Model Boats | Dec/Jan-21
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A FREE PLAN for Mini Mist, along with an illustrated guide to building this charming little 15-inch boat
Prize Draw No. 1: WIN Navarino Models’ superbly crafted 1:72 scale Brockley Combe kit, worth €340
Prize Draw No. 2: WIN a cool new set from Revell featuring an easy-click 1:600 scale RMS Titanic and 3D Iceberg puzzle, RRP £49.99
Plunder like a pirate! We explore the products and materials up for grabs in other sectors of the hobby market, starting, in Part I, with a bounty of plastic modelling and dolls’ house booty
Ayr time: an historic Amble paddle tug scratch built by adapting a former MB free plan
Fast Electric racing: how to get started, what to expect and the etiquette to be observed
Transferable tech: details of how to repurpose an R/C model helicopter esc to achieve both forward and reverse control in a small plastic model boat kit conversion
Saint Brendan, Part 2: find out how this gorgeous Galway hooker performs on completion
Boiler Room: setting up oscillator control valves simplified
Soobrazitelnyy: the next instalment in our highly detailed 1:72 scale Russian multi-purpose Soobrazitelnyy corvette series
All that glistens: reflections on a pretty, if imperfect Christmas R/C present from Christmas past
What’s your story? MB’s Ed appeals for budding writers to step forward and provides some (hopefully, helpful) feature writing guidelines
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Compass 360: latest news, including the announcement of exciting new tooling for a 1:72 scale World War I U-Boat
Auction News: if you’re wondering if you’ve perhaps got ‘cash in the attic’, check out some of the prices realised when the gavel fell at SAS’s October Toys for the Collector sale
· Your Letters: the pages where views are aired (prepare for some lively debate!) and information is both sought and shared
· Your Models: join us as we celebrate achievements at this everyone’s welcome launch party!"
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Model Boats Dec/Jan-21.