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Part of the central display by the Dundee Model Boat Club. The airboat was designed and built by one of our members for when the water level in the pond is low. |
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The beam trawler has fully working nets. These can be lowered and raised by radio control. It is based on the Billings Polar kit. |
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Some of the fast boats in the club. The Sloopy`s on the right are regularly raced by club members. On the left is a modified Voodoo which is very fast on a Speed 700BB turbo motor with 12 cells. |
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The model of the Queen Elizabeth is made completely out of aluminium by Findlay MacKenzie. It uses a car battery for both power and ballast. The steam plant at the bottom left is a Stuart Models 10V with a gas fired Scotch boiler. The small steam launch is a vintage model around 60 years old. |
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Some models built by our Fife contingent. The clipper is not radio controlled. |
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This shows some of the wider range of types of scale models built by members of the Dundee Model Boat Club. |
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Again a wide range of boat types. The U-Boat at the top is still undergoing sea trials at the moment. It uses the dive module which is displayed in front and below it for diving. The other submarine is a British type S and is scratch built. The minesweeper model in the glass case belongs to HMS Unicorn and is not a club model. |
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One of our members, Ralph Caldwell, likes to dabble in the unusual. These are his hydrofoils, the one in red is a good performer. |
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A couple of planes from the Dundee Model Aircraft Club . The front one is an ATS Kite trainer and the red biplane is a Flair Fokker DVII powered by a Laser 4 stroke engine. |
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Three of the members of the model aircraft club. Sid at the front
spent both days of the exhibition making simple chuck gliders
from balsa and foam. The Unicorn figurehead at the left is a glassfibre replica of the original wooden figurehead. |
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The largest aircraft model on display. A Flair DH82 Tiger Moth. This is 1/4 full size and is powerd by an OS120 four stroke. This has a capacity of 20cc. The model has a wing span of 88 inches and weighs around 19 pounds. |
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The model aircraft club also flies helicopters as well as fixed wing aircraft. The helicoper on the right uses a petrol engine rather than the glow plug engine which powers most of the models. |
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Members and models of the Dundee Radio Car Club. The models are mostly electric powered off road buggies. |
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This is a display given by Dale Smith who collects Vintage Hornby Trains and vintage Meccano. This year he only had a static display, in the past he has had a running layout. |
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The Montrose Air Station Museum put on a good display of plastic models. This group is dedicated to preserving the history of aviation in the Montrose area. Montrose was first used in 1913 and was an important training base during both the first and second world wars. |
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This year saw the first attendance by the Perth Model Engineer Society. They gave a display of working steam models and tools. Ron Kennedy, a Dundee member, finishes lubricating the working engines. |
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Part of the layout of the Dundee Model Railway Club. This is part of a rural line and was kept running throughout the exhibition. |
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The rest of the layout with some of the club members in the background. The camber and uneven surface of the Unicorn`s deck gave some initial problem with the layout whose support structure was set up for a level surface. |
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On both days the Kirriemuir and District War Games Society fought a tank battle between German and Russian forces. This involved a complex layout and many miniature vehicles. |
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Battle commences. Rather predictably the Russian armoured forces beat the Germans on both days. |