Dr MARCUS ROOKS and his two semi-scale J class destroyers It can be quite surprising what can turn up at an auto jumble. This was the first one that I had attended for nearly thirty years and Beaulieu is perhaps one of the most well known events in the world of auto jumbles with thousands…
JOHN EDWARDS and his model Having already built a minesweeper, a frigate and a cruiser over the last twelve years, shortly before the end of 2009 I decided to add a destroyer to my fleet. It was not too difficult to decide which ship, since the frigate that I had already built was HMS Amethyst…
ERIS KENNEDY presents a Feature Plan for a semi-scale destroyer The first radio controlled model boat I ever built came from a free magazine plan and the design was for a Battle class destroyer prepared by Glynn Guest. That model was called HMS Lagos and the design appealed to me for several reasons. I liked…
Pic 1: The French warship Forbin (D620), a Horizon Class DDG. Pic 2: Foremast of the Type 45 DDG H.M.S. Dauntless under construction at the VT facility Portsmouth. Pic 3: Part of the T45 amidships deck housing under construction. Pic 4: The forward section being transferred from VT Portsmouth to the Clyde (Picture courtesy of…
