GARETH JONES overcomes the problem of moving a very heavy model For the past couple of years I have been building a 1:25 scale model of a modern Scottish trawler called Shemarah II which has been serialised on the MB Website Forum. The hull is quite compact, being only 43 inches long, but it is…
This unique and very fast ferry, Photo 1, was built by Austal of Western Australia in 2003 and is currently operated by Fred Olsen Express. She can transport a maximum of 1290 passengers and 123 cars, plus has 450 metres of truck lane (which can also be used for cars) between the Canary Islands, Tenerife,…
DICK HOPPER’S outstanding models In May 1945 I sailed on the P&O liner Strathmore from Karachi to Glasgow, in a convoy when my dad was serving in the British Army of India in the Frontier Force Rifles. He sent me and my brother, together with our mother to England, primarily for us boys to be…
DAVE PETTS’ Mini-Series I have never really had any interest in any form of purely static model, as for example I believe that a model aeroplane should actually be able to fly, so you will appreciate that these articles are all aimed at functional craft as opposed to static display models. For this reason. the…
By RON REES I have been ‘Messing About’ again recently, making model boats out of blue foam (July 2013 MB) and skinning them with nylon stockings and resin. This method is quick, cheap, easy to do and produces very light and tough model boat hulls. The off-cuts also make brilliant seats, figures and lightweight bases…
ROGER SUITTER’S unique submarine Roger Suitters with his model in late-2012 This a model of Nuclear Research No. 1, an American nuclear powered submarine conceived in 1970 by Admiral Rickover of the US Navy who is widely accepted as the father of the modern nuclear powered submarine and surface fleet. The submarine still exists today…
Gareth Jones rebuilds an Elco 80 foot patrol torpedo boat Introduction I have always enjoyed practical hobbies and one day I said to my wife; ‘I fancy building a model boat’! This was just a passing thought, but in the back of my mind was the idea of building a large scale radio controlled tug…
PER JONSSON-GILLE describes his model Stockholm once had a great fleet of small white passenger steamships, most of which were scrapped after 1950, but a few have survived. One of these survivors is the S. S. Norrskär built in Gothenburg in 1910. Her name, pronounced ‘Nor-share’ means North Skerry. She is still active in summer…
PHILIP BELLAMY with a few thoughts With age, some sort of aid was becoming necessary to help carry, launch and retrieve my model boats, so as to minimise the damage that can occur to the model and very possibly myself. The local ponds in Switzerland are not the easiest to access, so transportation is necessary…
