6 FOURNIER RF-4
A 60” span, sport scale model for electric
power and four-function control, designed by
Peter Rake, with the prototype built and fl own
by Enzo Della Mea
12 FOURNIER RF-4 TYPE HISTORY
Rene Fournier’s remarkable Volkswagenengined
‘avions planeur’ has long been a
popular subject with scale modellers
16 FOURNIER SCALE DRAWING
Fine-line scale three views in 1:40 scale
18 SCALE SOARING
Chris Williams – blowing in the wind
24 WING RIB PLOTTING
WITHOUT THE MATHS
Try Gordon Whitehead’s practical method of
lofting wing ribs root to tip, for wing planforms
ranging from straight-taper to elliptical and
swept-back
28 LOCKHEED SIRIUS
A Golden Era floatplane, sleek and beautiful,
immortalised by Charles Lindbergh. Designed
and built by Ken Marsh. Described by Ken
Sheppard
36 SIRIUS TYPE HISTORY
Air travel route proving may sound mundane,
but at the beginning of the nineteen-thirties
there was no aircraft designed to do the task.
Charles Lindbergh defined the requirement
and did the flying
42 LOCKHEED MODEL 8 SIRIUS
SCALE DRAWING
Multi view drawing in 1:60 scale
44 PANEL LINES AND
RIVET DETAILING
Realism in any scale model is purely skin
deep. The better the surface detail, the more
realistic is the final effect. Take in Andy Ward’s
technique for more convincing results
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