Contents...
REGULARS
MESSAGE FROM THE BRIDGE
The editor gives some fire warnings and introduces this edition
MASTHEAD
Some of the latest Maritime news
DIARY DATES
Events for this month
WATERLINES
Displaying models in dock construction
PLASTIC KIT SCENE
New and re-released plastic kit models
VINTAGE CHATTER
Looking back at some of yesteryear’s radios and models – NEW SERIES
AIRWAVES
Alan responds to some of his readers’ questions
CHANDLERY
New items of hardware recently released
SCALE SCENE
Ian details an easy way to construct ships’ ladders
LIVEWIRES
Reports on the MPBA Nationals and an update on the SWAMBC series
MEETING POINT
Reports of events held over the past few months
COMING NEXT MONTH
Some of the articles being prepared for the October edition
FEATURES
TROOP CARRYING GUNBOAT
Pete Danks describes the development of simple rowing gunboats in use in the late 1700s
MMI VISITS DOSSIN GREAT LAKES MUSEUM
A shining pearl: The Dossin Great Lakes Museum of Detroit
INTERCEPTOR
A novel and ingenious method of fishing using an R/C boat!
THE BEAST
Could this be the first mechanically powered boat?
LUFTWAFFE FLIGHT OPERATIONS BOAT MARS
The build and history of a fast attack craft
ANNALIE
A Traditional Pond Yacht
WAVERTREE
The history of Southampton’s Iron Windjammer