Marine Modelling International April 2012

Contents:

REGULARS

MESSAGE FROM THE BRIDGE
The editor introduces this month’s edition

MASTHEAD
Maritime news and views

DIARY DATES
Maritime events coming up this month

READERS’ LETTERS
Readers share their experiences with fellow readers

MEETING POINT
Reports from events held over the past few months

POWERPLUG
ProBoat Impulse 26 and 31 RTR monohull review

VINTAGE MOTOR SHED – 14
Early Japanese motors

SCALE SCENE
Ships’ tonnages explained

AIRWAVES
Alan updates with some new 2.4 GHz sets and describes a new digital angle gauge

WATERLINES
Kelvin recounts the story of Germany’s big three liners

PLASTIC KIT SCENE
A review of some of the latest maritime plastic kits

SAIL FREE
Chris Jackson with a roundup of the latest news in the R/C sailing world

VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Full size ships seen in the Solent, this month the semi-submersible heavy-lift ship Treasure

CHANDLERY
Some of the latest maritime books and hardware

COMING NEXT MONTH
A look at some of the articles planned for the May edition




FEATURES

HMS ALBION
A detailed look at this full size warship for modellers wishing to super detail their models

BARB’S BOAT
Building a fun sports runabout FREE PLAN

RMS TITANIC
Choosing a scale plastic model of this famous liner

WEHRMACHT PIONEER LANDING CRAFT TYPE 39
The build of PiLaBo 39 in 1:35 scale

THE FIVE MASTERS
Sailing ships’ last fling, the end of an era

REBUILDING THE PUSHER TUG ‘THE MICHEAL B. HOPE’
Jim goes back to the drawing board!