August 2014  No.177
CONTACT
Just for openers
FULL-SIZE FREE PLAN FEATURE
GREAT LAKES trainer
A 53.5†span electric powered model designed by Peter Rake,
with the prototype model built and described by Pat Lynch
GREAT LAKES SCALE DRAWING
1:60 scale three-view
RAFMAA 2014
Alex Whittaker attends the Royal Air Force Model Aircraft
Association scale bash
TECHNO SCALE
Scale websites worth a look-up
SPITFIRE NINE
Malcolm Harle’s superb Mk.IX from the Mick Reeves kit
SPITFIRE TYPE HISTORY
Never intended to be anything other than a temporary
expedient to counter a specific threat, the Mk.IX was
evenyually produced in greater numbers than any other variant
in a series that eventually ran all the way to Mk.24
SPITFIRE MK.IX SCALE DRAWING
1:50 super-detailed fine-line three views
SPITFIRE MK.IX IN DETAIL
Pile on the details with the aid of our six-page close-up study
SPITFIRE FLYING COLOURS
Warpaint for the Spitfire Mk.IX
clipped wing piper CUB
A 1/6th scale (plus 5%) electric powered model of the
aerobatic version, designed by PHILLIP S. KENT
OFFICE HOURS
A guide to technique for cockpit detailing: PART 2
THE QUIET ZONE
Electric columnist and and designer extra-ordinaire Peter Rake
reveals his latest scale creations in the pipeline
