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DAVIS DA-9
SCALE TECHNIQUE
SPORT SCALE
MASTERCLASS
PAINT YOUR WAGON.
THE FINISHING PROCESS
DOWN
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HOW TO HIDE THOSE
ACCESS HATCHES
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PRACTICAL SPORT SCAL BU IT 1: 33 E, 80IN. WINGSPAN
PLUS:
1:40 THREE-VIEWS
TYPE HISTORY
CLOSE-UP PHOTO STUDY
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BOEING F4B & P-12
GREAT SUBJECT
FOR SCALE
1:40 SCALE DRAWINGS
COLOUR SCHEMES
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THE ISSUE AHEAD...
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Formation...
FLYING SCALE MODELS - THE FIRST AND FOREMOST MAGAZINE FOR SCALE MODEL FLYERS
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CONTACT
Just for starters
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BUILD IT LINE THE PIONEERS
The late Denis Fairlie once suggested
that the best way to model ‘Dawn-of-
Aviation ‘ aircraft was to replicate the
construction techniques of the originals.
here’s how.
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DAVIS DA-9
Dr Mike Hawkins (F.R.Ae S.) searched for
a scale subject that could be built to 1:4
scale and be small enough to satisfy air
transport luggage restrictions. At 38’1/2”
wingspan, the Davis DA-9 fitted the bill
perfectly!
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NOW YOU SEE THEM...
NOW YOU DON’T
Nothing worse on a scale model than
access hatches plainly visible. Simon
Delaney shows how to hide ‘em.
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DAVIS DA-9 TYPE HISTORY
The Homebuilt aircraft movement
is strong in USA, where there is
unsuppassed diversity of designs flown
successfully. This is the story of one.
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DE HAVIILAND DH 60 MOTH
Nothing nicer that a DH ‘Moth’. David
Boddington’s 80’ wingspan 1:4.33 scale
model is a good choice for flying fun
22 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
BOEING F4B & P-12
In an era of low military budgets, the
Boeing bipane ‘Pursuits’ epitomised a
quite literally colourful period of U.S.
military aviation.
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DE HAVILLAND DH 60
TYPE HISTORY
The right aeroplane at the right time
that dominated Club and private
recreational flying in Britain from
inception its in 1925 unitil 1939.
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F4B & P-12 SCALE
DRAWINGS
1:40 fine detail scale three views
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DH 60 IN DETAIL
Close-up study of DH 60 Gipsy Moth
G-EBLV
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BOEING P-12 & F4B
FLYING COLOURS
U.S.Army and Navy colour schemes
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BITS AND PIECES
John Carpenter receommends
‘Plastruct’, much used by Model
Railroaders which he holds as an ideal
material for model aircraft detailing.
ON THE
COVER
NOTHING QUITE LIKE THE SOUND OF A DH 60 MOTH WAFTING
BY, EITHER FULL SIZE OR IN SCALE MODEL FORM.
G-EBW is one of those demonstrated regularly as the Shuttleworth
Collection’s weekend air days.
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EDITORIAL
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BIGGER THAN EVER,
TWICE AS NICE
That may sound a strange introduction
when the model to which it applies is quite
an anomaly. Our full size free plan feature
this month is double size and yet with
wingspan on only 38.1/4inches (971.5mm)
is to full quarter scale. Designed by Dr.Mike
Hawkins, this is a model of the Davis DA-9,
a little hot-rod designed and built is USA
by Leeon Davis who specializes is V-tail
homebuilt aircraft, thss one specifically for
a climb-to height competition.
Mike’s construction feature, together
with a Type History of the full size aircraft
tells all.
The DA-9 is really tiny with a wingspan of
only 15ft 7”, a fuselage that wraps around
the pilot like stiff sock only slightly longer.
it is not the smallest man carrying aircraft
ever built. So what was? That accolade
set the memory cells in motion, something
that takes time these days, but I had a
clue from which the internet came to
the rescue as it usually does after you’ve
asked the question in sufficient different
ways. For me, visual memory is always
better than ‘names’ and the one I had in
mind was a red and while stubby-stubby
biplane.
And the Internet obliged with detail of
photos of ‘Sky Baby’, built in 1952 with a
wingspan of just 2.2 meters (86.61”) by
Americans Robert Starr and Roy Stitts, and
was recognised for three decades as the
‘World’s Smallest’.
Then, in 1984, Robert Starr came back
with his 2.1meter (787.4mm) ‘Bumble Bee’,
now listed in Guinness Book of Records as
the new World’s smallest.
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Tony Dowdeswell
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Alan Harman
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Peter Hutchinson
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MODELAIR AT OLD WARDEN
Ken and Sheila Sheppard of ModelAir
have been forced to cancel their
Mayfly event scheduled for May 19th
because the Government has changed
its regulations, such that Shuttleworth
can hold only Drive-In events for a
period that extends beyond the
intended date.
ModelAir will do
what they can to find
alternative dates and in
the meantime, we can
all look forward to Scale
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