Marine Modelling International July 2011

Contents:

REGULARS

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

MASTHEAD
Maritime news and views

VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Shipping seen in the Solent

DIARY DATES
Maritime events for the next month

AIRWAVES
Alan Senior examines the effect of propellors and current drain for scale models and answers some readers’ electrical and radio related questions

WATERLINES
Kelvin Holmes continues with the P&O story

SCALE SCENE
Ian Williams completes his look at anchors and chains

PLASTIC KIT SCENE
Robin Trott finds some new plastic kits of interest to the maritime modeller

SAIL FREE
Guest contributor Chris Spalding describes how he built his superb Vanquish RG65

STEAM SCENE
Chris Saunders continues building his steam engine, this month connecting the boiler pipe work

VINTAGE MOTOR SHED
John Parker continues his series this month on Elmic Sprite and Thrust-Pak motors

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

CHANDLERY
New hardware and books recently released




FEATURES

PS COMPTON CASTLE
Comparing the present full sized version of this retired paddle steamer and the model version

MT ARLIN
Review of this new tug from Mobile Marine Models

WORD SEARCH
This month’s free to enter competition

TS PLANGENT
Free Plan of a River Thames tug

X CRAFT
Clive Halliwell describes these rather secretive craft used in WWII

SWIFT
Tony James shares his experiences of the full size craft and his model!

VELA ONE METRE RTR YACHT
Rick Eyrich reviews this new and attractive AquaCraft racing yacht