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Flying Scale Models Magazine December 2017 Back Issue

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65 Reviews   •  English   •   Hobbies & Crafts (Radio Control Modelling)
4 CONTACT
Just for starters
6 PONNIER racer 40
An easy-to-build 40" wingspan pioneer racer for electric power,
designed by Peter Rake
10 SCALE SOARING
Chris Williams reports the White Sheet Scale Fly-in and
reveals the success of his latest not-so-large build project
14 WESTLAND WIDGEON IN DETAIL
A close-up detail photo study in support of our October issue
construction feature for Phil Kent’s Widgeon Mk.III
18 FOKKER E.III EINDECKER
A large, 1:8th scale free flight rubber-powered replica of the
famous WW1 warbird designed by Andrew Hewitt
24 SO WHAT IS PRETENSIONING?
...and what can it do for the performance of a rubber powered
free flight scale model?
26 THE FOKKER EINDECKERS
The development of this famous line of aircraft and the impact
it had on fighter aircraft design the early years of WW1
34 EINDECKER SCALE DRAWING
1:40 detailed scale three-view drawings
36 EINDECKER FLYING COLOURS
Warpaint of the ‘Fokker Scourge’
40 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
The SuPermaRine Seafire series
Produced, at least initially, in something of an act of
desperation, progressive mix-and-match development
paralleling the land-based Spitfire series evenually
produced an excellent Carrier based Fleet fighter
48 SEAFIRE Mk. XVII SCALE DRAWING
1:50 scale drawings
50 SEAFIRE Mk.XVII IN DETAIL
Kennet Aviation’s restored and fully airworthy example
54 INSTRUMENT PANEL
Follow Mike Alexander's step-by-step route to scalish
instrument panels: scale realism without too much effort
60 the QUIET ZONE
Peter Rake proposes more indoor flying fun with a colourful
Depron foam Grumman F3F-3 biplane
64 GRUMMAN FLYING COLOURS
Some alternative colour scheme for your Indoor profile F3F-3
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December 2017 4 CONTACT Just for starters 6 PONNIER racer 40 An easy-to-build 40" wingspan pioneer racer for electric power, designed by Peter Rake 10 SCALE SOARING Chris Williams reports the White Sheet Scale Fly-in and reveals the success of his latest not-so-large build project 14 WESTLAND WIDGEON IN DETAIL A close-up detail photo study in support of our October issue construction feature for Phil Kent’s Widgeon Mk.III 18 FOKKER E.III EINDECKER A large, 1:8th scale free flight rubber-powered replica of the famous WW1 warbird designed by Andrew Hewitt 24 SO WHAT IS PRETENSIONING? ...and what can it do for the performance of a rubber powered free flight scale model? 26 THE FOKKER EINDECKERS The development of this famous line of aircraft and the impact it had on fighter aircraft design the early years of WW1 34 EINDECKER SCALE DRAWING 1:40 detailed scale three-view drawings 36 EINDECKER FLYING COLOURS Warpaint of the ‘Fokker Scourge’ 40 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE The SuPermaRine Seafire series Produced, at least initially, in something of an act of desperation, progressive mix-and-match development paralleling the land-based Spitfire series evenually produced an excellent Carrier based Fleet fighter 48 SEAFIRE Mk. XVII SCALE DRAWING 1:50 scale drawings 50 SEAFIRE Mk.XVII IN DETAIL Kennet Aviation’s restored and fully airworthy example 54 INSTRUMENT PANEL Follow Mike Alexander's step-by-step route to scalish instrument panels: scale realism without too much effort 60 the QUIET ZONE Peter Rake proposes more indoor flying fun with a colourful Depron foam Grumman F3F-3 biplane 64 GRUMMAN FLYING COLOURS Some alternative colour scheme for your Indoor profile F3F-3


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Flying Scale Models  |  December 2017  


4 CONTACT
Just for starters
6 PONNIER racer 40
An easy-to-build 40" wingspan pioneer racer for electric power,
designed by Peter Rake
10 SCALE SOARING
Chris Williams reports the White Sheet Scale Fly-in and
reveals the success of his latest not-so-large build project
14 WESTLAND WIDGEON IN DETAIL
A close-up detail photo study in support of our October issue
construction feature for Phil Kent’s Widgeon Mk.III
18 FOKKER E.III EINDECKER
A large, 1:8th scale free flight rubber-powered replica of the
famous WW1 warbird designed by Andrew Hewitt
24 SO WHAT IS PRETENSIONING?
...and what can it do for the performance of a rubber powered
free flight scale model?
26 THE FOKKER EINDECKERS
The development of this famous line of aircraft and the impact
it had on fighter aircraft design the early years of WW1
34 EINDECKER SCALE DRAWING
1:40 detailed scale three-view drawings
36 EINDECKER FLYING COLOURS
Warpaint of the ‘Fokker Scourge’
40 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
The SuPermaRine Seafire series
Produced, at least initially, in something of an act of
desperation, progressive mix-and-match development
paralleling the land-based Spitfire series evenually
produced an excellent Carrier based Fleet fighter
48 SEAFIRE Mk. XVII SCALE DRAWING
1:50 scale drawings
50 SEAFIRE Mk.XVII IN DETAIL
Kennet Aviation’s restored and fully airworthy example
54 INSTRUMENT PANEL
Follow Mike Alexander's step-by-step route to scalish
instrument panels: scale realism without too much effort
60 the QUIET ZONE
Peter Rake proposes more indoor flying fun with a colourful
Depron foam Grumman F3F-3 biplane
64 GRUMMAN FLYING COLOURS
Some alternative colour scheme for your Indoor profile F3F-3
read more read less
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