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…
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…
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…
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…
Portholes BRIAN KING with some thoughts Portholes go back a long way with me. It was all so easy then, I used a match, or a similar piece of wood, to put a spot of black gloss paint on the grey hull. Provided all the blobs were more or less the same size and in…
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…
Finishing Fibreglass RICHARD SIMPSON with some useful suggestions Typical fibreglass hull, this one is a coaster model Be it good or bad, I think it is safe to say that kit models considerably outnumber scratch built boats on the pond nowadays and of course a very high percentage of these include a fibreglass hull…
RICHARD SIMPSON with Part Five of his six short articles on steam Introduction Having now had a good look at the various individual parts of the steam plant, and assuming we know into which model it will be fitted, it is time to turn our minds towards how we are going to squeeze the bits…
Batteries GUY MORGAN electrifies us! Common cells in use by model boaters. L to R back: 9.6v NiMH transmitter pack, AA alkaline cell, 6v sealed lead acid battery, L to R front: 6v NiMH receiver pack, AA NiMH cell. Fundamentals Many types of cells are in use for various applications. Almost any…
