In the air - the Saab Viggen described by Terry Gander and Neil Crosby

SU76 Russian self-propelled gun in 1:76 scale - from Chris Spain

Twin-seat Harrier 1:72 scale conversion - by Alan W. Hall

Squadron codes and colours - part one of this new series from Michael J. F. Bowyer

Ancient warships - the Greek pentere Agamemnon by Ron Wood

7M85 - Unusual German dual-purpose gun modelled by Terry Gander

Fighting colours - Sopwith Camel and Snipe by Bruce Robertson

Charge of the Light Brigade - Captain Nolan in 54 mm scale by Sid Horton

Mosquitos galore - First of two Mosquito conversion articles from Bryan Philpott

Buildings for wargames - Three more Country Inn conversions by Terence Wise

Penfriends wanted - in the UK and abroad

Colours review - part two of this detailed article by Michael J. F. Bowyer

First principles - the question of scale discussed by Bruce Quarrie

IPMS National Championship - report and list of winners by Bruce Quarrie

Model soldiers - British First World War machine gun team - by Roy Dilley

British International Toy Fair - report from Brighton by Bruce Quarrie

New kits and models - from Revell, Tamiya and others

Book reviews - new publications of interest to modellers

Letters to the Editor - your chance to win a free Airfix kit

Cover Picture - This striking photograph of a Chieftain main battle tank on manoeuvres last year was supplied by the Ministry of Defence (Army) Press Office. Unfortunately they were unable to supply any information about this particular vehicle but it appears that it has just been hit by a coloured smoke shell, presumably used to identify 'hits' in these large scale war games. However, we stand to be corrected on this point and if any reader has any more positive information we should be delighted to hear from him. Colour transparencies of readers' models keep pouring in but unfortunately we are having to return many of these due to inadequate lighting, poor composition or simple out of focus photography. If you are thinking of sending in any transparenciesa€35 mm or 2g inch sizea€"please bear these points in mind and try to visualise what the model will look like on the cover when arranging your composition. But please, don't stop sending them in.