Marine Modelling International January 2011

Contents:

REGULARS

MESSAGE FROM THE BRIDGE
The editor looks at the year ahead

MASTHEAD
News and events for the following month

DIARY DATES
Events for the first half of 2011

SAIL FREE
Reports from widely different styles of radio sailboat regattas

AIRWAVES
Alan Senior gives some good advice on care for your electrical bits during the winter

STEAM SCENE
Iain and Maggie Holland conclude this month with steaming and sailing

LIVEWIRES
Allan Shillitto continues his look at the operational side of Fast Electric boats

PLASTIC KIT SCENE
Robin Trott looks at some of the new maritime plastic kits available

WATERLINES
Kelvin Holmes collects ships of the famous Union Castle line

POWERPLUG
Rick Eyrich reviews the Pro Boat ShockWave 26 Brushless EP Deep-Vee Fast Electric

SCALE SCENE
Ian Williams completes his look at the Flettner Rotor

READERS MODELS
A selection of readers’ models sent into the editor

VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE NEW
A pictorial view of some of the shipping passing through the Solent

MEETING POINT
Reports of some of the events held over the past few months




FEATURES

H.U. SVERDRUP
FREE PLAN of a Norwegian ice strengthened research vessel

NORMAN MCLEOD ROGERS
Tom Gorman concludes his build of this Canadian ice breaker

GRAFF SPEE
Ray Rimell concludes his review of kits available for this German warship of WWII

QUEEN ELIZABETH 2
Jim Wilson scratch-builds his model of this famous cruise ship

DKM-KRIEGSFISCHKUTTER KFK V 223
An auxiliary mass-produced German patrol boat with some still in service today

PILOT BOAT
Building an MMI plan using the latest Traplet laser-cut wood pack