04 HEARD AT THE HANGAR DOORS
EDITORIAL, NEWS AND VIEWS.
09 UP & COMING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS.
10 POWER TRIP – BOLL-AERO 4.4 DIESEL
MARIS DISLERS PUTS THE HOME BUILT BOLLAERO
4.4 DIESEL THROUGH ITS PACES.
14 OXFORD MFC SCALE FLY-IN
CHRIS BRAINWOOD REPORTS ON THIS YEAR’S
OXFORD MFC SCALE FLY-IN, HELD ON PORT
MEADOW IN NEAR 30C TEMPERATURES.
20 PHOTO BUILD –
ROMANY WITH DOCULAM AND EZE TISSUE
JOHN BRISTOW OF DELUXE MATERIALS
PHOTOGRAPHED EACH STAGE OF BUILDING A
VMC ROMANY, COVERED WITH DOCULAM AND
THEN DELUXE MATERIALS EZE TISSUE. HERE ARE
THE DETAILED STEPS.
24 STAN HORNE MEMORIAL SHIELD AND BOWDEN
TROPHY CONTEST
ANDY GREEN AND ANDREW BODDINGTON REPORT
ON THE STAN HORNE MEMORIAL SHIELD AND THE
BOWDEN TROPHY CONTESTS, HELD THIS YEAR AT
THE FF NATS AT SCULTHORPE, AND ORGANISED
BY MEMBERS OF PETERBOROUGH MFC.
28 AEROMODELLER 90TH ANNIVERSARY
WE HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE ACTUAL 90TH
ANNIVERSARY OF AEROMODELLER MAGAZINE.
THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE WAS THE
NOVEMBER 1935 ISSUE, SINCE THEN THERE
HAVE BEEN 1062 ISSUES OF THE MAGAZINE.
32 PLAN FEATURE –
PEACEMAKER BY MIKE SPENCER
MIKE SPENCER HAS TAKEN GEORGE ALDRICH’S
ORIGINAL 1950S CLASSIC ‘PEACEMAKER’ CL
STUNT MODEL, AND HAS BROUGHT IT UP TO
DATE BY CONVERTING IT INTO AN ELECTRIC
POWERED RC MODEL. IT IS PRESENTED HERE
AS A PLAN FEATURE, RATHER THAN A NORMAL
AEROMODELLER FREE PLAN.
40 NORFOLK’S MODEL AIRFORCE
MEET TONY NELSON, THE ORGINATOR OF
‘NORFOLK’S MODEL AIR FORCE’, AND HIS TRULY
INCREDIBLE COLLECTION OF CONTROL LINE
SCALE MODELS.
44 CL SPEED NATIONALS 2025
DICK HART REPORTS ON THE BMFA CL SPEED
NATIONALS, HOSTED BY BARTON MFC OVER THE
FIRST WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER.
50 CL VINTAGE COMBAT NATIONALS 2025
DENIS MURPHY REPORTS FROM BMFA
BUCKMINSTER ON THE 2025 VINTAGE COMBAT
NATIONALS, HELD ON FRIDAY 29TH AUGUST, IN
ALMOST PERFECT WEATHER CONDITIONS.
58 SCALE MATTERS
THIS MONTH PETE FARDELL COVERS TWO
MEETINGS AT A NEW VENUE FOR FF SCALE, MOD
SCULTHORPE IN EAST ANGLIA, WITH THE FF
NATIONALS REPORT COURTESY OF MIKE SMITH.
62 COTTAGE INDUSTRY DIRECTORY
64 NEXT MONTH
A PREVIEW OF WHAT’S COMING IN THE
DECEMBER 2025 AEROMODELLER.
66 TAIL END CHARLIE
THE THOUGHTS OF CHRIS OTTEWELL.
