A Beginner’s Complete Steam Plant RICHARD SIMPSON reviews the Miniature Steam Models Clyde Engine and Boiler To see annotated photos for this article click here. We had a brief look at the Miniature Steam Models three inch boiler and Clyde engine plant in Test Bench within the April 2012 MB, but now it’s time to…
Amy Claire DAVE BRUMSTEAD reviews the Riverside Models Narrow Boat Kit This kit is supplied well packed in a flat cardboard box approx. 50 x 15 x 3 inches. The contents include: A comprehensive step by step set of instructions, parts list, parts location diagrams, a set of constructional diagrams, a CD with colour…
H.M.C.S. Snowberry DAVE ABBOTT revisits the Revell 1:72 scale Flower class corvette This is probably one of the most iconic kits produced anywhere in the world. First manufactured by Matchbox Kits more than 30 years ago, Revell later took it over and continued production for a number of years. Although the kit has apparently now…
Tamar class lifeboat TERRY SMALL reviews the Model Slipway kit The Tamar The Royal National Lifeboat Institution Tamar class is the result of several years of research and development to produce the new generation of slipway launched lifeboats. The Tamar is virtually unsinkable and if it capsizes it will right itself within a few seconds.…
Irishman IVOR WARNE reviews the recently updated Model Slipway kit of Yorkshireman and Irishman This is not a new kit, but the updating of an old friend to the latest kit standards. First, just in case you think I have got it all mixed up, the Yorkshireman kit from Model Slipway can be built as…
USS ARIZONA BB39 1941 DAVE ABBOTT reviews and converts the Trumpeter kit to radio control This is the kit that Plastic Magic modellers have been waiting for, first released in the USA and then in the UK in late 2010. At 1:200 scale it is one of the largest plastic model boat kits to be…
Our Lass II TERRY SMALL reviews the Nautix A.R.T.R. model, supplied by Deans Marine A bit of history……. Yorkshire trawler owner Arnold Locker of Locker Trawlers Ltd, owns and runs the 21.5 metre long Our Lass II built by Parkol Marine Engineering designed for catching whitefish in the Norwegian and EU Sectors of the North…
Motor Tug Lowgarth DAVE ABBOTT reviews the Mountfleet Models kit This is the latest addition to the range of model boat kits from Mountfleet Models. History The full size vessel was originally built by Richards Shipbuilders of Lowestoft and launched in 1965 as a further development of the Plumgarth and Avongarth Class. The great success…
Sea-Jet Evolution TERRY SMALL reviews the Robbe kit After many successful sales years for the Robbe Sea-Jet fun boat, the time was ripe for a successor and this is the Sea-Jet Evolution. This new design has been both visually and technically overhauled by learning from competition racing craft, so its appearance is significantly racier than…
Salvirile PAUL FRESHNEY doesn’t just sit in front of a computer…………. There is nothing particularly altruistic about this short piece on my Tian Jie (T.J.) Models 1:75 scale Salvirile tug nor is it a ‘blow by blow’ account of its construction, but I thought some model builders might be interested in something a bit different.…
