SEPTEMBER 2017 NO.214
4 CONTACT
Just for starters
6 NIEUPORT SWALLOWTAIL
Full size freeplan feature
A 30 inch span, electric powered scale model of an unusual
pioneer-era monoplane, designed by Peter Rake
12 Master models BLERIOT XI
1/3rd scale from the Mick Reeves
Plans & Parts set built by Doe Coe
18 LOUIS BLERIOT & his flying machines
An aviation pioneer’s story
24 BLERIOT IN DETAIL
Close-up photo study of the Shuttleworth Collection’s genuine
and still flyable example
28 AVRO ANSON MK.1 SUBJECT FOR SCALE
A less warlike Warbird, the ‘Faithfull Annie’ served a long and
less aggressive service career with the Royal Air Force that
spanned over 30 years
34 ANSON SCALE DRAWING
1:70 Scale three-view drawing
36 ANSON COLOURS
The early Avro Ansons in warpaint
38 ANSON IN DETAIL
Close-up study of the Avro Anson Mk.1 on display at the
Imperial War Museum, Duxford
42 winter ls1 ZAUNKOENIG
A 3/10 scale, 94” wingspan radio controlled scale model of the
1940 German experimental aircraft that explpred ultra low
speed flight.
48 ZAUNKOENIG TYPE HISTORY
German aeronautical engineers were among the first to
systematically investigate low-speed flight. This was one of the
experimental types used
50 ZAUNKOENIG IN DETAIL
It’s the detail that makes a really good scale model
53 ZAUNKONIG SCALE DRAWING
1:40 scale three view drawing
54 BMFA KIT SCALE
Tom Daly files his photo report of the fastest-growing scale
competition class on the UK Scale scene
60 TECHNO SCALE
A browse of the scale model web sites
62 QUIET ZONE
Peter Rake covers some basics of R/C scale electrics
