Contents...
REGULARS
MESSAGE FROM THE ENGINE ROOM
The assistant editor introduces this month’s edition
MASTHEAD
Items of news of interest to the maritime modeller
DIARY DATES
Events for your diaries
MEETING POINT
A report on the recent London Model Engineers Exhibition
PLASTIC KIT SCENE
Some of the latest released kits and items of interest for the plastic kit modeller
SCALE SCENE
Ian looks at how to draw straight waterlines on your hull
SAIL FREE
How to put out a yachting course, introducing the Goth XP and casting keel weights
VINTAGE CHATTER
Frog engines
POWERPLUG
Onboard IC hull radio boxes are Rick’s theme this month
WATERLINES
Kelvin travels back in time to 1937 to review the fleet
COMING NEXT MONTH
Some of the articles in the planning stage for the May edition
FEATURES
HMS TANATSIDE
Allan Miller builds a Deans Marine kit and gives some useful tips
TERN
This month’s FREE PLAN of a small, modern workboat
CHIMAERA
The build of a 1/33rd scale model of a beautiful 19thcentury English Pilot Cutter
WARSHIPS IN PLASTIC – PT 2
Models of battleships from the Pre-Dreadnoughts through to the Super-Dreadnoughts
GRAVEL BARGES
Tony James discovers some forgotten hard-working heroes of Britain’s industrial past
MOVEABLE FEAST
Neville Wade describes the challenges associated with moving house when model boats are involved
TUG COOK
Allan Grafton shares some interesting details on scratch building and sailing a 58" model tug
