04 HEARD AT THE
HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
10 BMFA MODEL
BUILDER’S SHOW
ANDREW BODDINGTON REPORTS FROM THE
BMFA MODEL BUILDER’S SHOW, HELD AT BMFA
BUCKMINSTER.
12 VINTAGE MODEL
COMPANY’S ROMANY KIT
STUART MARSDEN’S KIT BUILD REVIEW OF THE
40 INCH WINGSPAN VINTAGE MODEL COMPANY’S
ROMANY KIT.
18 FF EUROPEAN
CHAMPIONSHIPS
YOUR EDITOR REPORTS FROM FRANCE ON THE 2023
FF EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS.
24 CIRCLE OF LIFE
GEORGE PICKENS CONTINUES HIS RETURN TO
CONTROL LINE FLYING.
26 GOLDILOCKS AND
THE THE THREE PROPS
‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY, SO HERE IS
AEROMODELLER’S CHRISTMAS PANTOMINE BY
ROBERT JAMIESON, IN FOUR ACTS, REPRINTED
FROM AEROMODELLER CHRISTMAS 1943.
32 FREE PLAN BAT
F.K.24 BABOON
WE ALL ENJOY PISTACHIO NUTS AT CHRISTMAS,
SO HERE IS NICK PEPPIATT’S PISTACHIO SCALE
MODEL THAT YOU CAN BUILD AND FLY OVER THE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
38 FF INDOOR
PERFORMANCE NATS
MEREDITH EVANS REPORTS FROM DAVENTRY ON
THE 2023 INDOOR PERFORMANCE NATIONALS.
44 FF SCALE MATTERS
THE SCALE MATTERS REGULAR COLUMN MAKES A
WELCOME RETURN, NOW UNDER THE TENURE OF
PETE FARDELL.
48 VISIT TO SLEC
ANDREW BODDINGTON VISITS THE SLEC HQ IN
NORFOLK, WHERE THEY HAVE RECENTLY ACQUIRED
THE BELAIR RANGE OF KITS.
52 IN SCALE CIRCLES
THE LATEST BUILDING PROJECTS, AND CONTROL
LINE ACTIVITY FROM AROUND THE WORLD, BY
RONNIE TRIBE.
58 DELUXE MATERIALS
TOUGHERN TISSUE
JOHN BRISTOW FROM DELUXE MATERIALS AND
ANDY SEPHTON DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNIQUE FOR
EXTENDING A MODEL’S LIFE BY COVERING WITH EZE
TISSUE AND DOCULAM OR MYLAR.
62 CL P-51 MUSTANG
DR MIKE WELCH DESCRIBES HOW HE ADAPTED HIS
RADIO CONTROL 60 INCH WINGSPAN P-51 MUSTANG
TO CONTROL LINE FLYING.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
