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It’s a Fokker, it’s Finnish and it has a radial! Alex Whittaker takes us on a 360-degree tour of an unusual warbird  The Fokker DXXI was designed by Eric Schatski in 1935. Eric then was working for Junkers and was also a commercial Lufthansa pilot, as well as a test pilot. He later moved to…

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Our latest Lockdown Project is from Cliff Whittaker, who fancied a slightly bigger version of Hawker’s famous jet The December 2019 edition of RCM&E included the plan of a Hawker Hunter, designed by Tony Nijhuis. The plan looked straightforward and I considered having a go. But with a wingspan of just 25 inches, it looked…

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Small is the new big. Despite its lack of size, the tiny WSAT Speedster is certainly a thing of beauty. It flies as well as its looks suggest. To start his Bench Blog workshop column this month, Tim Hooper looks at a capacitor powered micro model. Just in case you’re wondering, ‘WSAT’ stands for Wooden…

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Innocent 1970s fun with my KK Outlaw rudder only model. Alex Whittaker takes a sideways glance at our beloved hobby and is thoughtful… When I look back at the 1970s, I am amazed how things have changed. As a young bachelor (remember that word?) I used to get up early on a Sunday morning. Down…

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Adrian Harrison and Phil Lewis with their BJ Craft Epilogue and Skyleaf Leader and enjoying being back flying at a recent training session. Keith Jackson returns with more F3A flying news. Additional pictures by Robin Trumpp, Adam Debowski, Thomas David, Kevin Caton. Its great to be finally back flying! I wasn’t really sure about this…

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A favourite ‘silk purse’ model is my third scale Cub, modified to be the ‘clipped wing’ version so it would just fit in my car. In his retro column Shaun Garrity fettles some basket case models A silk purse from a pig’s ear? Yes, I know it’s a strange proverb. Originating from Scotland, its first…

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Alex Whittaker twangs on his Marigolds and gets to grips with cleaning up a much loved but tatty sports model. Most radio modellers are ‘Airframe Retentive’. I have had always had trouble throwing out old models, partially pranged models or those high-hours airframes that just need a little tender loving care. Like Darling Greta, I…

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Alex Whittaker delves into a scale masterpiece from the secretive ‘Spartacus’, his 118-inch span Miles Gemini Conceived as a four-seater light touring aircraft the Miles Messenger twin first flew on the 26th October 1945. The prototype was powered by a Blackburn Cirrus Minor engine. It was of wooden construction and had a retracting undercarriage. The…

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The completed KK Gipsy sits atop its stooge, ready to have its motor wound up. Tim Hooper fits a top spec motor to his R/C assist Keil Kraft rubber model. Skipping back a couple of episodes to the ongoing saga of my Keil Kraft Gipsy (as recently re-kitted by Ripmax), we’d reached the giddy heights…

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Quarter scale Bergfalke 4 fitted with E-Assist. When slope soaring in light winds an E-Assist system can help stop an unwanted trip to the bottom of the hill, as Chris Williams explains. There exists, amongst the more austere members of the scale soaring fraternity, a tendency towards pursed lips and muttered imprecations when a propeller…

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