International Model Lifeboat Rally DAVE WOOLEY reports from Etherow Country Park 26th June 2011 Held for the second year running at this venue in Compstall (sat. nav. SK6 5JD) and organised by Christopher Guttridge with members of the Etherow MBC, this event was better than 2010 and that was a good year! A bit of…
By Gareth Jones, with a lot of help from his wife Elizabeth My interest in model boats started about 10 years ago when my wife Elizabeth bought me the plans for a TID tug. She soon began to realise that unless she came out to the shed, she very rarely saw me except for meals…
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.…
JOHN EDWARDS and his model Having already built a minesweeper, a frigate and a cruiser over the last twelve years, shortly before the end of 2009 I decided to add a destroyer to my fleet. It was not too difficult to decide which ship, since the frigate that I had already built was HMS Amethyst…
COLIN BISHOP reports from Vancouver In late summer 2010, my wife and I fulfilled a long standing ambition to visit Vancouver, which met our expectations in every way. One of the local attractions is Granville Island Market which is set on False Creek, an inlet which separates Vancouver downtown from the mainland. The market area…
THOR FROHN-NIELSEN, a Canadian reader of MB, describes his part-built model Naivety, stupidity or just ego? I’ve regularly shaken my head and marvelled at the gall to think I could scratch build the late-Victorian steam launch Branksome to a scale of 1:12 as I had not built a model since I was 17, alas some…
MPBA 2011 National Scale Finals DAVE WOOLEY reports from Branston Water Park The Burton and District Model Boat Club were the host club for this event at their home water of Branston Water Park. The chairman of this club is Mark Hawkins, who is well known on the scale modelling scene. The lake is…
RICHARD SIMPSON’s series on model steam plants Testing shouldn’t be shied away from and there is no reason to be scared of a steam plant, so we can all continue to enjoy watching steam models on the pond and pass down this fascinating part of our hobby to future generations. Here are two steam powered…
Website: www.mpba.org.uk Established 1924 From KEN GOULD and DAVE ABBOTT Straight Running Section Long before the introduction of radio control, models were mostly sent around in circles or across the pond and nudged back the way they came by the owner or a friend. The other main activity of the day was ‘Straight Running’. This…
ANTHONY ADDAMS creates a period yacht based on a Fairwind kit The pleasure I get from sailing Sea Bird is immeasurable, Photo 1. In over 50 years I have never had an r/c model yacht, so this is the story of Sea Bird. The Kyosho Fairwind kit This kit has been popular for some years…
