Volume 15 No. 5 - Sept/Oct 1999
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PFALZ KIT AND PFALZ FACTORY DECALS!
Colin Owers presents his unique Curtiss MF plans feature that includes photos with 1:48 and 1:72 scale general arrangement drawings and there's a hyprer-detailed illustrated build review of the Toko 1:72 scale Pfalz D.XII by Tom Wictor. We continue the popular WWI plastic kit A-Z listings with Part 25 covering Fokkers; Friedrichafens; and Gothas. Archive colour photos illustrate Breguet 14 and Hansa Brandenburg D.I survivors in close-up and some rare Pfalz factory decals on genuine D.XII rudder fabric come under close scrutiny with colour images. Book and kit reviews galore plus some womderful reader's models on the back cover of SPAD 13 and Morane N masterpieces in 1:48 scale.
PFALZ subject matter makes inroads into this issue with Tom Wictor's spectacular step-by-step build of the Toko 1:72 Pfalz D.XII kit and his beautifully-finished model on our cover belies its small scale-a real masterpiece. Before this Charles Gosse provides a fascinating forensic analysis of his genuine Pfalz D.XII rudder fabric which bears the famous logo and this is reproduced in colour with Charles' detailed description alongside. This issue's scale plans feature is from Colin A Owers who provides 1:48 and 1:72 GAs of the American Curtiss Model MF Seagull flying boat together with archive photos. We continue our 'A-Z of scale WWI aeroplane kits' and Part 25 covers Fokker, Friedrichshafen and Gotha kits including the once highly sought after Aurora 1:48 Gotha G.V which was moulded in the same rich burgundy red plastic as the company's Fokker Triplane and also, inexplicably,their Me 109! Archive presents four images of the Breguet 14, Hi-Tech's 1:48 scale kit of which is reviewed in depth as part of our Products section along with nine other fascinating releases one of which being the Toko Hansa Brandenburg D.I. The inside rear cover features colour images of a preserved D.I revealing its powerplant and cockpit alongside useful Breguet detail shots taken at Le Bourget.Plenty of book reviews; new WWI paints: photo-etched detail parts and a 1:720 scale Hindenburg from Revell close out another memorable edition.