How to build a lifeboat kit

After a chance encounter with a laser-cut depot kit, Paul Gosden set about building a fictional contemporary engineering facility, where green technology is embraced.

How much of your layout is make-believe? CHRIS LEIGH isn't a slave to prototype fidelity, as he explains.

The late Jim Mottram explains modifications to make his 23-footer easier to sail. Here are just some of his tips from the archives

News from your cruising area

With a large room to fill, Cliff Thomas created a wonderful tribute to the preserved narrow gauge railways of Wales, as well as the dramatic scenery in which they operate.

Chris and Ron Colverson were enjoying an idyllic first river trip aboard their new Freeman 22 Mk2 cabin cruiser – until Ron fell in