6 AVRO AVIAN MONOPLANE
Phillip Kent’s quarter-scale replica of a
1930 Kings Cup air racer. 96” (2436mm)
wingspan for Laser 150 four-stroke engine,
or similar.
14 AVIAN MONOPLANE
SCALE DRAWING
1:40 three-view
16 SCALE FROM SCRATCH
Part 4: Ken Shephard deals with the
design of WW2 fighter structures.
Strength-v-weight, plus complicated
undercarriage retracting angles
22 FULL SIZE FREE PLAN FEATURE
SUPERMARINE ATTACKER
A 37” (940mm wingspan) one-piece model of
the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm’s first operational
jet fighter. For electric powered ducted fan
units, designed by CHRIS GOLDS.
28 ATTACKER TYPE HISTORY
The Royal Navy’s first jet fighter aircraft looked
sleek and racy in its time, although offering no
more in performance than contemporary types,
but it helped to establish carrier operational
techniques
34 SUPERMARINE ATTACKER
SCALE DRAWING
1:60 detailed three-views
40 FULL SIZE FREE PLAN FEATURE
HUNTINGTON H12
A simple scale model of an early
homebuilt aircraft designed by Peter
Rake for electric power and three function
control.
46 THE BIG CARVE-UP
Chris White demonstrates the stages of
carving a cockpit canopy ‘plug’ for
vacuum moulding
50 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
LAVOCHKIN LA-5 & LA-7
The task of Russian military aviation during the
WW2 era was generally the support of aground
army grinding inexorably westward. Thus
their fighter aircraft were optimised for low-to
medium altitude operations where they ruled
the roost. These are two of them.
54 LAVOCHKIN
FLYING COLOURS
Warpaint carried by La-5 & La-7 aircraft
of USSR, Czech and Polish air arms.
58 LAVOCHKIN LA-5 & LA-7
SCALE DRAWING
1:60 detailed three views
