OCTOBER 2012 Â No.155
6 CONTACT
Monthly Scale commentary
8 FLYING LEGENDS
New shapes in the sky at the World’s
foremost annual air show
12 MASTER MODELS BLACKBURN R-1
Terry Manley models the Royal Navy’s 1920s
carrier-deck maid-of-all work
20 HORNET
Build Bob Hart’s 80†wingspan twin
for .45-.58 cu.in engines
28 HORNET TYPE HISTORY
Hotest of all the piston engined fighter aircraft
34 HORNET SCALE DRAWING
1:60 fine-line three views
36 HORNET FLYING COLOURS
Colour schemes of the Hornet – make your choice
38 COSFORD 2012
Alex Whittacker takes his camera to a buoyant LMA Scale show blessed with
even bigger models this year
44 FULLSIZE FREE PLAN
UDET FLAMINGO
Peter Rake presents his 38†(965mm) wingspan electric replica of the
mid-1920s German aerobatic trainer
48 AVIATION ARTISTS
The Guild of Aviation Artists’ annual
‘Aviation Paintings of the year’ show
52 BEAUFIGHTER UNDERCARRIAGE
Andy Ward describes the construction of the scale main undercarriage for his
Bristol Beaufighter
56 SIMULATED WING RIB STITCHING
Without too many tears or boredom!
62 THE QUIET ZONE
More R/C electric tequnique for those new to ‘the quite zone’ of scale,
looking for answers
