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CONTENTS
MARCH 2014 – ISSUE 324
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PLASTIC KIT SCENE
READERS’ LETTERS
News of some new and re-released plastic kits
A delve into the editor’s post bag and Email mountain
Articles in the process of being planned for the April
edition
COMING NEXT MONTH
Features
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BETI EUSKAL HERRIA
THE POOLE YACHT
DARK CLASS MGB
USS ARIZONA
SPRINTER
A follow-up on this Basque tuna fishing boat
A replica of a toy boat from over 300 years ago
The build of a 1/24 scale model of the Dark Class MGB
1120 is this month’s feature plan
How to convert a Trumpeter plastic kit of USS Arizona
in to a working model
Build review of a new Truckable Minitug from S.H.G.
Marine
COVER
STORY
DARK CLASS MGB
This month’s feature plan is of a late 1950’s Motor Gun Boat
known as the Dark Class. It was the first RN fast patrol boat
to be fitted with diesel engines and could reach speeds of up
to 47 knots. Many versions of this class were produced and
some were used by foreign navies. The model is built at 1/24
scale and the article includes build details and on the water
performance. Please note this feature plan is NOT a FREE plan
as it is too large to print on a free plan size sheet.
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Regular
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MESSAGE FROM THE BRIDGE
MASTHEAD
News and updates
The editor has a verbal ramble and introduces this
month’s edition
DIARY DATES
LIVEWIRES
Maritime related events for the next few months
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Pre fast electric season thoughts
For the I/C enthusiast some Walbro carburettor
background and features
Collectable and still affordable, small propulsion
machinery
POWERPLUG
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WORD SEARCH COMPETITION
Win a new Sprinter Minitug kit
VINTAGE CHATTER – PART 7
AIRWAVES
JOANNA KIWI YAWL
The story behind a model of a Kiwi Yawl
FGS Werra is one of six Type 404 Elbe Class tenders
to support the German Navy
A visit to the Tall Ships Youth Trust’s ship Stavros S
Niarchos
The build of two models of the ship from different
Tamiya kits
A Team Boatyard’s 24-hour World Record attempt
ELBE CLASS TENDERS
Looking at the very tiny R/C systems available and the
connectors and batteries to go with them
French pilot boats as potential projects
Soviet aircraft carriers at 1/1250 scale
Reports of events held over the past few months
STAVROS S. NIARCHOS
HIJMS KUMANO
SCALE SCENE
WATERLINES
MEETING POINT
A TEAM MARATHON
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EDITORIALCONTACT
MMI generally publishes commissioned
articles, but will consider other contributions
including news items and factual articles. It is
important that contact is made with the editor
before any material is written, as duplication
of items may result in articles being rejected.
Prospective contributors can email or write for a
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347172 during normal office hours.
competitions with the prize of a new Sprinter Minitug kit, which
we review in this edition. Going back in time, about 300 years to
be precise, we have a build article on the Poole Yacht, a toy found
during excavation work in Poole. Other build articles include a
Dark Class Motor Gun Boat, which is this month’s feature plan,
motorising the USS Arizona plastic kit and the rebuild of the Joanna
Kiwi Yawl. The regular feature articles include: Livewires which
looks at the forthcoming season for fast electric racing, Powerplug
examines the history and utilisation of Walbro carburettors,
Waterlines examines Soviet aircraft carriers in 1/1250 scale and
Airwaves discovers some micro R/C kit which may be used for a
future project when the sun comes out!
For the page counters you will note that we are now publishing
a few more pages for your reading and enjoyment making MMI
good value for money. Don’t forget that the old MMI editorial postal
address of PO Box 4239 has now been discontinued, please use
the Traplet address shown in the panel below.
Have a good month,
GREETINGS ALL,
One of the main advantages of our chosen hobby
is that it is so diverse, we have many readers who
are only interested in the static maritime models and
others who are more interested in the on the water
operational models. I did have the opportunity the other
day of introducing one of MMI’s static model article
contributors to having a go with an operational on the
water model for the first time. To say it was a disaster
was an understatement, as this mature guy was very well
experienced in sailing full sized craft but had NEVER used
a model transmitter. Hence a training course was put in
place on how to navigate a model. The main point he made
was that models on the water come alive and look more
realistic. Perhaps we may have a convert to on the water
models, I am sure he will relive in detail his experience in a
future article.
Talking of water, many readers may be aware I live in the
depths of Somerset and the early part of the year was
deluged in water. There was flooding over vast areas of
the Somerset levels, not good news for the inhabitants
(we live on a high point of the county so we are OK!) but in
one of the local papers there was a very nice picture of a
flooded street with a model tug floating in the foreground!
This month we have another of our word search
Barrie Stevens
Granddad Tony .....
is that an
aircraft carrier?
MMI
Yes, but it was not meant
to be. The glue ran through
on to my building board!
Clive
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