DAVE BRUMSTEAD with r/c scale news Welcome to this month’s Focus on Scale. In this issue we are paying a visit to the Essex Country Show and looking at drive motor alignment and couplings. We are also having a look at a model speedboat designed and built by an aeromodeller and looking forward to the…
ROY BURTON with some thoughts The reason for the need to waterproof servos is that in this working model of the Turtle submersible, they could not go inside a waterproof compartment – there just isn’t enough room! This topic of conversation came up for discussion whilst I was chatting with some of the lads at…
COLIN BISHOP looks at Wightlink’s new passenger ferries Wight Ryder II paints an impressive picture as she backs away from Ryde Pier Head. A brief history of the route For most of my life I have been a regular visitor to the Isle of Wight and many of my crossings have been via the Portsmouth…
BRIAN KING fires us up! If you build ship models as I do, sooner or later you will have to build guns. In a 1000 word article the subject is too great to be covered in any complete manner at all, but perhaps a word or two can be devoted to an examination of gun…
MICHAEL J SHEPPARD describes his working model I have with this article decided to use the text to explain the pictures. I hope from this that you will be able to see how I made this paddling Indian Canoe and that it might inspire you to have a go at something a bit different. Photo…
ANTHONY ADDAMS researches these small sailing craft The Nile is home to feluccas that flitter about busily like butterflies, so please read on and enjoy an armchair sail. Have you been to Aswan? If you have, then you will probably have been struck by the beauty of seeing graceful white sail feluccas ghosting across the…
BRIAN JOHNSON with his hybrid water jet airboat After too many years away from modelling and the newly found availability of a local sailing club, a return to model boats early in 2007 seemed a good option so it was off to the model shop for the first of many visits. With nothing particular in…
JOHN SEFTON’s first scratch built model Why choose the Edmund Gardner? For over thirty years I worked for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board and spent much of that time travelling to and from work on the Mersey Ferries. This gave me ample opportunity to view the shipping on the Mersey, including such vessels as…
RICHARD SIMPSON with further thoughts on weathering techniques In the last issue we had a look at two basic yet very effective and relatively easy to apply techniques, namely ‘Washes’ and ‘Dry Brushing’. We are now going to take this a step further and have a look at a few techniques to add to them…
