6 CHRISLEA C.H.3 SUPER ACE
FULL SIZE FREE PLANS
A late 1940s British light aircraft that
deserved more commercial success than
it achieved, modelled to 1/12th scale for
KP02 electric power by DENNIS REECE
8 SUPER ACE SCALE DRAWING
1:50 three view
10 SURVIVING FREE FLIGHT SCALE
Part 7: Andrew Hewitt reviews engine
installation options and engine bay
accessibility
14 ALBATOS D.VA
PART 2: A 1/6 scale, electric powered
model designed by Peter Rake, with the
prototype model built and described
by Darrin Covington. Final construction,
preparation and flying
22 ALBATROS D.VA IN DETAIL
Pile on the detail! Over 60 close-up photos
of the R.A.F. Museum’s super-accurate
replica
32 YAKOVLEV YAK 3
FULL SIZE PULL-OUT PLANS
1:20 scale free flight rubber power model
of the WW2 Soviet fighter with potential
for electric or CO2 power alternatives.
Designed by Lubomir Koutny
40 MOULDING EXHAUST
MANIFOLDS
David Toyer gets into rubberwear to mould
exhaust stakcs for his Fairey Firefly
44 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
BOEING P-26 ‘PEASHOOTER’
A speculative design proposal that led
to the US Army Air Corps’ first monoplane
fi ghter type.
49 PEASHOOTER
FLYING COLOURS
Four pages of in-your-face colour schemes
for this early 1930s fighter that pre-dated
the era of camouflage
52 BOEING P-26
SCALE DRAWINGS
1:40 detailed three-views
54 THE LOZENGE PATTERN
CONUNDRUM
The late Ron Moulton extensively
researched these unusual German WW1
camouflage schemes
58 SCALE SOARING
Chris Williams – chained to the building
board on another repeat performance
build
62 SCALE FROM SCRATCH
PART 2: Decisions and compromises to
be faced in the quest for a practical,
workable scale model design
