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Model Boats No.70-834 (April 2020)
Contributing to this magazine is not as scary as you think; all I need from you is a reasonably well-written chunk of text on a Word document, and some nice, sharp images to go with it. It’s as simple as that! Yes, if you are a ‘first-timer’ (to me) then I will send you some guidelines, which detail what I do and do not like to see and I like it when you discuss how many words and how many images you will be sending in; remember they are guidelines and I will not throw the article back at you if you have not followed them to the letter (nobody has come close yet!). For example, we ideally like about 3,000 words with about 25-30 images (minimum 1mb Jpeg); this gives us a nicely balanced article which is good on the eye. Some recent articles you may have noticed (some of you have really noticed) seem a little word heavy and lacking images. This is what happens when a contributor sends in an article which you have already committed to publish, and its 7,000 words long and only has about 15 images to go with it! This happens more often than you think, and these kind of scenarios are when I really earn my keep making them palatable for you, the all-important and much-valued readership.
All the best
Martyn Chorlton
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Contents
12 Fairey Swordsman
Colin Bishop reviews the SLEC 1/16 scale kit
20 ‘Archibald Russell'
Scale sail four masted barque by Neville Wade
26 BNS Leopold I (F930)
Belgian Navy multi-purpose frigate - photography by Fraser Gray
28 Azipod
Testing a theory and building an Azimuth Underwater Pod Drive by Ron Rees
36 Kanoo (FREE PLAN)
A Double-Ender to RG65 Rules by John Goodyear
44 Overlord
OO gauge (4mm) D-Day Diorama by Chris Mead
50 Northern Star
A new slant on an old classic by Peter Simmonds
52 Bonny Boats in Bordeaux
The Festi’Maquettes Model Show, Bassens by David Garden
54 Boston Model Boat Club
The past, the present and the future by Steve Whitelock
56 Soobrazitelnyy – Russian Corvette
Building the new Russian multi-purpose corvette RFS Soobrazitelnyy by Dave Wooley
63 Test Bench
A round-up of all the latest kits, books and accessories
68 Next Issue
Preview of articles to come
69 Marketplace
Looking for a new model or making room for another? This is the place to buy and sell!
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We welcome well written contributions from Website members on almost any aspect of Model Boating with a particular emphasis on practical hints, tips, experience and builds.
In order to maintain a consistent standard and format, all suggestions should first be sent to me by Personal Message for approval in principle. Only a very limited amount of time is available for editing contributions into a suitable format for placing on the website so it is important that the material is well presented, lucid and free from obvious spelling errors. I think it goes without saying that contributions should be illustrated by appropriate photos. I shall be happy to give advice on this.
The Member Contribution area offers space for short informative mini articles which would not normally find a place in Model Boats magazine. It is an opportunity for Website Members to freely share their expertise and experience but I am afraid that virtue is its own reward as there is no budget to offer more material recompense!
I look forward to receiving your suggestions.
Colin Bishop - Website Editor