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52 AROUND THE CLUBS 20 RANGE FINDER Dave Wooley’s Worldwide wide Review of Warships and nd Warship Modelling includes cludes Part Two of a tour of USS Little Rock CLG-4 and he continues ntinues with his Deans Marine e HMS Skirmisher project as well as having the usual Mystery ystery Picture teaser

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PLASTIC MAGIC ! CONVERSION 10 USS HORNET CV-8 Tony Dalton builds a 1:700 scale radio controlled aircraft carrier based on the Trumpeter kit

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44 M&M - ALL AT SEA Dr. Marcus Rooks builds a fun boat

50 2015 LONDON MODEL ENGINEERING SHOW Dave Brumstead reports from Alexandra Palace

his issue includes a Full-Size Complimentary Free Plan worth £12.50 for Norreborg, a Scandinavian waterbus ferry. The plan has been drawn by James Pottinger and makes for an unusual and interesting model project. In addition, Tony Dalton returns to these pages with his Plastic Magic conversion of the 1:700 scale Trumpeter kit of USS Hornet, the famous American WW2 aircraft carrier. Dr. Marcus Rooks builds a fun model based around the M&M sweet figures and we have an excellent Gallery by Jon Godsell for Prince Madog, a research vessel that would make a nice modelling project. In Flotsam and Jetsam, John Parker looks at the work of Walter Musciano, who must be one of the most prolific American model designers. We do of course also have all the usual regular articles including Range Finder, Boiler Room, Test Bench, BMPRS News, some very nice Readers’ Models and more, so I hope there is something here for everyone in the pages of this April 2015 issue. Paul Freshney - Editor

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Wicksteed at War! The Military Vehicle Trust has held this event at Wicksteed Park, Barton Road, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN15 6NJ for a number of years and again for 2015, when it is being held on 13/14th June. They have asked if the resident club could put on a display of model warships and Wicksteed Park MBC would welcome additional support for the event, so if clubs or individuals are interested, then please contact Nigel Marriott of the host club at: fifteenbee@ yahoo.co.uk for further details. Information supplied by Nigel Marriott

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Jet Power? Feb 2015 MB Dr. Simmonds of Jetex.org contacted the editorial office with regard to Dr. Marcus Rooks’ article. He wrote: ‘It was good to see an article about jet (or rather rocket propelled boats) in the MB February 2015 edition and I hope it engenders some interest in this field. Jetex powered hydroplanes have a long and honourable history and Marcus is not the only person to discover their delights at the present time. It would be helpful to Bluebird builders if they and your readers could be told that there is a modern alternative to

Jetex, namely Rapier ‘one shot’ motors. These have a similar performance to the Jetex motors and a Rapier L-2 would be very suitable for the Bluebird, and an alternative to a frustrating hunt on eBay, where supply can be patchy, especially of fuses.’ Rapiers and further information can be found on the current Jetex website: http://jetex.org/

Electra They are pleased to announce a new class of racing for 2015 to introduce novices to their exciting hobby and also to Electra itself. They will be racing this new class, called the Novice Challenge at their racing venues throughout 2015. Entry is free and open to all host club members with an electrically driven boat that is powered by any battery of 24 volts or less. The competitor who has completed the most laps in the minimum time after two races will be the winner. They will be awarded a trophy that will be presented at the end of the day’s racing. Website is: www.electrafying.com The Electra 2015 racing calendar is: 29th March: Elmbridge 12th April: Brentwood 10th May: Beale Park, 31st May: Althorne 28th June: Beale Park 12th July: Althorne, 9th August: Elmbridge 13th Sept: Elmbridge Information supplied by Sue Lockhart - Electra Public Relations Officer

Stevenage Model Boat Club On Saturday 18th July 2015, this club is holding a 12 Hour Boating Day. They are aiming to have teams of individuals or clubs, keeping a model on the lake for 12 hours in aid of the RNLI and a local charity. The venue is Fairlands Valley Park. Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Herts, SG2 0BL If your club or any members are interested, then please contact their chairman Bill Warden, tel: 07712 465863 or email: [email protected]. Club website: https:// sites.google.com/site/ stevenagemodelboats/

Model Motors Direct Alistair Graham wrote recently to let readers know that he is still very much in business supplying a selection of motors and associated items from Keepers Cottage, Home Farm, Iwerne Minster, Dorset, DT11 8LB, tel: 01747 812440.

Bradford Model Engineering Society. In late-January of this year, this club had the misfortune of having its clubhouse vandalised and set on fire, to the point that it is now a write-off. They are in the process of negotiating for new premises, but their library which had complete sets of magazine issues starting from the very first and right up to the present, was completely destroyed. The library consisted of complete sets of Model Boats,

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RNLI Fund Raising Event On Saturday 16th May 2015, the Lifeboat Enthusiasts’ Society together with Knightcote Model Boat Club are holding this RNLI fund raising event. The event at the Knightcote MBC sailing water, (CV47 2EQ), will include free sailing access to the club water, two major speakers, sales tables, hot refreshments and trader support. Any lifeboat modeller and enthusiast will be made most welcome. Because of event catering requirements and limited access to the speaker’s area, please contact Adrian Clutterbuck for further details, email: adriansfigures@ gmail.com or tel: 01604 846461.

Festival of Model Boating - Southend MBC The Southend Model Boat Club, now in its 67th year, recently changed its name from Southend Model Power Boat Club to this new revised title. This subtle change is simply to represent the complete range of model boating activities that its members currently enjoy and avoid any misunderstanding

that they are solely are a power boating club. In 2015 they are holding their annual Festival of Model Boating over the entire three day August Bank Holiday weekend of 29th to 31st August, and invite members of other clubs to join them for all, or part, of those days. On Saturday they plan to hold a friendly easy-going Sailing Regatta, when International One Metre and Dragon Force 65 class yachts will be raced. The Sunday and Monday will be given over to all types of scale model boats, the only exception being that i.c. powered boats cannot be run on this occasion. There will be the opportunity to test your skills on the steering course and in the docking harbour. They also plan to run some Club 500 races and various other events. Free tea, coffee and biscuits will be available throughout the weekend and there is also a nearby cafe and toilets. There is no need to book in advance, but if you plan to go it would be appreciated if you could let the club know know by email: [email protected]. Directions to the lake can be found on the SMBC website: www.southendmbc.uk. Information supplied by Peter Bone

2015 Beale Park Boat & Outdoor Show This is being held on 5, 6 and 7th June 2015 at Beale Park, The Lake, Lower Basildon, Reading, West Berkshire, RG8 9NW. There will be wooden boat builders, new boats for sale, traditional boats, an auction, model boats, maritime crafts and much more together with free parking. For more information for clubs and visitors, please contact: See it for Real Productions: 2 Church Close, Aston Clinton, Bucks, HP22 5HW, Website: www.bealeparkboatandoutdoorshow.co.uk Email: [email protected]. Show at the same venue. Beale Park is a great site for model boating, having hosted very successful events in the past and it is a nice day out for all the family in the wildlife park. Further information will be posted on their website: www.kentmbdt.co.uk or please telephone Richard Stringer on: 07784 488627.

Fishers Green Sailing Club - Model Boating Section A reminder that this club is having an Open Day on Saturday 28th March 2015 from 9.45 am until lateafternoon. All are welcome,

either as a club or as individuals, to use the extensive facilities for electric and steam scale models, submarines, yachts and fast electric models of all types. There will be a BBQ, tea and coffee at the pondside and the bungalow style main clubhouse has a galley as well as male and female facilities. Clubs may wish to bring their own gazebos and portable tables. The club is based in the Lea Valley, just north of Waltham Abbey in Essex. Directions are on the club website: www.fishersgreensc. org.uk, and for further information please contact Ivor Warne: tel: 07535 990538 or email: [email protected].

Kent Model Boat Display Team This group is organising a Fun Model Boating Weekend on Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th May 2015 at Beale Park, RG8 9NW. This is for model boats, clubs and traders and should not be confused with the June 2015 Boat and Outdoor

Sumners Ponds Model Show - 2015 This event, the third in recent years, is being held on 20th/21st June 2015. It is an open air show with display areas featuring boats, cars, planes, trains and more, with some traders and other activities. Sumners Ponds is at Sumners Ponds Fishery & Campsite, Chapel Road, Barns Green, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 0PR, website: www.sumnerponds.co.uk, tel: 01403 732539.

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USS Hornet Tony Dalton builds a 1:700 scale radio controlled aircraft carrier received a request to do a Plastic Magic Conversion on an aircraft carrier kit, but before I could reply yes or no, the kit was thrust into my hands and an arm twisted up behind my back. However, as he was a good friend of mine, the challenge was accepted and the project was on.

This is a 1:700 scale Trumpeter USS Hornet, Photo 1, current UK price being around £22. Length is 360mm (approx. 15 inches) and the kit has 465 parts on 22 sprues plus the lower hull, upper hull, hangar deck unit pieces, the flight deck and a display stand, Photo 2. There was also a further small box which contains all the parts to build 51 aircraft, but more about that later.

small plastic magic conversions, I had a good idea already of what parts would be required. Two small motors, a small servo, a Spektrum receiver and a LiPo battery were to hand, so therefore a speed controller (esc) and two more motors were the extras actually needed. Having chosen these parts, a layout diagram was created to confirm that all the selected parts would fit within the confines of the lower hull unit, Photo 3. A small block was glued over the rudder hole and drilled through vertically to accept a 1/16 inch diameter rudder post tube, Photo 4. The plastic rudder was drilled and tapped M1.0 to accept a small shaft that was cut from 0.9mm brass rod, threaded M1.0 at both ends, and a small tiller arm also made from brass sheet. The four propshaft tube entry holes in the lower hull (two each, port and starboard) were drilled through their centres 3/32 inch in order to allow the brass running tubes to be fitted. The propshafts themselves are of 0.9mm diameter brass rod again, each threaded M1.0 at both their ends. The propellers, as supplied with the kit, were each drilled and tapped M1.0 to match the shafts, then screwed on and permanently glued in position. The four plastic kit A-frames were very carefully drilled out 1.0mm by hand to accept the propshafts, the 0.1mm difference in diameter giving a running clearance. Four solid couplings were made from short lengths of brass rod, each tapped M1.0 at one end only and drilled to match the motor shafts at the other. All these parts can be seen in Photo 5 just prior to their assembly into the hull, but please note that there are only two motors in this picture, pending delivery of the other two.

Getting started

Stand

The initial task was to plan the inside layout of the hull and find suitable radio control items that would fit. Having previously completed a number of

With the hull about to be assembled it was placed on the kit’s provided stand, but was not very secure and slipped off easily. This was resolved by gluing

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USS Hornet was in service for just a year and six days and was the last US fleet carrier ever sunk by enemy fire.

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USS Hornet CV-8 was the seventh ship to carry the name and was a Yorktown class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. During WW2 in the Pacific, she launched the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and participated in the Battle of Midway and the Buin-Faisi-Tonolai Raid. In the Solomon Islands campaign she was involved in the capture and defence of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands when she was irreparably damaged and sunk. USS Hornet was in service for just a year and six days and was the last US fleet carrier ever sunk by enemy fire. For these actions, she was awarded four service stars, a citation for the Doolittle Raid and her Torpedo Squadron 8 received a Presidential Unit Citation for their extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Midway.

The kit

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Photo 2. The kit contents and note the separate pre-coloured hull bottom. The model can be built as a static waterline version if desired. The upper part of the hull is the main central vertical section and the flight deck is fixed on top of this with a builtup hangar deck beneath.

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3 Photo 3. The proposed internal layout. It is always good to have ‘a plan’ before commencing this sort of project.

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Photo 5. The running gear, but still awaiting two motors.

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Photo 4. A rudder support block is glued inside the hull bottom section.

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7 Photo 6. The stand was slightly modified to make it more secure for USS Hornet.

Photo 7. All the running gear can be seen here installed in the hull’s bottom section.

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Photo 8. Radio control systems now installed, and yes it does all fit as you can see. The LiPo battery is much lighter than a similar NiMH battery.

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two pieces of styrene on either side of the stand in such a way that the hull sides rested between them, so now when the hull was put on the stand it did not slip off. To complete the modifications, a nameplate was added, Photo 6.

Fitting the running gear The four propshafts and their running tubes were fitted into the hull complete with their motors. The motors are held in place by using two short pieces of L-shaped styrene (for each motor) which are glued to the base of the hull. When everything was aligned and running truly, the motors were bonded to these supports. Next, the rudder post tube was installed and glued into the rudder block as in

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Photo 7. With the propshafts and rudder all functioning correctly, these were all removed and stored away from the model.

Bulkheads and r/c The dividing bulkheads were made and fitted into the lower hull, the only function of these being to keep the esc, radio receiver and battery safely separated. Once happy with the layout, these bulkheads were glued into position. Two small printed boards were made, one for combining all the motor wires that were to be connected to the output of the single esc and the other was soldered to the output terminals of the LiPo battery. These terminals are made of copper foil and have a

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10 Photo 10. The hull has been painted, grey above the waterline and red below. The bottom section is already coloured red and masking is therefore very easy.

tendency to shear off if not supported, hence this modification. Once completed, all the electrical components were wired together including the rudder servo and a battery switch, both being mounted on styrene brackets to go inside the hull. The r/c system was then tested and hooray(!), found to function correctly, Photo 8.

Upper hull and painting It was now time to attach the upper hull, but not before the horizontal bulkheads had been modified. The aft bulkhead was machined away to clear the rudder support block, one central bulkhead was removed and another reduced to 3mm width in order to give better access to the four propshaft couplings and motors. Photo 9 shows the upper hull now glued in position, the rudder servo and battery switch also being installed in their correct positions. A bit of a squeeze, but it does all fit. Painting the hull This was a good time to do this and it was spray painted using ‘rattle cans’ from Halfords with red oxide below the waterline and a standard grey primer above, together with a black boot topping, all plus a final coat of Humbrol satin clear varnish to seal the matt paints, Photo 10. You could I guess leave it all as coloured injection moulded plastic, since you already have the red hull bottom, but being painted does look better.

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Photo 12. To adjust the rudder linkage is by bending (or unbending) the kink in the middle of the brass rod as necessary.

First water test With the hull painted it was time to try the model in the test tank, Photo 11, and all was satisfactory with no water entering the hull. Please note that the propshafts themselves had not been permanently installed just yet, so small pieces of masking tape were applied over the tube ends to prevent any water ingress. After this test, the rudder linkage was made from 0.5mm hard brass wire which was inserted into holes in the servo and rudder actuator arms. There is no threaded adjustment for the linkage’s length, a double bend being inserted halfway along it, allowing a limited amount of adjustment by tweaking with pliers, Photo 12.

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15 Photo 13. The hangar deck unit fits inside the upper hull and the flight deck fits over that. There are also small bow and quarterdeck pieces. It is best to paint these before adding the extra detail and their final installation.

Photo 14. The fittings and small sub-assemblies and yes, some of the parts are very small!

Photo 15. Modifications include a locating tab at the rear of the hangar deck unit and a tapped forward that enables a securing bolt to pass through the forward elevator void.

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Upper parts It was now time to pay attention to these, which consist principally of four sections, namely a bow deck piece, the hangar deck, flight deck and a small quarter deck piece, plus their detail parts. The flight and hangar decks, when assembled together, will be left removable to allow access to the inner workings within the hull. First, the detail parts of the bow deck section were assembled, then the outer walls to the hangar deck plus its side shutters, most of which are supplied as separate items. Both these units were painted with grey undercoat (as for the hull) and finished with satin varnish. The top of the flight deck was painted Deck Blue after which its pre-painted (grey) detail parts were assembled to the underside at both ends, Photo 13. The remainder of the detail parts were removed from the sprues and any mould markings removed, before some were glued together to form sub-assemblies and others left as individual items. Again, they were generally painted in the chosen grey undercoat, except for the liferafts which are orange, Photo 14. The bow deck unit was glued permanently to the hull and once set, the hangar deck was trial fitted to the hull and found to be a snug fit. In order to ensure it remained in place at all times, this deck and hull were modified so that the aft end of the hull has a short platform glued across it and the underside of the hanger deck has a styrene hooked tab fitted. A 2mm hole was drilled in the hangar deck, to match the centre of the aperture for the forward lift and a block, tapped M2, glued to the

hull in line with this hole. Photo 15 shows the arrangement such that when the hangar deck is fitted, the styrene tab goes under the aft cross hull bracket and the whole thing is screwed down into the hull via the forward lift void, thus holding it all snuggly in position.

Lights? Some navigation lights were added and surface mount Light Emitting Diodes (LED’s) do the job nicely, the ones chosen measuring just 1.5 x 0.75mm. The surrounds of the forward gun emplacements were drilled 0.3mm to accept their two supply wires. The two wires from each LED (Port and Starboard) pass through these holes and the LED’s bodies were then glued to the front face of the surrounds, Photo 16. The stern navigation light was mounted on the lower aft deck and its wires pass through the deck. All the individual LED wires are then led to the series resistor board which is fitted inside the hangar deck, Photo 17.

Finishing-off The remaining detail parts were now fitted to the hangar deck as in Photo 18 and once completed, the next step was to glue the flight deck on top of it to complete that whole unit. Finally, the already assembled island superstructure and its associated detail parts were glued to the flight deck, Photo 19 and the whole thing then fitted into the top of the lower hull to complete the model, Photo 20, or was it really completed?

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Photo 16. You can barely see it, but the port navigation light LED is fitted to the outer face of the forward gun sponson, its wires then passing through to the inside of the hull.

Photo 17. The LED resistor board is fitted inside the hangar deck unit.

Photo 18. A general view of the completed hangar deck unit.

Photo 19. The flight deck and the superstructure fit on top of the hangar deck unit.

Photo 20. The completed model, sans air group! The lower and upper hull parts, together with the hangar deck unit and flight deck, all fit together seamlessly - a tribute to Trumpeter.

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Photo 21. Lots of aircraft are supplied, too many really to include all of them on the flight deck, so you have the option of completing USS Hornet as carrying the Mitchell B25 bombers as deck cargo on her way across the Pacific for the Doolittle Raid, or as at the Battle of Midway and for other operations.

Photo 22. This 1:700 scale Douglas Dauntless has a wingspan of less than 20mm.

Photo 23. One of the 12 Mitchell B25 bombers as used in the Doolittle Raid.

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Aircraft Yes, there are 51 of these and what sort of aircraft carrier would it be without aeroplanes? There are 12 Douglas Devastator torpedo bombers, 12 Douglas Dauntless scout bombers, 12 Grumman F4F Wildcat’s and 15 North American B25 Mitchell bombers. Each set of aircraft comes on its own fret, the aircraft fuselages, wings and tail planes each being a single moulding, it being just a case of adding the undercarriage, tail wheel and propeller(s) to these, all of which sounds easy until you see the minuscule size of some of the parts. There is also a coloured sheet depicting all the aircraft paint schemes, together with a painting guide. After a feeble attempt at brush painting, it was decided to spray all the assembled aircraft silver and hand paint their tyres and propellers black, but even going about it this way, it took over a week to complete all 51 aircraft with the help of a large illuminated magnifier and repeated breaks for the eye strain. With the painting complete, the task of placing all the aircraft decals in position was next on the agenda and that took another few days. Photo 21 shows all the completed aircraft as an

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air group and Photo 22 is of an individual Douglas Dauntless scout bomber and Photo 23 is of a North American B25 Mitchell. Yes, even the B25 is small at this scale! One aircraft was damaged during assembly so its destruction was completed by breaking one of its wings and gluing the misshapen plane to the forward aircraft lift to aid its removal (as this gives access to the flight deck retaining screw). It sort of looks like the undercarriage of the aircraft has collapsed. The remaining aircraft were not fixed to the flight deck as there are too many of them, particularly if all the Doolittle raid bombers are included. They can all be used for static display as desired and with 50 aircraft to look after, a small matrix type storage box was made out of a redundant cardboard Cornflake packet, Photo 24.

Conclusion Photo 25 is of the completed model on its stand with a small selection of aircraft on the flight deck and Photo 26 is of it in the domestic test tank. A model boat storage box? This is a small model being barely 15 inches long, so a cardboard box lined with foam is more than adequate, Photo 27, and on the water? Well, USS Hornet had its first proper maiden sail, Photo 28, on the boating pool at the 2014 St Albans Model Engineering Exhibition before being handed to its new owner, Peter Carmen (aka Klunk). Finally, I must say that the quality of the moulded parts in this kit is superb and there are a lot of them, but with some being very tiny it is not a build for the faint-hearted, but I hope this goes to show that a 1:700 scale, four-propshaft radio controlled model is perfectly feasible using the Trumpeter kit. Happy Modelling - Tony Dalton

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Photo 25. Ready to go, with a selection of aircraft placed, but not fixed, on the flight deck.

Photo 26. USS Hornet at 1:700 scale easily fits in the bath.

Photo 27. The USS Hornet storage and transport box was a moments work using a redundant cardboard container with a foam lining.

Photo 28. The 1:700 scale Trumpeter USS Hornet now at sea on the St. Albans & District MES portable pond.

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Range Finder

USS Little Rock CLG-4, circa 1962.

Dave Wooley with his Worldwide Review of Warships and Warship Modelling elcome once again to our regular sortie into the world of fighting ships and this month we have Part Two of our tour of the American guided missile cruiser USS Little Rock CLG-4 and continue with our Deans Marine HMS Skirmisher project as well as having the usual Mystery Picture teaser.

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Photo 1. On the port side looking aft towards the after funnel and the high central lattice mast.

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Last month our general tour of the upper decks finished amidships. Now we will resume our tour from the starboard side amidships, looking aft towards the second funnel and the high central lattice mast. The one single feature that marks out the Talos conversions is this huge mast that originally supported the SPS 39 long range air search radar. For model makers these lattice masts are a challenge, but a rewarding one, and with the appropriate jig it is quite straightforward to make, Photo 1. Directly amidships between the two funnels is a prominent box shaped structure surrounded at the top by safety netting. Its purpose remains uncertain as many similar such areas were either devoted to radio, radar or missile computer rooms, Photo 2. Moving down and looking forward to starboard gives a better view of the lattice mast, but interestingly note the unusual height of the deck housings from the main deck up to 01 deck. There is a good reason for this, as the deck housings from amidships going aft to the quarterdeck area are associated with the Talos missile handling arrangements. Photo 3 shows the side of the deck housing

1 which is the Talos missile magazine. Strange as it may seem, especially when warships had their magazines deep inside their hulls, these magazines had to be designed to allow the missiles to be stowed horizontally, whereas modern silo missile stowage is vertical. The magazine was 136ft long x 28ft wide and in many respects had similarities to the RN guided missile County class destroyers of

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6 Photo 5. A deck winch supports the Talos lifting and stowage crane. Note the planked decks, something you would never see nowadays. Photo 6. Another view of the central lattice mast. Photo 7. The unusually shaped deck housing supporting the SPS 30 long range height finding radar at the top. Right of the picture is the main post for the Talos missile lifting and stowage crane.

7 the same late-1950’s and 1960’s period. Although US ships Boston and Canberra were the first American missile cruisers to adopt this horizontal stowage and loading system, the original concept following WW2 was to embark vertically loaded V2 rockets in huge silos where the rockets could be fuelled and armed. Given the size and volume of space required for the V2 rockets, this presented far too many problems to make the concept feasible. Moving to the base of this main lattice mast we can see quite clearly various deck housings. The one immediately beneath the mast is one of four radar rooms and beneath that, one of three radio rooms, Photo 4, and it’s worth noting the winch sited on the main deck, Photo 5. Its purpose is to provide traction for the boom hoist (seen in Photo 4) which was to lift the Talos missiles into the magazine. One last view of the lattice mast can be seen in Photo 6 from the starboard side, which not only provides useful details of how the mast is constructed, but also reveals some detail on the after funnel. Not all the radars that were once fitted to the USS Little Rock remain in place, including

Talos missile control radars Now facing aft on the starboard side, in Photo 7 we have a view of the structure that supports the guidance radars for the Talos missiles, but to the right of the picture is also the Talos hoist for replenishment of the magazines as mentioned earlier. On top of the small lattice platform is an SPS 30 long range height finding radar, which replaced the earlier SPS 8 type originally fitted.

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The unusually angled structure beneath the SPS 30 radar platform housed two radio rooms and on the lower level, the weapons control station, Photo 8. A clearer view of the underside of the SPS 30 radar platform and the tubular supports of the lattice mast can be seen in Photo 9. Also visible on the corners of the radar room are short lifting arms and a pulley. Bill Clarke’s next picture, Photo 10, reveals in great detail the long Talos magazine deck housing and then the missile ready use area, and aft of that is the missile wing and fin assembly area. A distinguishing feature, apart from the huge central lattice mast, are the SPG 49a Talos guidance radars. These drum like pieces of equipment operated in the C band for target tracking and each incorporated a large microwave lens, Photo 11. Their purpose was to generate a beam along which the Talos missile flew. Above the SPG 49a are small dish like SPW-2A radars and these worked in tandem with the large SPS 49a radars to supply the computers with flight information. It’s a sobering thought in our micro-computer world nowadays, that all of this was first developed in

1947 and current technology would probably fit all the computing required into a table-top size of box. This radar was actually a combined long range gun and missile fire control system, but due to the complexity of its mounting, maintenance was difficult and exposure to the weather often resulted in damage and malfunction. However, the performance as quoted in 1947, was remarkable even by present 21st Century standards, as its range was stated to be 300000 yards (170 miles!) with a range accuracy of 15 yards.

Talos missile handling room At the after end of the missile wing and assembly area were fitted two loading doors which allowed the Talos missile to go directly from the handling area to the Mk. 7 twin arm launcher, Photo 12. Magazine storage of the Talos missiles was limited to 46 per ship and as mentioned earlier, the missiles had to transit from the magazine amidships to the launcher aft via a rammer rail system that supported the main body of the missile and moved

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it along the track to be manually fitted with the flying surfaces and a warhead, Photo 13. The warheads were stowed directly below the missile wing assembly area and could be brought to it via an elevator. Apparently the word Talos for a missile is quite apt as it is a direct reference to the mythical being that protected the island of Crete from invaders and legend has it that Jason of the Argonauts was kept away from the island by Talos hurling giant boulders at his vessel. Photo 14 is a Talos missile emerging through an armoured magazine door.

Talos missile This was a wing guided ram jet propelled missile with four movable wings controlling the direction of the missile whilst four fixed fins at the tail gave stability, Photo 15. The missile was divided into two units with the rear stage also fitted with four fins, this being a solid rocket booster and this propelled the missile to Mach 1 in the initial burn stage,

enabling the ram jet to activate, detaching the booster to continue to the target at over Mach 2.2. The Mk. 46 warhead contained 225 pounds of high explosive, but direct contact with a target meant the kinetic energy alone would be sufficient to cause severe damage to its target, Photo 16.

Conclusion I would like to express my thanks to Bill Clarke from the USA for providing this series of pictures aboard USS Little Rock CLG-4. Nowadays, warships entering service often have for their main long range surface to air defence (and indeed sometimes surface to surface) a vertically launched missile silo arrangement. To see a warship built during WW2, but converted to having a guided missile system that fundamentally does not do that much different to the systems of today, is food for thought. USS Little Rock would most certainly make an interesting and challenging subject to build as a model.

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Photo 13. These rails run on either side of the interior of the deck housing from the initial stage of loading the missile and its booster on to the track through to the fitting of the flying surfaces and finally out to the launcher. Photo 14. Perhaps a bit staged as it were, but this is a Talos missile emerging from the magazine.

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Photo 17. Each cowl was carefully cut from a vac-formed moulding. Photo 18. A simple jig for measuring each new lower half of the cowl vent. Photo 19. Cutting to length each new lower half of the cowl vent. Photo 20. Cleaning the surplus material from the inner edge of the styrene tube in preparation for fitting the vac-formed cowl piece. Photo 21. Ensuring a good fit between cowl and the styrene tube.

The cowl vents Like many ships of this 1905 period, the numerous cowl vents were a distinguishing feature, these being designed to collect and direct air to the spaces below deck. HMS Skirmisher had five different types of large cowl vent and a number of smaller types distributed around the upper decks. The drawings indicate not just their location on the upper decks, but also which area below that benefitted from the forced draught.

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changes were required to conform to the drawing and the pictures as of 1905. Each vac-forming was carefully removed from the master sheet, allowing a little extra material around its edge which can be later sanded to ensure the symmetry of the shape of each vent and small pilot holes were made into the flat underside for the lower body part of each cowl, these to be enlarged at a later stage, Photo 17. The pictures and drawings indicate that each cowl and its main body blend into each other. Bearing this in mind, the next task was to create each cowl vent’s vertical body section using Evergreen 13mm diameter styrene tube. Getting the end angle right and consistent is important and a jig will make this easier. Initially all of the main cowl vents were made to be the same height and Photo 18 shows the jig for that, adjustments for

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height etc. being resolved later. Each piece was then cut to length in a small cutting box, Photo 19. Incidentally with styrene tube sections, the insides may well require cleaning-up to remove the unwanted swarf around the inner edge after cutting, Photo 20.

Blending the cowl tops to their tube sections The next step is to bring together each of the cowls with their tubular upright section to ensure a close fit, Photo 21. All the required cowl vent units were prepared in a similar way and the pilot holes in the actual cowls themselves enlarged to around 4mm diameter. It’s also worth noting that the 14mm diameter styrene discs are to fit to the base of each tube piece, Photo 22.

Blending together the vac-formed cowl itself and the styrene tube is easy enough when using Isopon P38 fine car body filler. Allow this to cure and smooth with wet and dry sandpaper. Finishing each one takes only minutes, but the ‘filling’ will probably need to be repeated as the first coating of P38 might be insufficient to attain the fully blended appearance as in Photo 23. Also, the height varies for four of the vents. For example, the two abaft the second funnel are raised a bit further above the deck. All that is required is to extend them by 9mm as shown in Photo 24 and Photo 25 shows most of the vents prepared including the inner openings in the cowls. Their bottom circular pieces are not yet fixed, but will provide a base for their inner rings which will be attached to the deck, so providing a positive fixing point for the vents.

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Photo 22. The two main parts of each large cowl vent are all now prepared, ready for assembly. The circular discs will eventually be their bases.

Photo 23. With the two parts joined, a covering of P38 filler will, after sanding, blend in the cowl part with the tubular section.

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Securing the cowl vents to the deck

Photo 26. Preparing the inner ring which will be fixed to the circular base, over which the vent will be an interference fit. Photo 27. The cowl vent tube fits over the inner ring on its base so as to provide a good fixing point. Photo 28. Some vents are stepped on the rear face of one of the deck housings. Photo 29. Here the port inner ring is exposed to show how the starboard vent fits over it. Photo 30. Some vents have a bend in their upright tube.

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To ensure that each vent has a good firm fixing point, but can be easily removed from the deck for painting, an inner ring has been formed from Evergreen No. 236 12.7mm o.d. styrene tubing as in Photos 26 and 27. This method had to be modified for the two raised vents just abaft of the first funnel as according to the drawing, but not clearly visible on the contemporary pictures, these were trunked into the rear of the deck housing below that funnel. It was necessary to remove 60% of the lower part of the vertical part of these particular cowl vents and reshape their back facing section to slope forwards. This sounds difficult, but in practice it was very straightforward. It’s worth noting that part of each 12.7mm o.d. inner ring fitted to the top of the funnel casing has been removed, Photos 28 and 29.

type of vents are just visible in the original pictures, but the angles of clearance can be better judged from the plan view and their heights from the profile general arrangement drawings. Having this information made the task relatively easy to resolve as you can see in Photo 30. A good example of how they appeared in practice can be judged in Photo 31. This last picture is actually from a period some ten years previously and was taken aboard a pre-dreadnought, but it does show the principle of it all. Photo 32 shows how they sit positively on their deck mountings, this making it easy to paint them separately away from the model. To finish this month, we have all the cowl vents in place, Photo 33, and they compare reasonably well with the full-size vessel.

Answer to the March 2015 Mystery Picture The clue was: This class of aircraft carrier was the first of its type to be designed from the keel upwards to operate jet aircraft. The answer is USS Independence CV-62. Following the end of WW2, the US Navy put in a requirement for a super carrier known as CV-58 or

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USS United States, a vessel almost equal in size to the Nimitz class of a later generation. For its day, this aircraft carrier would have been a true leviathan dwarfing the largest wartime aircraft carrier ever built, the IJN Shinano by over 200ft. However, due to post-WW2 austerity and a reluctance of the US Congress to grant the necessary funds, CV-58 was cancelled even though the keel had been laid, but the outbreak of the 1950’s war in Korea and the growing need for aircraft carriers to operate the new generation of jet powered aircraft, meant that approval was given for the construction of a completely new class of 79000 ton vessels known as the Forrestal class. USS Independence was the fourth of the class and was laid down at New York Naval Shipyard on 1st July 1955, although the actual fighting in Korea had ceased almost two years previously, but the Cold War was now intensifying. USS Independence was commissioned on the

3rd April 1959, equipped with a flight deck 1015ft long by 240ft maximum beam and capable of embarking 90 aircraft of the latest types. This was the pre–nuclear age of aircraft carriers, but the steam powered geared turbines to four propshafts produced 260000shp giving a top speed of 33 knots with a range of 2000 nautical miles at 20 knots. Unlike modern aircraft carriers, USS Independence was initially fitted with eight single 5 inch 54 calibre guns, but these were later removed and replaced by a close in weapon system (CIWS) for local defence. A follow on class known as the Improved Forrestal’s consisted of four vessels, the last being John F Kennedy which entered service in September 1968. USS Independence had mixed fortunes and underwent a number of refits, but recurring hull problems made the prospect of continuing service unlikely and she was decommissioned on 30th September 1998.

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Photo 33. All twelve of the main cowl vents prepared and temporarily in place.

This month’s Mystery Picture The clue is: When is a destroyer a cruiser?

References and acknowledgements USS Little Rock ref: US Cruisers an Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman, pages 373 to 393. Naval Radar (USS Little Rock]) by Norman Friedman, pages 159 to 173. Modern Warships Design and Development by Norman Friedman, page 54 & 104. USS Independence ref: Aircraft Carriers of the World 1914 to the present by Roger Chesneau pages 264 -273. All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1947 to 1995 by Conway, page 269. Ships and Aircraft of the US Fleet by Norman Polmar, page 91. My thanks to Bill Clarke for the use of his pictures of USS Little Rock.

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John Parker delves into the archives

25: Walter Musciano f you had an interest, as I did, in building model boats in your younger days, then you most likely searched the shelves of your local library for books that could assist you with plans or information. Pickings were slim in my experience as I wasn’t interested in building galleons and didn’t want to just carve something out of a block of wood with a hole drilled in the top for a dowel mast, but one day I found a very useful book, one that I would still recommend today as an introduction to the subject of scratch building model boats, and its author was an American, Walter A. Musciano.

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Walter’s amazing life story is best told by himself and it may be found here: www.modelaircraft.org/files/MuscianoWalter.pdf His written history is hosted by the American Academy of Model Aeronautics in their History Program and they are proud to have Walter enshrined in their Hall of Fame for his model aeronautical achievements, dating back to his first flying competition win as a schoolboy in 1936. If there is one thing that emerges from a reading of Walter’s autobiography, it is his passion for designing, building and flying model aircraft, a passion that led him for over twenty years to design the flying model kits marketed by Scientific Models Incorporated; to write several books and have published so many magazine plans and articles that

he was asked to think up a pen name so as not to appear to be monopolising the field! I have it on good authority from aeromodelling friends that his designs flew well and they remained true to his belief that they should always be able to be built on the kitchen table. In 1940, whilst awaiting the ideal aviation job to come along, Walter took what he looked upon as a temporary drafting position with the ship designers George G. Sharp Incorporated, but ended up staying with the company for 50 years to finally retire as their Chief Designer. So the man who is first and foremost looked upon as a designer of model aircraft actually spent his working life designing ships. His model ship designs are not therefore simply an amusing sideline, intended to show off his versatility, but have the firm foundation of coming from someone who knew what he was doing, having in many cases worked on the design of the actual ships that his model plans were depicting.

A useful book The book I found in the library that day was called Building and Operating Model Ships, and it was published by Funk and Wagnalls in the USA in 1965. With what we now know of Walter’s working life, it is no surprise that Chapter One is entitled ‘Models in the Marine Industry’. It explains the

RIGHT: Radio controlled LCU design from 1955. BELOW LEFT & RIGHT: T1 model submarine design from the book.

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important role of test tank models to confirm the hydrodynamic performance of hulls; the need for mock-ups to help plan production details (George G. Sharp were responsible for the design of the Victory ships of WW2); the role of display models to visually express a design or sell the concept; and the part played by wind tunnel models to plot the path of exhaust smoke. Today, of course many of these functions are performed by computer models, undermining the importance of physical models. A short chapter on assembling a basic tool kit follows, then it’s on to the construction projects.

Projects These are arranged in a logical sequence in the book, each subject introducing new techniques and complexity so that they form in effect, an instructional course in marine modelling. Each pre-supposes knowledge of the techniques described in the previous project so there is no back-tracking or repetition. The seven projects described are:

Drawings for these models are reproduced in the book at a small scale, intended for enlargement by manual grid-plotting. Digital scanning and enlarging should work well nowadays, except possibly for the drawings which are spread across two pages and will require touch-up around the binding area. No sailing or racing craft designs are included due to their specialised nature, but they and other types are discussed in the closing chapter, followed by a glossary of nautical terms. A UK edition of Walter’s book was published by Robert Hale and

A simple speedboat, carved from block balsa, with options of inboard/outboard electric or i.c. power. A replica of the roll-on, roll-off train ship that George G. Sharp Inc. designed for the West India Fruit Company, with built-up hull and twin motors. A river tow-boat or push-tug with its barge utilising curved balsa sheet construction. Diving submarines, rubber-powered carved balsa Nautilus and electric powered T1 target submarine with timer-activated resurfacing facility. A hydrofoil craft with hard-chine framed hull and i.c. power Bear Mountain, a George G. Sharp design for a paddle wheel steam boat, breadand-butter hull with steam or electric drive options A scale model of the NS Savannah nuclear powered test ship with radio control.

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RIGHT: SS Colossus train ship 1956.

ABOVE: Esso Honduras steam powered tug 1955.

Company in 1976, revised by R. G. Moulton. The two books are essentially the same, except for the occasional substitution in the UK edition of photos more relevant to English readers (some of them being a little off-subject), the dropping of references to American hobby suppliers and the updating of the model shop directory and clubs and associations listings.

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More of Walter’s designs for boat models will be found in the pages of modelling and general interest magazines of the 1950’s to 1960’s period. Air Trials Hobbies for Young Men magazine for example (please see Flotsam and Jetsam No. 12, March 2014) in their issues for August and September 1955, contain his plan and building notes for a 1:48 scale Landing Craft Utility (LCU) of 30 inches (762mm) length, intended for radio control. This is the earliest example I have come across of a landing craft model, and although constructed from 1/8 inch balsawood sheet throughout, it looks very impressive with its operating ramp and triple-shaft drive. Walter worked on the design of the full-size craft and claimed the model was ‘most accurate, except in those cases where security restrictions prohibit divulging certain features’! Also reflecting his employer George G. Sharp’s work, this time in the field of roll-on, roll-off freighter designs, is the futuristic looking SS Colossus train ship, which appeared in the Air Trials Model Annual for 1956. This large 56 inch (1422mm) model was intended to carry HO scale model trains, being to a

scale of about 5/32 inch to the foot with a built-up ply and balsawood construction. Propulsion was by geared Pittman Panther motors running off 6v wet cell batteries and radio control was surprisingly by E.D. of the UK. The design for the full-size vessel envisaged sloping internal decks that would enable simultaneous loading and unloading of two decks from the same height above the waterline at each end of the ship. Mechanix Illustrated featured in 1955 his article ‘Steam Powered Tug Boat’, a simple semi-scale model of a 55ft steel diesel tug called the Esso Honduras. This could be either steam or electric powered, the installation shown on the drawing and in photos being a steam plant made by SEL of England and marketed in the USA by the Allyson company (please see Flotsam and Jetsam No. 16, July 2014). Photos of the three models just mentioned appear in the book Building and Operating Ship Models, but without the plans or descriptions. More recent examples of Walter’s designs are the Staten Island Ferry, with a long propeller shaft driving a propeller at each end, which appeared in an Autumn (Fall) 1988 issue of US Boat and Ship Modeler, and Mara, a scalishlooking double-ended, two-masted ketch with auxiliary motor, in the Summer 1990 issue of the same magazine.

A model? The only one of the designs in Walter’s book that I actually built was the Carolanne river tug, although I fancied the T1 submarine, but that was beyond my skills at the time. I remember being frustrated that many of the hobby items mentioned in the book were unavailable or unheard of when I enquired at my local hobby shop. They may have had equivalent items in some cases, but I had neither the knowledge to recognise them nor the money to buy them. No matter, the most valuable things I took away from this book were the constructional skills it taught me and the inspiration it gave me to build more complex models. I considered these all well worth the overdue fine that had to be paid when the book was eventually returned to the library.

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Boiler Room Part Fifty Two: Separator Tanks

Richard Simpson’s series on model steam plants hese are one of those items of equipment that seem to cause a degree of confusion when discussed in depth. Not only is there sometimes the doubt that they have any great value, but there seems to be two completely opposite schools of thought on how to operate them, causing greater confusion. They are however an invaluable and very necessary part of any steam plant above the very smallest size, and so I thought it might be worthwhile this month looking at them a bit closer to help us understand better just what we can get out of them.

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We put pressurised steam into the engine to make it run, at which point the engine removes the energy from the steam during its expansion and so we end up with what we refer to as low quality steam, or even nothing more than a water vapour. The lower the quality the better, as that means we have extracted as much energy out of it as possible

to turn the engine. We also put oil into the engine to ensure that all the parts remain lubricated and the steam does not scrub the lubrication away and allow metal to metal, or metal to rubber, contact on the running faces. This oil is then discharged from the engine along with the low quality steam into the exhaust. The trouble with low quality steam is that it is very ready to convert back to water at its slightest drop in temperature, so as this steam is discharged it is already forming as water in the exhaust pipe. What we therefore need to do, is extract any water already condensed in the steam, as well as the oil that was put into the engine, whilst still allowing the remaining steam to escape the model so we have to pass the exhaust through a separator tank to do this. Condensate and oil is collected in the unit and the remaining steam from the engine is piped away from the separator tank and discharged. This then ensures that the water droplets and oil are not discharged all over your model and the environment, and we avoid creating an oil sheen on the surface of the water, guaranteed to attract the attention and comments of your audience. Most purchased steam plants will come complete with a separator tank incorporated into the baseplate, with all appropriate plumbing installed and ready to go, Photo 1.

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Construction As with most things, the separator tank comes in many shapes and forms and there are a number of different arrangements inside of it, but the basic requirement is that we put the wet oil and water into it, collect the condensate and oil and allow the remaining steam to escape. The tank can be either horizontal or vertical, or homemade units can be square, but the bottom line is that you will need a tank that will collect enough dirty water to last a reasonable enough length of time to allow your model to remain on the water. If the tank is too small, it will fill very quickly, then simply discharge the dirty water out of the exhaust, thereby doing nothing. If it is too big, it will be difficult to fit into the model and could even cause stability challenges as it fills. I always think of a half an hour period out on the water before I want to top up the boiler, refill the lubricator and empty the separator tank, so you need a size that will ensure you can do this. Inside the separator tank you will usually find some sort of arrangement that will help the dirty water separate out as effectively as possible. Some types such as that from Hemmens, have an internal baffle, which helps to collect the water and drip it into the bottom of the tank, Photo 2, and some, such as the old Cheddar ones, direct the flow of steam around the periphery of the tank and use centrifugal force to remove the dirty water, Photos 3 and 4. In all cases, the dirty water will fall to the bottom of the tank and collect from where it can be removed for disposal. The most common methods for that is to either have a removable cap that you syringe the waste out of, or as with the Cheddar type, you attach the syringe to a rubber hose and draw the waste through an internal pipe. Either way you syringe the waste out and dispose of it appropriately.

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Opposing philosophies Now we have a better understanding of what the separator tank is doing for us, it might help us to understand why we have the two different operating philosophies. On the one hand you will talk to steam enthusiasts who advocate that it should be kept at a high temperature. This may be by nothing more than allowing the exhaust steam to heat it up or it may be by adding heat from say the boiler exhaust or via a heat shunt, but the thinking is that by keeping it hot, the exhaust will hold as much water vapour as possible, thereby allowing it to escape with the exhaust. This will have the result of minimising the collection of condensate and enable the separator tank to last longer between emptying. If you have a large boiler with an automatic filling system and want to keep the model out on the water for longer periods, then this might be something worth considering. The downside is that you must ensure that the greater quantity of carried-over water vapour does not condense in the exhaust pipe, so you have to ensure that is kept warm as well by lagging and keeping it to a minimum length. On the other side of the coin there are those who advocate removing as much moisture as possible in the separator tank to keep the exhaust as dry as possible. Obviously, here the downside is that you

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Photo 3. The old Cheddar arrangement, still sold by some manufacturers nowadays, uses centrifugal force to help remove the oil and water. As the steam goes around the periphery of the tank the moisture collects on the surface and then drains down into the bottom. The cleaner steam then leaves via the exhaust.

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Photo 5. In the case of this model, the separator tank was further than ideal from the funnel, so it was decided to remove as much moisture as possible by cooling the it. The benefit being that the gas tank can also be warmed to help reduce the under-cooling effect.

Photo 6. Bench trials are your best time to sort out what you want to incorporate in the plant and how you want it arranged. You can even put a load on the engine by having it drive a friction plate to get a more realistic idea of water consumption and waste oil and water generation.

will fill it up at a faster rate, but there is less risk of condensation occurring in the exhaust pipe. In such arrangements you may well find that the separator tank is actually cooled to aid in the removal of as much moisture as possible. You may even hear of such tanks strictly speaking being incorrectly referred to as condensers. At the end of the day you need to think of how you want to operate your steam plant. How frequently do you want it to be brought out of the water or do you have an automatic feed system, etc? For instance, in the Ben Ain model, one restriction I have had to work with is the fact that the separator tank is further away from the funnel than I would have preferred, so there is a danger of condensation taking place in the exhaust pipe. Consequently I have lagged the pipe and have used the separator tank to provide warming to the gas tank to prevent under-cooling of the gas tank, Photo 5. This acts as a cooler for the separator tank and removes more moisture than I would have achieved, but the tank is of an adequate size to last for half an hour comfortably. All this should be decided during your initial planning phase when

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Photo 7. This plant uses two smaller separator tanks for the twin Puffin engines. The steam inlet hose has been removed, but it would normally be connected to the threaded boss on the engine standard below the control valve.

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5 you can try the steam plant in the comfort of your workshop as you determine the best way how to operate it, Photo 6, which may well even include whether you want to use a single large separator tank or two smaller ones as on a twin engine plant, Photo 7.

Conclusion As is quite usual, there is no easy fixed answer for how you want to run your separator tank, but perhaps now you will be better placed to make a more informed choice. How you design your steam plant in the first place as well as how you operate it will determine many things, including how to operate the separator tank, but the important things to remember are basically as follows: 1. Ensure you do not let it fill up 100% in operation as you will soon start to throw dirty oily water all over your model, the water surface and any passing ducks. 2. Have a convenient means to hand to empty the tank. The waste should be syringed out and then disposed of responsibly, which does not mean squirt it in the bushes behind you. I have a plastic bottle into which I empty the syringe, which then goes home with me and is poured into an old petrol can and this gets emptied into the waste oil facility at the local council tip every year or so. 3. Do not remove the tank cap or the discharge pipe plug while the boiler is still connected to the engine. Leakage through the engine or an inadvertent movement of the control will send exhaust steam into the separator tank, so just as with filling the lubricator, shut off the steam first.

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LEFT: This view shows the different levels of the decks which may be a little confusing on the plans. The forward saloon has a floor level at main deck level with a lower part within the hull; the aft saloon has floor level just above the waterline with the upper aft saloon directly above. The wheelhouse floor is stepped down from the top of the after saloon and is at same level as the top of the forward saloon. The additional liferaft canisters on top of the wheelhouse and boat deck which can be added as preferred. The colour scheme can also be ascertained from this picture.

ABOVE: View from aft, the short extension at the port side with slatted vents in the door contains the emergency generator. Note the very narrow walkways along the deck edges.

Norreborg

ABOVE: Starboard view of vessel, note the length of rubbing strake forward and the life raft canister launching frames.

James Pottinger presents a plan for a Swedish Water Bus

he subject of this plan is representative of the many ‘Sundbuss’ (basically a ‘water bus’) type of ferry and excursion craft that ply the fjords and myriad waterways in Scandinavia and has a Swedish passenger certificate for 247 passengers. Checking my 1974 copy of Det Norske Veritas Classification Register, I noted that a number of similar vessels were built by a few shipyards, some varying slightly in length, but all with the ‘Sundbuss’ prefix. This vessel was built as the Sundbuss Erasmus with at least four others of the same type for A/S Moltzaus Tankrederi of Oslo, in Sweden. She was later purchased by the municipality of Landskrona (Sweden) and put into service on the Landskrona to Ven route. She was renamed Erasmus in October 2001 and then Norreborg in December of that same year. Comparing photos as originally built, some external alterations have been carried out as one would expect over the life of the vessel and I note that the bulwarks at each side aft of the wheelhouse have had glazed side screens added and extended aft to be linked to the boat deck by a short sloping plate.

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Main characteristics Builder: Year: LOA: Beam: Main machinery:

Lindstols Skips & Batbyggeri, A/S Risor, Norway, Yard No. 270 1971 34.11 metres 7.83 metres Two Scania diesels of 330kW, each driving a three bladed variable pitch propeller through 4:1 reduction gears. 88kW bow thruster Max. Speed: 11.5 knots She has a steel hull and aluminium superstructure.

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LEFT: Starboard manoeuvring panel inside wheelhouse. BELOW: Forward bulkhead of wheelhouse with steering wheel in the centre. ABOVE: Port side at first deck level, looking on wheelhouse port side access door. Note that glazed side screens project aft some distance aft of the wheelhouse aft bulkhead, which on profile drawing is slightly forward of Section Seven.

RIGHT: Typical arrangement of seating and tables in the saloons.

BELOW: This view shows the central skeg at the stern which extends from Section One forward to almost Section Five aft, on the profile plan. LEFT: Bow view in dry dock; a bow thruster is fitted forward and please note the bilge keel.

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have not included details of the internal seating and tables etc. and given the darkened windows, such an omission should not detract from the model if they are omitted. A considerable area of the superstructure comprises glazing which could be made of thin dark film self-adhesive Stika-Trim or similar, which would also ensure a minimum weight for the upperworks. Propulsion has to be twin screw like the prototype, but there is plenty of internal volume for r/c equipment etc. The various deck levels are stepped at some points as can be noted at the step-down from the boat deck to wheelhouse sole level, also the sole levels of the forward saloon and lower after saloon are in fact within the hull itself. The superstructure extends full-width of the hull, except for a very narrow ledge along the main deck. Rubbing strakes are fitted along both sides at main deck level and a shorter strake just above the

waterline, and another short length along the sides of the bow with additional protection at the corners of the transom. The bilge keel can be seen in the views in dry dock. The current colour scheme is clearly shown in the accompanying photos. It is essentially a blue hull with white upperworks and red anti-fouling beneath the waterline. However , it could be finished in allwhite for another example of this type of ferry.

Conclusion Something a bit different, with scope for scalingup if desired. Lots of windows, so in larger scales internal detail will be required if proper clear glazing is used. Being quite beamy, a model should be stable, but still practical as a functioning r/c craft. Acknowledgement: Arne of ‘Ships For Sale’, the Swedish Shipbroker, for all photos and information. ABOVE RIGHT: Forward side of exhaust casing and mast. Note that an additional radar scanner has been added on a bracket on the funnel casing.

LEFT: Boat deck looking aft, with buoyancy seats in the centre and at the sides.

RIGHT: The foredeck looking down from the wheelhouse roof, showing the bollards, anchor with opening in the adjacent guardrail and windlass.

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All at Sea! Dr. Marcus Rooks makes good use of the M & M figures he Red and Yellow M & M sweet figures have become quite well known personalities in the confectionary world, consequently spawning a considerable trade in memorabilia. There are a number of the M & M sweet dispensers that feature these likeable characters and I have a number of them and had been eying them to see if they could be put to use within a marine setting. They already feature on motorcycles, cars and aeroplanes, so why not model boats? I had visions of them cavorting on board a speedboat which was the starting point for this little project. There were also a couple of rather nice electric outboard motors to hand that could be used to good effect and the size of these dictated the dimensions of the model boat. The dispensers have different sized M & M figures, but fortunately the ones that feature in the car (Rebel without a Clue) were just about the right size and were in suitable poses. I didn’t want to destroy these M & M wonders, but it was clear that they would need dismantling to remove the figures. Green and Red in the car were a little more difficult as it required removing the underpan of the car and then cutting them from it, but before going further, the proposed model layout was changed as Green would still be at the back steering, but Yellow could now be in the front. He was in a suitable pose of being scared absolutely rigid, and so ideal for this project. Having obtained the crew, some thought was given to the layout of the model boat. The outboard motor would have to be attached to the transom, possibly with some form of radio control, but that

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RIGHT: The Playwell 2000 electric outboard motor that was the start of the project.

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could all be addressed later. The outboard motor is powered by internal batteries so it was not really practical to have it speed controlled, as it only possessed a simple on/off switch, so now to the hull design and it was decided to use balsawood for the bulk of it.

Hull framework As usual, no plans! The concept was simple enough, however I tried to make it in the genre of an M & M machine, that is to say somewhat whimsical and fun and not to be taken too seriously. Construction was from the deck down, rather than keel upwards. A basic outline was drawn of what I thought the deck should look like on one piece of 3 inch wide balsawood sheet, 3/16 inch (5mm) thick. By doing one half at a time, the shape

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ABOVE: The loveable rascals Green and Red in their Hot Rod ‘Rebel without a Clue’. Green was used but Yellow came from another M & M dispenser.

could be transferred to another piece and hopefully we would end up with a symmetrical model. The two halves were then butt-joined together. The next item was a transom stern which was also of two pieces glued together. Its depth was dictated by the size of the outboard motor as the propeller needs to be fully immersed. This was joined by a stem piece at the front and a keel between them. The stem was fabricated from the same balsawood sheet and glued to the upturned deck, together with suitable strengthening pieces. The next step was a little more difficult as a few bulkheads were needed to help maintain the hull’s shape and these were roughed-out of 3/16 inch

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ABOVE LEFT: The starting point was making the deck which was made in two halves, one being used to mark-out the other. ABOVE: The frames and keel temporarily assembled ready for final fitting and then profiling.

BELOW LEFT: The frames and keel have been permanently glued and roughly sanded to shape. BELOW: Checking overall progress with Green as the passenger. The floor was glued in place BEFORE skinning the hull. This was a mistake and it was subsequently removed.

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balsawood. A notch allowed them to locate in the keel and once they were in place, they were trimmed and adjusted to arrive at what I thought was a suitable shape for the speedboat-like hull. The stem was re-contoured as it was far too vertical as initially installed, so it was rounded as much as possible to create more of a speedboat shape. The next step was to fit a cockpit floor which was made from 1/16 inch balsawood, glued to the bulkheads and to supports at the transom and stem. This, I realised later was a bad mistake as it prevented access to the inside of the hull, so it was then duly removed. The bulkheads were further strengthened by joining them on either side with a strip of

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ABOVE: The side stringers to support the side skins have been fitted. ABOVE RIGHT: The skins glued in place and sanded, awaiting sanding sealer.

balsawood from stem to stern, located in suitable notches. These strips were made by dividing a piece of 1/4 in (6mm) square balsawood in half. Although somewhat irregular in shape, as long as the rough side was positioned facing inwards, the outside face was even. When all these parts had been properly glued in place, the hull framework was sanded until all the joints etc. were nice and smooth, ready to fit the skins. There was no way the craft could support two outboards, so only one was to be fitted, even though twin drives had been earlier considered. This revealed the next problem in that by building on the deck, it was now impossible to fit the outboard. Oh, the joy of working without a plan! The outboard has a flange that fits over the transom, so the decision was made to cut away part of the offending deck and transom by careful use of a craft knife and the problem was solved.

Hull skins

BELOW: The transom with the outboard cutout and note the cockpit floor has now gone!. BELOW RIGHT: The Playwell outboard motor in place, all revved up and nowhere to go.

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These comprised four pieces; two for the hull bottom and two for the sides and it wasn’t too difficult to get them properly fitted by eye and trial and error, rather than any great model engineering feat. They were then taped and pinned in place until the glue had fully set. Rightly or wrongly, superglue was used and it bonded extremely quickly, so the skin position had to be right. A cautionary note now regarding superglue.

Unlike other times when the minimum would be used, in this situation I used quite a lot and the fumes became troublesome as my eyes were affected and so was my breathing. This was all transient, but please be aware. Anyway, the model was now progressing well. The skins were sanded and given a couple of coats of sanding sealer and then sanded again ready for painting, but first a few sea trials, so the domestic bath was suitably filled. The Green and Yellow M & M crew were placed in their approximate positions and the first floating took place and the hull immediately heeled-over, depositing Green in the water. This was due to her position on the side of the boat, so some temporary ballast in the form of an old motor was used as a counterweight. Trial Number Two: This time the trim was fine, being nice and level. The outboard was switched on and off it went with quite a turn of speed in such was the limited space of the bath, so the passengers were dried-off, along with the hull, and back to the workshop.

Finishing-off The next step was to refit the 1/16 inch thick balsawood rear floor at the stern end of the model. A void was left under the rear figure’s feet as it needs some extra space. A bench seat for Yellow and as his hands are moulded to grip anyway, that was one less job.

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Green is standing up leaning against the side, holding the tiller arm and there is a locating peg protruding from her bottom, so a corresponding cutout was made in the deck edge so that she is nicely supported. A raised piece of balsawood was glued to the newly laid decking which also hooks under her high heels and helps wedge her in position. The last job was to fit a screen at the front of the cockpit and this was cut from very thin styrene sheet and held in place with some superglue. It would be better to use clear styrene, but there was none to hand at the time. And so it was now time to paint it all. As the crew/passengers are brightly painted anyway, the hull was finished in bright yellow with a blue deck and the windscreen in silver. A large ‘M’ was cut from some styrene, painted red and glued to the foredeck, plus some stylized wings were cut and glued to the prow.

Well, a little bit of fun using the M & M figures, As with my other similar models, it was a quickbuild project and a nice diversion from heavyweight scale model making. Cheap figures of all types and appearances can be readily sourced, so like the Thomas Tank Engine faces on locomotives, it all makes a nice change at the pondside.

ABOVE LEFT: The screen fitted and ready to paint with Yellow looking decidedly nervous about the whole thing! ABOVE: The new floor fitted and the raised bar is to support Green’s high heeled shoes, preventing her from toppling overboard. The cut-out in the edge of the deck is to locate Green’s rear end peg!

On the water and conclusion No radio control! However, it will be a simple matter to install a servo and receiver etc. to activate the tiller arm later as no speed control facility is really needed, or that viable. When our little Green and Yellow friends are in place it all looks quite fetching and the model travels at more of a sedate canter rather than a mad gallop and is quite charming to watch.

Initial sea (bath) trials. Ballast was needed to counteract the weight of Green.

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The 2015 London Model Engineering Exhibition Dave Brumstead reports

RIGHT: Part of HMS Vanguard’s superstructure showing the excellent detail.

ABOVE: Alex McFadyen’s HMS Vanguard on the Surface Warship Association stand. BELOW: Peter Le Sueur’s HMS Redolent on the Welwyn Garden City’s Society of Model Engineers display. The model is based around a Jeyes fluid container.

ABOVE: S.L. Falcon by Bill Langton on the St. Albans and District MES stand.

hat has now become a tradition for early in the New Year is a visit to this exhibition at Alexandra Palace in North London. The show exhibits some of the best in model engineering, model boats and other associated hobbies. There is a strong engineering trade presence as one would expect, but not usually dedicated marine traders. The club stands however exhibit a wide variety of marine models with something to interest every model boat enthusiast.

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Marine club stands Our first stop was at the Surface Warship Association stand where we could admire some of the excellent models on display. Alex McFadyen was exhibiting three of his well-known models; FS Richelieu, HMS Anson and HMS Vanguard. HMS Vanguard was the last battleship completed in 1946 at the John Brown shipyard on the Clyde and Alex’s model is 8ft 7ins long with a GRP hull and wooden superstructure clad with 15/1000 brass sheet.

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Notably. the main 15 inch gun turrets train and the barrels elevate. The model took 14500 hours to build over a period of five years and is one of the outstanding models of the last three decades. On the Harlow Moorhen MBC stand, another long term project was displayed, namely Keith Henley’s model of the THV Patricia. Keith’s notes state that the model has taken 20 years to build, it being complete now in 2015. Also on display was an exhibit by Peter Beattie which featured two vessels with family connections, HMS Mystic and HMS Bluebell. Over on the St Albans and District MES stand, Bill Langton was exhibiting his Falcon, a Windermere steam launch. The model is based on the full-size Swallow and was built from photographs. The hull and superstructure are made from teak and the model is propelled by a Stuart Turner triple expansion steam engine with the build time for this project being spread over twenty years. (This model was featured in May 2014 MB - Editor) The stand of the Harrow and Wembley Society of

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ABOVE RIGHT: HMS Bluebell by Peter Beattie on the Moorhen MBC stand. ABOVE LEFT: The award winning steam dredger Esk, built by Mick Nicholson, was on the Eastleigh and District MBC stand.

LEFT: Precision Paints, although primarily for model engineering enthusiasts, have much to offer model boaters’. These are top quality products.

Model Engineers also had a selection of interesting models on display including an Aerokits Crash Tender complete with a Taycol motor and a display of seven small steam engines of various types which included classic Stuart Turner engines. Amongst the many marine models on display on the Welwyn Garden City Society of Model Engineers’ stand was a model of HMS Redolent. Never heard of it? Well, this model is based on a Jeyes air freshener and the fictitious model battleship was designed and built by Peter Le Sueur. The model is radio controlled using parts from an old toy Subaru car with other parts scratch built, or from Airfix or Revell kits. Finally on the Eastleigh and District MBC stand was a fine model of the dredger Esk built by Mick Nicholson. The model is built plank-on-frame and has a fully working crane and had previously been awarded a Highly Commended Award at the Sandown Park Model Engineer Exhibition in December 2014.

Trade stands Precision Paints have been regular exhibitors at this show for many years. They specialise in railway livery colours, but also sell a huge range of general use paints. Etch primers and high build etch primerfillers are also available, in addition to masking tape and paint brushes etc. and they were also promoting the Deluxe Materials range of products. S & M Tools, a stalwart of many model shows across the UK, were busy selling a wide range of tools for us as well as others for more general use. Perhaps of growing interest to us are the range of 3D printers that were being demonstrated by Threedy Printers. These are made in the UK, and the printers may be purchased ready to use or in self-assembly form. Full information, specifications etc. can be found on their website:

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www.threedyprinters.com. Tools 2000, another regular exhibitor, had a very useful spray booth for sale with an extractor fan, all for a special show price of just £69. The final stand we looked at was that of Le Tonkinois which featured a natural oil varnish that according to the data sheet contains only natural vegetable ingredients such as; Linseed oil, Tung oil, pure resin and vegetable thinners. It can be used indoors and outdoors and seemingly works best on bare wood. The data sheet goes on to say that when applied, brush marks will disappear within a few minutes and it has excellent waterproofing properties, including against sea water and the wooden examples on the stand were certainly impressive.

ABOVE: Keith Henley’s THV Patricia, a 20 year project, on the Moorhen MBC stand.

ABOVE: A compact spray booth with extractor fan was on offer by Tools 2000, all for just £69.

Conclusion This is a now well established annual event held in January at this iconic venue. The fact that it is usually held at the same time as the Snooker Masters Tournament, this being run in another part of the building, perhaps explains why the car parks are usually so well filled and don’t think of using the washroom facilities in the main foyer when there is a break between sessions of the snooker! This Meridienne sponsored event is what it says on the box, namely a model engineering show, although there are trucks, helicopters and of course the model boat clubs, but please don’t expect the same range of model boat traders as you would see at the International Model Boat Show held near Warwick each November. Having said that, Howes and Component Shop are well known to us and were on site and it is useful to look at other aspects of our model making hobby as there is much to be learnt that can be applied to our specific interest, so it is well worth a visit if you are in the London area.

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2015 Fred’s Big Toephy he opening event of the 2015 Footy Traveller’s series was sailed at Abbey Meads Lake, Chertsey on 8th February and hosted by Guildford MYC in glorious sunshine. Twelve competitors from six clubs enjoyed 12 races in very variable wind conditions, from the lightest of breezes to a steady wind from the North, requiring a change from the biggest rigs to two rigs smaller just before the break for lunch.

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ABOVE: Peter Shepherd receiving Fred’s Big Toephy from Hugh McAdoo.

RIGHT: David Wilkinson receiving the Traveller’s Trophy.

BELOW: The competitors and their Footy yachts.

The day’s racing PRO (Principal Race Officer) Hugh McAdoo, set a long windward/leeward course and because there was very little wind to start with, this took over a quarter of an hour, requiring a lot of concentration to get the best performance. Peter Shepherd crossed the finishing line first, sailing his home-made wooden FAT BOY followed by Roger Stollery and his corrugated plastic chine SUPABUG design. The latter turned the tables in Race 2 and this was to become a familiar pattern as between them they won nine of the 12 races. This was interrupted just before lunch, when Alan Viney sailing his moulded plastic ICE won Race 6 in the increasing wind. Top of the leaderboard at lunch was Peter, just one point ahead of Roger. The wind seemed to have peaked now and from then on the wind came a bit more from the west and gradually decreased towards the end of the

ABOVE: Footy r/c yachts, although small, can require as much skill as larger models to be successfully raced.

racing. After Roger won Race 7, Peter won the next 2, when the Vice children arrived to join in the fun. They immediately had an impact on the results because 16 year-old C.J. Vice showed his mettle to win Race 10 with his brother 11 yearold Gabriel finishing fifth sailing their ICE boats. The next race required a lot of concentration as there were many holes in the wind and once again C.J. came to the front after struggling a bit at the beginning of the race. This time 14 year-old Lockie Vice backed up the family performance with a sixth. However, it was the narrow designs, FAT BOY and FAT BOY SLIM sailed by the Peter Shepherd and Peter Jackson that took the honours in these light conditions.

Prize giving At this, Hugh McAdoo thanked the competitors for their sportsmanlike behaviour as there were no protests and penalties were carried out without needing to be hailed by the observers. As well as awarding Fred’s Big Toephy to Peter Shepherd and the prizes for the event including those for the juniors, the award for the best novice (never having finished in the top three in these events) was presented to Alan Viney. Also, as is traditional at the first event of the annual series, the 2014 Traveller’s Trophy was presented to David Wilkinson, who had travelled the most miles competing in all but one of the nine Open Events in the 2014 series. Future events in the 2015 Footy Traveller’s Series include the Videlo Globe Trophy at Frensham. Information about all the 2015 Footy races, the yachts and their construction, can be found on the really excellent website: www.sailfootyuk.com. Photos - courtesy of John Townsend

Final results 1st, Peter Shepherd; 2nd, Roger Stollery; 3rd, Peter Jackson; 4th, Mike Ewart; 5th, Alan Viney; 6th, David Wilkinson; 7th, Keith Parrott; 8th, Sid Sims; 9th, Peter Dunne. As the Vice family arrived later than they anticipated, their scores were not included in the overall results, but made up a separate Junior Competition. 1st C.J. Vice; 2nd, Gabriel Vice; 3rd, Lockie Vice.

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around the clubs

RIGHT: The SWA members don’t only build British warships!

LEFT: A general view of part of the exhibition room allocated to the SWA which was just by the main hall.

ABOVE: David Reith’s outstanding 1:48 scale HMS Clyde, which was featured and fully described in the February 2015 MB.

SWA News he January 2015 issue of Quarter Deck Ramblings, the newsletter of the Surface Warship Association, arrived recently in the editorial office. This association is a national organisation, its members all having an interest in warships and as a group they support many model boating and general interest events in the UK and Europe. One such event where they were promoting the hobby to the general public, was the South Coast Ship Show at the Holiday Inn in Portsmouth, and the following is from a short article by David McNair-Taylor, first printed in this newsletter.

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South Coast Ship Show - 14th November 2014 This was organised by Mainline and Maritime Publishers, sponsored by HPC Publishing and held in the Holiday Inn at Portsmouth. This event is not strictly a model boat show as it also had exhibitors, bookstalls, traders, film shows and lectures on items of general interest about many aspects of ships and the sea. David Reith and myself, accompanied by Dave’s wife Andrea, were once again invited to display our models at the show, which also had exhibits by Eastleigh MBC, Hayling Island MBC and Portsmouth MBC. It was not possible to put on a large SWA display, but the organisers in appreciation of the previous SWA participation, had allocated a dedicated room by the main exhibition area with space for five tables, which had enough space to display 10 models. These included Dave Reith’s 1:48 scale HMS Clyde; HMS Lancaster; HMS Lincoln; HMS Exeter; HMS Kirkliston; HMS Penzance; HMS Lindisfarne; HMS Illustrious; USS Hornet CV8 and USS McNair. The display had a constant stream of visitors

Contact information The SWA Membership Secretary is Mr. Hilary Breeze, 38 Birch Crescent, Holtwood, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7QE. Tel : 01622 710528, email: [email protected]. (Editor’s note: The SWA are pro-active at promoting warship modelling across the UK and are to be commended for what they do for the hobby as a whole. As an association, they are a national body and membership also means that discounts can be obtained from a number of well known suppliers)

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Bill Jefferson’s Models Anthony Addams describes his Spurn lightship, Kingston Peridot and TID tug

he moment I saw Bill’s models and in particular his model of the Spurn lightship, I knew I had to find out more about this vessel. The model is exceptional, this being acknowledged by it winning awards such as Best Model in Show at Coalville in 2014 and similar at a number of other exhibitions. Photo 1 shows Bill with his model of Spurn and his TID tug.

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Spurn The original Spurn lightship is preserved in Kingston upon Hull, Bill’s home town. When a former crew member died, his widow decided to commission the making of a model in memory of her husband and her son, Gordon, asked Bill to make it. The result is a superb replica, exact in so many details and constructed with loving care for the family as a memorial with great associations. I was able to visit Hull to see the original lightship and meet Bill again, who with Gordon’s help brought along his model, Photo 2. The original lightship is now part of the Hull Maritime Museum and in visiting both the ship and the main museum, I was able to find out so

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much more about the history of the lightship and its role in the safe navigation of the Humber Estuary.

The model Bill had access to the builder’s plans at the museum, but due to their being in a delicate state, he could only copy by hand the lines and details, but with the vessel on hand it was easy to physically measure and photograph the actual fittings. The hull is of fibreglass and on the Hull Model Boat Group’s website, there are 26 pictures of the model’s construction sequence. The model is well detailed as Photo 3 of the main deckhouse demonstrates, together with the hand-operated bilge pump and Photo 4 is of the stern area. Some particular points of interest are: Hand operated windlass Photo 5 is of the full-size windlass and Photo 6 is of the model version, which took Bill three weeks to build using a lathe for the turning and the miniature version does exactly what the full-size version does. Mushroom anchor On Spurn this weighs 7.5 tons and it was attached

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to 200 fathoms of cable fed through an 18 inch hawse pipe built into the bow of the vessel, Photo 7 being of the model. The mushroom anchor was dropped into the mud of the estuary, sinking 12 feet or more below the surface. When the anchor had to be raised using the hand-operated windlass, the rising tide was used to pull the anchor out of the mud. As the ship moved with the waves, so any slack was winched in. Two other anchors were provided for emergency use, but in normal weather, Spurn rode on 60 fathoms of cable, but in bad conditions the full 200 were used. A separate Dan buoy, not attached to the vessel, was moored to provide a fixed marker for the designated station of the lightship. The light The original light had a catadioptic lens augmented by reflectors and prisms, rotating on rollers. The optics were mounted on a table that remained level at all times, an essential requirement for its observation by shipping. The model, has an excellent representation, the outer glass being from a mint sauce jar and netting from a disposable BBQ

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This lightship, also known as LV No. 12, was built in 1927 for the Humber Conservative Board by the Goole Shipbuilding and Repair Company for £16550, this price including the builder’s model now displayed in the Hull Maritime Museum. The vessel is 100ft long by 24ft beam, draught 10ft and of 200 gross tons. She served for 48 years until 1975 and is now a museum ship, having been carefully restored. Under the control of the museum, she is regularly open to visitors, being manned by volunteers.

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10 The range of the original 18000 candle power light was 11 miles at sea level, with three flashes every 15 seconds and acetylene gas being used for illumination, the lightship carrying a year’s supply of it, stored in part of the deckhouse. One of the other key features was the fog horn powered by a motor with a hand-operated back-up pump and tank. In operation, the fog horn gave two blasts of two seconds every 20 seconds. A second warning signal was an electronic submarine oscillator and a third was an automatic directional wireless signal with a range of 50 miles. The special aerial for this has been carefully constructed on the model between its mast heads, Photo 9. The lightship lay with a single anchor, this meaning that the direction of the ship indicated the direction of the tidal current and the hull has seven watertight compartments making it effectively unsinkable when all are sealed. The hull is painted black as it was stationed to mark the starboard, that is the right hand side, of

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the entrance to the estuary. Green would be the expected colour, but seemingly black showed up better in poor visibility. On the port side of the estuary entrance, off the Bull Sands, the Bull lightship was painted red and a model of this can also be found in the Hull Maritime Museum. Service history Soon after completion and whilst being towed, Spurn collided with a lighter in the Old Harbour, receiving a claim for £14-10-6d (£14.55p) for the damage. There were other collisions during her service life and in fact 17 are recorded for Spurn and the matching Bull lightship, making one wonder how obvious a lightship has to be? Spurn was located 4 miles South 65 degrees East from the Spurn Lighthouse and was only moved for overhauls, but during WW2, fearing magnetic mines due to her steel construction, she was taken off station and moved to Grimsby. Crew This numbered six, or seven, if an additional radio operator was required. They tended to be exfishermen who had become unfit for the deep sea fishing in which Hull specialised. Each had to provide his own food for the two week duty tours, which could be extended if relief crews were held up by bad weather. On board, watches were four hours on and eight off. The Hull Maritime Museum sells an excellent booklet for £5.99 giving the full story of the lightship, its crews and service life.

Bill’s other models Kingston Peridot This is a well known model at exhibitions across the North of the UK, the trawler being one of three from Hull lost in January and February 1968 when fishing in icy conditions off Iceland. A total of 58 crew members perished, 20 of them from the Kingston Peridot, so this model is particularly relevant to the people of Hull. Bill’s model is 72 inches long, Photos 10 and 11, and has won many awards at model boat exhibitions. TID tug In all, 182 of these were built during WW2 and four survive today. Assembly of this kit type of tug was at Doncaster and Hessle on the Humber and Bill’s

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model is a fine representation of these vital WW2 vessels, Photos 12 & 13.

Acknowledgements My thanks to the Hull Maritime Museum for preserving the Spurn lightship and the Arctic Corsair, and within the museum providing such a comprehensive presentation of the Hull fishing

industry over the centuries. I full recommend visiting this exceptional museum and a visit to Hull is a real pleasure, with its attractive historic marina, ships to visit, museums, fine buildings, River Humber and much local history. King Henry VIII awarded the city a Charter for the incorporation of Trinity House, which is now the nation’s navigation and lighthouse organisation, and of course my thanks to Bill, the builder of these featured models.

Tink!

Tink is just 7.5 inches (188mm) long and is r/c controlled.

Fred Mounce’s semi-scale miniature Clyde Puffer n May 1981 Model Boats magazine, there was a design for a 7.5 inch long semi-scale puffer drawn by G. Goodchild. Fred found the plan when looking though his archived magazines and decided to build it for radio control. Obviously some changes were made, but the availability of 21st Century miniature equipment enabled it to be fitted with a small brushed geared motor, 2C LiPo battery, 2.4GHz receiver, a miniature rudder servo and a tiny forwards-only electronic speed controller. Testing so far has been confined to the kitchen sink, but yes it does float and work properly. Fred makes the point that keeping old magazines and from time to time looking through them, can often mean that a longforgotten drawing that perhaps never made it into the Plans Service will be found

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and provide inspiration for something quite practical 34 years later. (Fred is one of our Canadian readers and he relies very much on printed magazines to keep him informed of developments in the hobby. He makes the point, that although Online buying is very much the norm’ nowadays, he prefers to talk to a trader and in his experience there are one or two who seem not to like answering the phone during their usual advertised working hours, which is a shame when he wants to spend money. On the other hand, there are some who bend over backwards to help and consequentially get his business Editor)

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Wasted range! t never ceases to puzzle me, as to why many modellers seem content to sail around in circles with the model never more than a short distance aaway. Sometimes you could easily throw the ttransmitter a greater distance than their model is e ever allowed to go. Poor eyesight might be offered aas a reason, but could be questionable since the m modeller may well have driven themselves to the ssailing water. Having said that, we have probably w witnessed drivers on the road who appear to be aable to see only a very short distance ahead of their vvehicle! Lack of confidence may be a more likely reason, aafter all this newfangled radio stuff must be less rreliable than a good old length of string! This ought tto be a misplaced attitude as modern radio control gear is remarkably reliable and almost foolproof in operation. However, I have to add the qualifier ‘almost’, ahead of the term ‘foolproof’ since very little can cope with the really determined fools that we are all unfortunately familiar with. The actual range that we can operate our models over might surprise some modellers. Some years ago I range tested a few models by sailing them away from myself with the transmitter aerial totally collapsed. This was in the pre-2.4GHz days and I was using 27 and 40MHz outfits. Even with the greatly reduced transmitter output, it was not hard to get the model 100 feet (30m) or more away from me before control was lost. Extending the transmitter aerial immediately restored both my

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control of the model and the confidence that I was likely to run out of water before radio range. Now with 2.4GHz radio outfits, you cannot simply reduce the transmitter output by collapsing the aerial. Well, you could try to push the aerial into the transmitter case, but the likely result would be a radio range of zero. However, on checking the instructions supplied with two of my 2.4GHz radios, a means of reducing the power for a range check is described. An operating range of 100 feet (30m) appears to be achievable in this state. One possible range problem might be if you are using a type of radio only suitable for ‘Park Flyers’. These do have a more limited range as they are intended for flying small model aircraft in confined spaces. Even so, an operating range of 200 feet (60m) ought to be attainable. I must confess to having no experience with this type of radio outfit, preferring the full range types. So, whilst modellers might like to congregate for social reasons whilst sailing, there is no reason for their models to do the same. Avoiding congested sailing would naturally minimise the risk of accidents, but might also have an unexpected benefit when using public waters. Rather than sailing in a corner of a big lake with every chance of being overlooked by other people, sail all over the water and attract attention to your activities. You might encourage a few more people into this hobby which cannot be a bad thing.

Alternative Push Rods? erendipity is an amazing thing and probably not fully appreciated for its role in the advancement of the human race., This example is perhaps not so dramatic but does

S Clothes hangers of the type given away with dry cleaning can be used for servo push rods, and they are free!

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illustrate what you can do if you keep your eyes open and brain engaged. I was searching for some wire to make a set of push rods to link the servo and tiller arms in a new model. There is usually something suitable in a desk drawer in which a stock of odds and ends is kept. Not this time though, any wires stiff enough for the job were too short and would you know it, any wires long enough were too flexible! Luckily, there were other things to do and I pushed this wire problem to the back of my mine, not forgotten but just lurking in the subconscious. A little later my wife started ironing some clothes. Keeping her company, as all good husbands ought to do, I started to idly play with the clothes hangers. It then suddenly hit me that some of the hangers could be turned into something far more useful! A couple of the hangers were of the wire type and probably came from the dry cleaners. They were made of mild steel with a diameter of about two millimetres, one being plastic coated. Their diameter might have been a shade bigger than the wire usually used for my push rods but they had the right combination of ductility and stiffness for the job. Problem solved!

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News from Deans Marine For 2015 there are some proposed new kits in their range that are planned for introduction later during this year. These will all be full kits including a GRP hull, laser-cut styrene and wood parts, etched brass, resin and white metal fittings as appropriate, running gear, sundry building materials, instructions, decals and

a full-size plan. In addition, Deans Marine have further expanded their range of accessories, including glues, tools, speed controllers, motors, propshafts, batteries and other sundries and now have an outlet shop on site which can supply all that a model boat builder needs for their latest project.

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MV Velarde This is planned for release in lateApril 2015. Pictures of the prototype models

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News from Chylds Hall Model Shipyard Large version remote stern tube lubricator kit The remote stern tube lubricator kit has proved very popular with model boat enthusiasts. After receiving requests for a larger version, this is a similar unit which will fit stern tubes with an outer casing diameter ranging from 8 to 13mm. This kit utilises some of the components from the smaller version and contains 12 cast resin and metal parts together with an oiling syringe and full fitting instructions. This item requires no soldering, so is ideal for those

modellers who lack soldering skills. It is particularly useful for models with restricted internal access and can also be used in submarines. The stern tube casing only needs to be drilled with a small hole to allow the oil to enter. The internal oiling gallery, within the lubricator body, makes alignment very easy and the remote lubricating point means that it can be located in an easily accessible position. The kit can be readily adapted to fit practically any model and includes reducing sleeves. The latter can be carefully drilled-out to allow the lubricator to fit imperial

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measurement stern tubes within this range. This lubricator kit is sure to prove popular with modellers installing large M8 shafts in the bigger tugs and warship models, but is not recommended for live steam or i.c. craft. Part No. G-C080/C, Price £13, p&p £3.50 for one kit or £4.50 for two. Only available direct from Chylds Hall Model Shipyard, Old Dairy Cottage, Upper Stepford, Dumfries DG2 0JP, Tel: (+44) 01387 820558. website: www.chyldshallmodelshipyard.com RIGHT: The new large version of the remote stern tube lubricator kit.

Albion Alloys Connecto Recently rece received are these very useful etched brass stars, crosses and arrows. These are designed to fit inside the end of micro-tube sections when building complex structures and shapes such as lattice masts etc., enabling the structure to be held together in the right positions whilst soldering or gluing the joints, The etched brass Connecto shapes also add strength to such a structure. Prices, depending on size chosen and quantity on the etched fret, range from £9.95 to £12.45. The product was voted ‘Most Innovative Product’ at the November 2014 Scale Model World at Telford. These and their huge range of fine bore metal tubing and rod, plus tools etc. can be found at: www.albionalloys.co.uk, or from selected retailers such as Deans Marine. Review by Paul Freshney

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Two new books about the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga Kaga was originally built in 1920 as a battleship, but she became one of the first large aircraft carriers in history. Her construction and conversion was completed in March 1928 and she was commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy in November 1929. Kaga’s aircraft supported Japanese troops in China during the Shanghai incident of 1932 and she participated in the Second Sino-Japanese War in the late1930’s. Her most famous action was in December 1941 when, as part of the Kidõ Butai carrier group, her aircraft bombed the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbour. This was followed by a series of further actions which included the invasion of Rabaul in the Southwest Pacific and as part a combined carrier airstrike on Darwin, Australia in February 1942, helping Japanese forces secure the conquest of the Dutch East Indies. She met her end, in June1942 at the Battle of Midway.

The Heavy Cruiser Admiral Hipper Written by Waldemar Góralski. Softback, 80 pages, 297 x 210mm, over 137 Super 3D Colour images plus a separate double sided B2 Sheet with 1:350 scale drawings. ISBN: 978-8364596-14-8. Published by Kagero and sold in the UK via Casemate UK Ltd. 10 Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, OX1 2EW Website: www.casematepublishing.co.uk. Tel: +44 (01865) 24124. Price (RRP) £16.99. Printed in English this book is available direct from Casemate UK Ltd. or through the usual retail outlets. The German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper was built by the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg. Her keel was laid down in July 1935 she was launched in February 1937 and

Kaga 1920-1942: 1920 1942: The Japanese Aircraft Carrier Written by Mirosław Skwiot and Adam Jarski. Hardback, 144 pages, 302 x 215mm, 178 (black & white) archive photographs, 38 drawings and 4 maps. ISBN: 978-83-6459626-1. Price (RRP) £21.99. This book by Mirosław Skwiot and Adam Jarski focuses on the design and development of the ship, its conversion to an aircraft carrier and its service history. There are archive photographs, line drawings, diagrams together with a technical description which includes some thirty specification tables as well as details of the hull, flight deck, superstructure, commissioned in April 1939. She saw a significant amount of action during the war, in the assault on Trondheim during Operation Weserübung; and, after breaking out into the Atlantic, she operated against Allied merchant shipping before returning to Germany. She was then transferred to northern Norway to participate in operations against Russian convoys, cumulating in the Battle of the Barents Sea in December 1942, where she was badly damaged and forced to withdraw. Disappointed by the failure to sink merchant ships, Adolf Hitler ordered the majority of surface ships scrapped, though Admiral D nitz was then able to convince Hitler to retain the surface fleet. As a result, Admiral Hipper was decommissioned for repairs. She was never restored to operational status and in May 1945 RAF

propulsion, armour protection, aircraft, and armament.

The Japanese Aircraft Carrier Kaga Written by Stefan Drami ski. Softback, 82 pages, 297 x 210mm, over 140 Super 3D Colour images. ISBN: 978-83-64596-22-3. Price (RRP) £14.99. This book, by Stefan Drami ski, is one of the ‘Super Drawings in 3D’ series that focus on the construction of famous warships from the Second World War. With outstanding 3D imagery every aspect of the ship is visible. There are various close up views of her armament, searchlights, bombers severely damaged her in Kiel. Her crew scuttled the ship at her moorings and in July 1945 she was raised and towed to Heikendorfer where she was broken-up for scrap. This book by Waldemar Góralski, is one of the ‘Super Drawings in 3D’ series that focus on the construction of famous warships from the Second World War. With outstanding 3D imagery every aspect of the ship is visible. There are close-up views of the superstructure, armament, deck layouts, ship’s boats and auxiliary craft etc. all based on the actual scale drawings and photographs. Information on design, development and combat history of the vessel are also included together with separate,1:350 scale drawings, all of which makes this book an excellent reference source for model shipbuilders.

deck layouts, lifeboats, and auxiliary vessels etc. all based on the actual scale drawings and photographs. Information on design, development and combat history of the vessel is also included together with, separate 1:400 scale drawings. Both of these books are an excellent reference source for maritime historians and ship modellers with an interest in IJN capital ships of World War Two in the Pacific. Both of these books are published by Kagero and sold in the UK via Casemate UK Ltd. 10 Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, OX1 2EW. Website: www.casematepublishing.co.uk. Tel: +44(01865) 241249. Printed in English they are available direct from Casemate UK Ltd., or through the usual retail outlets. For more information please go to: www.shop.kagero.pl/lang/en, where you can see the full range of these books which includes US, German and British warships, as well as others. Book Reviews by John Deamer

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Warship Pictorial 42. Round Bridge Fletcher Class Photo Album. Paperback,72 pages,packed full of Black & White photographs.Published by Classic Warships. £15.99

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BMPRS News Website: www.bmprs.co.uk hose of you that have followed this section of our magazine will have already realised that our Society enjoyed a really superb and successful season of racing in 2014. Our continuing ethos of combining the key elements of fun, friendliness and racing competition, all in a safe environment, paid dividends once again for us all. We completed nine national events and every one of them had their own special memories for those members that took part. Those memories included a lot of fun and laughter combined with the exuberance of success when it happened and disappointment at times when things didn’t go so well for the competitors during their race heats. Our membership exceeded 100 late in 2014 which was a delightful milestone to achieve, because it puts us on the UK map of being

T Craig Dicksonwith a post-2014 race season update

Leicester: Boat preparation area is right next to the lake and landing stage.

potentially the biggest UK model powerboat society by way of membership numbers dedicated entirely to racing internal combustion (i.c.) powered boats, but in fairness, membership numbers are only a part of what has helped make our Society successful. The friendliness and superb attitude of the people within our Society and those associated with us, has been key to our success throughout the 2014 season.

The venues We were extremely fortunate and grateful to enjoy continued access to six key venues throughout the season. The main features that all venues had in common, were crucially, that the individual model boat clubs acting as our hosts for each venue did a fantastic job of providing key facilities and making us so welcome at each event. We are indebted to all these clubs for the effort they put in to help our events enjoy success. Each of these venues, had their own exciting idiosyncrasies making them each unique in terms of what to expect as a racer. All of them have the essential key facilities such as parking close to the lake, toilet facilities, decent boat preparation areas and of course the hard work of the host club members already mentioned, was instrumental to the success of each event.

Key features of our current venues

Branston, when the water is low. Waders or wellies become the order of the day for launching as the lake bottom becomes the launching area.

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Branston Water Park, Branston This is a big lake and the racing course set can be as big or small as the Officer of the Day (OOD) decides. In the case of our final race of 2014, we ended up with a triangular course that worked brilliantly, challenging all of us so used to racing

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BELOW: The 2014 Champion in the C Class is Harry Stuart using this boat.

around four buoys instead of three. Branston Water Park is known for exceptionally changeable conditions in terms of wind that can pick up in an instant, making racing unpredictable at times and yet very exciting. Also this lake can see big seasonal differences in terms of water levels, adding to the challenge of launching boats, either straight from the solid jetty, or when low, needing to launch off the edge of the actual lake bottom which all adds to the fun. Colwick Park, Nottingham The section of the large lake that we use is deceptive in terms of appearing quite tame and predictable at first glance, however it is big enough to allow for great racing but has aspects that keep competitors on their toes. The vertical solid banks of this lake create an unexpected chop, often catching out those unprepared for it, myself included after several flip-overs at Buoy 2, despite good weather and no wind. The right hand side of the water we use has a set of safety marker buoys connected by a cable beneath the water surface line that a boat crosses at its peril, so the aim is to stay the racing side of those buoys. Telford A great aspect of the Telford venue is that not only does it include a good sized lake, the grassy banks allow people to park and prepare their boats very close to the water’s edge. The launch and pit area for boats is solid and there is a protruding jetty which doubles up as a great place to capture action photos of the race action. The single 2014 event we enjoyed here featured the very best of British summer weather with calm conditions, but I would imagine that when windy, this venue could provide significant extra challenges. Stevenage A special aspect of this venue is that its boat preparation area is really very well fenced-off to ensure plenty of space and private access to the pit and launching area. Combined with that, is access to a lovely nearby café with full facilities for a comfort break including food and drink if needed. The lake used is a little smaller width-wise compared to the other venues, however it is decent length-wise leading to a more rectangular shaped course. In effect this makes it a true ‘Drivers Course’ where throttling and steering skills really can give the driver the edge, even if not having the quickest boat. 2014 was my first visit to this venue, and I was so impressed on the day (as were all those attending) that I for one will be keen to attend the next event here. King Lear Lake, Leicester This is another large lake meaning that we can set the race course just as big as we wish, which gives great flexibility. The grassy boat preparation area

is right next to the water’s edge and the host club always erect a good sized fenced-off area to allow for safe preparation of boats. Our events at King Lear Lake in 2013 and 2014 enjoyed the benefit of fantastic weather with flat calm waters, but an aspect of this lake that did prove challenging for racers was the glare from the sun, when polarised sunglasses were more of a necessity than a fashion accessory. Kingsbury This venue is a favourite with many of our members, in part because of the lake’s idyllic surroundings, a truly beautiful location. Two separate sections are dedicated to our members on race days, including a good sized concrete area next to the water for boat preparations, and also a

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BELOW: Malcolm Pratt is the 2014 B class Champion using this boat.

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LEFT: Where would we be without a dedicated rescue boat crew, which is often provided by the host club rather than BMPRS and that can be a cold and wet job on some race days.

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Kingsbury: Boats in action and a nice big lake on which to race.

thick weed simply stopping a boat of any size in its tracks, why should weed be a major concern to a high powered i.c. engined model power boat? Well, small amounts of weed picked up by the hardware of the boat can block the essential water-cooling circuits leading to an overheated engine and its potential catastrophic failure, something which is definitely not wanted. Also for example, a small piece of weed caught on the rudder of a boat can have a surprisingly detrimental affect to its handling. All in all however, the correct decisions were made and the events attended proved to be successful and exciting for our members and spectators. ABOVE: My brother Garry is the 2014 Champion in the large Catamaran T2 Class using this boat.

separate launch and pit area. The water area itself is not the largest, but is plenty big enough for those running the biggest and fastest boats in our society. The lake is surrounded by a lot of beautiful foliage and woodland which has the advantage of shielding the lake from the wind. However, during the 2014 season that aspect may have contributed to the fact that we had to regrettably cancel some planned events due to weed problems, something that is not unique to Kingsbury.

Summary ABOVE: When your boat ends up like this, rescue seems to take ages. Photo courtesy of Judith Beesley

BELOW: Mike Barnes is the 2014 Champion in D class. These are the large petrol engine powered boats.

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The main positive aspect of the 2014 season was that apart from some very blustery conditions, which add to race excitement, we were lucky to enjoy mainly dry days for each race meeting as there is nothing worse than turning out and having rain from start to finish. The downside to the 2014 mild sunny summer weather was that weed issues were a concern at several of the venues. Apart from

The people – our membership The most important asset of any club or organisation is indeed its members. In respect of the BMPRS for 2014, we enjoyed a growing and committed membership in terms of all of those who supported our Society. That includes the committee members who put themselves forward to help with key organisational and promotional activities, but just as important it includes all the members, existing and new, who turned out to make the events so enjoyable. In respect of the membership, we are very keen to encourage people of all ages, gender and background, to join us. The junior members of our Society include Boyd Elson, Luke Bramwell, Kian Searle and Emilia Cheshire, all whom have proved to be excellent competitors, displaying great attitudes and a credit to our Society. In respect of female members, we have a good few, but we would like to see more. Notably we have Sha Simon and Emilia Cheshire actually racing boats, but we should not forget those girls and ladies who don’t currently race and yet have been key to the organisation throughout 2014. Judith Beesley has been instrumental in not only supporting her husband Mark in his racing, but crucially taking and sharing many fantastic photos throughout 2014. Madelyn Reid is our Secretary and has been a total gem, not only in terms of her committee role, but also in respect of the many hours sat at the lap counting desk clocking up the scores. Carol Dickson and Sally Dickson have also played key roles helping out at events, including plenty of lap scoring. Personally I would love to see these ladies having a go at racing as well. I am currently endeavouring to persuade my wife Sally in that respect with a new boat in building progress, intended for her to race in 2015.

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LEFT: Craig Dickson is the 2014 Champion in the A class using this boat.

Summing up on the people As a Society we welcome new members from all backgrounds, ages, genders etc. We certainly have some real characters with us already which always ensures a good event. If you are thinking of joining us and fancy having a go at racing, please rest assured that you will be made welcome and if needed, help will always be available. Please visit our website for more information.

The boats We introduced the two catamaran classes at the start of the 2013 season and these have proved very successful, attracting increased interest with new build projects making exciting appearances in 2014 and no doubt more to follow in 2015. Combined with the existing mono hull classes which cater for i.c. engines of all types, we aim to cater for a multitude of personal preferences. So for example, if you fancy racing a mono hull with a small nitro (glow fuel) engine, you have the choice of the AA class (up to 4.5cc capacity) or the A class using engines of up to 7.5cc. Competing does not need deep pockets in terms of building a good potential race winning boat. You can spend a lot of money if you wish (and are able) and want the very highest specification of boat, engine, radio gear and race hardware components. However as we have often seen, that certainly does not guarantee race success because on many an occasion the boats built on tight budgets with standard non-tuned sports engines have achieved their fair share of race wins.

What is the secret of success? There is no single secret of success when racing model powerboats as it tends to be a combination of factors that if combined with sufficient consistency, will deliver top results. The factors noted here are only my opinion and you may have different thoughts as there are no 100% right or wrong answers. Overall reliability: For the boat, its engine, hardware and radio control system, this has to be top of my list. No matter how fast a boat is, if a mechanical failure occurs in a race it will likely cost a key place in that race. Boat set-up: Here I am referring to having the boat properly set-up such that it handles as well as possible in the varying conditions faced on the race day. That can be flat calm with no wind, or very choppy waters and big waves with which to contend. This includes getting the right balance between flat-out straight line speed and the ability to take quick turns round buoys, whilst maintaining stability of the boat. Driver skills: Some people have a natural knack

ABOVE: Harry Stuart was consistent and won the 2014 Catamaran T1 Class.

ABOVE: Stuck on a buoy and awaiting rescue. Photo courtesy of Judith Beesley

Conclusion I reiterate that the ethos of BMPRS is to ensure that all our members enjoy our events, have fun, good competition and all spiced with friendly banter ensuring a great day out. 2014 was a fantastic season for us as we passed the 100 member mark and I look forward to updating you again as 2015 progresses.

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BELOW: A big ‘cat’ of the T2 class in action.

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of handling radio controlled performance models, but for many this may only come with practice. The winning boats tend to have drivers who keep out of trouble, avoiding collisions with buoys or other boats, and who recognise that it is okay to occasionally cut the throttle a bit! Boat and choice of power plant: When looking at the individual event results, (please see our website for these), you may form your own conclusion as to which hull and engine combination tends to be most successful in each class. Speed: Why is this the last of my list? In my opinion, if you have the fastest boat and everything else is positive you could potentially be the next Champion in your preferred class, but speed alone is only one component of a potential winning combination. The race winners tend to tick a number of these boxes positively and consistently, although that is often easier said than done.

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