Volume 18 No. 3 - May/June 2002
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BLOODY PARALYSER!
Superb Nieuport IVM expertly scratchbuilt by Italian master modeller Alberto Casirati with colour construction photos and scale drawings is our lead feature. Not far behind is a nostalgic look back at the Airfix Handley Page O/400 reissued in 2022 for which we have 1:72 scale plans and mods to aid builders. We cover more Italian colours this time covering Voisin pushers, with over 15 photos and three colour plates, as well as an exclusive peek at the ongoing Ansaldo A-1 restoration project in Turin with candid colour images of progress. Plus all the usual review columns; Hornchurch show report and a rare Felixtowe relic...
ALBERTO Casirati scratchbuilds a Nieuport IV M monoplane in 1:72 scale with plastic sheet and scrap-sequential photos and a scale drawing lend support.Steve Rutland reports on Southern Expo 2002 with some great WWI entrants in full colour whilst elsewhere, Ray Rimell and Harry Woodman offer some ways to improve the classic Airfix Handley Page O/400 with build photos, sketches and 1:72 scale interior detail drawings.Alberto returns with notes on Voisin pusher colours in Italian service backing up his narrative with 16 rare images with a page of colour profiles by Bob Pearson.There are colour shots of a restored Felixstowe F.5 nose in Norfolk;a look at the restoration of an Ansaldo AI fighter in Turin featuring colour photos of engine,fuselage and fabric whilst the rear cover has four classic examples of German aeroplane advertising posters from the war period. All the popular regulars including readers'models in colour plus plentiful reviews of kits,books and decals!