Over the issue’s 108 pages, some of the UK’s leading scale modellers pass on their top warbird tips, with articles on selecting servos for fighter aircraft, building large scale glass fibre kits and covering with epoxy resin and glass cloth. We also have an evocative feature, matching up a model Fw190 with the Luftwaffe pilot who flew the original fighter in World War Two.
Contents:
An Introduction To RC Warbirds – we look at some of the model types awaiting prospective pilots of WW2 model fighters
Black Horse Model Fw 190A – Steve Roberts builds an ARTF version of the famous Focke-Wulf fighter
Building Oscar’s Aeroplane – Keith Dirkin describes the research and build of his Fw 190, as flown by Feldwebel Oscar Boesch
Thoughts On A Warbird – Phillip Kent decides on a suitable scale subject to model
ParkZone Spitfire Mk. IX – Dave Wilshere tests a ready to fly version of everyone’s favourite warbird
Little Black Boxes – which servos are best for WW2 model aircraft? Dave Wilshere offers some advice
LMA Cosford Air Show 2011 – Richard and Stuart Mott brave the elements to report on show full of large WW2 models
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX – build a model of the iconic Supermarine fighter from our FREE PLAN
Gloster Gladiator Mk.1 – Tony Van Geffen takes a photo tour of the Shuttleworth Collection’s biplane fighter
Seagull Hawker Sea Fury – Chris Bowler flies an ARTF version of Britain’s fastest piston-engined fighter-bomber
YT Easy Build – Martin Chitty offers some shortcuts to simplify the construction of YT warbirds
Building Oscar’s Aeroplane: A Postscript – Keith Dirkin makes his dream trip to Canada to visit White 14’s pilot, Oscar Boesch
Smooth Operator – give your scale model an authentic finish using Phil Clark’s well proven finishing techniques
Spitfire! – Colin van Geffen charts the development of the most famous of fighters
Hawker Sea Fury FB.II – Tony Van Geffen takes a walkaround tour of the mighty naval fighter
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