4 CONTACT
Just for starters
6 FULL SIZE PLAN FEATURE
MAC’S LAST MODEL
Doug McHard’s 1/12th scale free flight scale model of the
S.E.5a first appeared in AeroModeller December 1957 issue.
Over half a century later, the author built another superb
example – his last’ yet it endures as a fine example of free
flight scale design
12 SPORT SCALE MASTERCLASS
PART 8: All kinds for fuselage construction
reviewed by Gordon Whitehead
22 A BIGGER S.E.5A
1/5th scale, 64” (1626mm) wingspan for four function R/C and
.90 cu.in. four stroke engines, by Gary Sunderland
28 S.E.5 & S.E.5A TYPE HISTORY
One of the best Allied fighter of WW1,instrumental in wresting
and maintaining air superiority over the Western Front.
34 SE5A IN DETAIL
Fine-line, fine detail three-views
36 SE5A FLYING COLOURS
Plenty of warpaint choices
40 S.E.5a in detail
Seven pages of close-ups for scale modellers intent on the
upmost in authenticity.
48 BE COOL
Nothing spoils a scale model of a full size in-line cylinder liquid
cooled engined type more than an engine cylinder head ‘out in
the breeze’.Be ‘all-inclusive’ the Basil Lockwood-Goose way
52 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MKS 1 & II
Through 24 variants by the end of which it was, both in
airframe structure and shape an entirely different aeroplane,
the first two define the classic Spitfire shape and are arguably
the prettiest
58 Supermarine spitfire Mk.1
Fine-line 1:40 fine detail three-views
60 Spitfire Mk.1 in detail
All-round close-up detail
65 Spitfire FLYING COLOURS
Combat colour schemes
