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COMPASS 360 - General items, what's on, comment and SWA News
RANGE FINDER - Dave Wooley's Worldwide Review of Warships and Warship Modelling includes the superbly posed figures aboard Joseph Slydlowski's USS Arizona battleship, a superb scratch built Mosper Thomycroft corvette and a close view of what's new in 3D printed naval fittings, plus the HMS. Skirmisher project continues
FLOTSAM & JETSAM - John Parker looks at the 1930's series 'Shipping Wonders of the World'
AROUND THE CLUBS - This features the 2016 Metropolitan and Southern District Marblehead
BOILER ROOM - Richard Simpson discusses Secondhand Steam - PART ONE
READERS' MODELS - Big Al' is featured - something to strike fear into other pond users, and a Fantail launch
TEST BENCH - New items for the modeller
READERS' FREE CLASSIFIED - Your free private advertisements
SCALEFORCE GALLERY - Phil' Scales unique model based on a Model Slipway kit
BMPRS NEWS - Craig Dickson reports from their second 2016 visit to Branston Water Park
BMPRS NEWS - Craig Dickson reports from their second 2016 visit to Brans+on Water Park
23rd MODEL ENGINEERING AND MODELLING EXHIBITION - Dave Wooley reports from Doncaster
THE LISBON MARITIME MUSEUM - Anthony Addams visits this classic museum and examines Portuguese traditional craft
COALVILLE MODEL BOAT SHOW - 2016 - Anthony Addams reports from this event sponsored by The Component Shop
HMS DREADNOUGHT! - Dr. Marcus Rooks continues wth his unique all-metal steam turbine powered model project
OCEAN TRADER - Charlie Oates saves and brings back to life a 1950's Triang model
STREAMLINIA TOO - Ron Rees presents his fantastic new model plan together with full supporting construction advice
In addition, Charlie Oates saved a 1950's Triang Ocean Trader from an antique shop and Dr.Marcus Rooks returns to these pages with Part Two of his unique all-metal, steam turbine powered HMS Dreadnought model project.
We welcome Phil' Scales to these pages with his Scaleforce tug, a much modified Model Slipway Al Khubar kit model, and this is the first of his new occasional Gallery series about the models in his eight ship Scales Towing and Salvage Company fleet.
In addition, Anthony Addams has been travelling once again and has visited the Lisbon Maritime Museum, and we have the usual regulars including Range Finder, Flotsam and Jetsam, Boiler Room and BMPRS News, Test Bench and your Free Advertisements.So as always, I hope there is something here for everyone within these pages with an interest in building and operating model boats.
Paul Freshney - Editor
