Lady Beale JOHN ELLIOTT reviews the Deans Marine slipper launch I first saw this kit on the Deans Marine stand at the late May 2010 Mayhem weekend at Wicksteed Pleasure Park. It was a model that instantly appealed to me – polished wood and the thought of a leisurely cruise with a picnic on the…
56ft Royal Navy Steam Picket Boat BRIAN KING builds the Dean’s Marine compact kit of the picket boat S.S. Response I have joined a model club! The only other model club I have ever joined was the ill-fated Twickenham Model Aeroplane Club which I joined in about 1937/8. I say ill-fated, as the chief honcho…
Amerigo Vespucci TERRY LAWRENCE reviews the Panart kit – Part One As the current Euro/£ exchange rate has sunk to virtual parity, so the Mantua Model Group have increased the U.K. prices of their products. This kit cost me serious money, approx. £600, so it ought to be very good indeed. Panart are part of…
USS Kearsarge DR MARCUS ROOKS converts the Revell plastic kit Having successfully completed the conversion of Revell’s HMCS Snowberry to steam propulsion and proving that it was possible, I was keen to embark on another project using experience gained from this. There were some aspects of that exercise with which I was not altogether happy,…
ACTion P94 review JOHN ELSY builds this twin electronic speed controller and mixer unit Diagram showing application of the P94 UnitIn all hobbies there are one or two areas where many of us fear to tread and in our model boating hobby, one of these is electronics. This can put a lot of us off…
Assurance class tug IVOR WARNE reviews the Model Slipway kit – Part One Introduction The Assurance class tugs were built from 1940 to 1943 by Cochrane and Sons Shipbuilders Ltd of Selby, Yorkshire. They were designed for convoy escort and rescue, especially in the Western Approaches and there were a total of 21 in the…
Damen Stan Dutch Police Launch JOHN ELLIOTT reviews the Deans Marine R.A.M.B. model Type of kit This is a new venture for Deans Marine. At one end of the modelling kit spectrum we have the traditional type which involves a reasonable amount of skill. At the other end is the A.R.T.R. (Almost Ready To Run)…
H.M.S. VANGUARD KEITH JULIER reviews the latest Victory Models kit H.M.S. Vanguard, as kitted by Victory Models, is for a model of the fifth naval vessel to bear that name and one of fourteen third-rate, 74 gun ships forming the Arrogant class. Designed by Thomas Slade and launched in 1787, Vanguard is probably best remembered…
Volvo Open 70 Class Racing Yacht DAVE BRUMSTEAD reviews this A.R.T.F. model from Hobby Engine R.T.F. (Ready to Float) and A.R.T.F. (Almost Ready to Float) models are playing an increasing role in introducing newcomers to our hobby. For many years I have built scale model boats and on occasion have fancied having a go with…
The Motor Fifie Amaranth JOHN MARTIN, The Wobbly Shipbuilder, makes a welcome return with his construction of the Caldercraft kit This model, from the Caldercraft Mini-Fleet Series, was to be my next challenge. Regular readers of this magazine will know that I suffer from Parkinson’s Disease, but also that model boat building is both therapeutic…
