JOHN PARKER with some practical advice This article is intended to provide advice and reassurance, not for those experiencing hair loss, but for those wondering what brushless motors are all about and whether or not they should be using them. It is a practical guide, light and possibly shaky on theory, so if you are…
Monitors, like their predecessors the Bomb Ketches, were not designed to fight other ships but to bombard land targets from the sea. Many people are aware of the large monitors of WWI and WW2 with guns as large as 18ins. They shelled all sorts of targets from heavily fortified forts and coastal batteries to troop…
My first r/c paddleboat was loosely based on an early steam tugboat. This gave the right proportions for a compact yet practical model which proved to be both educational to build and great fun to sail. The educational aspect was the discovery that the paddlewheels, something I initially feared to construct, could be made simply…
BRIAN ROBERTS modifies the Caldercraft kit Having built two Severn class lifeboats and other sundry vessels over the years, I decided in 2009 to go down the tug route and build an Imara tug by Caldercraft. After a challenging but enjoyable six months work she was completed, so looking for a new project it seemed…
ERIS KENNEDY presents a Feature Plan for a semi-scale destroyer The first radio controlled model boat I ever built came from a free magazine plan and the design was for a Battle class destroyer prepared by Glynn Guest. That model was called HMS Lagos and the design appealed to me for several reasons. I liked…
Faszination Modellbau 2010 PETER REVILL reports from Karlsruhe, Germany Once again the Surface Warship Association (SWA) were invited to make their annual trip to Germany, but not to Sinsheim as in previous years. The Sinsheim facility is currently being redeveloped and a brand new exhibition centre with four halls has been built on the outskirts…
RICHARD GORDON and his models Some months ago during some correspondence with your Editor over an article, it was suggested that I might like to write about some of my boat building experiences over these last few years. I said at the time that he didn’t know his rotten luck, so here goes! Victoria When…
Fleet Air Arm Museum Model Show DAVE WOOLEY visits the 2010 February event A brand new exhibition in Hall One highlights 100 years of the Fleet Air Arm. My first visit to Yeovilton and this model show was in 2009. This event attracts large numbers of visitors from across the UK including many from 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…
Offshore Model Racing News STEWART RAE with a round-up of what is happening in 2010 This is my last race report for offshore racing from within the organisation known as OMRA. Over the winter months there has been much turmoil within OMRA and this has resulted in NOMRA (National Offshore Model Racing Association) being set…
