By Gareth Jones, with a lot of help from his wife Elizabeth My interest in model boats started about 10 years ago when my wife Elizabeth bought me the plans for a TID tug. She soon began to realise that unless she came out to the shed, she very rarely saw me except for meals…
COLIN BISHOP reports from Vancouver In late summer 2010, my wife and I fulfilled a long standing ambition to visit Vancouver, which met our expectations in every way. One of the local attractions is Granville Island Market which is set on False Creek, an inlet which separates Vancouver downtown from the mainland. The market area…
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…
THOR FROHN-NIELSEN, a Canadian reader of MB, describes his part-built model Naivety, stupidity or just ego? I’ve regularly shaken my head and marvelled at the gall to think I could scratch build the late-Victorian steam launch Branksome to a scale of 1:12 as I had not built a model since I was 17, alas some…
RICHARD SIMPSON’s series on model steam plants Testing shouldn’t be shied away from and there is no reason to be scared of a steam plant, so we can all continue to enjoy watching steam models on the pond and pass down this fascinating part of our hobby to future generations. Here are two steam powered…
Website: www.mpba.org.uk Established 1924 From KEN GOULD and DAVE ABBOTT Straight Running Section Long before the introduction of radio control, models were mostly sent around in circles or across the pond and nudged back the way they came by the owner or a friend. The other main activity of the day was ‘Straight Running’. This…
ANTHONY ADDAMS creates a period yacht based on a Fairwind kit The pleasure I get from sailing Sea Bird is immeasurable, Photo 1. In over 50 years I have never had an r/c model yacht, so this is the story of Sea Bird. The Kyosho Fairwind kit This kit has been popular for some years…
This year’s Exhibition will be held on 9th, 10th & 11th December. Click here to see full details and download competition entry forms. Long term exhibitor and award winner Brian King offers some advice on entering the competition classes. Entering the Model Engineer Exhibition? By BRIAN KING It was in 1980 that I first, rather timidly, entered…
CARL A. LLOYD presents a novel leak proof method for model boat drivelines I have long had a fascination for model boats and in particular, tugboats. Perhaps this is due to my career as a mechanical engineer and my interest in all things mechanical, or my exposure to tugs on the Erie Canal in New…
