In this issue

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A FREE PLAN for Mini Mist, along with an illustrated guide to building this charming little 15-inch boat

Prize Draw No. 1: WIN Navarino Models’ superbly crafted 1:72 scale Brockley Combe kit, worth €340

Prize Draw No. 2: WIN a cool new set from Revell featuring an easy-click 1:600 scale RMS Titanic and 3D Iceberg puzzle, RRP £49.99

Plunder like a pirate! We explore the products and materials up for grabs in other sectors of the hobby market, starting, in Part I, with a bounty of plastic modelling and dolls’ house booty

Ayr time: an historic Amble paddle tug scratch built by adapting a former MB free plan

Fast Electric racing: how to get started, what to expect and the etiquette to be observed

Transferable tech: details of how to repurpose an R/C model helicopter esc to achieve both forward and reverse control in a small plastic model boat kit conversion
Saint Brendan, Part 2: find out how this gorgeous Galway hooker performs on completion

Boiler Room: setting up oscillator control valves simplified
Soobrazitelnyy: the next instalment in our highly detailed 1:72 scale Russian multi-purpose Soobrazitelnyy corvette series

All that glistens: reflections on a pretty, if imperfect Christmas R/C present from Christmas past

What’s your story? MB’s Ed appeals for budding writers to step forward and provides some (hopefully, helpful) feature writing guidelines

PLUS

Compass 360: latest news, including the announcement of exciting new tooling for a 1:72 scale World War I U-Boat

Auction News: if you’re wondering if you’ve perhaps got ‘cash in the attic’, check out some of the prices realised when the gavel fell at SAS’s October Toys for the Collector sale

· Your Letters: the pages where views are aired (prepare for some lively debate!) and information is both sought and shared

· Your Models: join us as we celebrate achievements at this everyone’s welcome launch party!"

Model Boats Magazine Description:

First published nearly 50 years ago, this is ideal monthly reading if you love building model boats. Covering every type of model boat including warships, tugs, lifeboats and historical ships, with a special emphasis placed on scale modelling and radio controlled boats. Each issue features kit and model reviews, show reports, news from the boat modelling world and regular expert columns. Model Boats magazine publishes 13 great issues a year.