ROBERT ABELL describes the making of the Atlantic cable laying feature for the BBC Coast programme A bit of background Brunel’s Great Eastern needs no introduction to most people, as this colossal vessel completed in 1860 and years ahead of her time, was intended to be able to make the round voyage from Britain to…
ROBERT HOBBS restores a vintage ketch Paul Freshney was kind enough to publish details of a restoration project on my 1920’s 10 Rater in the May 2010 issue. Sometimes these articles produce a few questions and this resulted in Paul passing to me details of someone who had a large ketch which he had sailed…
DAVE WOOLEY’s semi-scale model built in eleven days! In late 2011, my five year old grandson was introduced to ship models with a visit to the Fleet Air Arm Museum and later his father took him along the Thames to see HMS Belfast and it was here that he first sighted a modern river police…
JEAN-PIERRE COURVOISIER scratch builds an amazing 1:100 scale model Her name is indicative of her function. ‘Mighty’ means she is impressive and ‘Servant’ means to serve! Her role is as a heavy transport vessel and she is actually a semi-submersible ship designed to transport objects or structures which cannot be transported in the usual maritime…
COLIN BISHOP visits the Thames River Police HQ at Wapping. Service launches and vessels are always a popular subject with Model Boats readers and it isn’t hard to see why. They offer a huge variety of modelling subjects, can be built to a relatively large scale and embody the essence of ‘boatiness’ and maritime character.…
BRIAN JOHNSON builds a water jet powered 1:110 scale Littoral Combat Ship Principal dimensions Overall length: 1162mm Beam: 288mm The idea It was January 2011 and the middle of a long winter with new models awaiting trials on more clement days, so what better time than to think of another model? Having established a liking…
PAT KEOGH’S creations The time has come the walrus said, to speak of many things, of shoes and socks and sealing wax, and cabbages and kings! My story of the two models of HMS Warspite started with an article in Fine Scale Models some years ago with twin models of USS Tennessee, one at the…
DAVID PLEDGE goes small! In the 2010 MB Winter Special with its centre page plan for a Fairey Huntress cabin cruiser, I noticed tucked in the editorial text on Page 5 the word ‘challenge’. Now I’m not usually a competitive type, but this challenge was different, namely to build a radio controlled model about seven…
ROY BURTON describes his efforts and how to overcome problems I thought it might be of interest to fellow Model Boats readers to write up a few of my notes based on my experiences and how I solved ongoing problems. I have endeavoured here to be practical about installing a steam plant and its commissioning.…
DAVE BRUMSTEAD does a spot of soldering! Over the years there have been several queries along the lines of: ‘I have a 35MHz transmitter and if I fit it with a 40MHz crystal can I use it for my model boat?’ and of course the answer has always been ‘NO’. When I was visiting a…
