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Some useful recommended suppliers. I receive a constant stream of requests by phone, letter
and e-mail, all asking for details of competent and reliable, suppliers
and manufacturers of the various items needed to complete a model built
using one of my moulded hulls. As a result, I've added this information
feature as a helpful reference page for Kingston Mouldings customers. Westbourne
Model Centre. Westbourne
Model Centre Tel/fax: 01202-763480
Cheddar Valley Steam. Following the closure of Cheddar Models, their long-time expert boiler maker Tim Taschimowitz has now set up his own operation just a few miles down the road as Cheddar Valley Steam, and he is back in business producing boilers for model steam locomotives, traction engines, model steamboats and full size steam launches, for both the UK & overseas markets. Tim has 25 years of copper boiler making expertise and his boilers have long been world renowned. He uses only the highest quality materials, and I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing Time and Claire every success with this new venture. Cheddar
Valley Steam Tel:
0870-8554511
ACTion
Electronics. ACTion, 19 Carisbrooke Drive, Nottingham NG3 5DS. Tel: 0115-9607951
Stuart
Davidson : Boiler Specialist.
Stuart Davidson
Scoonie Hobbies. It’s getting quite hard to find good model shops, ones that still stock lots of items of interest to boat modellers, but here’s another one, this time north of the border in Scotland. Scoonie are good at mail order, both home and away. They have an interesting catalogue which you can download yourself from their website, something that will be both cheaper and faster than asking Scoonie to mail you a copy. Scoonie
Hobbies, Tel: 01592-651792
John Lambert Plans. John Lambert claims to be a naval illustrator rather than a draughtsman, but his drawings are pretty good all the same. He has drawings for almost two hundred differ rent warships of destroyer size and below, and he specialises in WW2 Allied Coastal Forces. If you need detailed drawings for any gun from 9mm to 4.7”, you’ll probably find them in one of John’s catalogues, he does one for warships and another for weapons and mountings. See his website for lists and all the latest details. 6
Chestnut Close
Marten Howes and Baylis. MHB are best known for their superb steam launch kits, which are most definitely not for beginners, but they also supply a range of fittings for steam launch type models, all at either 1/12th or 1/24th scale. All of these items were originally produced for their range of kits, and almost all are turned or cast in brass, but plastics are also used where appropriate for items like cowl vents and gratings. Not exactly the cheapest fittings available as you might expect, but all of high quality. 216
Bredhurst Road Tel: 01634-233146 martenhowesbaylis@btinternet.com
Precision Controls. If it’s beautifully made scale fittings you are after, anything from a cowl vent to a highly detailed and fully assembled 40mm gun, John Smith is your man. He always has stacks of work, so delivery times can be quite long, but most would agree that his fittings are well worth waiting for. Precision do a comprehensive catalogue of all their items, and you’ll have to phone to find out the current cost. John is now semi-retired so you may often have to try several times to get him on the phone, so you might have to be patient Precision
Controls Tel: 01237-476820
Quaycraft. Specialist manufacturers of model ships boats, lifeboats, dinghies, cutters etc., all beautifully detailed and cast in resin. You would have to be an exceptionally skilled modeller to come up with a small boat that was significantly better than one of Waylon Smith’s little masterpieces. Quaycraft Tel: 01271-866837
Waverley Models. Another of those one man modelling businesses that keep the hobby going, this one run by long time scale boating enthusiast Mike Mayhew. Waverley do a huge range of resin and white metal fittings in a number of scales, and they also have their own range of scale-sail fibreglass hulls. For surprisingly modest amounts of money, Mike will even consider filling gaps in his range by making special fittings to order, as long as it’s an item that has a reasonable chance of racking up further sales in the longer term, and he also turns out excellent sails, mainly for small yachts and older type scale-sail models. Waverley
Models Tel: 01275-546772
Nylet. Nylet
have now been making model yacht sails for 62 years. Frank Parsons can
offer almost everything for model racing yachts, including One Metre racing
yacht kits, Nylet/Hitec and Graupner sailwinches, a wide range of yacht
fittings, masts, wires, carbon-fibre fins & rudders, masts and full
rig kits, books, and racing yacht plans. A major part of the business
has always been the production of made to order racing sails (in Dacron,
scrim or film), and also 'vintage' sails in traditional cotton for scale
and older designs. Frank also offers a full building service for any type
of yacht or sailing craft, though there is usually a fairly lengthy waiting
list. Nylet's website contains full details of all products, and they
can also send a printed 16 page catalogue on request.
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