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Artists Annual Exhibition is an
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1930s
Flight Refuelling
‘ometimes an idea is so compelling that
Yyou just have to follow it through to its
logical conclusion. And so it was for Don
Billingham, when he conceived the bold
idea of scratch-building a quarter-scale
1990s In-Flight Refuelling Double. Now, building
‘one quarter scale model would be enough for most
modellers. However, having the sheer ght to build
“The Airspeed Courier takae off with
{tabber shappis Hanging out Inthe
Alex Whittaker takes a
look at Don Billingham’s
ambitious historic project
two and with one of them over fiteen feet in span
Gefinitely demonstrates Don's true dedication.
Historic pail
In 1933, that consummate airman and showman,
Sir Alan Cobham, successfully refuelled an
Airspeed Courier from a traling hose let down
from a 1926 Handley Page W-10 biplane airliner. As
An awful lot of skill goes into getting two such
dissimilar models to formate so few feet apart.
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refuelling counterparts they could hardly
have been more different the lumbering
old biplane, and the then) cutting edge
monoplane. Certainly a very attractive pair.
However, although refuelling this way was
rot a new idea, it did catch the imagination
of the air minded 19308 British public.
‘Subsequently, Cobham demonstrated this
Te Airspeed Courier has bags of character: note
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new technique at shows up and down the
land. Unfortunately, the story has a tragic
codicil: HP W-10 G-EBNIM, “Youth of New
Zealand, of Sir Alan Cobham’s National
‘Aviation Displays, crashed in
Buckinghamshire. It was being wsed as an
airtanker and was returning after the mig
air refuelling of Cobham’s Airspeed
‘he quod vndararige nd that forest of ging 2am
‘but toa enormous mount of rag onthe WO.
11 feet 6
ee oy
Courier, which was embarked on a long
distant flight to India. it had just departed
Heston after being refueled, when it
crashed into a field kiling all four cre.
The Inspector of Accidents concluded that
the probable cause was a fracture of a
main bolt that secured the bracing wires of
the front spar to the tailplane.
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Model In-Flight refuelling
have noted Alan's pair of models before
They are large and impressive show
beasts, rather than exact scale models
This is because they are expressly
designed to fly weekin, week out in all
weathers, and in all wind conditions, at all
the LMA model shows. Alan has put the
‘emphasis on practicality and serviceability,
over and above outright scale fidelity. | fist
‘spotted his in-flight pair at LMA Cosford.
Gazing has bes ceponsod within retumn fr pre
‘ally Not viele at ype refueling heights
However, it was only later st the Woodvale
Show this year that fist saw their in-flight
display on an overcast and turbulent day.
The best way to describe the display is
precise’, involving some very proficient
flying. The pilots had to carefully juggle
their throttles and elevators to make up for
large differences in power, drag, and rates.
of climb - nowhere near as straightforward
'3s you might think, but a very satisfying
display when ital went to plan. The crowd
loved tt Hf you look closely atthe pictures,
Don's sturdy home-constructod retracting
Undercarriage
You will natie thet Don has even added 9
Teluelling technician to stand up out of the
top of the Courier!
The Models and the full-size
‘The airtankeris modelled on a 1926
Handley Page W-10 imperial Airways airlin
fer, a8 converted to refueling duties for Sit
‘Alan Cobham. Don has modelled
G-WBMR, not the il fated G:WEMM. The
model was designed by Don and scratch
built using tractional techniques, Its built to 14 scale and spans over fifteen feet. It
weighs &3 Ibs, and is powered by two
Laser 360 V Twin glow engines. These
dive 23°x 8" Menz props. Don has also
builtin a working retracting hose.
The ‘reluellee”is.an Airspeed ASS
Courier, G-ABXN. The original was con-
ceived as a sixseat light alrcraft capable of
duty as light airliner, Sixteen were built,
land interestingly, two were intended for
the Republican sie in the Spanish Civil
War, but were not granted expart licenses.
‘As 4 result, two Republican sympathisers
fon the Airspeed staff set out to steal
G-ACVA, and spirit them away to Spain,
One died in the attempt, and the other was
sentenced to four months gaol! The last
Courier survived until 1947,
The Courier was technically noteworthy. It
was the first British production aitraft to
be fitted with retractable landing gear. Like
the W-10, the Courier model is also tradi-
tionally built to quarter scale, and spans 11
fect 6” It weighs 38lbs, and is powered by
Zenoah 80 Twin petrol engine, driving a
Metz 23 x8 prop. Don has designed and
‘manufactured his own Air Up / Spring
Down retracts for the Courier, The model is
fitted two Futaba 2.4 GHe receivers.
nd slovator ares
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Control wire ducting on front fuselage goss
Distintive end gute uly 190% style rudd
characterful lated radiator on the W-0.
‘Minimal but practea Lasr V Twin engine instal
Working extemal cloeed-9p (pl-pulleontrol
Delterank
bracing and contol-wite dota!
fon the ailerons.
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erator oF device
1S dive one or more ofthe fying instruments,
Flying Scale Models 17 FREE FLIGHT SCALE 1, Alex wnittaker
Alex Whittaker presents his photo report of this
premier annual free-fight scale competition
he enormous Woodvale Show
Continues to host that litle gem
Which is the famous Eddie Riding
Competition. This is always held
late afternoon on Woodvale
Saturday, at 6.00pm prompt each year. So,
if you've had a good day buying modeling
stuff, and watching the radio display, you
ean troll over to the per track, and com.
plete the day with more genteel and skilful
free fight scale action
‘Mind you, the famed Eddie Riding
Marquee is open until mid afternoon, In
this shrine to Free Flight Seale, you may
‘examine the competing models at very
lose quarters, and decide which ones you
‘think might win. The great thing about this
competition is its range of internal comps,
land the variety of propulsion methods cho-
‘9en by the entrants, Thus you will see rub-
bor, olectrie, Coz, internal combustion, eat
fpuik, and pseudo-Jetex (Reaction Class)
being flown, all under the one umbyela
competition
“This year the entries wore healthy, and |
‘counted 200-add in the crowd. let the
pictures tell the story, but one or two mod
bs deserve a brief aecompanying note,
Armstron Whitworth FK8
‘The first model that caught my eye was.
Bryan Lea's superb Armstrong Whitworth
FB, This model is 43.5" in span, and is.
built to his own design powered by a PAW
(06 diesel. The model is of traditional con
struction with a dash of high-tech. Infact, t
luses carbon fibre forthe leading edge,
tralling edge, and rib eps. itis covered in
Mylar and sik and finished in Humbrol
paints. There are lots of authontic details
Such as radiators, engine manifolds, and
tho funky conieal-ended fuel tank. | partic
leriy liked the trade mark “AW pressed into
the engine cowling. The full-size example
modelled wae an ex-military version, and
Used for Post WW! joy riding. Hence the
Evening Standard legencing, The il-fted
original crashed in August 1919. By the
‘way, it was nice to see a PAW 0.06 diesel
a little jewel of an engine. And that wasn't
all
MiG 15
James Campbells 14 244" span MiG 15
fighter is an interesting scale model. For a
start itis a eatapultlaunched Jetex style
‘model, designed by much missed, and
78 Flying Seale Models Mike Stuar’s ambitious own-etgn, rubber
powered, Armstrong Whitworth Argosy. More
Sn this billantsehlevement next month!
“im Miers 125" span MIG 27 Fulcrum cat
pul launched ft.
‘Barry Wiliam’ immaculate ABC Robin,
‘much loved, David Boddington. This
Fooked and sounded spectacular fizzing
away.
BAC Lightning
Reaction models seom to be gaining in
popularity with the coming of the Rapiar 3
System. Designs that stugglad a bit with
sriginal Jetex seam to do better with
Iapior power, even when scaled up. There
wore quite few Rapior powered “etex”
‘dels present on tho day, and thei ist
Gousins, the catapult launched jets Al
Wood's @AC Lightning, was good exam-
ple of @ new take on an old favourite. His
‘edalis built fom tho original" span
‘Aeroaraphics ki, but Al has enlarged it by
26%. {twas a bit marginal until Al gave ita
few iwoaks, and whilst there is stil some
Roger Shaws own-dosigned Stinson 108 is
‘ubber powered and spans 24”
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John Watters Ede Ring design Argus, of 36°
“Span and Co2 powered,
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Mike Stuart's own-design Saab 4-29 Tunnan
25" span uses Rapier rocket motors.
Jamas Campbell's 14.75" span Mig 15 catapult
inunch model, designed by Devid Boddington
‘way to go, it did leave spectacular tracks
‘ross the sky, not to say burn marks on
the grass!
Saab J-29
‘Mike Stuart was algo a rocket man on the
day. He flow his own-design Saab J-29
Tunnan. This traditionally built model jt is
235" in span, and as the others, uses
Rapier L-3 rocket motors. You can even
down load the plan free irom Mikes’ great
‘website wun feoal0.c0.Uk Ik seemed to be
8 bit erratic, then suddenly found some.
ower, and promptly rammed the public.
address system pole at full tit! Its leading
‘edge was parted, and locked onto the
Upright, it spun around like a pole dancer,
fizzing out lots of smoke to the undisguised
delight ofthe crowd.
Sopwith 11/2 Strtor by Al Wood, 38° span.
Powored by an Aurora indian Mls ee diesel
crving an x4" prop.
“Tim Milnes 36° span cubber powered Piper JB
Cub from the West Winge kt
‘Aorographles kit but enlarged by 25% by owner
‘AWood:
ames Campbells Gras 15 alin Light Monoplane
iscleewie powered and spans 265 inches.
Fulcrum Jet
Tim Milner never disappoints. This year
amongst his other models he flew a very
nice litle ‘Fulerum’ (The MiG 29,1. This
‘was catapult powered and very impressive
Ispans 12.5" and was built from an
‘Aeromodelier free plan from November
1996, By George Milner Smith, Originally
for Jotex.
Panther jet
There was even a Grumman FOF Panther,
flown by John Watters. | was particularly
interested in this model since t was built
‘rom the famous Koil Kraftkt: Ihave never
‘seen one before, and it was delight to step
baok in time and soe this pocket money
marvel
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Paul Binghantscwn decign Pipr Super Crore
‘lected 96, Standard KP 62 motor system.
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Seale fuel tank on Bryan Leas superb Armstrong,
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Fadlator detall on Bryan Lea's Armstrong
Woitworah Fx
John Watters’
‘catapult-launch
Panther from
the famous Keil
Kraft kit.
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Bryan Lea's impretivoy detallod Armstrong
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Roger Shaw's Ede Riding dosigned Feira
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Great sale detalling on engine exhaust: Bryan
Law's Armstrong Whitworth FRE.
Mitsubishi Kamikaze
Mike Stuart also brought his own de
‘Vabth scale Mitsubishi KITS Kamikaze,
originally designed for indoor FIF soa. In
Tact we have festured this lovely model at
the Notts Natt (FFF Indoor Seal
Nationals) reports in the last year or two. It
is electric powered with a Voodoo 25
motor and a Zombie controler. The Tul:
size was the first Japanese airratt to fly
{rom Japan to Europe. Tokyo-London took
31 hours. Mike had decided to try her out
‘doors and | can report that she flew
‘vary nicely indeed,
Sopwith 1.1/2 Strutter
| AlWood was fying his very
‘smart Sopwith 1.1/2 Struter. This
is 38° span, and had a lovely
engine turned cowling. Being an
i.e. power man, | was delighted to
see that the ‘Strutter was powered
by an Indian Mills Tee Auroral driving
an 8°xa" prop. Mind you, | have two of
these engines in my shed, and neither is @
ball offre. One of my examples has had
{wo new conrod in three years! Stil, such
8 lovely, carefully comstructed diesel-
engined soale free fight mado is
Selightful traditional experience, both for
‘the modeller and the crowd. One interest
ing crossover: the original plan was for 8
87° RIC model, which AV has scaled down.
\son 108
Any Stinson is @ delight, and Roger Flying Scale Models 27 4
‘This jst part counted over 200 inthe
powered; spans 4"
Shaw's soratoh-built Stinson 108 was an
engaging example, Roger's “108 is tradi
tionally built, and rubber powered. |
thought she flew very well, and looked
‘convincing eruising aloft Although only
434” in span, somehow she had a much
{reater presence inthe ait
Armstrong Whitworth Argosy
‘Well let's end on @ rare treat. How about a
British multi-engined civilian air freighter?
tual,
Jo watts’ Ee ang design powering by
2.
‘Attor an aerial alteration with Al Wood's BAC
Lightning, Barry Willams applied a quick fh of
Magle Tapa to his ABC Rabin
How about a four engined rubber-powered
airfreighter? Enter Mike Stuart's stagger
ingly ambitious own-design, Armstrong
Whitworth Argosy. This model has four
rubber motors, and lew like it was on
Wired, Stay tuned for next month's FSM,
When we do a special feature on this amaz
ing model
The Verdict
You can't best the Eddie Riding for the
BELOW Mike Stuart's own-design Saab
#29 Tunnan! 235" span uses Raplae L's
stuar's Saab 28
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Mike Stuar’s stggeringly ambitious own-
Aesign, rubber powered, fourangined
Demsttong Whitworth Argosy.
sheer range of tree-flight propulsion sys
tems on display. So for that alone, |
would attend each year. However, the
Variety of models always delights, and
this year, Mike Stuart’s majestic Argosy
made the whole trip even more worth-
while. By the way, do not miss next
‘year's Woodvale Show, because the
Word on the street is that the much
missed morning rie scale competition is
10 be reinstated .
‘Tunnan 235" ealided with: and id
spot to around “the PA Systern
I pole.
22 Flying Scale Models TOP 5 POSITIONS.
‘Name ‘Model
% Bryan tea ‘Acmstrong Whitworth FKS
2 Mike Stuart Mitsubishi Kit5 (Kemikazib
a: Mike Stuart Armstrong Whitworth Argosy
4: Tim Milne Piper Cub J3
5: -RogerShaw Stinson 108.
uc POWER.
‘Name ‘Model
1 Bryan Lea ‘Acmstrong Whitworth FKB
2 Al Wood Sopwith 1 12 Strutter
4% Andrew Hewitt Morane Type Lor DH34
RUBBER POWER
Name ‘Model
4: Mike Stuart Armstrong Whitworth Argosy
2 Tim Milner Piper Cub J3
3: Roger Shaw Stinson 108)
ELECTRIC/CO2/AIR
‘Name. ‘Model
Mike Stuart Mitsubishi Ki15 (Kamikaze)
James Campbell Breda 15 (Elec)
Paul Bingham Piper Super Cr
REACTION/CATAPULT
‘Name ‘Model
4: John Watters Gromman Panther (Cat)
2 Tim Milner Mig 29 *Fulerum” (Cat)
3% James Campbell MIGIS (Cat)
EDDIE RIDING DESIGNS.
Name ‘Modo!
4: Tim Milner ABC Robin
2 Derek Gilbert Westland Widgeon
3 John Watters Fairchild Argus
‘BELOW: BAC Lightning, fom the Aerographies
litenlarged by 255 by Al Wood
FIGHT? As BAC Lighthing ls Raplr L3 powored
Class
ue
Electric
Rubber
Rubber
Rubber
Flight A B
° °
°
Flight AB
5275720
5000
5125 627.5
Flight AB
7325 670
° °
“Tim Miners ABC Robin climbing ou.
Total
1592
14715
1377
1323
1248
cob
eer
°
ar)
: 585
° °
550640
Cn)
eer 712.5
635
° °
a)
4825 5875
25
Bo
. °
630-600
° °
Static
e745
8235
Static
657
13
Static
165
3195
Static
548.5
3985
218
8825
Ba75
Total
1562
8235
Total
1377
1323
1248
Total
14775
i014
156
Total
12135
1079
6735
Static
907.5
m5
785
Total
1662.5
1610
15825
Flying Scale Models 23 earioe Ae iat ome ra!
a
as 7 F OUR "WOODEN
WAS THE DEHAVILLAND
MOSQUITO THEN THE RUSSIAN
“WOODEN WONDER’ WAS
LAVOCHIKIN LA-5/LA-7 All
ENGINES WHICH WERE SO SUCCESS-
FUL DURING THE SECOND WORLD
WAR. THE JAPANESE KAWASAKI KI
100 AND OUR OWN HAWKER,
TEMPEST MK 2 3EING GOOD EXAM-
PLE
THE LAVOCHIKIN USED BAKELITE
PLY CONSTRUCTION WHICH USES
PHENOL-FORMAL Di
EARLY FORM OF PL.
GREAT STRENGTH AND ALLOWED
HIGH 'G' MANOEUVRES AT LOW TO
MEDIUM ALTITUDE WHICH SUITED THE
LOW ALTITUDE AIR-WAR ON THE
RUSSIAN FRONT, THE GERMANS
COULD NOT OUT-TURN THEM.
DY at RE
DOr 4
= jj Tr, oe aed
cy Wing cut-out for dedral brace and retract, ‘ings joined with epoxy.
Ply bearers for retracts and ply dhedral brace ited Wing tip glued on (White gus).
Now to the model
Richard Wills of Warbird Replicas produced a
52 FS. sized La model some years 20,
‘which | built and gave me grest pleasure,
Until destroyed in'a mid-air eolision. When |
heard he was doing an enlarged version for 8
0 sizod four-stroke | mae contact and he
Sent me a pre-production kit to put together. It
You have bull'an AR.TF warbird you will be
lle to build this one and have the added
bonus of being able to choose your own
colour scheme. The other thing fs, the kts
British, Weve given enough to our Chinese
compatriots, s0 I think’ time we model
builders suported our home-grown industry
‘What do we get when we open the box?
‘The first thing which pleased me was a one:
piece fibreglass cow, very well moulded and
hot tao thin ike somo of the AR.TF. cows
‘Obechi veneered foam wings with routed cut
‘outs for aileron servos and retracts and a nice
hole through the centre forthe serv leads.
‘Obechi veneered foam tutle docks and fin are
‘also included to make things easier, and al
26 Flying Scale Models the plywood pieces are pre-cut. The Balsa
fuselage sides have a wonderful joint s0 no
mistakes, The wing tips tal elevators ana
rudder ae also pre-cut but will need sanding
to section. There i also aite-py former to
censure the fuselage is kept straight during
‘assembly,
“Two vat formed items complete the main
contents, one in white styrene which has
‘hoe! wells, front part of radiator intake and
‘un Blisters. The socond isin lear and is the
ockpt canopy.
Tmt stress at this point that my kt was 9
pre-production one so any litle dificulties |
encountered have been passed on to Richard
f’and he willbe making modifications before
you get yours.
Talways start with the wing, Here | made lite,
hard for myself 951 wanted flaps and air
retracts on my model. | have altered the
Lunderearriage bearers and putin a dihedral
brace, These are al made from V2" ply.
have heard from Fchard that there has been
}
Flap top construction (Spit fap.
Wing tie sonded with washout sanded in.
no problem with the original undercarriage
fystem. Whatever installation you choose you
whl have to cutout the foam from within the
‘wheel wells, Use a sharp Blade and cut out @
bitst atime
‘You have to cut out enough depth to allow
‘your chosen wheels to retraat propery. Bear
Inmind the top covering is 58" Obechi. Trial
fityour retracts at this stage snd check that
they work correct.
'Noxt, glue on the wing tis and leading
ledges. When dry, sand the tips to section,
‘There is washout but into the wing fessential
fon a Warbird) so like to maintain the
‘washout trough the wing tio coulda’ get
the vac-formed whee wells to fit to my satis
faction so | elected to use 184” ply liners
stuck in with white glue and held in place
Until completely dry witha foam dis.
‘Now we come tothe flap and aileron cut-
out. Flaps are not essential s0 Ihave
‘escried both wth and without construction
Flap and alron cut-out
e
Whee! well lined with 1/64” ply, foam dice
holds in pace while gle dries,
Aileron-only wing
‘Cut out the ailerons from the wing by cutting
with sharp soalpe rom the top and the bot-
tom using a metal straight edge. The wing
ceu-out has to be lined with id” balsa to take
the aileron hinges (Mylar strip inthe kt! use
the topshinge method as the aileron has no
‘gaps and whatever covering you use (Film or
Solarex! you oan cover the joint as well a3
having hinges (belt and braces).
Flap and aileron wing
The flap and aileron are as shown on the pho
tos and are cutout in one piece. The wing
‘cut-out is then faced with 1a" balsa, The
Lavochkin has spit flaps like the Spire so
the top pat of the flap has tobe stuck back
fon the wing. | used a hot wire to cut through
the centre ofthe foam on the flap and then
lined it with ithoplate stuck on with fe:
minute epoxy resin (you could use 164" ply it
You have no lithoplate. The trailing edge has
2 piece of 1/16" x V4" glued on. The fap is,
Top part of fap lined up with aileron and wing ti
Flying Scale Models 27 —
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Flap servo cut-out and fap.
ee
‘Aeron constuction uses top hinge constuction)
‘Aeron and servo fitted
1716" balsa sheet faved with lthoplate and
this sits inside the 1/16"x 1/4” ply trailing
edge. lused S.LE.. pinned hinges for the
flaps. You also have to cut outa box in the
‘ing forthe flap seivos which are 10 kg. pull
fas there is alot of pressure on them when
deployed in fight. NE. fap servos work in
the same direction, aileron servos opposite
The setvos ate ited to the bottom ofthe ply
losing plates by serewing onto wooden
blocks glued on with epoxy. Three wire
TF )
Fuselage sides and bulkheads (NB. Make right and lft hand sides.
Alloron servo cut-out NB. string to pull wee
Flap corvo and flap tte,
a
Tall eut-out on fuselage hes 1/64” ply doubler
extensions need to be fitted to the servos {1
Solder these and cover in heat-shrink before
the wire is pulled through the pre-cut tube
tnd lead atthe centre of the wing in the
seme way)
Tailplane
| elected to do a built-up tailplane as having
done many a Brian Taylor designed aircraft,
[ind iteasier and its alzo lighter. The cut
‘out forthe tall has to be modified, buit
aa
a
Fuselage constructed over pan.
should stil have 0 degrees incidence.
However if you lke sanding balsa the wood
is straight grained, sof and light enough to
make a good job.
Fuselage
' have put a 164° ply doubler on the
tailplane seat to strengthen this critical
area, The fuselage sides have a 1/32" ply
‘doubler N-B. make a laf and right side. The
fuselage is constructed with the Iteply for
mmer which ensures no bonanas, Idi how.
fever Use TMX112" doublets and 1/8” sof
Balas sheet for the bottom of the fuselage
fas the fil size aircraft had a rounded bot
There wete two potential problems with
the two TiS" ply bulkheads. They were
slightly too large. | reduced them in diame-
tor to fit the cov. Ifyou are using a.91
fourstroke engine, the rocker caver sticks
out by about 38°, also the silencer has to
fexit the cowl. The angle on the plan for the
‘motor mount is a good one as the head is
‘then in ine with the cooling exit hole and
most ofthe silencer is inside the cow
However a piece of the rant bulkhead on
the opposite side to the head must be cut
Df to allow the cowl 0 be squeezed over
the rocker cover, The silencer has to swivel
inside the cow! and therefore itis necessary
to leave the pipe fited tothe engine loose.
‘Acutout is also necessary at the bottom of
‘the front bulkhead. | did this by trial fiting,
bout it would be better ifthe out outs were
done before assembly. The only holes in
‘the cow! were for the rocker cover and the
silencer exit.
‘Once the cov is n the right position, the
silencer is swung down and the nut on the
pipe from the engine can be tightened from
the front ofthe cowl. Trust me, it works and
Tooks nest also added a 1/8" ply doubler
to the front bulkhead (belt and braces
again). The cowl is fied by four screws nto
tnooden blocks fitted to the reer bulkhead
A S.LE.C. square orange tank slides back
‘wards into the tank bay, no hatch required.
‘Simple construction isto either use push:
rods or snakes exiting under the tailplane to
fctvate external elevator and rudder horns
‘with a fixed tahoe,
Before that, fh the wing to the fuselage,
Ensure that the wing is central before
iling holes for the dowels atthe front and
bolts at the rear. | put balsa blocks in the
wing for the bolts to go throughisee pho
{os):With the wing in position the tailplane
can be pinned on and given a good ‘eve
balling’ trom the front and rear. Once satis:
fied withthe tailplane fi, unpin and glue
28 Flying Scale Models 114" bole double
‘with 5 minute epoxy resin and ‘eyeball
Again before setting aside to dry.
how deviated from simple construction
Hike me, you want to do a steerable tal
‘wheel and internal elevator horn you need
‘to make an elevator joiner with horn
attached from piano wire soft soldered
together {see photo}. The elevators and
attached pushrad, which is made from a
S.LEG nylon horn cut down and spliced
into a piese of 3/16” square spruce pinned
With apiece of cocktall stick and whipped
‘with eotton and eyano, have to be fitted
before the vear foam turtledeok i fited
118" ply fitted to toadng edge.
a
The steerable tavhneel is made in a simi
lar way. The horn of piano wire is made
integrally with the tailwheel wire and the
‘same method is used for the pushrod. A
piace of threaded wire fitted with a metal
{quicklink and a 'Zbend is attached to the
horn on the pushrod to actwvate the rudder.
hoe the pushrods are installed the two
turtledecke ean be fited and the wing fillet
made, The front part ofthe fillets from t
‘angular stock balsa nicked with a hack-saw
blade to allow it to curve round the wing
‘seat the rear part ofthe fillet fo 64" ply
‘The fin is Obechi veneeted foam which
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has a balsa leading and trailing edge. On
the full size atoraft, this was built integrally
with the fuselage so thatthe rear tuttledeck
{nd fin should blend into each other. Proper
Vertical alignment is achieved by the string
Imethod ie stretch the sting over the fn
from the tailplane, mark the centre of the
siting and line up the top ofthe fin with
this, This ensures that the fin is central. 1/8"
balsa sheet completes the fuselage
between the twa foam decks forming the
cockpit enclosure. Trial fit the cockpit
tanopy and mark the position in pencil on
the rear deck Seribe line 1” up fom ‘!
this with 1/15" soft balsa
Elevators and rudder
If you use the elevators and rudder in the
Kit these will need to be sanded to section,
However the elevators and rudder on the
fullsize sitcraft were metal framed and fab-
Tie covered, | elected to use the ‘Eric
Costes’ method, Erie was 6 marvellous
modeller who devised a method of making
lightweight but strong fabric covered eleva:
tors and rudder
‘A-1/6" sheet balsa core has a solid V2"
leading edge top and bottom with 1/16"
balsa riblets added top and bottom. Once
‘covered with Solartex its extremely strong
and the riblets can be seen as per full size
| made this from block balsa and the vac:
formed intake supplied with the kt, This
could be fitted directly to the model (glue to
the wing only. | vac formed the completed
radiator and moulded a glasstbre one from
the vactorm,
The undercarriage wheel covers are from
2
1182" ply and lthoplate glued with § minute
pony.
Finishing
‘The model is now sanded. Any bumps,
links, imperfections are filed with a lght-
‘weight filler and sanded, Finish sanding
‘with wet or dy.
1 Balsaloced the whole airframe and then
‘covered in standard Solartex. The weave is
‘then filed wit four coat of thinned cellulose
dope and tloum powder as a sandsealer. Flat
teach coat of sandsealer with wet or dry
You could use a glass epoxy finish, but
stick to what | knows When happy withthe
finish olean the whole sir frame with too rags
Painting
When Richard Wills produced the smaller Le
Trathe advocated using Halfords spray cans
ie gray primer and Ford Bermuda blue, 20 8
tp to Halfords bought gey and white primer
Ford Bermuda bive and Ford radiant red
“The areatt| chase to do is White 28° of
Major Sul Noss.
I sprayed the wing undersurface, fuselage
sides and undersurface, fin and rudder and
=
y
Radiator construction (glsstibre from mould.
va
the spinner (which is a Brian Taylor M1
sspinne in white primer, Leave this for st
least twenty four hours fo dry
Star templates were made from Kellog
‘boxes, postioned on the airframe and drawn
‘ound with a red ink indelible pen | then sed
lining tape, 1/4" onthe fuselage and under
wing and 3/16” on the fn and rudder. The tn
ing tape eliminates any creep when over
spraying another colour. I masked off the
‘tars andthe white arrow motif on the fuse
lage. The white background to the emblem
fon the cowl ithe ving bird is hand painted)
Was done in the same way. The tape wil
Streteh round. circle, Use ordinary masking
{ape to infil. The lining tape was also used for
the demarcation line Between the grey to
‘and bottom blu on the fuselage
Spray with light blue fist leave to thor
‘oughly dry). Mask off blue and spray Upper
surfaces with grey primer. Again make sure
this is completely dry before the next stage.
Uncover the red star areas and front of cowl
‘and spray red. Leave for twenty four hours.
The darker grey upper surface colour is
Humbrol enamel no. 27 Sea Grey which |
hand painted
uit up tall construction.
Le ee
ha ——
Take off ll the masking tape. Slowly pee!
away the ining tape to reveal a nice nest
‘white outine to your sta. Use the red ink
pen to outline the white and the arrow motif
‘The white 24 on the fuselage is inkiet vin.
‘Make card templates ofthe numbers, lay
‘onto the vinyl (small pieces of masking tape
eliminate movement) and draw round them
‘withthe red ink pen. Cut out with a sharp
blade or scissors and stick on.
Because The L2-7 was basically a wooden
airoraft theresa minimum of pane! ines. |
Use 8 peneilto draw these on and graphite
‘dustspraped from the pencil to add shading.
Rub the dust over the buit up elevators and
rudder and the ribs appear.
Leave fortwo to three days to allow the
paint to dry thoroughly and spray with fuel
roofer. | used KlassKote
‘The aluminium ares behind the cowl is
plumbers seltadhesive aluminium tape. C
hhasto be taken to postion this correctly as,
‘noe stuck taint coming off put this'on
fatter fuel proofing
Ithen installed the engine and radio and
checked everything was working correctly
tsepecialy the retractable undercariage and
‘then we wat fr the fickle British weather
Flying
Having checked the centre of gravity | had no
need to add any extra weight fa 3300 sub ¢
'NiMih battery was installed on top ofthe fuel,
tank
‘When we arrived atthe fying site it wae
bright and sunny if it Breezy | checked
‘the engine and all controls andl range checked
with the engine running,
The take-off was an ant-lime, plenty of
power and no tim adjustment an ailerons
fry buling must be improving, a couple of
slicks of up elevator which tells me | could be
even more lenient with the cantre of gravity
Foam deck out out
ockplt canopy fit and
Sheoted with 1/18" bale
Wing fier 1/68” ply.
Elovator1/16” balsa cor, block at tips 1/16" balsa hal ribs added.
Rudder and slevator pushrod.
location. By this time | had reduced power to
bout two thirds throte
Time to check out the flaps
‘Ata reasonable height | tentatively lowered
the flaps to maximum reducing power the
more flap went on. There was no tim
change at just under half throttle,
Loops, ralls,Immelmans, reversals, stall
turns, the Lavochkin does allthese The stall,
is gontle with no tendency to fick
Landing, | ined up into a crosewind with
{ull flap, asthe power reduces there is @
slight noee-down attitude, no bad thing. The
landing is sow, controled, with no tendency
udder construction, same as alavators
Fin ted sting ensures tn Is entra
to tipsstal. could have done more ofa three
point landing as when the wheels touched
the nose went dawn, I have since oiled the
‘wheels and raked the undercarriage forward
by putting a 1/16" ply plate under the rear
retract beater,
The Lavochkin atthe time of writing has
had two fights and my grandson Dominic
‘was so impressed he wants to build one.
"thoroughly recommend The Warbirds
Replicas La? and i's a British kt 30 got
building. .
SPECIFICATION
Wingspan: 62"
Seale: 15.5
Engine: 0. 91 Surpass four stroke
447 APC propeller
Retraets:Eurokt
Radio: Futaba 24
Weight: 8 12 1b.
‘Manufocturer: Werbird Replicas,
‘7 Curzon Way, Chelmsford,
(CM 6PF (to: 01245 284781)
wunnwarbirdropieas.o.uk
Flying Scale Models 31 Lavochi
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and LA. LAVOCHKIN
worm bAS & LA-Z A SEN (FORSIROVANNYI NYEPOSREDSTVENNO)
AN KOJEDUB 3ETWEEN 2ND MAY 1944 AND Mi)
EDUB ACHIEVED 62 AERIAL VICTORIES IN 520
AVOCHIKIN FIGHTERS; HE THUS QUALIFIES AS THE
; ACE OF ANY ALLIED NATION IN THE SECOND
LAG 5 (LA 3) FLOWN3Y IVAN KOJEDU8 IN KHARKOV
AREA, MARCH 4} NOTE STARS OUTLINED IN3LAGK.
{LA SEN FLOWN37 V. POPKOV Bt POLAND. CONSTRUCTION PLAN FEATURE »y Gary sunderiana
Make Gary Sunde
Neat and elegant
ws 7 Jand’s Quarter-Scale
WWI fighter.
‘ome years ago | purchased a
Nieupart 28 cowling from
Proctor Enterprises in USA with
the expectation that ‘some day’ I
would want to model another
WWI rotary engined Scout. Then, last year,
Hed flying my Albatros Dill for atime
with an 0.8. 200 four-stroke engine,
{was already flying an 0.5, 200 in my
‘kg. Pfalz D.XI,, with excellent results, but
the 10 Kg, Albatros proved a bit much for
that engine. I sounded nice in fight, but
the vertical performance left abit to be
desired, s0 | re-installed the Maki
‘two-stroke originally used.
‘Now | had a spare engine .. and a rotary
ccowling, but would the engine fit inside? A
‘check showed the cow! was a bit malnour-
ished ata bare ten inches diameter, but the
05.200 would JUST fit, with possibly @
fraction to spare,
So what to build?
Our local WW 1 flyers have many models of
Sopwith Pups, Sopwith Trplane and
Camels, umpteen Fokker Triplanes, almost
fas many Eindeokers and a variety of
Nisuport 11s and 173 - plus, of course, the
Proctor kitted Nieuport 29, The last would
80.5”
uport 27 your
(2045mm)
have been my choice, based on this,
‘model's exesllent flying characteristics, but
T doubted | could build better fying
example of the type and even then, most
‘observers would have thought it was a
Proctor kt anyway!
So | settled for the Nieuport 27 as being
something a litle different - 2 sort of
Nieuport 17 in Nieuport 28 clothes, with a
relatively long (in WW1 terms) in-service
history and a variety of colour schemes
fram which te choose.
The Nieuport 27 described
This was the last of the Nieuport one-and:
s-half-winged (sesquiplane) designs that
Started its development life as just @
Nieuport 17 fitted with a nine-cylinder 190
hip. Cleget engine in place of the 110 hp.
seven-evlinder Le Rhone.
Even without the extra 20 hp, the
Nieuport basic airframe, which did not
change, was suspect at high speeds, This
led to a bewildering series of modifications
‘nd re-designations which are well detailed
inthe Windsock Dstafle Special by the late
IM. Bruce.
‘The structural problems experienced are
usually blamed on the lower wing, but |
Petes
* on
ty
winter
wingspan, for
‘almost guaranteed to produce flutter at
‘anything approaching 150 mph. This was
Partly alleviated by rounding off the tips of
the ailerons.
Ac the same time, the factory was also
trying new tail surfaces af plywood and
timber construction, replacing the Nieuport
1's simple steel tube and fabric surfaces,
no doubt inspired by the opposition
German Scouts, such as the Albatros
series, which featured cantilever tall sur-
faces, the new Nisupor tail suffered a long
development during most of 1917, possibly
due to flutter problems.
The final fix was to add wire bracing to
the fin and tailplane, with a consequent
increase in drag, which negated the pur
pose of the development.
(ther minor changes to the design of the
main underearriage and the tailskid delin
‘ested the N27 from its predecessors, But
did little to improve performance.
Armament
The various 1917 models of the Nieuport
le building project.
3.00 cu.in four stroke engines
i scouts, a supplied to the RNAS and French
Units were usually fited with 3 fuselage
mounted fixed Vickers gun as standard.
Some French machines algo had a Lewis
{gun mounted on the top wing, fring over
the propeller, The RFS Nieuport scouts
‘operated by No.1 and No.28 Squadrons as
Tate a8 Deoember 1917 had only Lewis,
mounted on the top plane with « Foster
mounting. This may have been a desperate
measure to save weight, given that the
standard N.27s had great difficulty in
Feaching 17,000 feet and were this vulnera
ble to attack from above. (Perhaps Harry
Woodman care to comment?)
Colours
The Nieuport 27 served through late 1917
and then, into 1918 at training schools,
mainly in plain fabri or ‘silver finish tact
ally aluminium powder mixed into the
