During 1942, less than 11 months into WWII, the United States Navy had lost four front line carriers due to enemy engagements. A further two aircraft carriers were damaged, but were repaired at Pearl Harbor and returned to service. These early engagements and losses emphasized that carriers would be the backbone of the war in…
A Hampshire Farmer’s Hidden Collection By ANGELA WALKER At first sight, John Lovell’s farm in the quiet countryside near Petersfield in Hampshire gives no clue to his enthusiasm for collecting model boats. Hidden from public view for 364 days of the year, his impressive collection is opened to the public just one day each May…
The tug Ayton Cross currently serves on the River Tees in the North of England and is owned by Wijsmuller. Bryan Ward of Mobile Marine Models asked if my colleague and I would build a plug from which he could make a master mould and thus produce grp hulls. The hull for which the timber…
This issue we are writing about soldering, a little bit more about the Multiplex Cockpit SX R/C system and our visit to the Weymouth International Maritime Modelling Festival. Metcalf Mouldings Waveney Lifeboat, ‘The Scout’ In a previous Focus on Scale, mention has been made of using various melting point solders to build up a prefabricated…
Welcome once again to our regular sortie into the world of fighting ships. This month sees a visit to the Birchwood Model Boat Convention; also for the first time a look at a number of new products from the trade; the developing photo-etched products of Cammett Ltd.; and a brief look at the all-new Multiplex…
I yield to no-one in my admiration for those paragons of scratch building who, year after year, walk off with the Gold Medals at the ME and other exhibitions. Such celebrated exponents as Brian King bring to their work an engineering approach which ensures accuracy and imposes an impressive degree of quality control in everything…
When I started to build radio controlled model boats some number of years ago my hulls were all scratch built for a number of reasons: 1. My models were mainly built from plans for which a commercial, (fibreglass), hull was not available. 2. I enjoyed working with my hands, and I also enjoyed working with…
