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Compass 360 - Our hobby-related news round up
WIN a Revell airbrush - We've got this great beginners' set up for grabs in our easy to enter prize draw
MB Q&A: Hobbies - Our Ed, Lindsey Amrani, kicks off a new series of interviews, this month chatting to Hobbies' Purchaser/ Oracle, Justin Dack
Fact or fiction? The sensational Seagull Ashley Needham documents his attempts to vindicate a 1930s' flying boat concept in miniature
Lizzie May - Peter Simmonds pays tribute to this historic trading schooner with his superb 1:24 scratchbuild version
Metal Earth's Yamato - Stuck in a rut? Dennis H. Murphy recommends trying out something a little bit different...
Car-Float - Glynn Guest reveals how, with time looking set to drag during lockdown, he created something for his R/C model tug to tow
Ballasting basics - David Neal gives us the lowdown
Sail setting simplified - Steve Whitelock provides a brief guide to setting model racing sails, and throws in a few helpful troubleshooting tips along the way
Boiler Room - Richard Simpson discusses the pros and cons of the various thread sealing methods and offers some useful advice on application and technique
Real Small: Part 2 - David J. Wiggins completes his appraisal of a 1970s' American beauty - the 2-channel RS20...
Atlantic 21 - Ashley Cooper tells a tale of abandoned hope, a lucky break and how he was finally able to breathe new life into an old Lesro/ Duplex lifeboat kit
Test bench - Gary Radford puts Torro's new 1:16 scale R/C VW Schwimmwagen Type 166 through its paces
Anchor points - Colin Bishop salutes some visually glorious steam-age anchor gear arrangement reference sources
Soobrazitelnyy: Part 18 - Dave Wooley continues his step by step guide to building a 1:72 scale replica of the new Russian multi-purpose Soobrazitelnyy corvette
Buy the book - John Deamer recommends some fascinating new titles for your bookshelf
Your models - Fabulous completed builds showcased
Readers' letters - Views aired and information shared
Well, I haven't been cast adrift in a small boat yet! And after the howling error on my first Model Boafs'front cover last month (Mountford Models should, of course, have read Mountfleet Models) I probably deserved to be. Instead, the lovely Adam Slater at Mountfleet Models accepted my embarrassed apology with genuine kindness and understanding. I've also been surprised and delighted by the sheer number of emails I've received welcoming me on board. So, thank you all! I was told this was a very friendly hobby and that's certainly proving to be the case.
On the subject of Mountfleet Models and Nick Brown's Hitting the Beach feature, we will be running Part 2 in next month's issue - so if you're relying on this step by step to guide you through the build, don't worry, we have no intention of leaving you high and dry.
Likewise, those of you who have been following Dave Wooley's highly detailed instructional Soobrazitelnyy series will be relieved to learn that it returns this month and that all remaining instalments will be run consecutively.
Striking the right balance when it comes to content is always going to prove a challenge. I hope, however, that you will enjoy the pages ahead as MB's marvellous contributors have provided some truly fascinating features, which are well worth reading even if they fall outside the spectrum of your own personal discipline/s and/or thematic interest/s.
Added to that, we're able to offer you, courtesy of the kind folks at Revell, the opportunity to win a nifty little airbrush set that, if you've yet to try your ha nd at spray painting, comes complete with everything you need to get started. Alternatively, it would make a great gift for a friend, family or club member who is new to the hobby and who could do with some support and encouragement.
We are also running the first in a new QSA style series of informal interviews. Going forward intervieweeswill include not only those working within the various industries that support the hobby but also model boat builders of varying skill levels and from all walks of life.
I can already see from the fantastic letters and completed build/launch photographs shared this month what a great community this is, so please keep your input and feedback coming.
In the meantime, bon voyage!
Lindsey
