Marine Modelling International May 2012

Contents:

REGULARS

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

MASTHEAD
Maritime news and views

READERS’ LETTERS
A delve into the editor’s postbag and emails

DIARY DATES
Events for your Diary

AIRWAVES
Alan Senior investigates phantom glitches and plays with a useful laser tachometer

VINTAGE MOTOR SHED – 15
The Final Taycol Electric Motors

STEAM SCENE
Chris Saunders takes an initial look at the Corel Muimota engine and builds a steam condenser

POWERPLUG
Dealing with a troublesome I/C engine with a crank twist

WATERLINES
Kelvin Holmes recounts the story of the US Submarine Base at Holy Loch

PLASTIC KIT SCENE
Some of the latest maritime related plastic kits and accessories recently released

LIVEWIRES
Building a competitive Mono 2 Fast Electric Boat

MMI VISITS...TITANIC BELFAST
The worlds largest and newest visitor experience on this iconic ship

MEETING POINT
Reports of events held over the past few months

SCALE SCENE
Guest contributor Peter Danks describes his adjustable bench and long vice

VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Full size shipping seen in the Solent

CHANDLERY
Some of the new items of hardware for the modeller

COMING NEXT MONTH
Some of the articles planned for the June edition





FEATURES

AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO RACE R/C YACHTS
Hartsholme Electric Model Boat Club’s method of social fun yacht racing

HMS HELSINGBORG
This month’s feature plan of a modern Swedish Stealth Corvette warship

OUTLAW JUNIOR OBL
Review of a high spec OBL RTR F/E boat

WORD SEARCH COMPETITION
Free to enter competition to win one of four fabulous prizes

HERE COMES MARIE – PART 1
The build and modifications to a Classic Caldercraft kit

BRISTOL CHANNEL MUD HORSE
A very unique and virtually extinct traditional fishing contraption

AMBO REPORT
A review of last season’s model barge racing and a look at this year’s races