ANTHONY ADDAMS converts his fishing boat into a tug When Ron Smith said he was arranging a special day at our pond for tug towing, I said: “I do not have a tug’! He said that so long as I could add a hook for towing to any of my model boats, that would at…
Dr MARCUS ROOKS converts the Revell USS Kearsarge into this revenue cutter Not many ships have the distinction of being abandoned at sea whilst still considered seaworthy, but such a fate however was to await the US Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane. Admittedly, not one of the world’s more famous vessels but she deserves a mention…
With an interest in carrier-based aviation, I have always liked the idea of a remote controlled aircraft carrier. As a member of Task Force 72, Australia’s constant scale model ship association, – now expanding elsewhere in the world too, my interests focussed on engineering this venture in 1:72 scale. (Task Force 72 is made up…
The Reverend PETER SPENCER describes his scratch built topsail schooner Brief History The topsail schooner Result was built of steel at Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, between 1892 and 1893. She was designed to sail quickly and turned out to be one of the fastest and most successful schooners ever to sail in British waters. Her registered…
BRIAN KING with some useful advice When you only build static models one of the final touches is to add an accommodation ladder or even ladders. Well made and correctly fitted they really add the final touch. They are easy to make as etchings and more difficult using orthodox methods, but still well worth the…
JOHN PARKER with some practical advice This article is intended to provide advice and reassurance, not for those experiencing hair loss, but for those wondering what brushless motors are all about and whether or not they should be using them. It is a practical guide, light and possibly shaky on theory, so if you are…
Monitors, like their predecessors the Bomb Ketches, were not designed to fight other ships but to bombard land targets from the sea. Many people are aware of the large monitors of WWI and WW2 with guns as large as 18ins. They shelled all sorts of targets from heavily fortified forts and coastal batteries to troop…
My first r/c paddleboat was loosely based on an early steam tugboat. This gave the right proportions for a compact yet practical model which proved to be both educational to build and great fun to sail. The educational aspect was the discovery that the paddlewheels, something I initially feared to construct, could be made simply…
BRIAN ROBERTS modifies the Caldercraft kit Having built two Severn class lifeboats and other sundry vessels over the years, I decided in 2009 to go down the tug route and build an Imara tug by Caldercraft. After a challenging but enjoyable six months work she was completed, so looking for a new project it seemed…
