Volume 16 No. 1 - Jan/Feb 2000
WINDSOCK International, Vol.16,No.1,Jan/Feb 2000
IPMS Nats * Russian Naval Nieuports - part 2 * Dove Tales - the Flashback Taube with rare 1913 drawings * SAAF Avro 504K colours with unique mono profiles * Brome County's original Fokker D.VII with two colour photos. Plus all the usual extended kit and book reviews in yet another rare issue down to the last few copies...
THE one with the great big Pfalz on the front...kicks off with a colour report on top models at the 1999 IPMS Nationals Telford, followed by a lively readers' letters section and a round-up of WWI-related books spread over two pages.Harry Woodman offers sage modelling notes with photos and drawings to help modellers with the Flashback 1:48 scale Etrich Taube and also includes a detailed analysis of the kit.Marc Cilliers provides photos,data and drawings for South African Avro 504K biplanes and Harry pitches in again with a survey of Russian Naval Nieuports with super rare images-good stuff this! Over ten pages of detailed kits and decal reviews follow covering the 1:48 scale Blue Max OEF D.III;a resin Bristol Monoplane from Spin; Eduard Nieuport; a novel Santos Dumont balloon and Voisin No.1 from AJP and a raft of 1:72 scale kits in resin and plastic.The rear covers showcase two close-ups of the Brome County Fokker D.VII and four great models by readers including Tom Polopink's 1:4 scale Pfalz D.IIIa as featured on the cover.