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…
DAVE BRUMSTEAD with a current summary General development since the 1940 Since the last war, radio control equipment has developed at much the same rate as the domestic electronics market. No longer do we have to carry bulky transmitters with eight foot long aerials to the pond side, accompanied by large dry cells. Installation of…
DAVID McNAIR-TAYLOR and his experiences with an Almost Ready to Run Model The Admiral Class ships HMS Hood was one of these which were developed during WW1 to counter the threat of the German Mackensen classes, but only HMS Hood was eventually completed. She was first commissioned in 1920, although her three sisters were cancelled…
Harry Hitchenes, his models plus some thoughts on the future At the moment I am not a member of any boat club as I have been flying r/c model aircraft for some years, but I was a member of Tynemouth MBC for a number of years from the mid-1970s. Like many other modellers I found…
Focus on Scale June 2010 DAVE BRUMSTEAD with a regular look at the scale scene Welcome to this month’s Focus on Scale. This month we will be visiting a model railway and hobbies exhibition (to look at the model boats!), having a look at the club stands at the 2009 Model Engineer Exhibition at Sandown…
Amerigo Vespucci TERRY LAWRENCE reviews the Panart kit – Part One As the current Euro/£ exchange rate has sunk to virtual parity, so the Mantua Model Group have increased the U.K. prices of their products. This kit cost me serious money, approx. £600, so it ought to be very good indeed. Panart are part of…
USS Kearsarge DR MARCUS ROOKS converts the Revell plastic kit Having successfully completed the conversion of Revell’s HMCS Snowberry to steam propulsion and proving that it was possible, I was keen to embark on another project using experience gained from this. There were some aspects of that exercise with which I was not altogether happy,…
ROBERT HOBBS restores this classic model yacht One evening in October 2008, my wife Eva took a telephone call from a lady asking if Robert looked after wooden boats. The accent was Australian and Eva’s heart sank as she thought: ‘Oh no, not another yacht!’ The following day I returned the call and talked to…
The Model Engineer Exhibition 2009 Report and photos by COLIN BISHOP and DAVE ABBOTT RMS Scillonian from David and Warren Brown December 2009 saw the Exhibition revert from Ascot back to its previous venue and timing at Sandown Park racecourse. The general consensus seems to have been that this was a good move. The more…
PETER EVANS describes his unusual model Work started on this model in January 2008 with the usual rough sketch drawing, but the idea had been brewing for months before this date. I could not find much information on this type of vessel, so it was a bit of: ‘Make a start and see how it…
