Volume 14 No. 4 - July/Aug 1998
WINDSOCK International Vol. 14, No. 4, July/August 1998*
Another great issue replete with unique top-quality reference and candid comment. Highlights include; Swedish Phonix D.III survivor in colour; 'WINDSOCK A-Z of WWI kits-part 24 covering all the Fokker E.III models up to 1998; * Blue Max Roland C.II detailed kit review and build article; an excellent Sopwith Swallow plans feature by J M Bruce with a dozen rare period photos and Ian Stair's 1:48 and 1:72 scale drawings; SPAD 7/13 archive; scathing analysis of the ICM Sikorsky Muromets kit by Harry Woodman; early aircraft national markings; Foreign Legion of the Air part 33 with Jon Guttman relating the story of voulunteer Czech airman Augustin Charvat with photos and exclusive colour profiles-all topped off with product reviews and Readers' Gallery in full colour!
*LAST REMAINING ISSUE!
WE have just the one copy left of this popular issue from the Summer of '98. The packed content includes: colour images of the World's sole surviving Phonix D.III preserved in Sweden's Air Force Museum; Part 24 of 'The Windsock A-Z of scale WWI Aeroplanes' that covers Fokker E.III kits from Blueprint's 1:24 scale vacform to Helmet's 1:200 scale metal miniature, followed by a detailed Blue Max Roland C.II Walfisch build log by master modeller Tom Wictor. Main article is a unique seven page plans feature on the Sopwith Swallow/Scooter parasol monoplanes of 1918 with a dozen rare photos from J M Bruce to support his historical narrative, plus 1:72 and 1:48 scale drawings by Ian Stair. Other highlights of this issue include a detailed appraisal of ICM's flawed Ilya Muromets by Harry Woodman; origins of early aircraft national markings; four pages of kit and product reviews, plus all the usual departments and columns.We close the issue with Part 33 of Jon Guttman's expansive series on 'France's Foreign Legion of the Air' with the story of Czech pilot Augustin Charvet of Spa.315 with five ultra-rare photos and colour profiles of his Nieuport 24 and SPAD 13 C.1 fighters.
