5 CONTACT
Just for starters
8 CULVER DART
American mid-1930s light aircraft. 53”
wingspan for electric power designed by
Peter Rake, with the prototype model built
and described by Marion Crowder. Part 1
13 SURVIVING
FREE FLIGHT SCALE
PART 34: Andrew Hewitt looks at covering
and fi nishing
16 PFALZ D.XII
Gary Sunderland’s challenging quarterscale
WWI warbird for 180 to 200-size fourstroke
engines. PART 1
22 PFALZ D.XII TYPE HISTORY
Overshadowed by the highly acclaimed
Fokker D.VII, this late WW1 German fi ghter
nevertheless served quite widely over the
Western Front during the closing months
of 1918
28 PFALZ FACTORYI
Images of production work at the Pfalz
Works illustrate just how labour intensive
WW1 aircraft construction was
32 POLIKARPOV I-16
Richard Crossley has long had a taste for
unusual scale model subjects. This Peanut
Scale model flies well indoors and even
outdoors when the weather is right
38 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
CURTISS P-40B TOMAHAWK
Never one of the ‘star’ fighter aircraft of
WW2, the P-40 series nevertheless served
Allied air forces long and well, across all
theatres of combat. The early variants
were, arguably, the prettiest
44 P-40B FLYING COLOURS
Warpaint for the Tomahawk
46 CURTISS P-40B IN DETAIL
Close-up study of the restored Tomahawk
now with the Collings Foundation
50 CURTISS TOMAHAWK
SCALE DRAWING
1:50 scale three-views
52 WING SUPPORT CRADLE
An aid to biplane airframe assembly
54 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
HANRIOT H.D.1
One the lesser known, but extensively used
scout/fighter types of WW1
58 HANRIOT H.D.1
SCALE DRAWING
Fine detailed 1:40 scale three-views
60 HANRIOT FLYING COLOURS
Warpaint or the H.D.1
60 HANRIOT IN DETAIL
Close-up photo study of the RAF Museum
Hendon’s H.D.1
