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…
Model Boat Convention 2009 DAVE ABBOTT reports on this brilliant event at Birchwood Yet another August Bank Holiday weekend came around and the popular Model Boat Convention held at The Centre, Birchwood Business Park, Warrington, Cheshire, opened for the two days of Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th prior to the Monday public holiday. Jean and…
MICHAEL J SHEPPARD describes his working model I have with this article decided to use the text to explain the pictures. I hope from this that you will be able to see how I made this paddling Indian Canoe and that it might inspire you to have a go at something a bit different. Photo…
ANTHONY ADDAMS researches these small sailing craft The Nile is home to feluccas that flitter about busily like butterflies, so please read on and enjoy an armchair sail. Have you been to Aswan? If you have, then you will probably have been struck by the beauty of seeing graceful white sail feluccas ghosting across the…
JOHN SEFTON’s first scratch built model Why choose the Edmund Gardner? For over thirty years I worked for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board and spent much of that time travelling to and from work on the Mersey Ferries. This gave me ample opportunity to view the shipping on the Mersey, including such vessels as…
BRIAN JOHNSON with his hybrid water jet airboat After too many years away from modelling and the newly found availability of a local sailing club, a return to model boats early in 2007 seemed a good option so it was off to the model shop for the first of many visits. With nothing particular in…
Visit ModelBoats.co.uk between 29/03/10 and 5/04/10 and you will be in for a treat! The Model Boats Easter bunny has been very naughty this year and dropped some of his eggs whilst passing through the site…. and we need you to find them! Every day an Easter egg (image shown on the right of this…
RICHARD SIMPSON with further thoughts on weathering techniques In the last issue we had a look at two basic yet very effective and relatively easy to apply techniques, namely ‘Washes’ and ‘Dry Brushing’. We are now going to take this a step further and have a look at a few techniques to add to them…
More Mayhem! COLIN BISHOP reports on the 2009 gathering. General view of the Wicksteed lake. There was busy on the water activity throughout the weekend. A couple of years ago I reported on the inaugural get together for members of the Model Boat Mayhem website run by Martin Davis. Although the…
