Marine Modelling International October 2010

Contents:

REGULARS

MESSAGE FROM THE BRIDGE
The editor looks back over the last 25 years of MMI and examines this month’s edition

MASTHEAD
Maritime news and events

DIARY DATES
Events for your diary

HAPPY 25TH ANNIVERSARY
A look at maritime club developments over the past 25 years

WORD SEARCH
Our bumper free to enter competition

SAIL FREE
Chris Jackson with his 25th year of news from the world of R/C sailing

WATERLINES
Kelvin Holmes still collects models and contributes to MMI after 25 years!

SCALE SCENE
Ian Williams continues his look on ship and sea pollution

PLASTIC KIT SCENE
Robin Trott looks at some more new releases and reviews a U-Boat and RN Submarine

LIVEWIRES
Jeff Meade puts the Genesis Catamaran through its paces

POWERPLUG
Rick Eyrich describes hull graphics

TIFFY’S WORKSHOP 28
Tiffy describes a basic domestic etching process that may be of use to the scratch-builder

AIRWAVES
Alan Senior describes some interesting points on the electrical and radio scene including ‘brown outs’!

MEETING POINT
Reports of events and shows over the past few months

CHANDLERY
Some new maritime products and books recently released




FEATURES

BASIC RIGGING
Clive Halliwell goes aloft and describes some finer details of rigging

DOLFIJN FREE PLAN
Jim Pottinger presents his plan of a Dutch tug/workboat

FAST RIVER PATROL BOAT FREE PLAN
Clive builds and describes a craft made popular during the Vietnam War as part of the ‘US brown-water navy’

TONE VALLEY MODEL BOAT CLUB CELEBRATES 40 YEARS
Eddie Grant reports on another big anniversary this month

BALLAST TUBES
Rick Eyrich describes a simple way of getting your model down to the waterline

MR. BOYLE’S SELF SAILING SQUARE-RIGGERS
Nev Wade researches the interesting models and philosophy of Douglas J. Boyle

MOTORISING THE MOUNTFLEET LIGHTER NO.7 KIT
Derek Attree makes an interesting and different modification to a commercial kit

NORFOLK ALBION WHERRY
Barrie Griffin describes his model of a Norfolk Wherry

GALIXIE
Kim Belcher describes the weathering of a French trawler