THE KARACHI CUP - Anthony Corbett enjoys Paisley Model Yacht Club's Centenary

WACHT AM RHEIN VIII - Allan Miller builds Dean's Marine's Dutch Museum Tug

AN EASIER WAY? - Asks Don Proctor - with a number of useful time-saving ideas

MINISTEAM SURVEY - Glynn Guest looks at hulls, plans and steam plants for this exciting new class

WEST CORNWALL MARITIME FESTIVAL - Ray Sowden reports on a well-supported show

THE TOAD - Rebecca Brumstead builds a free sailing fun model from USA's Seaworthy Small Ships

1996 BARGE CHAMPIONSHIPS - Tony Lench rounds up last year's Sailing Barge Championships

CHEDDAR 1996 - Jon Godsell looks back to one of last year's regattas held on Cheddar Models' water

THE FORGOTTEN GENIUS - Peter Booton's story of Victorian model maker Henry Pullen

ALL POINTS & MAILBOAT - What's happening around the lakes plus your letters

PRIMROSE VALLEY 1997 - It's time to think about booking for the first major modelling festival of the year

MULTI MATTERS - Julian Waumsley at the Half Hour Nats

ROOSTERTAIL - Julian Waumsley covers the Naviga Hydro Championships

DREDGERS - Roger Barker continues his journey around UK museums

PRODUCTS NEW TO YOU - A book for the warship enthusiast, plus other bits and pieces

STRAIGHT RUNNING - The National Championships and The Grand

SCOOTALONG - David Wiggins' Collectors' Corner introduces a charming beginner's model steamboat from the thirties

RANGE FINDER - Dave Wooley sorties into the world of fighting ships - readers' models, fittings, photo file

HYDRO TOPICS - Around the regattas and some vintage from Peter Hill