DAVE BRUMSTEAD with a regular look at the scale scene Photo 1Welcome to this month’s Focus on Scale. This issue we are making our first visit to the South West Model Engineering, Model Making and Hobbies Exhibition at the Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset and looking back at a short review of…
TERRY LAWRENCE builds a 1907 Scottish Zulu fishing vessel When thinking of a static display model ship, many people think first of a hundred gun man-of-war and secondly then abandon the thought of a scratch build as a subject too difficult. Well yes it is, but you don’t have to start at the top and…
DAVE WOOLEY returns to this huge model The main entrance to MadurodamOn returning back from our usual yearly pilgrimage to the Intermodellbau event in Dortmund we have a one day stop over in Rotterdam. This time is spent visiting either the docks, museums and of course the city itself. This year a small party of…
LEDs GUY MORGAN illuminates us! This article is not going to tell you how I installed LED lighting in one of my boats nor will it tell you how to install LED lighting in your boat. What it will do is to provide some background on what LEDs are, describe how to calculate…
Volvo Open 70 Class Racing Yacht DAVE BRUMSTEAD reviews this A.R.T.F. model from Hobby Engine R.T.F. (Ready to Float) and A.R.T.F. (Almost Ready to Float) models are playing an increasing role in introducing newcomers to our hobby. For many years I have built scale model boats and on occasion have fancied having a go with…
The Motor Fifie Amaranth JOHN MARTIN, The Wobbly Shipbuilder, makes a welcome return with his construction of the Caldercraft kit This model, from the Caldercraft Mini-Fleet Series, was to be my next challenge. Regular readers of this magazine will know that I suffer from Parkinson’s Disease, but also that model boat building is both therapeutic…
COLIN BISHOP visits this museum Mk.III 6 inch quick firing gun of 1893 as fitted to cruisers and battleships of the period. It could fire a 100lb shell to a range of 11,000 yards (9,900m). This example was originally fitted to the corvette HMS Calypso laid down at Chatham in 1881. At the back of…
DAVE PETTS describes the construction of his WW2 German armed trawler The completed model afloat Following the completion of my last model I began looking around for another project and by chance ended up looking at the Kingston Mouldings website: www.kingstonmouldings.com. This manufacturer has quite a list of interesting models to build from their hulls,…
COLIN BISHOP visits BECC Model Accessories Colin and Chris Crow in the main production roomAnyone visiting a good UK model shop or exhibition stands at the major modelling shows can hardly fail to notice the colourful BECC displays of flags, vinyl lettering, decals and graphics. These items are invaluable in helping modellers to put the…
Grimsby and Cleethorpes MBC DAVE ALLEN reports on their Club Open Night in March A very nicely made American paddler in the Past Winners Class. Earlier this year I got a phone call from fellow WHMS member Ian Kennedy asking if I would like to static judge at this event on the 3rd March, as…
