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Flying Scale Models Magazine April 197 Back Issue

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65 Reviews   •  English   •   Hobbies & Crafts (Radio Control Modelling)
APRIL 2016 NO.197
4 CONTACT
Just for starters
6 MASTER MODELS
MAHON- RYAN B-5 BROUGHAM
Martin Fardell’s Roaring Twenties Mini-Airliner
12 RYAN BROUGHAM SCALE DRAWING
1: 50 Scale three-view
14 CATO BUTTERFLY
A 45” span electric powered scale model of the LWF-Cato
Model L ‘Butterfly’. Designed by Peter Rake
18 WEXHAM RELAXED SCALE
Alex Whittaker attends the scale event with “built in calm”
26 comper SWIFT
Phillip S. Kent invites you to build his 53.5” (1360mm)
wingspan, 1:5.4 scale model of the Pobjoy radial engine
version and the 1930s racer. Electric powered
34 SWIFT SCALE DRAWING
1:25 scale three-view
36 SWIFT TYPE HISTORY
Introduced into an era when light aircraft sales were hard to
come by, the Swift enjoys a level of interest today, out of all
proportion to the numbers made
42 SWIFT IN DETAIL
Close-up photo study
46 SCALE SOARING
Chris Williams extols the value of electric power ‘sustainers’ for
marginal wind conditions
50 BLITZ BOMBER
Ken Shephard commences a two part review of the Black
Horse ARTF Heinkel He 111
56 HEINKEL He 111 TYPE HISTORY
Mainstay of the Luftwaffe’s bomber force when WW2
commenced, there was nothing available to replace it when
greater strategic bomber capability was needed that would
match what the Allied side had in their arsenal
62 the QUIET ZONE
Peter rake previews some of the latest scale designs that have
left his drawing board (computer actually) and which are ‘inthe-
Works’ for eventual publication
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April 197 APRIL 2016 NO.197 4 CONTACT Just for starters 6 MASTER MODELS MAHON- RYAN B-5 BROUGHAM Martin Fardell’s Roaring Twenties Mini-Airliner 12 RYAN BROUGHAM SCALE DRAWING 1: 50 Scale three-view 14 CATO BUTTERFLY A 45” span electric powered scale model of the LWF-Cato Model L ‘Butterfly’. Designed by Peter Rake 18 WEXHAM RELAXED SCALE Alex Whittaker attends the scale event with “built in calm” 26 comper SWIFT Phillip S. Kent invites you to build his 53.5” (1360mm) wingspan, 1:5.4 scale model of the Pobjoy radial engine version and the 1930s racer. Electric powered 34 SWIFT SCALE DRAWING 1:25 scale three-view 36 SWIFT TYPE HISTORY Introduced into an era when light aircraft sales were hard to come by, the Swift enjoys a level of interest today, out of all proportion to the numbers made 42 SWIFT IN DETAIL Close-up photo study 46 SCALE SOARING Chris Williams extols the value of electric power ‘sustainers’ for marginal wind conditions 50 BLITZ BOMBER Ken Shephard commences a two part review of the Black Horse ARTF Heinkel He 111 56 HEINKEL He 111 TYPE HISTORY Mainstay of the Luftwaffe’s bomber force when WW2 commenced, there was nothing available to replace it when greater strategic bomber capability was needed that would match what the Allied side had in their arsenal 62 the QUIET ZONE Peter rake previews some of the latest scale designs that have left his drawing board (computer actually) and which are ‘inthe- Works’ for eventual publication


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APRIL 2016 NO.197
4 CONTACT
Just for starters
6 MASTER MODELS
MAHON- RYAN B-5 BROUGHAM
Martin Fardell’s Roaring Twenties Mini-Airliner
12 RYAN BROUGHAM SCALE DRAWING
1: 50 Scale three-view
14 CATO BUTTERFLY
A 45” span electric powered scale model of the LWF-Cato
Model L ‘Butterfly’. Designed by Peter Rake
18 WEXHAM RELAXED SCALE
Alex Whittaker attends the scale event with “built in calm”
26 comper SWIFT
Phillip S. Kent invites you to build his 53.5” (1360mm)
wingspan, 1:5.4 scale model of the Pobjoy radial engine
version and the 1930s racer. Electric powered
34 SWIFT SCALE DRAWING
1:25 scale three-view
36 SWIFT TYPE HISTORY
Introduced into an era when light aircraft sales were hard to
come by, the Swift enjoys a level of interest today, out of all
proportion to the numbers made
42 SWIFT IN DETAIL
Close-up photo study
46 SCALE SOARING
Chris Williams extols the value of electric power ‘sustainers’ for
marginal wind conditions
50 BLITZ BOMBER
Ken Shephard commences a two part review of the Black
Horse ARTF Heinkel He 111
56 HEINKEL He 111 TYPE HISTORY
Mainstay of the Luftwaffe’s bomber force when WW2
commenced, there was nothing available to replace it when
greater strategic bomber capability was needed that would
match what the Allied side had in their arsenal
62 the QUIET ZONE
Peter rake previews some of the latest scale designs that have
left his drawing board (computer actually) and which are ‘inthe-
Works’ for eventual publication
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