Volume 16 No. 4 - July/Aug 2000
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FREEZY FOKKERS AND FISHY NIEUPORTS!
Among the many highlights of this July/August edition are a scratchbuilt 1:72 scale Gotha WD.7 seaplane from polycard and a trip with a pair of Fokker D.VIIs to Iceland in 1932! The rear cover features a rare colour Pfalz WWI advertisment from 1918; there is yet more SPAD 13 plumage and a hyper-detailed build log for a resin Polish Friedrichshafen G.III. bomber. Elsewhere, we present a very special true scale Nieuport photo feature; a superb R/C Biff from Oz; Russian pre-war military air trial entrants with really rare images, plus over ten pages of kit, decal and accessory reviews that include a special colour-supported piece on the Pegasus 1:72 scale RAF BE2e. Several book reviews with all the latest news and reader feedback add to the mix!
IN this packed edition Polish modeller Wojciech Butrycz builds the 1:72 scale Choroszy Modelbud resin Friedrichshafen G.III bomber with detailed modelling notes and construction photos that result in the superb model featured on our front cover. 'Fish-scale'painted training Nieuports are the subject of a special photo spread, whilst Harry Woodman offers unique insight into a 1912 Russian Military aeroplane competition held in 1912 with nearly a dozen rare contemporary photos. Joel Christy contributes a novel scratch-building article on the Gotha WD.7 seaplane and Richard Korn has the fascinating story of two Dutch Fokker D.VII fighters that went to Iceland in 1932 to test weather conditions there.Also in this issue,there are ten pages of Products covering in-depth reviews of the latest kits from Hobbycraft; Spin Model; Alliance Models; Eduard; Omega; Roden and many more plus a special colour page review of the Pegasus RAF BE2e with a revisionist Brian Knight painting; all this together with new decals and accessories for the Summer modelling season.Finally,a really superb 1/4 scale Bristol Fighter model with functioning radiator shutters features in this issue's Readers' Gallery-in colour!