Volume 20 - 2004*Four issues only..
*GENUINE WWI FRENCH AEROPLANE COLOUR PHOTO!
This very special 2004 edition begins our exclusive six part series of rare WWI colour autochromes of French aeroplanes beginning with the Farman F.40! Alan D Toelle provides stunning new Breguet 14 colour profiles in support of our France's Foreign Legion Of The Air series that reaches its 34th instalment and Harry Woodman presents some crucial modelling know-how in an informative modelling feature. Other highlights include: Mikael Carlson's fabulous flying Fokker; Breguet 14 in German colours!; stacks of reviews and a whole lot more!
*GENUINE WWI FRENCH AEROPLANE COLOUR PHOTOS!
This edition's special Farman F.40 French pusher two-seater features include two rare WWI colour photos with in-depth analysis plus six pages of detailed 1:48 and 1:72 scale drawings, period photos and paintings in colour along with a grey-painted Farman nacelle specimen! Harry Woodman describes the Russian Lutskoi Taube and we have the story of a unique restoration in The Netherlands-a BAT FK.23 Bantam no less! Plus RAF Museum expansion, Albatros D.III relic and all the usual candid product reviews!
*GENUINE WWI FRENCH AEROPLANE COLOUR COVER PHOTO!
Ground-breaking 1943 Harborough-published WWI camouflage and markings book offers some amazing artwork by C Rupert Moore, whilst the Hendon 'Ninak' is intimately photographed in close-up over two colour pages: DH9A scale plans and markings data also feature. Harry Woodman covers the guns and bombs carried by Sopwith Camels with his own excellent drawings and sketches. There are more exclusive genuine early areroplane colour photos and apart from the rare French Farman F.50 twin-engined bomber on the cover, even earlier autochromes portray a pair of pre-war German tauben! Stacks of kit reviews, some superb models from readers and a lively post bag make for yet another great collectors' edition!
*GENUINE WWI FRENCH AEROPLANE COLOUR PHOTO!
Lance Krieg's gorgeous Ansaldo SVA 5 based on the 1:48 Spin resin is this issue's lead model feature with dozens of step-by-step photos im monotone and colour! There's the amazing story of the RAF Museum's DH9A restoration and no less amazing, our exclusive Stateside report on the latest Hollywood biopic The Aviator -the epic life of Howard Hughes- with pre-war images of Hells Angels aircraft accompanying modern recreations... Centrespread features our second aeroplanes of WWI VC airmen this one depicting Reggie Warneford's Morane Saulnier Type L and Zeppelin LZ 37 artwork from the editor. Latest news; extended book and kit reviews plus more great models from our readers. It's true, only the best model magazines have the best modelling readers...
* This issue was featured on BBC's HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU Series 28, programme 7 first broadcast on 3 December 2004-it can still be viewed on a number of streaming platforms...