Useful publications.

Useful Publications

Fleetscale Catalogue over 100 pages, A4 All Fleetscale products listed, hulls, fittings etc. £5.00 Plus P & P CLICK HERE to buy Review Shopping Basket	Published by Chatham Publishing, 1999 190 pages, Paperback NOW BACK IN PRINT Read our mini review of this book CLICK HERE to buy	*The Complete Marine Radio Control Manual* by Hugh Bright Chapter Headings include:- Transmitters & Receivers Servos TX & RX Power Supplies Interference & Earthing Electric Motors Main Power Supplies & Fusing Controlling the Power Chargers & Battery Management Tools & Soldering Auxiliary Functions & Electronic Kits Extendings Functions inc TX Mods. Relays, Switches, & Sound Units Installing RC Equipment etc, etc. You may order this book from Fleetscale. The price is £11.95 plus £2.50 postage & packing. The online shopping system will calculate the most economical rate for destinations other than the UK. CLICK HERE to buy Review Shopping Basket

Published by Traplet Publications 2001
133 pages A4
Scale Model Steamboats by Philip Vaughan Williams is full of essential information on steam plants & their application in marine modelling.
Fleetscale's 'Grey Goose' steam gunboat & 'SS Moyganon', steam coaster are ideally suited to being steam driven and in addition to this both these models have been featured in Marine Modelling. See below.
You may order this book from Fleetscale. The price is £12.95 plus £2.00 postage & packing. The online shopping system will calculate the most economical rate for destinations other than the UK.
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Published by Traplet Publications 1999
116 pages A4
Scale Model Warships by Tim Morgan offers a wealth of useful information for those embarking on scratch modelling for the first time. Chapter headings include:-
Lines of approach,Plans & information, Hull & weatherdeck, Working in plastic, Superstructures, Working in brass, Fittings, Finishing, Painting, Finishing touches
You may order this book from Fleetscale. The price is £12.95 plus £2.00 postage & packing. The online shopping system will calculate the most economical rate for destinations other than the UK.
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You may order this book from Fleetscale. The price is £12.95 plus £2.00 postage & packing. The online shopping system will calculate the most economical rate for destinations other than the UK. You need this book in conjunction with Styrene Modeling as the former has good chapters on finishing. This one is devoted to model boats and has very relevant information on making fittings, superstructures, electrical boxes etc, etc.

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Published in the year 2000 by Evergreen Scale Models, 88 pages, A4 Read our mini reviewof this book
Styrene Modeling by Bob Hayden contains all you need to know about working with Styrene Board, an essential material used in model ship building. Chapter headings include:-
Equipping the Styrene Workshop, Working with Styrene Sheet & Strip, Scratchbuilding basic boxes (shapes),Working with Styrene Kits,
Kitbashing and Conversions, Detailing Techniques, Basic Painting & Finishing, Advanced Finishing Techniques, Scratchbuilding Projects & Techniques
You may order this book from Fleetscale. The price is £9.99 plus £1.50 p&p. The online shopping system will calculate the most economical rate for destinations other than the UK.
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July 1995 edition features the building of the Vanguard based on the Fleetscale
1/128th scale hull and fittings.

Paul Rhodes, the builder, says in the article " The sight of that beautifully accurate and detailed hull was heartwarming .."

Other issues with building details:-
Feb 1998, Denny Steam Gunboat
Sept 1998, S.S. Moygannon
April & May 1992, K.M. Bismarck
Sept & Oct 1997, Type 23 Frigate

September 2000 edition features the building of the Illustrious also based on a Fleetscale hull.

In the article Tim Morgan the builder says:-

"The Fleetscale hull is simply superb; beautifully manufactured, with all of the numerous cut-outs moulded in, together with positions for shafts, bilge keels and stabilisers"

and " ... the elite of the scale warship world"

Fleetscale have featured on the cover of several editions of Marine Modelling International. The various articles describe the building of the models featured and as such will provide valuable information for those contemplating building a scale model ship based on a Fleetscale hull.

Back issues of the magazine are available from:-

Marine Modelling International
Traplet Publications Ltd
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