• Lift Off: Cockpit editorial with Ken Sheppard, Ozi Ebenezer challenge & mystery aircraft number 19. • Review: Jamara Messerschmitt Me 109. 56" span ARTF warbird with retracts for .46 - .52 engine & 5 channel r/x. • Rally Retro: David Boddington attend the annual LMA pre season gathering at Haigh Hall. • Feature: Sopwith Dove for 1.5cc Free Flight Woodvale Winner designed by Michael Smith. • Review: Electrafun RC from J. Perkins. 3 channel Ready To Fly model with everything included. • Report: Elmbridge MFC visit the Toledo show, the premier United States Model show. • Review: P47 Thunderbolt from Alfa Models. 33" span EP foam warbird for geared 280 & 3 channel micro r/x. • Review: Caliber 30 from Kyosho. 30 size helicopter suitable for beginners with many new features. • FREE PLAN: Courtesan designed by Vic Smeed. 12" span indoor classic for G-10 Gasparin C02 power. • Review: DHC Beaver from GWS. 40" span semi scale park flyer for geared 300 size electric & 3 channel micro r/x. • FF Contest. All Mod Cons has Phil Ball investigating the latest in modern products, structures & building materials. • Review: Pot-Shot from Pal-Aeo kits. A 390mm span catapult glider suitable for competition or sport use & easy enough for a beginner to build. • Watts New: Graham Iredale's The Black Art celebrates it's second birthday & takes a look at methods of hand launching models. • Review: Foxbat from ACT. An unusual foam model with functional canards for 400/480 electric motors & 3 channel r/x. • Workshop: Denis Pitcher shows how to make a simple and effective DIY vac forming station for creating your own canopies & cowls. • Hotline: Events, meetings, shows & more listed to end of August • Trading Post: New products from Ripmax, Weston UK, ACT, Tigre Engines, Multiplex, J. Perkins & Sanwa. • Small Talk: Going Round The Pole with Stuart Marsden looking at the often forgotten world of tethered model aircraft. • Model Flyer Free Ads: Free advertising for private sales & wanted ads. • Workshop: Graham Iredale presents a beginners guide to spraying models with details of materials, tips & pitfalls. • Classifieds: Plans Service, Back Issues, UK Buyers Guide, Tuition & Courses. • Touchdown: David Boddington reflects on the 20% per annum growth of the number of aeromodellers & the relative low cost of starting in the sport.

• Briefing: Simon Delaney brings news and views from the international world of scale modelling. • Holding Point: New kits and accessories from Ripmax, South Herts Models, MacGregor, CML & Practical Models UK. • Review: The Ultimate Spitfire part 2. Greg Tracey completes the MK 22/24 with finishing, installations & a flying report. • Technique: Guide to Finishing part 3. Dave Tilbury shows how to add realism with a touch of wear and weathering. • Readers Scale: A selection of modeller pictures sent in from around the world. • Technique: Biplane Business with Dick Van Mourik looks at the theory and calculation of wing incidence. • Scale Documentation: L-200 'Morava' Up close pictures and detailed drawings of the twin engine 4 seat light aircraft. • Review: JR Models B-25 Mitchell. 53.5" span 1/15 scale warbird for twin geared 400 motors & 7 cells. • Feature: A look at Dave Hurrell's Sikorsky S-16ser plan. 58" span scale Russian biplane for up to .60 size 4 stroke and 4 channel r/x. • Technique: Brian Taylor 163 Komet revisited. Phil Clark sets about making a take of dolly for his 163 to cope with grass field not suitable for the scale dolly. • Rich Mixture: Gordon Whitehead has more E-flights of fancy as he looks back at the Woodspring Wings 2002 All Electric Day from last summer. • Technique: Tom Wilkinson goes up front and out of sight with a feature on fitting lead ballast & balance weights into the confines of a scale model. • Technique: T-28 The Trojan Wars. George Milner Smith discovers some minor problems with a 20 year old kit in his loft and explains how he overcame them. • Waypoints: Full size in Canada, Models from the States, Kit cutting with CNC Cutting Services & some notes on Mick Reeves Pro-Skin. • Media Review: New books from Crowood, Osprey Windsock & Squadron/Signal Publications & the latest DD Video release. • Classifieds: Services, Shows, Web Sites, FRee Readers Adverts & Advertisers Directory.

• Pre Flight: Heard at the Hangar doors rounds up some recent news including a date change for LMA at Duxford. • Report: Toledo 2003, the 49th annual Weak Signals R/C Expo held at the Seagate Centre in Ohio. • Feature: Zlin 50 L/M plan by Graham Smith. 52" span for .40 to .46 2 stroke or .52 2 stroke & 4 channel 4 r/x. • FREE PLAN: Farman Sport designed by Peter Rake. 43.5" span sport scale model for geared 400 motor & 3 channel r/x. • Review: Robbe Concorde. 31.5" span semi scale foam supersonic airliner for twin 400 motors & 3 channel r/x. • Rotors Rising: Gavin Duke focuses on rotor blades & the importance of matching them to helicopter size. • Aero Modeller: Free Flight File has Trevor Grey with John Carter's A/1 glider & Dave Clarkson on fuel: • Report: The 55th New Zealand Nationals. Chris Murphy reports from the annual island christmas jamboree. • Technique: Getting Plastered with Stafford Screen shows a simple method for making a cambered building board using DIY plaster. • Control Line Technique: Tight Lines with Mike Broadbent as he builds a new speed model in readiness for this years Barton bash. • FREE PLAN: Viking 18. A miniature vintage classic for Co² power, redesigned by David Deadman from John Watters 1930's gas powered classic • Control Line Aerobatics: In favour of four-strokes Part 1. Clemente Cappi explains why more top F2B pilots are turning to 4 stroke engines for contest power units. • Feature: Plans from the past. Martyn Pressnell recalls the Hermes. An elegant free flight power model from 1949 & presents the Hermes Major for modern radio control assist. • In Scale Circles. Bernard Seale refurbishes last seasons control line scale crash victims, previews an impressive new model from Poland & offers advice on rib stitching. • Silent Wings: Chris Williams invests in a pricey aerobatic kit, discovers a wheeze with digital photos & finally gets airborne for the first time this year. • Review: Messerschmitt Me 109 from Jamara. Mike Mennell checks out the 56" span semi scale ARTF warbird for .40 2 stroke - .60 4 stroke power & 5 channel r/x • Webwalk: Mike Evatt pounds the digital highway to check out the latest aeromodelling internet world wide web sites. • Vintage: For Old Times Sake has Don Howie on early power units from the UK & USA as well as some evergreen George Fuller Free Flight designs still popular down under. • Review: Super Tigre G 20/23. Steve Dorling casts his keen eye over the latest ST ringed engine & finds an abundance of quality features. • High Wattage: Simon Cocker has news of mighty motors & speed controllers from Germany plus advice on preparing your own battery packs. • H.I.D.T: How I Did That brings another selection of useful ideas to overcome everyday modelling problems. Edited by Daedalus. • Classifieds: International Dealer Directory, Model Activity Press Photo CDs & Readers Adverts.

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