER JONSSON-GILLE describes his model Stockholm once had a great fleet of small white passenger steamships, most of which were scrapped after 1950, but a few have survived. One of these survivors is the S. S. Norrskär built in Gothenburg in 1910. Her name, pronounced ‘Nor-share’ means North Skerry. She is still active in summer…
