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Regulars:
MESSAGE FROM THE BRIDGE - The editor introduces this month's edition
MASTHEAD - News of interest to the Maritime modeller
DIARY DATES - Events worth a visit
POWERPLUG - O&A session on petrol and nitro engines
SCALE SCENE - Some more hints and tips
PLASTIC KIT SCENE - Newly released plastic and resin kits
LIVEWIRES - Ian answers a rigger question and reports on the MPBA Speed Records (SAWS) event
VINTAGE CHATTER (PART 35) - In the Beginning - Britain's fledgling R/C industry
CHANDLERY - Latest hardware and a new book
WATERLINES - RN Fleet Carriers of the 1930s and 40s
MEETING POINT - Reports from recently held events
COMING NEXT MONTH - Some of the articles in the planning stage for the August edition
Features:
MMI VISITS - The Royal National Lifeboat Institution HQ's new, AII-Weather Lifeboat Centre
JON MICHEL - A Gentleman's Tugboat
WESTMORLAND - A successful Thames Sailing Barge
HMS CERES - The build of a light cruiser built during the First World War
WANDERER - The history of a square-rigger, which has a very morbid life!
Cover - Jon Michel is an interesting project where a commercial kit,in this case the Caldercraft Alte Liebe, is converted into a 'Gentlemans Tug'. The builder John De Broske calls himself an impressionist model boat builder; he builds a model in the style he would like to own as a full size version! The advantage with the model is that he can take it home in the back of his car and does not have any mooring fees.
Plan is of a ship specially designed to carry heavy objects for the power industry, it's called the Aberthaw Fisher and should make an interesting model to build.Other build articles include the Jon Michel; a gentlemana€ s tugboat based on the Caldercraft Alte Liebe kit, and HMS Ceres, a light cruiser built during the First World War.We also have the build of the Thames Sailing barge Westmorland.From time to time we publish factual articles of full size boats and ships to inspire the experienced scratch build modeller to consider a different or perhaps a first model to be built of the vessel, this month we publish an article on the full size square-rigger Wanderer. Enjoy the magazine
