Make a Mold for Bending Wood: Part 2 of 4
Use a form to shape your complex curves.
Category The Model Yacht
Articles that have been published in The Model Yacht, the Newsletter/Journal from the US Vintage Model Yacht Group.
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Speaking of Batteries
An overview of the batteries you can use in your R/C boat.
Taking the Lines off of Scat II, a Previously Unknown Design by John Black
When Dave brought the existence of this boat to my attention in a series of emails I knew that she was so important that her lines had to be in the historical record.
Sea-Going Model Yachts (1906)
Model yachting, like all other sports and pastimes, has been infused with the spirit of the age.
What a Difference a Year Makes
Here we present two boats by the same designer, done just a year apart.
More on Prospero
As is so often the case, once we run an article on a boat (Prospero, Vol. 13 No. 2) we get a response from our readers, and the Prospero article in our last issue was no exception.
Prospero
The great British designer W.J. Daniels produced uncommonly handsome boats, but none, in my opinion, as pretty as this schooner, named for the sorcerer in Shakespeare’s play The Tempest.
The Fisher Drawings
A drawing detailing lifts for carving and hardware placement for Detroit School Boats.