The landing on the moon by the crew of Apollo 11 in July 1969 was one of mankind's greatest achievements. But the roots of this fantastic technological feat lie in a little German fishing village called Peenemünde on the northern coast of the island of Usedom in Northern Germany. This was the site of a secret weapon development establishment, which was the cradle of technology which made manned space flight possible in later years. Yet the legend that surrounds Peenemünde is closely tied to death & destruction. It was on the 3rd October 1942 that the “ Aggregat 4” rocket
- later called the V2 by Nazi propaganda officials
- was successfully launched. It flew the distance of 147 kilometers & became the first man-made device to actually reach the borders of space. This programme uses imposing film material & exciting interviews to tell the story of the development work that was done in Peenemünde & how the people close to Wernher von Braun & Walter Dornberger lived & worked. How did the Allies manage to discover some of the secrets of the weapons developed in Peenemünde? Just how much influence did Hitler & Himmler have on the project? Which secret projects were still under development in spring 1945. & which weapon systems continued to be developed by the Americans after the war.

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A particularly detailed set of drawings for a single ship with over 500 items identified. (common to 'J', 'K' & 'N' class destroyers). Flotilla leaders without TSDS. Sheet A
- G/A -profile & plan of the ship plus enlarged mast layout with Type 286 radar aerial (5 drawings). Sheet B
- side profile (3 drawings). Sheet C
- Forecastle deck & superstructures & boat stowage (7 drawings). Sheet D
- Upper deck detail (4 drawings). Sheet E
- Lower deck detail plus boat arrangements (4 drawings). Sheet F
- Hull sections (15 drawings). Sheet G
- Docking plan & holes in bottom (5 drawings). Sheet H
- Shell expansion (5 drawings). Sheet I
- 'A' propeller brackets (7 drawings) Sheets B-H are drawn at a larger scale of 1/8-in. per ft for clarity








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HMS Ark Royal (A50070) The Airfix HMS Ark Royal Gift Set from the Airfix model ship gift set range accurately recreates the real life Royal Navy aircraft carrier that was involved in many engagements throughout World War II. This plastic ship kit comes with a selection of paints as well as a brush & glue. Scale: 1:600 ...

Billings Boat HMS Bounty (B492C) An armed merchant vessel launched in 1787. The mutiny of the Bounty is perhaps the most well-known of all mutinies at sea. Together with loyal crew members, Captain Bligh was set to sea in an open boat about 30 miles from Tofua. Specifications:
Height: 65 Length: 78
Width: 15 Scale: 1/50TH Laser cut

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One of my earliest drawings enlarged & enhanced. The smallest of the three Bangor types. Sheet A shows external plan & profile. Sheet B shows the internal profile & 6 sections. Sheet C provides detail of the lower decks, Rig, hull lines & sections. Sheet D shows a 1943 profile as modified & detail of her revised armament & equipment Four large sheets. 36 drawings. Redrawn June/ July 2002. ...

HMS Embling Hull HULMM2055ERIS KENNEDY presents a Feature Plan for a semi-scale destroyer The first radio controlled model boat I ever built came from a free magazine plan & the design was for a Battle class destroyer prepared by Glynn Guest. That model was called HMS Lagos & the design appealed to me for several reasons. I liked the scale of 1/144 as it made for an economical & portable scale model & it was also sufficiently authentic as well as being relatively quick to build. My efforts at construction were not brilliant & I was too financially challenged to invest in a proper speed controller so the model did not cover too many sea miles & slowly but surely succumbed to the ravages of life in the garden shed. I resolved however to build another similar destroyer at a later date & when I finally got round to it some 25 years later, I had developed my skills through building other models. I had also drawn some conclusions of my own as to how best to build a 1/144 scale destroyer of this type. I decided therefore to build an updated version of this model from my own plans. Given that the plans for the original are no longer available in the MHS list, I went to a little extra trouble & produced this article for those of you who might be partial to building your own Battle class destroyer. I changed some of the constructional techniques & deepened the hull to improve stability. I must reiterate that none of this would have happened if it had not been for Glynn Guest’s original plan. Having taught myself Computer Aided Design (CAD) I decided to avail myself of some laser cut parts. These were done for me as a special by Manzano Laser in the U.S.A., website: www.manzanolaser.com. You should be able to obtain a set of parts yourself from Manzano if you contact them direct, or My Hobby Store are distributing these as well. Alternatively, the plans include sufficient detail to cut your own pieces from 1/4 inch & 1/8 inch balsa sheet. Just disregard the locating holes & tabs that exist on some of the parts. Also, you might make use of 1/4 inch square strip balsa rather than cut out the more intricate shapes for some of pieces. Please note that I have no commercial interest in the laser cutting process, but using such a semi-kit is both an economical & effective way to build a precise & sturdy hull with a minimum of fuss. I think prospective builders may find that the cost is not much more that what it would be to buy & cut the raw balsa alone. ...

HMS Embling ERIS KENNEDY presents a Feature Plan for a semi-scale destroyer The first radio controlled model boat I ever built came from a free magazine plan & the design was for a Battle class destroyer prepared by Glynn Guest. That model was called HMS Lagos & the design appealed to me for several reasons. I liked the scale of 1/144 as it made for an economical & portable scale model & it was also sufficiently authentic as well as being relatively quick to build. My efforts at construction were not brilliant & I was too financially challenged to invest in a proper speed controller so the model did not cover too many sea miles & slowly but surely succumbed to the ravages of life in the garden shed. I resolved however to build another similar destroyer at a later date & when I finally got round to it some 25 years later, I had developed my skills through building other models. I had also drawn some conclusions of my own as to how best to build a 1/144 scale destroyer of this type. I decided therefore to build an updated version of this model from my own plans. Given that the plans for the original are no longer available in the MHS list, I went to a little extra trouble & produced this article for those of you who might be partial to building your own Battle class destroyer. I changed some of the constructional techniques & deepened the hull to improve stability. I must reiterate that none of this would have happened if it had not been for Glynn Guest’s original plan. Having taught myself Computer Aided Design (CAD) I decided to avail myself of some laser cut parts. These were done for me as a special by Manzano Laser in the U.S.A., website: www.manzanolaser.com. You should be able to obtain a set of parts yourself from Manzano if you contact them direct, or My Hobby Store are distributing these as well. Alternatively, the plans include sufficient detail to cut your own pieces from 1/4 inch & 1/8 inch balsa sheet. Just disregard the locating holes & tabs that exist on some of the parts. Also, you might make use of 1/4 inch square strip balsa rather than cut out the more intricate shapes for some of pieces. Please note that I have no commercial interest in the laser cutting process, but using such a semi-kit is both an economical & effective way to build a precise & sturdy hull with a minimum of fuss. I think prospective builders may find that the cost is not much more that what it would be to buy & cut the raw balsa alone. ...

HMS HARVESTER. A FLEET DESTROYER UNDER CONSTRUCTION for BRAZIL IN 1939, & was REQUISITIONED for the RN in 1940 Sheet A shows the external general arrangement profile & plan with hull lines & sections, plus detail of the gun mountings (5 drawings). Sheet B shows the side profile in a greater detail, to a larger scale. (1/8-in. per ft) Sheet C provides plan views of the bridge & upper deck to the same scale & a key to the detail (over 300 items). Sheet D provides detailed sections & hull section drawings. Four large sheets. Scale grid shown. Drawn April 2000. ...