With profuse apologies… Due to a technical glitch, the explanatory diagrams featured on page 46 of last month’s issue failed to print in their entirety.
Due to a faux pas on our part, the date provided for the Kirklees MBC Steam Day given in the May issue of Model Boats is regretfully incorrect. PLEASE NOTE the Club will be holding its first open day of 2025 on Sunday May 25 (not May 18), as incorrectly specified in last month’s mag) from…
Dates for 2023 Midlands Model Engineering Exhibition at the Warwickshire Event Centre have now been confirmed by Meridienne Exhibitions, with this year’s four-day extravaganza scheduled for Thursday, October 12 to Sunday, October 15. As well as taking in all the great work on display, visitors will also be able to attend lectures presented by Model…
The Sleaford & District Model Railway Club’s Charity Model Makers Show will this year take place at St. George’s Academy, Sleaford Road, Ruskington, NG34 9BY on November 18. In this new and larger venue, the show, in aid of Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance and LIVES and sponsored by B&H Models, Digitrains, Bridgman Brows, and…
The IPMS (UK) Scale Model World show, this year celebrating its 60th anniversary, will return to the Telford International Centre at St Quentin Gate, Telford, Shropshire TF3 4JH over the weekend of November 11/12, 2003. Attractions will include thousands of models on display, talks and demonstrations, plus numerous club and trade stands to browse. The…
We are sad to report that John Hemmens, whose model steam engines many of you will be familiar with, passed away in the early hours of September 5, 2023. John started his original business in the early 1970s as a cottage industry from his garden shed, later moving manufacture to a Nissen hut on a…
Billing Boats’ 1:50 scale kit for the freighter MS Mercantic (Ref. BB424), originally introduced into the range back in 1964, has now been completely updated, taking advantage of the very latest in production technology, including the use of laser-cuts parts. To celebrate this upgrade, a limited edition first batch of just 300 kits (orders are…
Industrial model making company Model Art Studios has announced the launch of new range of 1:76 scale waterline ships/boats, complementary buildings and harbour installation components. Developed and produced entirely in the UK, all the items in this Model Art Miniatures branded range will be made available in both kit and ready assembled/pre-painted form. As moulds…
