By BRIAN KING Following on from Part One in June MB, some idea of the scope of the Victorian Navy can be gleaned from the figures given in the Defence Act of 1889 when 70 new vessels costing £21.5 million over five years were ordered. Of course the Empire that we had at that time…
DAVID McNAIR-TAYLOR and his experiences with an Almost Ready to Run Model The Admiral Class ships HMS Hood was one of these which were developed during WW1 to counter the threat of the German Mackensen classes, but only HMS Hood was eventually completed. She was first commissioned in 1920, although her three sisters were cancelled…
A World Wide Review of Warships and Warship Modelling by DAVE WOOL Welcome once again to our regular sortie into the world of fighting ships. For the first time we have a research photo file on HMS Ark Royal after the 2007 refit. We also have Part 18 of the building of the Soviet Aviation…
DAVE WOOLEY with some unusual and useful pictures for modellers In late 2008 I had a rare opportunity to visit HMS Intrepid (L11) in Liverpool as she was being dismantled and these are just some of the pictures that I took. This was the last occasion to see this once proud vessel before complete dismantling…
Pic 1: Born in 1927, Triantafilos Boudalas learnt his skills over many years working in the busy shipyards that once dominated the harbour of Skopelos. Now he works from home, creating intricate scale models that sell to collectors for thousands of pounds. Pic 2: Triantafilos and his son-in-law show off this 5ft long model of…
HMS Endurance I had a telephone call from a mutual friend, Bob Powis, around the end of March, who asked if I was interested in taking photographs of John Mansfield’s model of HMS Endurance. I contacted John who gave some brief details of the model and we arranged to meet at the Grays Thurrock Model…
I decided in January 2002 to build a model of H.M.S. Victory. I started off by reading the manual and looking at the drawings in the kit I’d purchased to see what was involved in the construction. I then purchased and read a book ‘The Anatomy of Nelson’s Ships’ by C Nepean Longridge which I…
Pic 1. The main parts of the superstructure completed with some of the fittings placed in position. Pic 2. A simple and useful method of identifying the structural detail against the drawing. Pic 3. The laptop allows images to be enlarged and highlighted. Pic 4. The digital card viewer is also a useful tool that…
