Features

Model Boats Returns!

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Colin Bishop

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1 July 2020

Following an unavoidable suspension of publication due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are now delighted to inform you that Model Boats will return with the August issue.
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Ardunio Sketch by Roy Cheers

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Lindsey Amrani

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3 April 2020

The Arduino sketch in support of Roy Cheers ‘An Introduction to Arduino’ article as published in the May 2020 Edition […]
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Drivelines

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Colin Bishop

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16 January 2020

Glynn Guest provides a definitive guide to installing motors and running gear.
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Raised from the Deep: The Swedish battleship VASA

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Colin Bishop

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10 October 2018

Report from Colin Bishop (Orginally published in 2008) On a Baltic cruise to mark a birthday, the significance of which […]
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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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HMS Clyde

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mboeditor

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8 March 2018

This three year project by David Reith for HMS Clyde (at 1:48 scale) appealed because of the ship’s stark hull lines.
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The Steve Martin Collection

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Graham Ashby 1

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6 March 2018

A Canadian from British Columbia, Steve’s first model was a 1:96 scratch-built HMS Exeter, made when he joined the Canadian Army in 1965, aged 18.
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SS Master

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Graham Ashby 1

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6 February 2018

This steam tug is a familiar site in Vancouver Harbour and the surrounding waterways as she is still seaworthy, but […]
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Lesro Sportsman

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Graham Ashby 1

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13 January 2018

John’s grandfather was Leslie Rowell, the founder of Lesro Models and chief designer of Aerokits. Alas, he died in 1992 […]
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The Veron Story

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Graham Ashby 1

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15 December 2017

The Veron story is inseparable from that of its chief designer, Phil Smith. Phil was first and foremost an aeromodeller, […]
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