Build Features

Bizarre 19th century ‘Roller Ship’ model build – The Ernest Bazin

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Alex Bestwick

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10 October 2023

The Ernest Bazin was an unconventional, unsuccessful 19th century ‘Roller Ship’ – and when it comes to building the bizarre, modeller Lionel Broadbent is on a roll!
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Sioux (T-ATF-171) – Part 1

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Graham Ashby 1

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4 April 2018

The ocean tugs of the US Navy’s Powhatan class, which entered service between 1979 and 1981, remain the most recent such vessels in the American fleet. Only the first two Nimitz class aircraft carriers have been operating longer, thanks to a round of costly life-extending modernisations.
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Boiler Room – Affordable Steam

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Mark SBD 2

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18 September 2017

Richard Simpson’s series on model steam plants The softwood could actually be pre-bent to shape to suit the curve of […]
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Halvorsen Seaplane Tender

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Mark SBD 2

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11 September 2017

Bill Burtwell’s latest model Bill’s Halvorsen Seaplane Tender has a good turn of speed. This model is from the John […]
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Swan Lake

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Mark SBD 2

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6 September 2017

Gordon Longworth’s Realistic Radio Controlled Swan That well-known Swan Lake ballet written by Tchaikovsky, who was also famous for Sleeping Beauty […]
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Solent Class 48ft 6ins Lifeboat

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Mark SBD 2

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26 August 2017

Andy Cope renovates an Aerokits 1:12 scale kit – for the second time!
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Readers’ models – Dreamcatcher

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Mark SBD 2

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28 July 2017

Barry Lalonde’s Beam Trawler The inspiration for this model boat came from the BBC TV programme ‘Fish Town’, a series […]
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SS Java Sea

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Mark SBD 2

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12 July 2017

Eris Kennedy converts the Trumpeter S.S. Jeremiah O’Brien 1:350 scale kit to radio control Photo 1 Getting into model boating […]
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Reader’s Models – Jim Inglis’s Models

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Mark SBD 2

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7 July 2017

Readers Models – Jim Inglis’s Models Two models from one of our Australian readers This month, we look at two […]
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HMCS Snowberry

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Mark SBD 2

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30 June 2017

Francis Macnaughton converts the Revell 1:144 scale Flower Class corvette to radio control
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