Category: More Features

  • Jumbo Jumbo

    Jumbo Jumbo

    Who says size doesn’t matter! Bruce Corfe checks out a mega-model in sunny Western Australia Whoever said ‘size doesn’t matter’ […]

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  • SAVOIA-MARCHETTI SM.79

    SAVOIA-MARCHETTI SM.79

    Alex Whittaker admires Ken Sheppard’s ex-ARTF cartoon scale Italian trimotor The Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (Sparrowhawk) first flew in September 1934. […]

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  • Scale Gliding

    Scale Gliding

    Your new columnist’s latest 1:3.26 scale version of the full-size Gull replica. Chris Williams kicks off his new scale soaring […]

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  • Simple Sailman

    Simple Sailman

    Roy Thompson rescues a once popular Brit kit from a clubmate’s loft and launches it to lofty heights. Back in […]

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  • Hot Tacks

    Hot Tacks

    This neat adaptation of a small soldering iron will allow you to tack covering films down in all those tricky […]

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  • Cutting A Dash

    Cutting A Dash

    Instrument panel for a Schempp-Hirth SHK-1 glider. Brian Hoddy reveals some of his secrets to making a realistic scale instrument […]

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  • Miniature Gems

    Miniature Gems

    Richard Crossley’s four-engine Consolidated PB2Y Coronado. Some of the sweetest model aeroplanes I have ever seen in my life have […]

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  • Blackpool Beckons

    Blackpool Beckons

    Danny Fenton heads for the bright lights and seaside to compete in his first F4C competition. It is interesting that […]

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  • Foam Engineering

    Foam Engineering

    Foam models have given rise to all sorts of questions, not least how best to stick them together and protect […]

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  • Article 16 – Why the Rules Changed

    Article 16 – Why the Rules Changed

    Why did the rules for model flying have to change? This thorny subject is discussed by Cliff Whittaker, who was […]

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