BRIAN JOHNSON presents a water jet powered semi-scale patrol launch The concept The combination of twin water jets in a conventional hull as a valid alternative to the Jet-Skim hybrid featured in Model Boats June 2010 was deemed worthwhile so it was off to the model shops once again for electrical gear and materials. The…
Mobile Marine Models’ Christmas Cracker DAVE ALLEN goes to Lincolnshire The Mobile Marine Models staff with Bryan Ward on the right. Bryan and Ann Ward held their now familiar Christmas Cracker event at their factory site on Saturday 5th December 2009. The event was very well attended and there were a number of clubs…
OMRA News STEWART RAE (Aka ‘SCOOP’) with some useful thoughts about painting and construction techniques I was hoping to report on the second of the Willen Winter Series (Alf Price Trophy) of races from Milton Keynes, but if you cast your mind back a few months you will remember that a lot of snow fell…
Funnels BRIAN KING with some useful advice Many years ago I had a friend who decided to build a working model of a lifeboat. I cannot remember of which class, but I do remember it was an open boat with a dirty great mast. As I had just made a scratch built fibreglass 48ft 6in…
ACTion P94 review JOHN ELSY builds this twin electronic speed controller and mixer unit Diagram showing application of the P94 UnitIn all hobbies there are one or two areas where many of us fear to tread and in our model boating hobby, one of these is electronics. This can put a lot of us off…
ROY BURTON with some thoughts The reason for the need to waterproof servos is that in this working model of the Turtle submersible, they could not go inside a waterproof compartment – there just isn’t enough room! This topic of conversation came up for discussion whilst I was chatting with some of the lads at…
DAVE BRUMSTEAD with r/c scale news Welcome to this month’s Focus on Scale. In this issue we are paying a visit to the Essex Country Show and looking at drive motor alignment and couplings. We are also having a look at a model speedboat designed and built by an aeromodeller and looking forward to the…
Assurance class tug IVOR WARNE reviews the Model Slipway kit – Part One Introduction The Assurance class tugs were built from 1940 to 1943 by Cochrane and Sons Shipbuilders Ltd of Selby, Yorkshire. They were designed for convoy escort and rescue, especially in the Western Approaches and there were a total of 21 in the…
COLIN BISHOP looks at Wightlink’s new passenger ferries Wight Ryder II paints an impressive picture as she backs away from Ryde Pier Head. A brief history of the route For most of my life I have been a regular visitor to the Isle of Wight and many of my crossings have been via the Portsmouth…
The M.P.B.A National Scale Finals, 2009 DAVE WOOLEY with his notebook and camera visits Hull A national final is going to be a major undertaking for any club or organisation and generally the club that hosts such an event has either hosted the event previously or has organised other major events such as area qualifiers…
