Some people seem to have difficulty in coming up with ideas for their next models. I’ve even seen people pleading for advice on internet sites. Maybe I’m lucky in this respect as there is never a shortage of possible prototypes to build. In fact there is a drawer in my filing cabinet that is packed…
Pic 1: The basic parts of the Sail Winch., Following my successful conversion of the small static Billings Colin Archer kit to a sailing model (see Model Boats June 2007), I decided to introduce the Billings Lilla Dan static display model to a similar fate. However, one aspect that I thought to be essential, was…
Whilst most steam enthusiasts will be familiar with steam plants in general and associated items such as hand pumps, clack valves, etc., electronically controlled motor driven boiler pumps, although desirable, remain a mystery. The intention of this article is to encourage the building of a simple control unit and also the production of a suitable…
Engines and radio featured here at Collectors are almost invariably the end result of a long and difficult restoration process. For a change, I thought that readers might like to see a collectable classic (and the E.D. engine featured this time is certainly that), in exactly as found (af is antique trade shorthand for buyer…
Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3, Pic 4, Pic 5, Pic 6, Pic 7, Editor’s Note (John Cundell) Readers may recall the late John Purvis’s superb article on ‘Metal Etching’ in our May 2005 issue. This was well received and I was very pleased when John offered to write an article on model shipbuilding in…
I yield to no-one in my admiration for those paragons of scratch building who, year after year, walk off with the Gold Medals at the ME and other exhibitions. Such celebrated exponents as Brian King bring to their work an engineering approach which ensures accuracy and imposes an impressive degree of quality control in everything…
