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6 FOURNIER RF-4 A 60” span, sport scale model for electric power and four-function control, designed by Peter Rake, with the prototype built and fl own by Enzo Della Mea 12 FOURNIER RF-4 TYPE HISTORY Rene Fournier’s remarkable Volkswagen engined ‘avions planeur’ has long been a popular subject with scale modellers 16 FOURNIER SCALE DRAWING Fine-line scale three views in 1:40 scale 18 SCALE SOARING Chris Williams – blowing in the wind 24 WING RIB PLOTTING WITHOUT THE MATHS Try Gordon Whitehead’s practical method of lofting wing ribs root to tip, for wing planforms ranging from straight-taper to elliptical and swept-back 28 LOCKHEED SIRIUS A Golden Era floatplane, sleek and beautiful, immortalised by Charles Lindbergh. Designed and built by Ken Marsh. Described by Ken Sheppard 36 SIRIUS TYPE HISTORY Air travel route proving may sound mundane, but at the beginning of the nineteen-thirties there was no aircraft designed to do the task. Charles Lindbergh defined the requirement and did the flying 42 LOCKHEED MODEL 8 SIRIUS SCALE DRAWING Multi view drawing in 1:60 scale 44 PANEL LINES AND RIVET DETAILING Realism in any scale model is purely skin deep. The better the surface detail, the more realistic is the fi nal eff ect. Take in Andy Ward’s technique for more convincing results