Anthony Addams shows some examples of how to enhance our enjoyment of the hobby Just as with cars and electronics etc., so the modelling world is continually evolving. Years ago wood was the main material, but now plastic is often the preferred choice for model boat construction, so here we are considering further examples of…
Graham Buckton describes his model Some years ago, whilst at the CADMA Show in Doncaster, I was offered a drifter hull and plan. I was not in the market for a fishing boat, but having inspected the hull I paid the £20 asking price. Although quite old, it was a well-made of fibreglass with above…
Canadian Warship models photographed by JOHN CALLIN Steve is a Canadian, of British Columbia, reader of this magazine and Glynn Guest persuaded him, with John Callin’s assistance, to send to us some pictures and details of his outstanding models. Steve Martin A bit of history! His first model was a 1:96 scratch-built HMS Exeter, made…
ROBIN BUCKLAND visits a new display An article in Model Boats in July 1990 covered the production of a children’s TV programme called ‘Tugs’. That feature closed with the words, ‘Now shooting is long over, and before perhaps a second series, each of Clearwater’s precious tugboats have been carefully packed away in boxes and locked…
I am one of those who keeps an interest in the Landing Craft used during WW2, and particularly those used on the Normandy Beaches of 1944. So with the 70th anniversary in mind, here we can see a rare survivor, an LCP(L) – that’s Landing Craft Personnel (Large). I came across it while in Normandy back…
DICK HOPPER’S outstanding models In May 1945 I sailed on the P&O liner Strathmore from Karachi to Glasgow, in a convoy when my dad was serving in the British Army of India in the Frontier Force Rifles. He sent me and my brother, together with our mother to England, primarily for us boys to be…
Colin Bishop describes the Ark’s departure from Portsmouth to a Turkish scrapyard Monday 20th May 2013. A grey sky and a chilly wind seemed to be an appropriate backdrop to the departure of the Royal Navy’s former Flagship HMS Ark Royal to ignominious scrapping in Turkey. Prematurely decommissioned in 2011 as part of Defence cuts…
DAVE WOOLEY visits the reserve ship model collection After my visit to the new Riverside Museum of Transport in Glasgow and the subsequent report in this magazine I was asked if I would like to see the reserve collection of ship models which is now housed in the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, a brand new…
COLIN BISHOP visits the Thames River Police HQ at Wapping. Service launches and vessels are always a popular subject with Model Boats readers and it isn’t hard to see why. They offer a huge variety of modelling subjects, can be built to a relatively large scale and embody the essence of ‘boatiness’ and maritime character.…
