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Flying Scale Models Magazine Dec 21 Back Issue

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65 Reviews   •  English   •   Hobbies & Crafts (Radio Control Modelling)
6 MASTER MODELS
SAUNDERS-ROE PRINCESS
Mike Roach recreates the last of the big,
really big, flying boats, electric powered notso-
miniature
14 KAWASAKI KI-61 ‘HIEN’
The fighter that the Allies code-named
‘Tony’. This is a 60” (1524mm) wingspan 1/8th
sport scale replica of this elegant fightere
type for .45 -.51 size motors, designed by
BRIAN BRASSEY
22 TYPE HISTORY: KAWASAKI KI-61
Known to its operators as the ‘Hien’ (Swallow)
and by its adversaries as the ‘Tony’, this was
arguably Japan’s most elegant fi ghter of the
W.W.2 era.
26 KI-61 SCALE DRAWING
1:40 detailed three-view drawing
28 KI-61 FLYING COLOURS
A ‘Swallow’ in warpaint
32 INDOOR FREE FLIGHT
ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY FE8
Quaint though the layout may have been,
it does make a scale modelling subject
with ‘presence’. This 25” (635mm) wingspan
indoor scale example designed by JOHN
WATTERS for Co2 power, would also be
suitable for electric drive
38 BESPOKE PROPELLERS FOR
LARGE SCALE MODELS
PART 2: Ian Turney-White concludes his
techniques for the carving and gluing required.
42 FREE FULL SIZE PLAN FEATURE
PIPER SUPER CRUISER
Our full size free plan feature this month is a
45” (1143mm) span R/C model of the classic
Piper three-seater designed by ADRIAN
BRITTON
46 PIPER SUPER CRUISER
SCALE DRAWING
1:40 three-views
48 SCALE SOARING
Two new devices discovered! A C.G.
ballancer/measurer and a ‘lucky coil’ wind
predictor that guarantees wind direction
and wind strength exactly how you like it.
Better than Bitcoin by far!
52 SUBECTS FOR SCALE:
MACCHI MC.200 ‘SAETTA’
When it first entered front line service in 1939,
the ‘Saetta’ was regarded as the best all round
Italian fighter among a multiplicity of
types, all produced to do the same task
58 MACCHI MC.200 SCALE
DRAWING
1:60 fine-line detailed three-views
60 MC.200 FLYING COLOURS
Combat colours for the ‘Saetta’
62 SURVIVING FREE FLIGHT SCALE
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Dec 21 6 MASTER MODELS SAUNDERS-ROE PRINCESS Mike Roach recreates the last of the big, really big, flying boats, electric powered notso- miniature 14 KAWASAKI KI-61 ‘HIEN’ The fighter that the Allies code-named ‘Tony’. This is a 60” (1524mm) wingspan 1/8th sport scale replica of this elegant fightere type for .45 -.51 size motors, designed by BRIAN BRASSEY 22 TYPE HISTORY: KAWASAKI KI-61 Known to its operators as the ‘Hien’ (Swallow) and by its adversaries as the ‘Tony’, this was arguably Japan’s most elegant fi ghter of the W.W.2 era. 26 KI-61 SCALE DRAWING 1:40 detailed three-view drawing 28 KI-61 FLYING COLOURS A ‘Swallow’ in warpaint 32 INDOOR FREE FLIGHT ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY FE8 Quaint though the layout may have been, it does make a scale modelling subject with ‘presence’. This 25” (635mm) wingspan indoor scale example designed by JOHN WATTERS for Co2 power, would also be suitable for electric drive 38 BESPOKE PROPELLERS FOR LARGE SCALE MODELS PART 2: Ian Turney-White concludes his techniques for the carving and gluing required. 42 FREE FULL SIZE PLAN FEATURE PIPER SUPER CRUISER Our full size free plan feature this month is a 45” (1143mm) span R/C model of the classic Piper three-seater designed by ADRIAN BRITTON 46 PIPER SUPER CRUISER SCALE DRAWING 1:40 three-views 48 SCALE SOARING Two new devices discovered! A C.G. ballancer/measurer and a ‘lucky coil’ wind predictor that guarantees wind direction and wind strength exactly how you like it. Better than Bitcoin by far! 52 SUBECTS FOR SCALE: MACCHI MC.200 ‘SAETTA’ When it first entered front line service in 1939, the ‘Saetta’ was regarded as the best all round Italian fighter among a multiplicity of types, all produced to do the same task 58 MACCHI MC.200 SCALE DRAWING 1:60 fine-line detailed three-views 60 MC.200 FLYING COLOURS Combat colours for the ‘Saetta’ 62 SURVIVING FREE FLIGHT SCALE


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6 MASTER MODELS
SAUNDERS-ROE PRINCESS
Mike Roach recreates the last of the big,
really big, flying boats, electric powered notso-
miniature
14 KAWASAKI KI-61 ‘HIEN’
The fighter that the Allies code-named
‘Tony’. This is a 60” (1524mm) wingspan 1/8th
sport scale replica of this elegant fightere
type for .45 -.51 size motors, designed by
BRIAN BRASSEY
22 TYPE HISTORY: KAWASAKI KI-61
Known to its operators as the ‘Hien’ (Swallow)
and by its adversaries as the ‘Tony’, this was
arguably Japan’s most elegant fi ghter of the
W.W.2 era.
26 KI-61 SCALE DRAWING
1:40 detailed three-view drawing
28 KI-61 FLYING COLOURS
A ‘Swallow’ in warpaint
32 INDOOR FREE FLIGHT
ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY FE8
Quaint though the layout may have been,
it does make a scale modelling subject
with ‘presence’. This 25” (635mm) wingspan
indoor scale example designed by JOHN
WATTERS for Co2 power, would also be
suitable for electric drive
38 BESPOKE PROPELLERS FOR
LARGE SCALE MODELS
PART 2: Ian Turney-White concludes his
techniques for the carving and gluing required.
42 FREE FULL SIZE PLAN FEATURE
PIPER SUPER CRUISER
Our full size free plan feature this month is a
45” (1143mm) span R/C model of the classic
Piper three-seater designed by ADRIAN
BRITTON
46 PIPER SUPER CRUISER
SCALE DRAWING
1:40 three-views
48 SCALE SOARING
Two new devices discovered! A C.G.
ballancer/measurer and a ‘lucky coil’ wind
predictor that guarantees wind direction
and wind strength exactly how you like it.
Better than Bitcoin by far!
52 SUBECTS FOR SCALE:
MACCHI MC.200 ‘SAETTA’
When it first entered front line service in 1939,
the ‘Saetta’ was regarded as the best all round
Italian fighter among a multiplicity of
types, all produced to do the same task
58 MACCHI MC.200 SCALE
DRAWING
1:60 fine-line detailed three-views
60 MC.200 FLYING COLOURS
Combat colours for the ‘Saetta’
62 SURVIVING FREE FLIGHT SCALE
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