6 FULL SIZE FREE PLAN FEATURE
PIPER CHEROKE 140
A double-bill feature, with full size free plans
for a 39” wingspan model for .15 cu.in.
size engine, or the option of a larger 52”
wingspan version for .30-.35 power, available
through FSM Plans Service. Cut parts sets are
available for both model sizes
14 CHEROKEE SCALE DRAWING
1:60 detailed three-views for the Piper PA 28
Cherokee 140 and PA R-28 Cherokee Arrow
16 CHEROKEE COLOUR PARADE
Just a few of the divers colour schemes
applied to this aircraft type among the
thousands built.
18 SPORT-SCALE MASTERCLASS
PART 24: The pursuit of arbourne realism –
scale speed in fl ight
26 MILES M.38 MESSENGER
Looking for a traditional-build scale
modelling challenge? Well, consider this
100” (2,540mm) wingspan, quarter-scale
model for engines that include 1.20
cu.in. four-strokes. The airframe gets close
to replicating the full size. Designed by
GRAHAM SMITH
34 MESSENGER SCALE DRAWING
1:40 detailed scale three-views
36 MILES MESSENGER
TYPE HISTORY
Created for wartime military use, the M.38
Messenger found its niche in post-WW2
civillian use, before the Miles Company
failed in 1947
40 MESSENGER IN
MONOCHROME
A ‘period’ collection of just some of the
seventy-plus Miles Messengers constructed
and operated in the days before colour
photography became the norm, before
the high-street ‘Happy Snaps’ quick and
convenient colour fi lm processing, or
digital cameras and mobile ‘phones.
42 BUILD LIKE IT THE PIONEERS
PAERT 2: The lat Dennis Fairlie’s approach
to modelling dawn-of-aviation aircraft
types
48 SLINGSBY T.7 ‘KIRBY CADET’
92.5” (2,349.5mm) wingspan 1:5.4 scale
model from the design board of David
Boddington is no sailplane, but a lot of
practical fun for slope soaring
54 SLINGSBY T.7 CADET
TYPE HISTORY
The ‘aerodynamically restricted Kadet/
Cadet gave Air Training Corps cadets their
fi rst exhilarating ‘air experience during the
1940/early 1950s period
58 SUBJECTS FO SCALE
AUSTER AOP 9
The last of the production Austers before
the British Army Air Corps transfered to all
rotary-wing operations
62 AUSTER AOP 9 IN DETAIL
Close-up detail photo study of the Army
Flying Museum’s example on permanent
show
