6 ALBATROS D.II
Gary Sunderland’s WW1 Warbird in quarterscale
at 89.5” wingspan and also in 1/5th
scale.
12 ALBATROS AROUND
MY NECK!
The Editor’s marathon build of the late Gary
Sunderland’s quarter full size Albatros D.II,
too long in the making in the quest for scale
authenticity
20 ALBATROS D.I & D.II
TYPE HISTORY
Apart from a couple of modifi cations, the D.I
and D.II were, together, the fi rst of a line of
Albatros fi ghters that served right up until the
November 1918 Armistice, culminating in the
D.Va
28 ALBATROS D.I & D.II
SCALE DRAWINGS
1:40 detailed three-views
30 ALBATROS D.I & D.II
FLYING COLOURS
Warpaint schemes among the Front Line
Jastas
32 CESSNA 165
An 18” span ‘micro’ model for electric power
and three-function control. Designed by Peter
Rake, with the prototype model built by Phillip
Artweger
42 SCALE FROM SCRATCH
Ken Sheppard progresses his series to
encourage own-design scale models.
PART 5: Wings skins and fuselage structural
design
48 JOURNEY INTO THE
UNKNOWN
Just how did you go about designing and
building a ‘fl ying machine’ when most of the
knowledge of what was required was gained
on a ‘poke-and-hope’ basis? Here’s how
Pioneers like Voisin brothers kick-started the
dawn-of-aviation era
54 MORANE-SAULNIER A1
FULL SIZE FREE PLAN FEATURE
A 42.75” span electric-powered scale model
designed by Peter Rake, the prototype model
built and described by Charlie Bice
58 SCALE SOARING
Columnist Chris Williams gets his fi rst taste of
scale hill soaring this year
62 GIVE ME A LIFT…
To be done properly, a scale model needs
to replicate the full size subject’s wing fl aps.
Some are more complicated than others,
not least the much-used Fowler Flap and its
derivatives. Here’s the mechanism to make it
work
