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…
Model Engineer Exhibition 2013 COLIN BISHOP Reports For the first time in more years than I care to remember, I was not on the judging panel this year due to a prior commitment and this report is therefore written from a visitor viewpoint. I will not be commenting on the judging or mentioning all…
Part Thirty Seven: The Green Book, Part One Looking back through my records I was surprised to see that it is now over two years since I did a column on Boiler Test Regulations in Boiler Room No.10 (October 2011 MB), so in conjunction with the introduction of a brand new revised edition of the…
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…
Scale ModelWorld 2013 DAVE WOOLEY visits this premier International Plastic Modellers Society (UK) event Held at the Telford International Centre, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4JH, on the 9/10th November, this was a significant year as it celebrated its 50th anniversary, although it has not always been at this venue. The IPMS was formed in 1963 and…
GARETH JONES overcomes the problem of moving a very heavy model For the past couple of years I have been building a 1:25 scale model of a modern Scottish trawler called Shemarah II which has been serialised on the MB Website Forum. The hull is quite compact, being only 43 inches long, but it is…
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,…
National Model Engineering and Modelling Exhibition 2013 DAVE WOOLEY reports from Harrogate This event has run annually for over 20 years now and has built a reputation for excellence in model engineering and general model making, particularly ship modelling. It is however, first and foremost a model engineering show, but if like me you…
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…
The 2013 Model Boat Convention DAVE WOOLEY reports from Haydock Park This is now one of the longest running events of its type, not just in the UK but in Europe. It has built up a good reputation for its efficient organisation and the facilities, but above all is well regarded for the quality…
