Watercat M12 – U619 DAVE ABBOTT reviews the Nautical Marine Models kit Following the success of their PT109, Perkasa and Dark Biter kits, Nautical Marine Models have recently released a kit of the Jurmo class landing craft of the Finnish Navy. The manufacturer is Marine Alutech who designate it as the Watercat M12 design. Watercat®…
Kim White’s first model boat The subject of this article is a model of the County class Royal Navy DDG that was first commissioned in 1966. The eight ships of the class were the first RN vessels with gas turbines for speed plus a steam plant for cruising and the first with a missile armament,…
How she developed, or a ‘Comedy of Errors’! PHIL BUTTON’S scratch-built steam model, 1996 to 2011 Many model builders do not like to admit that things have gone wrong during their build of a particular model. Like our Model Boats regular contributor Glynn Guest, I am always worried when things have gone rather too well,…
Sealight ALLAN MILLER builds the Mountfleet Models kit This model has been around for sometime, but it remains popular because it builds into a nice practical size of model and there is plenty of scope to individually detail it and of course it can be either electric or steam powered, the later though requiring some…
Pilot Boat PHIL PARKER reviews this updated HFM kit, now marketed by Speedline Models There is a vogue at the moment for building old model boat kits and long forgotten wooden products are being hauled from dusty lofts to command high prices on auction websites. There must still be some Aerokits or Lesro products lying…
International Model Lifeboat Rally 2012 DAVE WOOLEY reports from Etherow Country Park Held on the 24th June at this country park near Compstall (sat. nav. SK6 5JD), this was the third time the event has been held at this venue which is within easy reach of the M60 motorway. For many years previously a…
Tony Dalton describes his semi-scale model On my retirement, like most people I reverted to gardening and doing jobs around the house, including decorating. It did not take me long to get bored with that, to which end I re-kindled an interest in my old hobby of model making. I retrieved the old models from…
David Heaps builds a model of this Scottish Ferry based on a James Pottinger plan Background TSMV Bute was a Clyde car and passenger ferry of the mid-1950’s. My attention was drawn to this vessel by a very informative article by James Pottinger in the April 2007 edition of Model Boats magazine. Not only was…
Dr. MARCUS ROOKS converts the Doyusha kit to steam power A bit of history…. At 1057hrs on the 29th November 1944, the new Japanese aircraft carrier IJN Shinano then on her maiden voyage, capsized and sank near Cape Ushio off Japan’s coast after a torpedo attack. Thus, an undignified end to a very short operational…
