WARSHIP MODELLING ARTICLES (Page 1)
The following is a list of articles from various modelling magazines that have been scanned and reproduced in pdf format.  Some of these articles are  more than 40 years old and so do not therefore represent the latest modelling techniques but you may still find them of interest. The articles cover all sizes of ship, not just destroyers, frigates and escorts, etc. so please look through the list.  More will be added as I find time.
If you would like a copy of any of them, please e-mail me.
Les Brown
AIRFIX MAGAZINE
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 – JUNE 1960
 Realistic “Victorious” by Stephen Johns
 Shipping Notes – News of the Royal Navy
 We’re Boarding (HMS Cossack) by Timothy Stevens
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 – JULY 1960
Shipping Notes – HMS Tiger
 Wessex Joins the Navy
 Where’s the Tiger?
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3 – AUGUST 1960
Shipping News – Eventful Month for the Royal Navy
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4 – SEPTEMBER 1960
Shipping Notes – The First Guided Missile Destroyer (HMS Devonshire)
 The Fairey Swordfish
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 5 – OCTOBER 1960
A Career in the Royal Navy
 Shipping Notes – The Royal Navy’s Last Battleship (HMS Vanguard)
 The Hawker Seahawk
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 7 – DECEMBER 1960
Shipping Notes – Britain’s First Nuclear powered Ship (HMS Dreadnought)
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 8 – JANUARY 1961
Cruisers and Carriers – News from the U.S. Navy
 Shipping Notes – Mainly About Subs
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 9 – FEBRUARY 1961
Shipping Notes – Royal Navy Submarines
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 11 – APRIL 1961
Shipping Notes – More Guided Missile Destroyers, More Junior Ratings Wanted & The Navy of Tomorrow
VOLUME 1, ISSUE 12 – MAY 1961
Shipping Notes – Keel Laying, Launch and Delivery
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1 – JUNE 1961
Star Personality – Captain D G Clutterbuck, RN
 Shipping Notes – The Navy Comes to London & Frigate Launch
 News From Airfix – Modern Destroyer: HMS Daring
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 – JULY 1961
Shipping Notes – Prototype Ship with Novel Machinery
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3 – AUGUST 1961
Shipping Notes – RN Developments
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 4 – SEPTEMBER 1961
Shipping Notes – Tenders Sought for Assault Ship
 Westland Whirlwind
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 6 – NOVEMBER 1961
Shipping Notes – Naval News
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 7 – DECEMBER 1961
Shipping Notes – Sixty Years of HM Submarines
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 8 – JANUARY 1962
Shipping Notes – H.M.S. Ashanti Joins the Navy
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 9 – FEBRUARY 1962
A New Express Yacht Mercury
 Shipping Notes – New from the Fleet
VOLUME 8, ISSUE 10 – JUNE 1967
From ‘Suffolk’ to ‘London’ - Ian Whitehead
VOLUME 9, ISSUE 3 – NOVEMBER 1967
Daring Conversions - Ian Whitehead
VOLUME 11, ISSUE 8 – APRIL 1970
HMS Blake - Peter Hodges
VOLUME 12, ISSUE 5 – JANUARY 1971
Hunt Class Destroyers (Part 1) - Peter Hodges
VOLUME 12, ISSUE 6 – FEBRUARY 1971
Hunt Class Destroyers (Part 2) - Peter Hodges
VOLUME 18, ISSUE 9 – MAY 1977
‘Lynx’ Makes First Deck Landing
 Royal Australian Navy Cruiser Conversions - Ian M Fleming
VOLUME 19, ISSUE 2 – OCTOBER 1977
Two Views of a Review
 First of the ‘Counties’ - HMS Suffolk - Brenda Ralph Lewis
VOLUME 19, ISSUE 7 – MARCH 1978
Tiger Kit Conversions - Ian Fleming
VOLUME 19, ISSUE 10 – JUNE 1978
H.M.S. Newcastle Commissions
 Modelling ‘County’ Class Cruisers - Ian M Fleming
VOLUME 19, ISSUE 11 – JULY 1978
2pdr QF Mk VIII Gun Mounting - John Lambert
VOLUME 19, ISSUE 12 – AUGUST 1978
Royal Navy Coastal Forces (Part 1) - John Lambert
VOLUME 22, ISSUE 2 – OCTOBER 1980
Spanish Cruisers Baleares and Canarias - Ian M Fleming
MODEL BOATS
ISSUE 175 – JULY 1965
Marine Miniatures (‘C’ Group Destroyer) by R A Sweet
 K.D. Sri Kedah by R A Sweet
ISSUE 184 – APRIL 1966
Armoured and Protected Cruisers by David Coleman
 Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.1 HMS Queen Elizabeth) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 185 – MAY 1966
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No. 2 Japanese ‘Special Type’ Destroyers) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 186 – JUNE 1966
Marine Miniatures (Black Swan Class Frigate) by R A Sweet
 Marine Miniatures (River Class Frigate) by R A Sweet
 Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.3 USS Lexington) by Michael Ainsworth
 The Armoured Cruiser Kent by David Coleman
ISSUE 187 – JULY 1966
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.4 Effingham Class Heavy Cruisers) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 188 – AUGUST 1966
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.5 SMS Bayern) by Michael Ainsworth
 HMS Kent by David Coleman
 “Racecourse Class” Paddle Minesweepers by Cmdr. R. Moore, R.N.
ISSUE 189 – SEPTEMBER 1966
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.6 Italian Cruiser Garibaldi) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 190 – OCTOBER 1966
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.7 Japanese Cruisers) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 191 – NOVEMBER 1966
Marine Miniatures (Italian Corvette ‘Albatross’ Class) by R A Sweet
 Marine Miniatures (Venezuelan Frigate ‘Almirante Clemente’ Class) by R A Sweet
 HMS Engadine by Cmdr. R. Moore, R.N.
 Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.8 USS Albany and USS C.F.Adams) by Michael Ainsworth
 Building Small Scale Waterline Models by E Pieters
ISSUE 192 – DECEMBER 1966
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.9 HMS Collingwood of 1910) by Michael Ainsworth
 Scout Class, torpedo boat destroyer cruiser leader by L R Armstrong
ISSUE 193 – JANUARY 1967
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.10 French Aircraft Carriers) by Michael Ainsworth
 Keta by R. A. Sweet
 Pinnaces and Picket Boats by Cmdr. R. Moore, R.N.
 Torpedo Boat destroyer by L R Armstrong
ISSUE 194 – FEBRUARY 1967
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.11 German ‘K’ and ‘Z23’ Classes) by Michael Ainsworth
 Scharnhorst – One of Germany’s most famous warships
ISSUE 195 – MARCH 1967
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.12 Bartolomeo Colleoni and HMAS Sydney) by Michael Ainsworth
 Ladybird Class Gunboat by Cmdr. R. Moore, R.N.
ISSUE 196 – APRIL 1967
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.13 Japanese Battleship Hyuga) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 197 – MAY 1967
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.14 USS Bogue and USS Benham) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 198 – JUNE 1967
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.15 The Battleship Potemkin) by Michael Ainsworth
 Marine Miniatures (Polish Destroyer Blyskawica) by R A Sweet
 HM Trawlers by Cmdr. R. Moore, R.N.
ISSUE 199 – JULY 1967
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.16 HMCS Haida) by Michael Ainsworth
 HMS Kent by the Rt. Hon. Sir Harold Danckwerts
 Marine Miniatures (Leander Class Frigate – F45 Minerva) by R A Sweet
ISSUE 200 – AUGUST 1967
Denny Type Steam Gunboat by G Stone
 HMS Eagle by Cmdr. R. Moore, R.N.
 Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.17 Italian Bolzano and Spica Class) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 201 – SEPTEMBER 1967
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.18 German Destroyers of World War I) by Michael Ainsworth
 Marine Miniatures (Japanese Cruiser ‘Mogami’ Class) by R A Sweet
ISSUE 202 – OCTOBER 1967
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.19 HMS Courageous 1916) by Michael Ainsworth
 HMS Furious (Part 1) by Cmdr. R. Moore, R.N.
ISSUE 203 – NOVEMBER 1967
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.20 Japanese Agano and Akitsuki Classes) by Michael Ainsworth
 HMS Invincible by M J Dodgson
ISSUE 204 – DECEMBER 1967
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.21 US Treaty Cruisers) by Michael Ainsworth
 HMS Furious (Part 2) by Cmdr. R. Moore, R.N.
ISSUE 205 – JANUARY 1968
U-Boats, Part One - The Walter Turbine-Powered Type XVII by Holger Schweizer
 Marine Miniatures (British Cruiser ‘Mauritius’ Class) by R A Sweet
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.22 Italian Battleship Andrea Doria) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 206 – FEBRUARY 1968
H.M.S. Furious by Cmdr R Moore
 Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.23 French Battleship Dunkerque) by Michael Ainsworth
 Marine Miniatures (Italian Cruiser ‘Gorizia’) by R A Sweet
 U-Boats, Part Two - Two Projected German Submarines, The Types XVIII and XXVIW by Holger Schweizer
H.M.S. Kimberley, a first model which offers lots of hints by R J Steers
ISSUE 207 – MARCH 1968
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.24 German Pocket Battleships) by Michael Ainsworth
U-Boats, Part Three - Type XXIII by Holger Schweizer
ISSUE 208 – APRIL 1968
H.M.S. Amethyst by A.P. Smith
 Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.25 H.M.S. Tiger) by Michael Ainsworth
U-Boats, Part Four - Type XXI by Holger Schweizer
ISSUE 209 – MAY 1968
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.26 Japanese Aircraft Carrier Taiho) by Michael Ainsworth
U-Boats, Part Five - Three Experimental Projects by Holger Schweizer
ISSUE 210 – JUNE 1968
Boeing’s Hydrofoil Gunboat Tucumcari
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.27 USS Omaha and USS Borie) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 211 – JULY 1968
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.28 Italian Battleship Andrea Doria) by Michael Ainsworth
HMS Khartoum by E W Neighbour
ISSUE 212 – AUGUST 1968
Marine Miniatures (Imperial Iranian Navy frigate 1968) by R A Sweet
 Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.29 Dutch aircraft Carrier Karel Doorman) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 213 – SEPTEMBER 1968
Yamato - M F Woodward looks at a large Japanese plastic
 Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.30 German Cruisers Emden of 1909 and 1925) by Michael Ainsworth
CSS Virginia (better known as Merrimac, the first ironclad in action) by Anthony Martin
ISSUE 214 – OCTOBER 1968
Brodick, Fleet Tender, by J Pottinger
 Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.31 HMS London of 1929) by Michael Ainsworth
The Monitor (opponent of Merrimac) by Anthony Martin
ISSUE 215 – NOVEMBER 1968
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.32 Ships of the J.M.S.D.F.) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 216 – DECEMBER 1968
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.33 U.S.S. Idaho) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 217 – JANUARY 1969
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.34 Italian Destroyers of World War 1) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 218 – FEBRUARY 1969
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.35 Spanish Warships Jaime I & Mendez Nunez) by Michael Ainsworth
ISSUE 219 – MARCH 1969
 British Warship Detail No.1 - 4.7in. Twin-Mounted Naval Guns by Norman Ough
 Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.36 German Torpedo Boats of World War II) by Michael Ainsworth
 Marine Miniatures (‘City’ Class Cruiser, H.M.S. Liverpool) by R.A.Sweet
ISSUE 220 – APRIL 1969
British Warship Detail No.2 - Warship Funnels by Norman Ough
Fighting Fleets in Miniature (No.37 The ‘Scouts’ and ‘Towns’ of World War I) by Michael Ainsworth
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