Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3, Pic 4, Pic 5, Pic 6, Pic 7, Pic 8, Pic 9, Pic 10, Pic 11, Pic 12, Pic 13, Pic 14, Pic 15, Pic 16, R.N.L.I. and the Severn Class history The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has a history dating back to 1824. The lifeboats that existed in…
MPBA 2012 National Scale Finals DAVE WOOLEY reports from Balne Moor Balne Moor MBC was a great venue for the MPBA 2012 National Scale Finals. Held on 16th September, it’s always a pleasure visiting Balne Moor near Doncaster. The lake is in open countryside and is just the right size for staging tug towing…
Doris ANTHONY ADDAMS super details a 1:72 scale Model Slipway Puffer When I first saw the Model Slipway kit for a 1:72 scale puffer, I immediately wanted to build one. When you see a puffer, it is instantly recognisable for what it is, namely a working vessel with loads of character. An added interest lay…
Dr MARCUS ROOKS and his two semi-scale J class destroyers It can be quite surprising what can turn up at an auto jumble. This was the first one that I had attended for nearly thirty years and Beaulieu is perhaps one of the most well known events in the world of auto jumbles with thousands…
Plastic Magic! M.A.S. 568 4a Serie DAVE ABBOTT converts the Italeri kit to radio control In 2011, Italeri released a 1:35 scale kit. Part No. 5608, of an Italian M.A.S. 568 motor torpedo boat, producing a model 562mm long and 126mm beam. This is an excellent kit to convert to a radio control, particularly as…
JAKE KELSO restores an old pond yacht A good friend of mine was doing a job for an elderly customer of his when he was asked if he would like what was left of a pond yacht. This boat had been in the loft of the customer’s house, which had been his parent’s home before…
LCM 3 John Elliott builds the 1:16 scale Speedline Landing Craft kit This is the latest release by Adrian Gosling of Speedline Models and is of a Landing Craft Mechanical 3 (LCM 3). I was visiting the Warwick Model Boat Show with our Editor in November 2010 and whilst passing the Speedline Models stand we…
