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Steam Yacht Gondola

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Colin Bishop

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4 August 2011

CHRIS BROWN, an Australian reader, describes his model I fell in love with this steam powered launch having had a […]
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Drink cans for model boat construction?

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Colin Bishop

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7 July 2011

By ALAN FURNESS Whilst some modellers prefer to use preformed GRP or plastic hulls and styrene sheet for the superstructure […]
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Imatug and Shareahull

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Colin Bishop

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6 July 2011

ANTHONY ADDAMS converts his fishing boat into a tug When Ron Smith said he was arranging a special day at […]
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Phantom

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Web Admin

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19 March 2011

My first r/c paddleboat was loosely based on an early steam tugboat. This gave the right proportions for a compact […]
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A Model Crane Barge

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Colin Bishop

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2 September 2010

PETER EVANS describes his unusual model Work started on this model in January 2008 with the usual rough sketch drawing, […]
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Contender, a 10 Rater from the 1920s

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Colin Bishop

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2 September 2010

ROBERT HOBBS restores this classic model yacht One evening in October 2008, my wife Eva took a telephone call from […]
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Twin-Jet

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Colin Bishop

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1 September 2010

BRIAN JOHNSON presents a water jet powered semi-scale patrol launch The concept The combination of twin water jets in a […]
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Indian Canoe

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Colin Bishop

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8 June 2010

MICHAEL J SHEPPARD describes his working model I have with this article decided to use the text to explain the […]
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Jet Pack and Jet Skim

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Colin Bishop

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26 April 2010

BRIAN JOHNSON with his hybrid water jet airboat After too many years away from modelling and the newly found availability […]
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Zulu, My first scratch build

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Colin Bishop

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4 October 2009

TERRY LAWRENCE builds a 1907 Scottish Zulu fishing vessel When thinking of a static display model ship, many people think […]
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