Marine Modelling International May 2011

Contents:

REGULARS

MESSAGE FROM THE BRIDGE
A few words from the editor on this month's edition

MASTHEAD
All the latest maritime news and views

DIARY DATES
Maritime events for the next month

WATERLINES
Kelvin Holmes recounts the story of the Carnival Cruise Line

STEAM SCENE
Chris Saunders starts his fitting out of a steam plant in a Sealight Clyde Puffer

PLASTIC KIT SCENE
Robin Trott looks at some new and updated maritime plastic kit models

SAIL FREE
Chris Jackson with news from the R/C sailing world

SCALE SCENE
Ian Williams continues his look at anchors and anchor chains

LIVEWIRES
Jeff Meade finds a few more Fast Electric bits to keep us interested!!

VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Full size shipping recently seen in the Solent

VINTAGE MOTOR SHED
John Parker continues his series this month on Taycol Star and Comet

AIRWAVES
Alan Senior investigates GPS for models, AIS for full size shipping and new accessories for the Planet T5

READERS’ FEEDBACK
Readers’ feedback on some past articles

MEETING POINT
Reports on events over the past few months

POWERPLUG
Rick Eyrich visits the annual 2011 US Winter Nationals I/C boat race in Orlando

CHANDLERY
Some new hardware of interest to maritime modellers




FEATURES

8 CORNWALL MODEL BOATS REVISITED
A report on this expanding retailer

SG&K GENTLEMAN’S RUNABOUT
Bryant Thompson builds this attractive runabout. Feature Plan plus Laser-cut Woodpack available

SS NEWFOUNDLAND
Hal Mather scratch-builds his SS Newfoundland

BISMARCK
Marcus Rooks describes his build and modification of this famous WWII battleship

CLUB OF THE MONTH
Mike Edwards describes the Basingstoke Model Boat Club

AMBO
Richard Chesney reviews the barge racing series for last year