DECEMBER 2014 No.181
4 CONTACT
News and new products
8 BMFA SCALE NATS
Alex Whittaker brings you his annual photo report from Scale Corner at the BMFA Scale Nationals, Barkston Heath
16 MASTER MODELS
HAWKER TEMPEST Mk.V Scratch-built 1/5th scale for 85cc power
22 TECHNO SCALE
Scale info on the web FULL-SIZE FREE PLAN FEATURE
24 POLIKARPOV Po-2
PART 2: Concluding the 1/10th scale, electric powered model designed by Peter Rake, with the prototype model built and described by Pat Lynch
30 POLIKARPOV Po-2 IN DETAIL
Close-up study of the example at the Shuttleworth Collection
34 POLIKARPOV Po-2 SCALE DRAWING
Air ambulance and casualty evacuation versions in 1:40 scale
36 GRUMMAN WILDCAT
A detightful ARF/RTF sport-scale of a rarely modelled WW2 Warbird at 1/10th scale for electric power.
The wings fold and the undercarriage retracts
42 WILDCAT TYPE HISTORY
Designws pre-WW2, the Wildcat was one of the few fighter types to remain a front line type until the end
46 WILDCAT SCALE DRAWING
1:40 fine line three-views
48 WILDCAT IN DETAIL
Close-up detail for scale modellers
52 HEATH SUPER PARASOL
Dr. Mike Hawkins presents a 75†(1905mm) wingspan sport-scale replica of an Amercian homebuild for land
or waterplane operation. Suits .60 four-stroke engines and four function radio.
60 HEATH SUPER PARASOL
TYPE HISTORY
One of the earliest home-build aircraft designed back in the 1920s
62 QUIET ZONE
Strictly for R/C electric fans
