6 FULL SIZE FREE PLAN FEATURE
GRUSE BO 15/1
A 48” wingspan 1930s ultralight for electric
power, plus enlarged 72” option.
14 SURVIVING FREE FIGHT SCALE
New Series: Building, trimming and fl ying
tips from Andrew Hewitt
18 TRANSPORTS OF DELIGHT
BUILD A MODEL AIRLINER? Why? How?
MARTIN HARDY preludes an upcoming
Master Models feature on his Lockheed
Super Constellation with a survey of
successful scale R/C airliner models, all
electric powered
22 SCALE SAORING
The Winds of (Climate) Change continue
to cramp our columnist CHRIS WILLIAMS’
style, so it’s overtime on the building board!
26 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
DE HAVILLAND MOSQUITO
An aviation classic if ever there was one,
De Havilland’s ‘wooden wonder’ was,
initially, created for a single, narrowly
defined purpose but was eventually
developed through a total of 35 variants.
Here we consider the early types.
34 MOSQUITO SCALE DRAWING
Super detailed three views in 1:60 scale for
Mks 1 to 6
36 MOSQUITO IN DETAIL
Close-up photo study of the FB Mk.IV
40 FULL SIZE FREE PLAN FEATURE
GEE BEE R-1
A barrel, that not only rolls out, but fl ies
too!. Andrew Hewitt’s 21” wingspan rubber
powered free flighter
44 THE GEE BEE STORY
Type history of the Granville Brothers and
their outrageous flying barrel racers that
will always be the memorable shapes of
air racing in 1930s era USA.
50 MILES M.38 MESSENGER
PART 4: Peter Shaw completes the
construction sequence of his Graham
Smith-designed, quarter-scale, 100”
(2540mm) wingspan Miles M.38 Messenger,
for engines in the region of 1.20 cu.in.
56 MESSENGERS IN COLOUR
Colour schemes carried by some of the full
size survivors
60 MESSENGER IN DETAIL
Close-up photo study of the superbly
restored, airworthy G-AKIN
64 DOIN’ WHEELIES
PART 2: How to make true-scale wheels for
early aviation ‘Flying Machines’
