Issue 137
SUPER SPAD
Dennis Richardson’s latest masterpiece is a SPAD XIII,
from the Balsa USA kit
HEINKELl He51
A 68” (1727mm) wingspan model for .70 -.90 cu.in.
engines and four function R/C systems
HEINKEL He51 Type History & Scale Drawings
The Luftwaffe’s first fighter – outmoded from the outset, but a valuable tool for Germany’s newly emergent air arm
RACER REVIVAL?
Part 2: 1946 – 1949
‘Fearless Leader’ of the Dawn Patrol display team Dave Tappin enlarges on the proposal for a new show display category
FULL-SIZE FREE PLAN
Alexandr Yakolev’s AIR-1
A simple, but attractive, scale model of a little known
Russian prototype. Designed by Peter Rake, with the
prototype model built and described by Pat Lynch
SUBJECTS FOR SCALE – GRUMMAN WILDCAT
A portly little toughie that served long and well
during WW2
GRUMMAN WILDCAT SCALE DRAWING
1:50 fine-line three views
GRUMMAN WILDCAT FLYING COLOURS
Warpaint schemes
GRUMMAN WILDCAT IN DETAIL
Close-up study of the FM-2
THE QUIET ZONE
‘Blow-ups make perfect’… or the QZ version of ‘bigger
flies better’. Well, it certainly produced an excellent model in this case!
TECHNO SCALE
Mike Evatt scans the web for more TechnoScale Topics
Categorized in Back Issues, FSM
