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THE NANTUCKET
LV-112 LIGHTSHIP
Build and conversion to R/C
American Civil War Passaic
Class Monitor Build
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Constructing the Sarik Vacform kit
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THE NANTUCKET LV-112 LIGHTSHIP
The full size version of this now retired lightship is a museum
ship and can be seen in Boston harbour, USA. The Cunard
White Star Line paid for her construction following the sinking
of her sister lightship LV-117 by the ocean liner RMS Olympic
in May 1934. The name Nantucket is the name of an island
in North America and the lightship was placed to protect the
hazardous shoals.
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interested company was really welcomed. John is an avid reader
of MMI and a number of other modelling magazines and got the
enthusiasm to contact us from our editorials. If any of our readers
have been considering contacting us in this way please do so and
either Barrie or I will contact you.
This month we have two articles which use commercially available
hulls to produce novel models. Our free plan gives details of the
construction of a 1/128th scale model of WŌDEN, an icebreaker and
research vessel. The model is based on a Mobile Marine Models hull
and is suitable for radio control. A second is the Monitor, a scratch-
built model of an American Civil War Passaic Class Monitor. This
time the hull was from Models By Design and was originally intended
for HMS Kite. The Nantucket is slightly different from the previous
articles as it is the conversion of a plastic model to full radio control.
Robin Trott takes us through the construction and describes how he
made the internal components accessible.
never cease to be amazed at the variety of interesting people I
meet as a result of helping edit this magazine. A few weeks ago
the editorial office was contacted by John Wyatt who lived in
Barry, South Wales after he read the Message From The Bridge in
the July edition when mention was made of large scale models. He
told us he had built a number of very large model boats all of which
he sailed on the nearby lake, The Nap. As John lived only a few
miles from me a visit was soon arranged.
Arriving at the house I had to squeeze down the entrance hall
past a 92" (1/48th scale) model of L26 HMS Matabele. The sitting
room was similarly furnished with a number of large craft. All were
fully working models and were scratch-built to give an excellent
profile when out on the lake. I would describe them as ‘standoff’
rather than ‘perfect’ scale. John’s ingenuity in adapting materials for
different parts of the boats was quite inspiring.
As I intend to write a ‘Reader’s Models’ on John in a future edition
I will quickly end by mentioning the garage, which was similarly
full of very large models including a beautiful 1/48th scale model
of HMS Warspite (13' 4" long). I thoroughly enjoyed the visit and
came away with plenty of good pictures, a ‘Reader’s Models’, and a
range of new ideas to consider.
So why am I giving you this preview? Well, John has again
contacted me to say that the visit had encouraged him to start
building again after a fairly long unproductive period. This pleased
me more than anything as living on his own meant that a bit of
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1/48th scale HMS Warspite (13 ft 4" long) resides in John
Wyatt’s garage
If you are interested in recording your model in some way then
the article on making videos using fairly inexpensive equipment
will be of interest. On a similar theme the photographic record
of all the ferries on the Bosphorus, with their histories, makes a
comprehensive ‘Spotters Guide’.
All of the above plus an article on building the Air Sea Rescue
boat from Sarik, and all the regular articles make this an excellent
read.
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