Plans featured in this issue:
MEYER LITTLE TOOT Plan Plan327
HOWARD DGA-6 ‘MISTER MULLIGAN’ Plan119
4 CONTACT
Just for starters
6 SPORT SCALE MASTERCLASS PART 12
All you need to know about control surface hinging.
14 MEYER LITTLE TOOT
George Meyer’s captivating little sport biplane has been a
recurring modeller’s favourite ever since it first appeared in the
mid 1950s. Phillip Kent presents his 65″ (1651mm) wingspan
1:3.5 scale version, designed for 1.80 cu.in. four stroke engines
or similar
20 LITTLE TOOT TYPE HISTORY
A seventy-years-young true classic example of the aircraft
home-constructor’s art with an appeal that makes you want to
model it immediately
24 LITTLE TOOT SCALE DRAWING
1:30 scale three view
26 LITTLE TOOT IN DETAIL
No chance of getting an ‘In Detail’ close-up of a Little Toot, so
this is an ‘In Detail In Reverse’ that actually depicts Sergei
Khril’s 1:2.5 model, so good that it is just as representative of
the full size.
30 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
GRUMMAN F7F TIGERCAT
Projected as a shipborn fighter, the Tigercat initially failed
carrier deck trials but was effective from land bases,
particularly as a night fighter with both US Navy and US
Marine Corps.
34 TIGERCAT SCALE DRAWINGS
1:80 scale three-views covering F7F-1, F7F-3,
F7F-3N and F7F-4N
36 tigercat in detail
A study of the ex-Fighter Collection F7F-3P
40 tigercat FLYING COLOURS
Tiger stripes for the Grumman F7F
42 A DUMMY ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY
JAGUAR RADIAL ENGINE PART 2
Gordon Whitehead concludes the step-by-step construction of
the dummy engine for his Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III,
Includes scale drawings for A.S. Lynx, Gennet and Pobjey R.
54 Howard DGA-6 ‘Mister Mulligan
Birtil Klintbom offers plans for his 1/8th scale 46.5″ (1180mm)
span model of the famous American 1930s era racer. Suits .20-
.25 two-strokes or .25-.30 four strokes
58 howard DGA-6 scale drawing
1:50 three-views
60 howard DGA-6 type history
One of the outstanding 1930s era air racers, short lived in its
time, but long on historical reputation
