Over 350 magazine articles have written over the past 30
years for Model Boats, Airfix Magazine, Scale Models, Model Shipwright
and Interavia. New material is appearing in Marine Modelling International.
My sources of information have built up over a long period. Always interested
in the Royal Navy and model making, I joined the Sea Scouts, Sea Cadets
and after starting work as a junior draughtsman, and attending technical
college, I joined the London Division of the RNVR.
I was called up for National service in 1956 and after training I was
selected for rapid promotion in the engine room branch. I signed on for
9 years service serving on HMSs Sluys, Theseus, Albion, Scott and Bulwark.
I left in 1965 after four years as a Petty Officer.
I then joined the Metropolitan Police and served in North London. As a
hobby, and a change from the job, it was suggested, by Alan Raven that
I start producing detailed drawings of warships. This interest developed
to drawing naval Weapons. This led on to writing magazine articles for
various magazines, on to illustrating books and then to writing my own,
usually with a co-author.
Over these years my research sources have enlarged, making more and more
contacts and purchasing shipbuilders and other authentic drawings from
various sources. A few are mentioned below.
