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Posted by Martin McIntosh on 09/11/2020 18:15:18: I can possibly vacform those bits as an add on but way in the future. I had a 1/4 scale pilot made by a company in Wales for my Stampe. Reasonably expensive but he looks the business. Just wish that I could remember what they call themselves. Hello Martin, was it by any chance AH ( Alan Hawes )Designs? they were in Wales and made model pilots. If so, sadly Alan passed away a little time ago.............Mal. Edited By mal brewer on 09/11/2020 18:58:33

Bit off-topic, but what engine is fitted in G-BCCX, as it does not appear to be the standard engine, (a Gypsy Major I believe ).....................Mal

Posted by Capt Kremen on 28/10/2020 18:01:55: And the 'little format' 'Radio Modeller'. Plenty of meaty content in the articles with less of the advertiser pleasing puff. Also, the competition that kept all on their toes - 'RC Model World', ' QFI', 'Quiet & Electric Flight', 'Scale Models', 'Aviation Modeller' and others. Plus all the American magazines - 'Flying Models', 'RCM', 'Model Aviation'. Used to spend hours in the backroom of 'Aviation Bookshop' in Holloway Road rummaging through the back copies. Them were the (golden) days! Nobody's mentioned 'Model Aircraft' ...............another great magazine................................Mal

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Hi John, don't know if you have been informed, those big Supre Tigers don't require nitro in the fuel, and only 10% oil. I always used to buy 20% oil straight fuel, and dilute it with an equal quantity of neat methanol. Nowadays, of course, you can buy 10% oil fuel.............Mal

Hello Nigel, I've a feeling that all costs,including the Parcelforce 'handling charge', are liable to the VAT surcharge. That would make the £12 charge about correct. I stand to be corrected though..................Mal

Posted by Simon Chaddock on 09/09/2020 00:28:41:   Much later I did pick up an M5 at a car boot sale. Rather older and on 27 MHz it used weird 5 wire servos. It did still work at the time but I have never used it in anything. . Ah, the Futaba Digimax 5, my first proportional radio. I bought mine with three servos,I couldn't afford to buy 4 ! I bought the extra servos a few weeks later. I seem to recall it cost me about £130 with three sevos,a lot of money at the time. Yes it did have five-wire servos, I think they were FD 11's, a linear servo, two with a red label, two with a black label for reversed travel ( no servo reversing then ). It was a very good radio, very reliable,and came with a full set of 6 frequency crystals and flags. The only weak point was the servos were prone to stripping the gearing on the ouput racks on a heavy landing, but it was a 2 minute job to strip and re-assemble the servo,and spares were cheap and readily available. Yes an excellent radio, I've used Futaba ever since.............Mal Edited By mal brewer on 09/09/2020 11:28:32 Edited By mal brewer on 09/09/2020 11:43:37 Edited By mal brewer on 09/09/2020 11:46:03

Nice looking 'Gypsy ', Tim. Is that a 'free-wheeling' propeller, if not, what are the look like rubber bands near the prop hub ?.........................Mal

Hi Alan, that really does surprise me. As I stated, I would have thought the system completely unworkable.Obviously I was wrong ( once again ).I suppose if anybody could get it to work it would be Doug McHard,he built a few off=beat models himself.I still take some convincing though !..........................Mal

I wouldn't have thought that any of H J Towner's rubber powered twin or four-engined models ever flew. The rubber drive motor was angled from the nacelles to a central anchorage point in the fuselage,at an angle of between 30-40 degrees. I would say that the system was quite unworkable. I remember an 'Astral' kit for a 'Beaufighter', designed by H J T employing this system.It was a wartime kit,and all part were printed on what appeared to be obeche,which further lessened the chances of success.So yes, I would say most,if not all, of the mult-engine models were built as static models........................Mal

Posted by PatMc on 20/08/2020 20:59:13: Bob, it's the same scheme & registration as the Veron version, perhaps it's a "bitsa" with the Wik RF4 wings. This is from the late Phil Smith's plans catalogue of Veron & vintage models. Colin Smith continued supplying plans but I don't know if he still does or how to contact him, you may be able to get more info from Derick, who runs this plans site. Colin [email protected]     very helpful chap,he's got loads of plans listed,more than likely he's got the Fournier......................Mal Edited By mal brewer on 21/08/2020 11:23:27

There's a new old-stock kit for sale on e-bay........don't know how to put a link on......it's a recent addition, 16 august............Mal

Hi Martin and Colin, the mention by Martin of a Mitchel brings to my memory a cover photo of RCME of a line-up of the JDM display team.I think this was before the days of the big Lancaster and Spitfire. As I said, I never saw or heard about the Me 109, obviously I missed that somehow. Anyway, the line-up of models consisted of, as far as I can recall, a couple of Spitfires,one or two Mustangs, a P38 Lightning, a Dakota ( or C47 ) and a couple of B 25 Mitchels.Have I got this collection about right ? Also, was Jim Davis Models based in Stockland Green ?.................Mal

Posted by Maurice Dyer on 13/08/2020 14:05:32: I've seen a YouTube clip (cannot find it) of Roy Lever being driven down the runway flying his. If I recall he was sat on the back of a three wheeler. God knows why, the Land was big enough to see. Maybe dodgy range on 27 megs !?. Does anyone recall the name of a television series Roy did in the 90s ? He had a jet amongst others. Was it Model Mania or ?? Maurice Hi Maurice, as I stated earlier the story going round was the reason Roy Lever used to fly from a chase car was because he couldn't mange the reversed controls when flying a model towards himself. Don't know how true that was,but I never saw him fly without the car. Incidentally, he also had a large scale Concorde,what it was powered with I can't remember,but I do remember the variable centre of gravity operated by a football bladder part filled with water ! Does anybody else remember this model ?....................Mal

Posted by Andy Stephenson on 13/08/2020 11:42:11: I'm sure the one I saw fly at Sywell in the 70s was smaller than the Roy Lever one and the two pilots flying it were definitely standing by the runway and not in the back of a car. Could this have been the JDM Lanc. Andy. Hi Andy, I'm pretty sure the JDM Lancaster was smaller than the Roy Lever version,though still a very large model by the standards of the day.If the pilots were standing on the runway, it almost certainly was the Jim Davis model.................Mal Edited By mal brewer on 13/08/2020 11:56:56