The Model Boat Convention 2008 DAVE ABBOTT reports on this well established event The Prize Winners and Judges with Andy Ball The Model Boat Convention was held over the Saturday and Sunday of the August Bank holiday. This was the 19th year that it has been held and the third time…
MPBA Ship Handling Competition 2008 DAVE ALLEN reports on this event held at Balne Moor MBC On Saturday 20th September, on the day before the 2008 MPBA Scale Nationals, was the event that the tug skippers love every year and Balne Moor is now regarded as the venue in the North where champions past and…
OMRA News Bristol Classic Pairs reported by BERNARD HOLDER and photographed by STEWART RAE A rather cool and damp early morning shot of Bristol Dock – OMRA pit area On the 5th October 2008, the Bristol Classic Pairs event was held. This is a slight diversion from the normal regular OMRA event,…
Ellesmere Port Model Boat Show DAVE WOOLEY reports on this event organised by A Model World in August 2008 Well known Blue Funnel modeller Stan Amos displays his fine model of the elegant Centaur. Some months ago it was suggested by the Editor that because I live fairly close to the…
Howlett Trophy at Kensington DAVE WIGGINS visits the V.M.Y.G. in July 2008 Mrs J. Howlett presents the premier award of the day to winner David Bell and his yacht Philippa as V.M.Y.G. Chairman Russell Potts looks on. On July 6th the Vintage Model Yacht Group (www.vmyg.org.uk), held a vintage sailing day on the Round Pond…
Gosport MB&YC ROBERT HOBBS describes how his club is involved with helping the designers of tomorrow Most of us consider model boating as a pleasurable hobby and do not consider its wider implications. At Gosport Model Boat and Yacht Club (GMB&YC), due to our location on the South Coast we are involved with…
Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3, Pic 4, Pic 5, Pic 6, Pic 1: Now, that’s what you call a lighthouse on a steering course! Pic 2: A smiling Eric Austwick (Balne Moor Club) with Keith Young (CADMA Club) behind and Kath Jones and Dot Wilson sorting out the paperwork for the event. Pic 3:…
Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3, Pic 4, Pic 5, This year I was invited to attend the Model Exhibition in Sinsheim, Germany with the Surface Warship Association (SWA). They have been invited to this show as model exhibitors for a number of years and are well known over there. For those who don’t know…
Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3, Pic 4, Pic 5, Pic 6, Pic 1: Jon Godsell travelled with this group of enthusiasts and Dave Wooley is there in the front middle of the party photograph. Pic 2: Perfection in miniature – look at the detail on the outboard motor. Pic 3: H.M.S. Cumberland to a…
Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3, Pic 4, The Scottish National Scale Model Show, incorporating the Scottish National Model Championships, is an annual event this year held on the weekend of the 26th and 27th April at Perth in Scotland. The event is held at the Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth. This is a large…
