4 CONTACT
Just for starters
6 MILES M.28 MERCURY
1/6th scale for .35 -.42 size motors.
13 MERCURY SCALE DRAWING
1:50 scale three-view
14 MERCURY TYPE HISTORY
Unsuccessful in its own right, the basic concept found quantity
production success in the subsequent M.38 Messenger
18 DUMMY SCALE PROPELLERS
A final touch for scale realism – well worth the effort involved
and by no meAns difficult
24 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
GLOBE SWIFT GC-1A & GC-1B
A newcomer to the American post-WW2 private flying market,
the neat and elegant Swift commands a loyal following among
‘classic’ aircraft enthusiasts and is a worthy subject for scale
modelling
29 SWIFT IN DETAIL
Close-up photo study of a Globe Swift GC-1B painstakingly
restored to original specification
34 SWIFT SCALE DRAWING
1:40 scale three-view
36 STEALTH TECHNOLOGY WW1 STYLE
Aviation history has its very own rich vein of fasciatining
stories, here’s one of the really obscure ones
42 De HAVILLAND DH 94 MOTH MINOR
Build it in cardboard! Control line 73″ (1854mm) wingspan
model for .50-.60 power
48 MOTH MINOR TYPE HISTORY
But for the intervention of WW2, this smart two seater might
well have been as popular, numerous and iconic today as its
Tiger Moth stablemate. Certainly it would have been far easier
to maintain
54 MOTH MINOR SCALE DRAWING
1:40 Scale three-view
56 ONE OFF GLASS FIBRE COWLS
a quick way to create a glass fibre cowl for your scale model
58 THE QUIET ZONE
Our columnist delves into his personal version of reverse
engineering, from electric-to-rubber power.
Well, the latter isquiet too,
62 FOKKER F.II
A very simple 40″ span model designed by Peter Rake for
electric power and three function control, operating rudder,
elevators and throttle
