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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Reader’s Models – Mercury Outboard Motor

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Mark SBD 2

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21 May 2017

Leonard Treppa builds something a bit different
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Jennifer

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Colin Bishop

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4 January 2017

Jerry Clement’s steam launch
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HMS Poppy K213

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Colin Bishop

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2 January 2017

Chris Drage’s diorama depicts this WW2 Corvette rescuing the crew from the stricken S.S. Wanstead in April 1943
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Taming a Pirana

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Colin Bishop

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26 December 2015

Stephen Day’s model and its lengthy gestation
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Spurn LV14

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Colin Bishop

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21 July 2015

Stephen Bowles’ lightship model I am relatively new to boat modelling, but have learnt that you start thinking of your […]
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Nessie – A Monster Model!

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Colin Bishop

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17 June 2015

GARETH JONES builds something a bit different Nessie’s origins are rather unusual for a radio controlled model. She started life […]
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Pusher Tug

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Colin Bishop

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27 May 2015

Andrew Cope’s scratch built Springer model
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HMS Vindictive

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Colin Bishop

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23 September 2014

DIRK BONNE’S 1:72 scale model More than fifty years ago when still a little boy, my model making had already […]
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