KIT REVIEW! SEA ROVER - Andy Cope builds the Vintage Model Boat Company kit
U.S.S. ALARM - John Hollis builds a unique model of this 1874 American Ironclad Torpedo Ram Warship
FULL SIZE PLAN! LE CAPRICIEUX - Glynn Guest with a new semi-scale model based on the French super-destroyers of the 1930's (FULL SIZE PLAN)
SPRING MODEL BOAT SHOW 2016 - Dave Wooley reports from the National Waterways Museum
BRIGHTON MODELWORLD 2016 - Colin Bishop reports from this family orientated multi-hobby show
COMPASS 360 - General items, what's on, comment and Videlo Globe Footy racing
BOILER ROOM - Richard Simpson discusses Gas Tanks
RANGE FINDER - Dave Wooley's Worldwide Review of Warships and Warship Modelling includes a look at a fine model of HMS Ark Royal R09, the Deans Marine HMS Skirmisher project continues and there is the usual Mystery Picture, the answer being published in the next issue
GALLERY - Ferries on the Thames is the theme, presented by David Walter
FLOTSAM & JETSAM - John Parker recalls the life of Ronald Horace Warring
READERS' MODELS - Ixplorer from a Free Plan and a 60 year old Lorelei by Vie Smeed are featured
AROUND THE CLUBS - Brentwood MBC and the Eastleigh 8 District MBC Marblehead GAMES race are featured
TEST BENCH - New items for the modeller
READERS' FREE CLASSIFIED - Your free private advertisements
BMPRS NEWS - Craig Dickson discusses how best to repair racing boat crash damage
We also feature a super new static model of the USS Alarm, an 1874 ironclad torpedo ram warship that has been built by John Hollis. This warship had a unique form of propulsion that has been exquisitely modelled by John. In addition, we welcome back Andy Cope who has built Sea Rover from the Vintage Model Boat Company, a manufacturer that excels at producing wood retro-model kits from the 1950's and 1960's, that were very much the norm' before GRP and styrene became popular. This issue, which is prepared in March and early-April, has reports from Brighton Modelworld held in late-February and the March Spring Model Boat Show at the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port. The former is a multi-hobby event in Brighton, but the latter which is organised by volunteers, is widely viewed as the opening event for our 2016 Summer Season. Its venue is excellent for model boating and is very popular with model tug enthusiasts. We also have all the usual regular columns, including Range Finder, Flotsam & Jetsam, Boiler Room, Readers' Models and BMPRS News, so I hope there is something here for all our readers.