Barge

  • Rhino Barge…

    Rhino Barge…

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    An Australian reader’s model from Greg Turek This project was an attempt to combine model boating with model armoured fighting vehicles. I am a keen member of the St. George MBC in Sydney, Australia, and enjoy sailing my various models around the club pond at Scarborough Park which is near Botany Bay. Several club members…

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  • A Thames Barge and a Sailing Dinghy

    A Thames Barge and a Sailing Dinghy

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    Malcom Bard from Queensland, Australia, describes his models In the few years before moving to Australia in 1985 we lived at Leigh-on-Sea on the Thames Estuary near Southend. There we often saw Thames Barges in the distance and had a close-up view of them from the end of Southend pier on race days from time…

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  • A Model Crane Barge

    A Model Crane Barge

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    PETER EVANS describes his unusual model Work started on this model in January 2008 with the usual rough sketch drawing, but the idea had been brewing for months before this date. I could not find much information on this type of vessel, so it was a bit of: ‘Make a start and see how it…

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