Contents...
REGULARS
PRE FLIGHT
Introducing this issue
TAKE OFF
Latest R/C model flying news
SHOP WINDOW
A buyer’s guide to new R/C products
DIARY DATES
Spring model flying events
SOARERS' SLOT
Mike Proctor files his first gliding column for 2014
LIGHT FLIGHT
Flying small R/C models, indoors and out, with John Stennard
THE SPORT CHANNEL
Our monthly compendium of sport model topics is compiled by Gray
ON THE COVER
Neil Hutchinson fleshes out the details on John Ricketts’ big, beautiful de Havilland DH86 Express
REVIEWS
SUPER CHIPMUNK
Brian Cooper assembles a quick build scale aerobat from Seagull Models
JR FORZA
Kevin Crozier finishes and flies JR’s 450-size electric helicopter
TAI JI 40
Long-standing World Models fan, Dave Wilshere sees if his opinion of a favourite ARTF brand still holds up
PROFILI 2
Wing design made easy with Italian sourced Computer Aided Design software
FEATURES
OUDTSHOORN 2013
Marc Wolffe reports on the top South African scale event
A TOUCH OF DETAIL
Lindsay Todd shows how to add simple scale details to ARTF kits
ENGLISH ELECTRIC CANBERRA
Build Leo Rocco’s model of the Cold War bomber for twin electric ducted fans
EAST KIRBY 2013
Neil Hutchinson looks back at the LMA’s large model meeting at the home of Lancaster ‘Just Jane’
ALLEY CAT
Peter Miller describes how to build his latest easy build sportster from this month’s free pull out plan
THE FRANKEN PROJECT
Tasked with building an R/C model from a few scrap box parts, Mike Lee constructs a starship!
JOE NALL 2013
Donatas Pauzuolis joins a multitude of pilots at the USA’s biggest R/C fly-in
JOINING THE JET SET
John Stennard shows how to improve the performance of EDF jets by fitting metal fan units
AWESOME ANSON
In part three of his Avro build Peter Maw looks at constructing the undercarriage and other metal parts
CUSTOM WING SADDLES
Bill Bowne shows how to get a tight fitting wing and fuselage