Volume 18 No. 1 - Jan/Feb 2002
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SUPER SPAD SPECIAL!
Four pages of Spad 13 post war exotic 'Showbirds' colour art with special extensive markings features and rare photos! Continuing the theme is Doug Carrick with his hyper-accurate and detailed new 1:32 scale drawings providing yet further vital reference for the new Hobbycraft Spad S.XIII kit exclusively reviewed in this issue! Other highlights include:colours and markings of Italian Bleriot two-seaters in early wartime service with archive photos and new colour profiles with more excellent readers' models in full colour. Plus plenty of kit reviews, news and readers' tips in our unique Toolbench column!
FOR fans of the famous French SPAD fighters of WWI and the post war years, Greg Van Wyngarden provides the full story behind the exotic markings and colours worn by American 94th Aero Squadron S.XIII pilots in 1918/1919 providing over 16 highly informative pages that include over two dozen archive images,superb 1:32 scale drawings by Doug Carrick-invaluable for those modelling the Hobbycraft kit reviewed exclusively in this very issue-and two pages of colour profiles illustrating the flamboyant Showbirds of the 94th supporting the outer cover artworks.Some really stunning schemes for your SPADs!
Bleriot monoplanes in Italian service are described by Alberto Casirati with ten photos and a further colour page of profiles by Bob Pearson. If all this were not enough there's a colour report on the 2001 Scale Modelworld event with some great WWI winners; two colour pages of readers' models plus all the latest WWI books,kits,decals and accessories together with modelling hints and tips. It's a real feast for the eyes all round!
