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Flying Scale Models Magazine June 2017 Back Issue

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65 Reviews   •  English   •   Hobbies & Crafts (Radio Control Modelling)
JUNE 2017 NO.211

4 CONTACT
Just for starters
6 FULL SIZE FREE PLAN FEATURE
BESSON MB 411
An unusual floatplane designed by Peter Rake
12 SCALE AEROTOWING PART 2
With the mechanical requirements dealt with, let’s get to grips
with the tow technique
18 INDOOR R/C SCALE NATIONALS
Best in indoor scale at R.A.F. Shawbury
22 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
handley page hampden
A product of the RAF’s ‘expansion programe’
commenced in the early 1930s, the Hampden was one
of a new breed of ‘heavies’
26 A WARBIRD TO REMEMBER
Peter Anderson’s Handley Page Hampden was built more than
twenty years ago, yet even now represents the very best of
aspirational scale modelling and achievement
32 HAMPDEN FLYING COLOURS
Warpaint carried by Bomber Command Squadrons
34 HAMPDEN SCALE DRAWING
1:70 scale three-views
36 SCALE SOARING
Chris Williams reviews some successful finishing and colour
matching techniques he has used
40 master models
Fairey FANTOME
Alex Whittaker admires Jamie Cuff's beautifully
constructed later 1930s biplane,a prospective warbird
that never was!
44 FANTOME TYPE HISTORY
For purity and elegance of shape, the Fairey Fantome
could be regarded as the most attractive biplane fighter
of all
48 FANTOME SCALE DRAWING
1:40 scale three-views
50 TECHNO SCALE
Web sites review for scale modellers
52 SWARMS 2017
Scale action in Australia
58 BIPLANES my way PART 5
Off to the flying field - at last, with Martin Fardell
62 QUIET ZONE
More on the building and operating the Besson MB 411 -
this month’s full size free plan feature.
read more read less
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June 2017 JUNE 2017 NO.211 4 CONTACT Just for starters 6 FULL SIZE FREE PLAN FEATURE BESSON MB 411 An unusual floatplane designed by Peter Rake 12 SCALE AEROTOWING PART 2 With the mechanical requirements dealt with, let’s get to grips with the tow technique 18 INDOOR R/C SCALE NATIONALS Best in indoor scale at R.A.F. Shawbury 22 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE handley page hampden A product of the RAF’s ‘expansion programe’ commenced in the early 1930s, the Hampden was one of a new breed of ‘heavies’ 26 A WARBIRD TO REMEMBER Peter Anderson’s Handley Page Hampden was built more than twenty years ago, yet even now represents the very best of aspirational scale modelling and achievement 32 HAMPDEN FLYING COLOURS Warpaint carried by Bomber Command Squadrons 34 HAMPDEN SCALE DRAWING 1:70 scale three-views 36 SCALE SOARING Chris Williams reviews some successful finishing and colour matching techniques he has used 40 master models Fairey FANTOME Alex Whittaker admires Jamie Cuff's beautifully constructed later 1930s biplane,a prospective warbird that never was! 44 FANTOME TYPE HISTORY For purity and elegance of shape, the Fairey Fantome could be regarded as the most attractive biplane fighter of all 48 FANTOME SCALE DRAWING 1:40 scale three-views 50 TECHNO SCALE Web sites review for scale modellers 52 SWARMS 2017 Scale action in Australia 58 BIPLANES my way PART 5 Off to the flying field - at last, with Martin Fardell 62 QUIET ZONE More on the building and operating the Besson MB 411 - this month’s full size free plan feature.


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JUNE 2017 NO.211

4 CONTACT
Just for starters
6 FULL SIZE FREE PLAN FEATURE
BESSON MB 411
An unusual floatplane designed by Peter Rake
12 SCALE AEROTOWING PART 2
With the mechanical requirements dealt with, let’s get to grips
with the tow technique
18 INDOOR R/C SCALE NATIONALS
Best in indoor scale at R.A.F. Shawbury
22 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
handley page hampden
A product of the RAF’s ‘expansion programe’
commenced in the early 1930s, the Hampden was one
of a new breed of ‘heavies’
26 A WARBIRD TO REMEMBER
Peter Anderson’s Handley Page Hampden was built more than
twenty years ago, yet even now represents the very best of
aspirational scale modelling and achievement
32 HAMPDEN FLYING COLOURS
Warpaint carried by Bomber Command Squadrons
34 HAMPDEN SCALE DRAWING
1:70 scale three-views
36 SCALE SOARING
Chris Williams reviews some successful finishing and colour
matching techniques he has used
40 master models
Fairey FANTOME
Alex Whittaker admires Jamie Cuff's beautifully
constructed later 1930s biplane,a prospective warbird
that never was!
44 FANTOME TYPE HISTORY
For purity and elegance of shape, the Fairey Fantome
could be regarded as the most attractive biplane fighter
of all
48 FANTOME SCALE DRAWING
1:40 scale three-views
50 TECHNO SCALE
Web sites review for scale modellers
52 SWARMS 2017
Scale action in Australia
58 BIPLANES my way PART 5
Off to the flying field - at last, with Martin Fardell
62 QUIET ZONE
More on the building and operating the Besson MB 411 -
this month’s full size free plan feature.
read more read less
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