Howlett Trophy at Kensington DAVE WIGGINS visits the V.M.Y.G. in July 2008 Mrs J. Howlett presents the premier award of the day to winner David Bell and his yacht Philippa as V.M.Y.G. Chairman Russell Potts looks on. On July 6th the Vintage Model Yacht Group (www.vmyg.org.uk), held a vintage sailing day on the Round Pond…
Gosport MB&YC ROBERT HOBBS describes how his club is involved with helping the designers of tomorrow Most of us consider model boating as a pleasurable hobby and do not consider its wider implications. At Gosport Model Boat and Yacht Club (GMB&YC), due to our location on the South Coast we are involved with…
A World Wide Review of Warships and Warship Modelling by DAVE WOOLEY INS Mysore D60, one of the three ship Delhi Class that also includes INS Mumbai. Welcome once again to our regular sortie into the world of fighting ships. This month sees the second and final part of our Photo File on the Indian…
DAVE BRUMSTEAD with a regular look at the scale scene Welcome to this months Focus on Scale. This month we are covering our visit to the Weymouth International Maritime Modelling Festival, enjoying an Open Day at the Scale Lake of Brentwood MY&PBC and revisiting the kit review of the Model Slipway Al Khubar tug. Weymouth…
Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3, Pic 4, Pic 5, Pic 6, Pic 1: Now, that’s what you call a lighthouse on a steering course! Pic 2: A smiling Eric Austwick (Balne Moor Club) with Keith Young (CADMA Club) behind and Kath Jones and Dot Wilson sorting out the paperwork for the event. Pic 3:…
Pic 1: This bows on picture shows the neat deck planking. Pic 2: The steam plant ready for a bench test. Pic 3: The steam plant installed in the model, forward of the cabin. This was my very first attempt at model boat building, having been into exhibition model railways for many years. Not knowing…
Some of us may believe we make realistic models, but when I saw this dockyard diorama in Denmark, I could not believe how it could possibly have been made by human hands, because it was so finely detailed. Was this Hamlet’s Dockyard? Elsinore Castle conjures up a misty mysterious medieval stronghold that Shakespeare would have…
