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August 1982 60p agit (I.R, 91p, U.S.A. & Canada $2.75) MINIATURE TOOLS FOR HOBBYISTS Rojair MICKEY FINN THE THIRD AND FOURTH HAND… SCREWDRIVER SET 4 TM 6 precision screwdrivers In hinged plastic case. Sizes: 0.9, 1.2 1.8, 2.4, 3.0,3.5mm. £2.40 _ NUT DRIVER SET eS 5 precision nut drivers in hinged plastic case with turning rod. Sizes: 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0mm — TOOL SET 5 precision Instruments in ZA hinged plastic case. Crosspoint (Philips): O & 1. Hex key wrenches: 1.5,2.0,25mm €2.40 WRENCH SET 5 precision wrenches in hinged plastic case. Sizes: 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0mm 36” ONE DESIGN …you always need but have never got until now. This helpful unit with rod mounted # horizontally on ZA From your 10,000 r.p.m., 12v, DC. Incl. 3 collets and 3 sahil. S935| will clamp on to any bench or table having a max thickness of 1,” The 2} Jaws open to max of 1g. Approx size 80 x 120 x 66mm. S-400, 20 Goteborg, AUSTRALIA: Alan Fish, 145 Clontarg Street, Seaforth, N.S. FINN NATIONAL 63A High St.; Ware é foam-filled hull and deck all in GRP; fittings etc. £89.75. This kit makes up very well due to the quality fittings, particularly for the guns. Another VEW GRP hull has been added to med len passe OPENING HOURS MON-SAT 9.15 am-6.30 pm ALREADY A MEMBER This one for a J/K/N Class Destroyer to a scale of 1:96. Length 45” to correct hull size. Checking stock recently we had 73 hulls currently available. You will not find a wider selection elsewhere. We still have supplies of the PBM kit motor 6-volt high torque/low amps £1.65 each. At the time of going to we still had one COUNTY CLASS PBM kit left at £41.00. Back in stock is the revised DREMEL DISC/BELT SANDER with new motor £81.60. Have you been looking for a cheaper illuminated magnifier? We ise: NEWZT Th ae now BOOKS — (Part listing only) Ship Modelmakers Manual (New) Battle Cruiser Hood (New) SS Great Britain The Model (New) Ship Modellers Shop Notes (US.) Model £7.50. Lists available: Timber 45p; Fittings 45 Hulls 65 Send SAE for Wasa 2 Vol. set incl. plan (German) £27.50 How to Build Plastic Ship Models “£4.95 Le Cerf An Armed Naval Cutter 1779/80 Boudriot (French) £37.00 Plank on Frame Vol. | Uhill £10.00 Plank on Frame Vol. Il — U’hill “£8.50 Merchant ai) Ships listr g s of p ane. catalogues availgues aval iesPsat War 1400-1860 Sailing Conway (Model War 1625-1860 £20.00 Anatomy of Nelson’s Ships £15.00 Boudriot’’s 74 Vol. 1-4 & La Venus apply able. We carry MAP; Jecobin; A&A: MacGregor; Underhill Sail & Power: Shipwright). WEW Modelling Brig. of War Irene hi raaites fe eb Ship quoted prices and enquiries mustbe Lusci Ship Modelling Handbook Prices shown include VAT Scale Model Sailing Ships Model! Open Boats Sailing Trawlers — Edgar March ; ; ies Post and Packing is additional to all accompanied by SAEorreply coupon. Please note we will be closed for holiday from July 25th until August 9th. Youcan always use our answer phone and wewill ll you as soon as possible. cay: INS.SiS tNv0 ST\\0! DA UI] P 7diomeee see £12.50 Masting & Rigging of English Ships of RIVABO Ship Fittings List 10p (stamps) + SAE. Covers 3 & 4 bladed brass props amongst other items. Maritime oA Modelling Thames Sailing Barges etal Fighting “£3.50 £28.00 pease Ship Sprits’l Barges Thames & Medway wy “£6.00 “£7.50 “£6.50 *£3.25 £15.00 Radio Control Fast Electrics ees Leigh aeae a £12.50 Scale Model Warships ,£3-95 a ceil ee Rie AE ng Mit gd ell aed & S/Seed Steam Coasters Traders cee ise *£5.70 : £11.95 Deane’s Naval Architecture 1670 ..£20.00 Colonial Schooner 1763-1775 £12.50 Nare’s Seamanship 1862 US Pt. “£6.50 Boats WWII “£6.95 Books add 10% post & packing Items * add £1.00. Goods will be despatched WAM |, within 74 days unless v 7 Nelson Road, Greenwich London SE10 Telephone 01-858 5661 $e adh advised. YCUWh e ios UN f MAIL ORDER SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD : ACCESS : BARCLAYCARD : AMERICAN EXPRESS 414 *£9.50 “£8.50 *£12.50 £8.95 available. The Rigging of Shipsinthe — Mode! Ships & Boats Vol Il(US) . *£9.95 Spritsail Topmast 1600-1720 £12.50; The Ship Model Builder’s Assistant £7.50; The Built-up Ship now have one with a 2x Fresnel lens on anglepoise type stand at £49.50. Models Greenwich Maineville a Ohio 45039. CLOSE ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE AND SHOULD BE SENT DIRECT TO KEN SHAW, 12 ASHFIELD ROAD, DAVENPORT, STOCKPORT, CHESHIRE. STATING CRYSTALS AVAILABLE AND DETAILS OF YACHT AND SKIPPER, OR TEL: 061-483-4696 FOR ENTRY FORM. ENTRY FEE £1.00 + £1.00 ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP IF NOT |mee DESPATCH! (114cm) complete with plating detail £25.88. Norman Ough’s plan for HMS Kashmir is available £6.21 press 2092 TO BE HELD AT VALLEY PARKWAY, BOURNVILLE LANE, BIRMINGHAM B30 ON SUNDAY 22nd AUGUST FOR ONE DAY – STARTING 10.00 A.M. ENTRIES SAME DAY Dept. MB8 P.O. Box 6, L CHAMPIONSHIPS S.A.E. for tool list. Wales U.S.A. Keen R/C Sailing, 8460 Farm Pond THE SPECIALIST SHOP FOR THE SHIP SHau: OP move LLERS OF SHIPS AND BOATS pre-coloured Box 14023, MICKEY Credit Cards accepted. Ring 0920-3182. C.W.0. Prices incl P&P & V.A.T. £138.00. Still pretty new is the SMIT-LLOYD 109 49” (125cm) £125.00 and the MUIMOTA 47¥,” (120cm) — wooden kit — £172.50. Distributorship of BILLINGS has changed hands, but we continue to be a major stockist of this range of kits, together with the accessories. In stock now is the Coric GEMPITA M.T.B. 32” (81cm) with pre-formed, Sail-A-Model, In case of difficulty; Direct from Rojair Ltd., Brand Street, Nottingham. Tel: 0602 861481 safety Polarity reversing socket. Voltage NEW Plank-on-Frame TUG ANTEO, a 1930’s Berthing Tug from Genoa 36” (91.5cm) long, 9¥” (24cm) beam. Scale 1:30. Superb brass etchings and fittings. Single screw. SCANDANAVIA: Sweden. Fits directly into 13amp socket. Fused for BI-PAK A S op POWER SUPPLY switch. Lead with multlplug Input — 240v AC 50Hz. Output:3, 4.5,.6, 7.5, 9 & 12v DC. Rating 300ma. France, Sweden, U.S.A., South Africa, Australia. . ig od ee MINI VICE twist bits: 1, 1.5, 2mm. ‘Hele £72.00 inc. VAT. This small, cast iron, quality made vice } EXPO MINI DRILL \ Complete kit less glues and Radio. heavy base, crocodile clips attached to rod ends. Six ball & socket Joints give infinite variation and positions through 360° also available attacked to rod, a 2} dia magnifier giving 2.5x magnification. Helping hand unit available with or without $6-55 magnifier With magnifier as Illustrated £7.45. AILING In SAILING IN yU Dea Model Boats the club has a race in progress. Note ‘can be used for yachts’ — power boats area different category altogether and are not allowed at any time on some lakes. The sort of information desirable is common- sense. Obviously, club and town where water is situated. Name of lake, if any. Geographical position in relation to some easily found road junction or other identifiable feature. Name of road, lane, street or whatever. Rough size and depth, type of bank. Whether waders are oes Model Yachting – 3 ’ : so Re Brg oeee oat Association News refreshments? Private arrangement or public water. Special considerations/ restrictions. Types of yacht sailed by the club. Brief directions if needed (e.g. 60Oyds. S. of X take road signposted Y, turn left by Halfway House, lake is reached by unmade road 400yds. on right). Maps are not a good idea for the type of publication envisaged, though a map reference could be given. The most useful thing is to state some well-known building tc. for which a driver can ask and give brief 23:5 New M.Y.A. Badges Now available are vinyl badges for application to cars, boats, toolboxes, transmitters, rule books, etc., etc. They are 2),in. dia. and carry the title essential/desirable. Car parking facilities, toilets, _ tions from there. ‘Model Yachting Association’ in white on aroyal 416 blue background, around a paler blue andwhite M.Y.A. pennant. The minimum order is & for £1 50 .< and clubs or groups can bulk-buy= 20 rig, for £7, or 80 for £10, all prices postfree—andcan — thus make a little for club funds by selling to members. Supplies are available from Ken Shaw, 12 Ashfield Road,< Davenport, Stockport, Cheshire, SK3 8UD,Kenpasses on atip for those _ nce of which i : land blic. They are col bers will ope that all oft use coincided mylar sails open events of first e one or two easy examples (if any g, no doubt we'll hear!). C. Lake is between Fleet- 1981 Nationals — Unusually, seule oF me OK FOR G2 ate bank all round. Car 4 or on promenade to.large clubhouse. Poole (Aug. 28-30), which sh northern entry yet. Not too much shew ee an a at the 19 d Distsurict ch as a glanceshow. statistics,bru Midlan1 and indiv ary will issue) (Fe the Division and skippers topped radio and vane racing. One cor ee lists in both clusion which can reasonably be drawn is that vane sailing has retained more followers in the Midlands and North than in other districts, but there is a hint of its decline elsewhere being re- versed with some radio skippers returning to vane as being more enjoyable. Ref n etc. abou major events. Citi radio. Approach (norma about at Portsmouth fer shopping street,.4 Where Is It? A steady trickle of requests for directions to sailing waters for would-be spectators is en and lake countered, both postally and in conversatién with people showing tointerest. antAttet de in the past ¢ been ma but none has been fe) petitive skippers to invest in a light sailed in such lightTM early and, particular! with light conditions qutté people will remember event failed to fill in; the Champions TE QIN couple of years ago readily comes third at the Kingfisher were: New Forest J. Cleave New Forest T. Fuller Danson Tony Owens Peter Freeman. Danson New Forest Dave Waugh 442 ‘are substantially correct and will hope- dicate the sort of information needed to 22 yachts on weekdays a able anyone to find the lakes. Waders are not needed at any of these examples so are not men- tioned. These three were picked because many of Model Boats the important races are held at them and most model yachtsmen will have visited at least one of them; they may not necessarily have used the route suggested, but will recognise that to a stranger it is a logical one with, in each case, a readily identifiable starting point. We could probably describe a couple of dozen or so waters from memory, but even if we got largescale maps to get the roads right, we wouldn't necessarily know positively of any restictions on use or, where there isn't a clubhouse, or an advertised event taking place, when a potential member could turn up and find club activities going on — an omission, incidentally, from the three examples given because of lack of certain knowledge. Apart from this point, we can run another three or four next month, by which time club secs. may have sent us details and within about a twelve-month period we should be able to cover every club’s water. Picking Up Tips Every club should run at least one wellpublicised open day per season, perhaps in conjunction with one of the less formal club races, and encourage non-members with or without a yacht to come along. Local model shops, schools, public libraries and local papers will usually display a notice or, in the case of papers, run a few lines under ‘forthcoming events’, and this column would be happy to include dates and details (needed at least two months beforehand) so that interested parties outside the immediate vicinity but within convenient travelling distance woud also have the opportunity of visiting. The advantages for the visitors woud be that they could receive expert advice and assistance the fun of sailing them with their models and have in company with other yachts; rough handicaps could be set, or separate, totally informal cruises round the buoys could be arranged for different groups of R/C boats of similar size. Nor should it be confined to radio — most of us must have been sorely tempted to interfere with a youngster sailing a toyshop yacht inefficiently, and a notice return and, ultimately, join the club. Five minutes’ loan of a transmitter and a boat out on the water is a powerful persuader. The suggestion is sparked off by the Guildford club's Junior Day, staged in a local park with a worded: ‘How to sail your yacht properly’ should tempt some father and son teams to turn up with their pride and joy. There are considerable numbers of larger yachts, including RMs, in the hands of non-club members and these are the people that are often grateful for advice on setting up and trimming. Another category are those who have found an old model in a junk shop, or dug one out of the attic and would like to refit it. Over the years we have had dozens of letters from people seeking help in just these circumstances, the models ranging from 36s to preWorld War | 10-raters and, of course, a liberal sprinkling of free-lance attempts. One which crops up from time to time is a design which, it is believed, appeared in Practical Mechanics in the 1920s. Most such oldies are just the hull, but some have the spars and, occasionally, an display of club models and information boards for the last five or.six years (July 11 this year) and also by a visit to a new recruit’s house; he had an excellent RM and wanted to make sure it was set up correctly before launching it in public. The sort of help he needed was to be shown that if the yacht was laid on its side, it was possible to squint along the mast and see bends which were not easily discernible with the boat on its stand and to be shown how rigging tension could be varied to adjust the set of the sails. Guildford’s day usually consists of a very informal radio race for under 36in. yachts in the morning (some club members have built small yachts expressly to lend to youngsters) and a tournament (across the small lake and back) in the usual pairs, with anything from 8in. toy yachts to 30-36in. models, in the afternoon. Again, there are usually spare boats to lend out ancient suit of sails, and the desire to refit is usually because of sentimentality (‘my grandfather built it’) or because the workmanship in the hull is impressive, at least to a layman. As far as the club is concerned, they can have a race if hardly anyone turns up, so nothing is lost. If, however, a whole bunch of people arrives (and with adequate publicity this is quite possible) members will thoroughly enjoy helping and advising and will feel they have spent a worthwhile day. This, too, is ‘interest on the hoof’ — the visitors are obviously exhibiting an interest in sailing, and it would be surprising if some didn't and help with trimming etc. is offered. Competitors’ ages run from 3 to about 14 and everyone has a whale of a time. Results are adjusted by a handicap based on the waterline lengths (which sometimes takes a little explaining!) but all the kids get a small prize of some sort and are usually well satisfied. A children’s race as part of a club open day will usually attract the local press, or atleast they'll run areport anda photo or two if submitted promptly; if a couple of club boats are visible in the background, it is very good for the club image and gets it talked about and better-known in the area. It’s a very worthwhile exercise, but its success depends on adequate advance publicity. MODEL YACHTING ASSOCIATION — SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER EVENTS MYA. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Entry Fees and Closing Dates 19th June £10.00 per Yacht “A” Class 10R Class 14th August ‘M" Class 6M Birmingham Met. & Southern District “M" Eastbourne Davidson Shield Edna Sendacard Trophy 10R RM Newcastle Ashton RE Birkenhead Radio Control 12th June 13th March £5.00 per Yacht October £5.00 per Yacht 3rd £5.00 per Yacht £5.00 per Yacht Other Events 20th March (Entries to Host Club) No Entry Fee £5.00 per Yacht By invitation of Host Club Jubilee Event 31st March (Entries to Host Club) £5.00 per Yacht M” & RM Classes (Entries to Host Club) Entries are to be made on the official Entry Form obtainable from the Racing Secretary. Cheques are made payable to the Model Yachting Association. All entries must be sent with the current Registration Certificate or Photo Copy. Delay through non-compliance will result in the entry being refused. Entries to be made to the Racin r i i ‘Stockport, Ches. SK6 3UP. G ceceetnry 7 : bee, 68. Urwiek fone, Fomniy, Entries for District and Club Open Events should be sent to the appropriate District or Club Secretary. Closing dates for these races can be obtained from the District or Club Secretary. Event Class Championship M.Y.A. National Class 1.5M 10R Venue Cheimsford Fleetwood 3rd 3rd RM 10th Jack Roberts Trophy CAE 9th 9/10th 17th Cheddar Cheese Open Event District . Met. Southern RM RA Chippenham Poole Midland District RiOR Rugeley Harry Moore Trophy “AS Leeds & Bradford 24th 24th 31st Andrew Memorial Cup Birmingham 7th Birkenhead August 1982 Championship Ciba Giegy Trophy Open Event “M" Ladbrooke Trophy Championship 24th 24th RA M.Y.A. National Team Fleetwood 17th W7th 24th 31st Championship Bournville Hove rngee ne at ERO: Cleethorpes Elstead Cutter Alice Elizabeth Noble Cup 30/31st November 7th “A Leicester 36R “MM Etherow 19th “M" RM Norwich aM 17th 7th S. E. Essex Leicester Sandylands Cup Champions Cup “mM” 17th Mickey Finn Hove & Brighton Parks Committee Cup Nantwich Met. & Southern District Team Championship Open Event RM RM Team Championship and Eastbourne Cup Whirlwind Trophy Four Winds Trophy Tucker Trophy Championship Adams Cup 3rd 12th R10R Championship 3rd 12th Hove Corporation Trophy Championship 3rd Championship Open Event 18/19th Fleetwood Woodspring M.Y.A. National Champions Cup 12th Clapham 2/3rd 31st July 42th “M" Fleetwood £5.00 per Yacht Team Championships RA Class 5th 11/12th Harwich & Dovercourt Met. & Southern District “MM” “M" RM Mickey Finn 21st August September R10R Woodhouse Trophy Bowman Trophy Open Event “M" Class Date Eastern District 26th 26th 26th (Entries to Host Club) 15th May ‘ Gosport Chelmsford 26th 10th July Model Maker Trophy Wade Cup New Forest cae RM £5.00 per Yacht £5.00 per Yacht 26th RM 29th May Little Portugal Cup RIOR Class RM Class 25th Spastics Cup Belton Memorial Trophy £5.00 per Yacht 4th September “A” Class Wellworthy Trophy 3rd April 6M Class 36R Class £5.00 per Yacht 19th 19th 19th RA & RIOR RM RM Midland District pe Championship and Plant Cup “M" Brayford Trophy RM Commodore's Cup “M’ & RM Mermaid Trophy RM Gosport Harwich & Dovercourt —Woodspring Etherow South Wales Birmingham Birkenhead Lincoln Fleetwood Guildford (at Ashford) 443
