Warships built from scratch – section 6

Planned and built by Steve Jones   Macae, Almirante Brown, Espora, Drummond   Bahia San Blas, Murature, Almirante Irizar, Durance   T90, T138, V1, V25 (German WW1 destroyers)    B97, G101, V105, S113, G96 (German WW1 destroyers)  Eden, TB1, Cossack, Scourge (British WW1 destroyer types)  Swift, Oracle, Patrician, Ithuriel (British WW1 destroyer …

Civilian ships built from scratch section 5

Models made from plastic, wood etc Trontolite, Hardwick Grange, El Paraguayo, British Prince, Kenmore     Aviemore, Clan Urquhart, Clan MacFadyen, Clan Mactaggart, Clan Monroe     Clan McInnes, Astronomer, Ingoma, Daghestan, Vardulia     Cordillera, Gracia, Inverawe, Sutherland, Corbank       Santa Aurora, San Melito, San Macedonio, San …

IPSC 2017

The London Final 2017 – Australia wins! The seven finalists of the competition in London (16th May 2017) were Owen David Thomas Torrey, from Canada (“To wage war with peace”), Marcelo Martin del Campo Tena from Mexico (“The Demon on our Doorstep”) Junaid Hameed from England and Wales (“ Spoils …

Building Dutch cruiser Tromp 1:1200 scale – part 1

Building a model from scratch Planning The planning process begins with the selection of the ship to be constructed. Ideally we look for clear photographs and drawings, particularly plans and elevations. It may well be that the plans and photographs are of different dates, however the basic hull shape and …