A 1/15th scale working steam launch built from card by DON DIMENT Marjorie May makes a fine sight steaming across the pond Introduction The reason for this project came about when my wife won a model double acting oscillating steam engine in the club Christmas raffle, Photo 1. Fortunately, the builder of this engine then…
JIMMY WOOD builds another superb static model Background Built by Schlichting Shipyard at Travemunde and launched in 1986, RV Meteor, Photo 1, has been contributing to German ocean research since that date. She is described as a multi-purpose research vessel for living and non-living resources, and is capable of world-wide operation. She is owned by…
KEITH JULIER in the third of four parts, continues on the subject of masts Tops I have found that in most kits, making the top assembly of a mast as a separate mini-project pays considerable dividends. By first gluing the trestletrees and crosstrees to the underside of the top platform, as well as stabilising the…
The Reverend PETER SPENCER describes his fine model of this schooner Brief history The schooner Lottie S. Haskins was built by Tarr and James at Essex, Massachusetts, USA in 1880 to the design of George M. MacClain. He held shares in her and also commanded her for some time. Lottie S. Haskins was renowned for…
Some of us may believe we make realistic models, but when I saw this dockyard diorama in Denmark, I could not believe how it could possibly have been made by human hands, because it was so finely detailed. Was this Hamlet’s Dockyard? Elsinore Castle conjures up a misty mysterious medieval stronghold that Shakespeare would have…
Pic 1: Port bow view from overhead. Pic 2: An overhead seagull view from above the stern.Pic 3: Le Renard at full speed. Pic 4: Close up on the mainmast top. Pic 5: Focus on the bowsprit with all the blocks required for amongst others, the top sail bowlines and braces. Pic 6: Focus on…
Pic 1: The tin tug well on the way to being restored. I became interested in model boats in the late 1950s after building what was then an almost compulsory KeilKraft Ezebuild balsa model. It was then I joined the Hull Model Boat Club as a junior and my horizons became much wider, as I…
In the beginning It being term time, I took our nine year old lad to the Imperial War Museum in London for a visit. In the shop, as small boys do, he spent all my money and among the items he (or was it me) purchased, was a small box containing some slot together, pre-cut…
