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Features:
AZIZ - Allan Miller builds and reviews the Model Slipway 'offshore support vessel' kit
MARTHA - John C Hanson builds a steam powered estuary work boat in aluminium
MV WENDOUER - Jim Pottinger describes his plans for a typical British Tramp Steamship
MODEL BOAT TRANSPORTER - Brian Harry builds a transporter for large scale model boats
PHILADELPHIA PA. - Rick Eyrich takes the tourist trail looking for maritime connections
KEEPING EVERYTHING WATERTIGHT! - Stuart Bolton describes his methods for warship models
Regulars:
Masthead
Chandlery - New Products and Services for Marine Modellers
Powerplug - Rick Eyrich looks at two contrasting suppliers and their products
Diary Dates - What's on, Where and When
Reader's Models - An International Selection from the Editor's postbag
Sail Free - News from the RC sailinq Scene MYA Message - Robert Hobbs brings us up to date
Airwaves - Ian Williams looks at some products from the RC car market and assesses them for marine use
Simply Scale - A Miscellany of Models from Far and Wide
FOCUS FILE - SUPPLEMENT & PLAN:
Reduced scale plans and construction suggestions for a simple free-sailing sailboat designed and built by Ian Dunmore for use in Southwold - hence the name "Southwold Cutter" - are this month's bonus in our central Focus File feature. Cheap to build and ecologically friendly to sail, either 'free sailing' or with miniature RC
On the Cover - Our regular contributor from the USA provides a guide to the maritime related pleasures to be found in Philadelphia, Pa., not far perhaps from the major visiting places of many UK tourists and featuring some superb examples of different ships. The clipper sailing ship Moshulu is tied up alongside the quay, the barkentine Gazela can often be found in the harbour, moored close to the Museum and USS Olympia. The inset panel features the Southwold Cutter designed by Ian Dunmore and presented as a DIY plan within Focus File
