Flying Scale Models Magazine, August 2021 Issue

MASTER MODELS De HAVILLAND DH 86 ‘EXPRESS’ - Four-engine scale made easier, by electric power. Mike Roach describes his build, from the plans by British Canadian Ivan
Pettigrew. 70 flights and counting!
DH 86 TYPE HISTORY - By the early 1930s, whilst the sun had yet to set on the British Empire, it was well into mid-afternoon. The march of progress, worldwide, highlighted the need for more swift communication between the ‘Mother Country’ and the far-flung territories on which the sun ‘never set’.
SCALE SOARING - Chris Williams heads for the hills, for the White Sheet Scale Fly-In
NIEUPORT 28 - The late Phil Smith’s 65” (1651mm) wingspan, 1/5th scale WW1 Warbird,
designed for 10cc (.61 cu.in) engines
NIEUPORT 28 - SCALE DRAWING - 1:40 detailed scale three views
FULL SIZE FREE PLAN FEATURE - NIEUPORT 28 - A one-piece airframe, simplified, handy sized 35.5” wingspan model for electric or I.C. power designed by Peter Rake
NIEUPORT 28 TYPE HISTORY - This late WW1 French fighter type was
ever adopted by the air arm of its country of origin, but is forever associated with the early days of U.S. military aviation. The French sold it to their Allies without guns, which was a fat lot of good!
NIEUPORT 28 - FLYING COLOURS - Flamboyant colour schemes of the American Expeditionary Force in WW1 and after.
LIGHTEN UP! - So often, the simple methods are the best. Tissue paper has been a staple model aircraft covering since Pontius was even a free flight Pilot and this method of achieving a surface finish is certainly the lightest.
SPORT SCALE MASTERCLASS PART 25: Gordon Whitehead deals with flight testing and general handling.
MILES M.38 MESSENGER - PART 2: Peter Shaw continues the construction sequence of his Graham Smith designed quarter-scale 100” (2540mm) wingspan model for engines in
the region of 1.20 cu.in