MARCH 2016 NO.196
4 CONTACT
Just for starters
6 SOPWITH SS3: FULL SIZE FREE Plan
Indoors or out? Try this delightful little 80 gram (3 oz.) 24a€
wingspan WW1 scout for micro R/C and electric-power
12 SOPWITH TABLOID SCALE DRAWING
1:40 fine detail scale three-views
14 SOPWITH TABLOID TYPE HISTORY
When it first appeareded it was, compared to its
contemoraries, an object lesson in minimalist, practical
simplicity
17 SOPWITH TABLOID SKETCHPAGE
Cutaway of the full size airframe
20 TECHNO SCALE
Mike Evatt reviews more scale related web sites
22 MASTER MODELS: Fokker E.1
Gerd Reinscha€ s outstanding 40% model from the incomparable
Paolo Severin kit, captured on camera by Alex Whittaker
28 the fokker EINDECKERs: E1 - E.IV
Germanya€ s first true fighter aircraft.The late Alex Imrie,
aviation historian, traces the development of this famous line
of aircraft and the impact it had on WW1
34 EINDECKER SCALE DRAWING
1:40 fine detail scale three-views
36 EINDECKER FLYING COLOURS
Warbird Warpaint detail
38 THE QUIET ZONE
Peter Rake presents a 21a€ wingspan electric powered micro
model,with FREE full size plans
42 northrop p-61 BLACK WIDOW
Bruce Corfe and Ray Anderson appraise an unusual scale
twin from Vietnam, converted to electric power
48 P-61 SCALE DRAWING
1:70 scale three-views
50 BLACK WIDOW FLYING COLOURS
Colour scheme profile
52 Northrop P-61 TYPE HISTORY
The first fighter aircraft specifically designed from the ground
up to carry airborne interception radar equipment
58 SKElMersdale SCALE
Alex Whittaker looks back at last seasona€ s popular
Skelmersdale Scale clubman event which had a refreshing
emphasis on non-warbird aircraft types
64 Gentlemen, MIND YOUR LANGUAGE
Gary Sunderland, always a stickler for accuracy in matters
aeronautical, debunks a few misnomers of early aviation
terminology