Volume 18 No. 2 - Mar/Apr 2002
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SPAD STARS AND STRIPES!
Great FF33 floatplane modelling feature from Poland supported by five colour profiles, the second SPAD PLUMAGE instalment with many rare photos and two pages of new colour profiles plus detail colour close-ups of a restored SPAD XIII in France are among the highlights of this issue! There's a unique WWI period scale model of a Hansa Brandenburg D.I fighter; Italian Farman colours and markings featuring over a dozen rare wartime images, plus detailed reviews of all the latest kits including Roden's Gotha G.V; Pegasus DH5 and MAC Fokker D.VII- not forgetting new books and accessories!
POLISH Navy Friedrichshafen FF33 floatplanes form the subject of our lead feature-Wojciech Butrycz providing the story plus detailed build logs for his Choroszy Modelbud resin FF 33E and FF 33L kits supported by a page of profiles to supplement those on the front cover.Readers' Toolbench features a novel contour gauge and we look at a genuine 1918 scale model of the Hansa Brandenburg D.I-a real genuine period antique! Farman pushers come under Alberto Casirati's radar with over a dozen rare archive images whilst elsewhere, Greg Van Wyngarden concludes his detailed SPAD coverage from the previous issue with 17 more photos and two further colour pages of profiles of WWI 94th AS SPADS and post-war Showbirds. In addition,the rear cover boasts eight close-up photos of a restored SPAD XIII in France and readers' models are spread over two colour pages with some superb flying and non-flying examples. Not forgetting all the regular review columns!
