February 2013 Â No.159
4 CONTACT
Scale Model News
6 master models
DOUGLAS DAUNTLESS
Lindsay Todd reviews Paul Rice’s brilliant Douglas
Dauntless, built from the Ziroli plans and Belair cut parts set
14 WALK AROUND
ANSALDO SVA 5
Carlos Guerra brought his impressive 1/3rd scale model all
the way from Brazil to fly at the 2012 BMFA Nationals
22 velodrome vignettes
Alex Whittaker celebrates the start of the Indoor Scale
season at the Manchester Velodrome.
FULL SIZE FREE PLAN
28 PIETENPOL air camper PART 2
Tim New completes the building process of Peter Rake’s
58†span simple-to-build model
32 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
r0yal aircraft factory r.E.8
& SCALE DRAWING
Mainstay of British reconnaissance units over the Western
Front from 1916 onwards, this one for those who enjoy a
rigging wire challenge!
40 R.E.8 IN DETAIL
Cose up study of the IWM Duxford’s restored original
46 R.E.8 FLYING COLOURS
Combat colour schemes
50 MESSENGER PART 2
Peter Shaw continues the construction sequence of his
Grham Smith designed quater-scale replica
56 MESSENGER SCALE DRAWING
1:49 scale fine-line three views
58 MESSENGER IN DETAIL
Close-up study to aid surface detailing
62 THE QUIET ZONE
Scrap-box sourced detailing in earnest! Pat Lynch really
goes to town on his new Fokker D.VII
