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AlllFIX
Volume 5, Number 4
magazine
FOR PLASTIC MODELLERS

December, 1963
CONTENTS
NEWS FROM AIRFIX
New 'Royal Sovereign ' , an d I :72 scale Boston and liberator kits 100
IN THE AIR
Alan Hall describes a day spe nt with RA F Flying T raining Command at Valley 102
PLASTIC MODELLING
The conclu di ng part of an article from Mike Bryant on building a working model
lifti ng barr ie r leve l crossing. 104
MAINLY FOR MODELLERS
Most models be nefit from a little ballast . Norman Simmons descri bes a simple
and cheap way of adding weight 106
MILITARY MODELLING
Some simple Sherman conversions with the Airfix kit, from C . O . Ell is 108
LAYOUT REALISM
AJex Bowie telts you more about model photography ... 110
ON ROAD AND TRACK
Two new engines and a special model of the Lotus 25, described by Oarryl Re ach 112
WHEELSPIN
Some general hi nts and tips to interest model slot racing fans, from Be rt La mk i n 114
'SLOTTING ' A SPRITE
Harry Watson describes a simple method of motorising the Airfix Sprite. and
te lls how he 'customised ' the Airfix Ferrari 119
PROFILE
Modifications with the Airfix Auster are discussed by M . J . F. Bo wye r 120
NEW BOOKS
Some recent titles, reviewed with modellers in mind 124
NEW KITS AND MODELS
Latest new releases of interest to modellers ... 127
HERALD MARKINGS
M. J . F. Bowyer describes the colours for the Handley Page Herald 132
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The page where you have the chance to tell us what you thi nk-and earn yourself
a free plastic kit 133

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'Royal Sovereign', and
1:72 scale Liberator and
Boston kits
The world 's greatest valu e in construction kits
I Nthree
good time for t he Christmas rush, Airfix have announced
new a nd exciting kits. They arc a comprehensively·
detailed replica of the Royal Sovereign and 1:72 scale kits of
the B24 J Liberator a nd the Douglas Boston III bombers.
The Royal SOI'ereig" is by far the largest and most detailed
kit Airfix have yet prod uced, and is the first of the new Series 9
Historical Ships. It comprises no fewer tban 297 accurately-
mou lded finely-detai led parts, plus full sets of vacuum-formed
sails and pre-formed ratli ncs. The kit is packed in an att ract ive
colourfully-illustralcd box, complete with a tube of polystyrene
cement. a display base for the fi nished model, a printed sheet
of full-colour flags, and a comprehensive instruction leaflet,
which gives full painting details a nd rigging drawings.
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The mass of intricate carving which vi rtually completely
covered the ship above Ihe wa terline is realisticall y duplicated
on the Airfix model. The upper decks fealure cannon, o n their
minute carriages, While the lower decks have separa le cannon
that can eit her be fiued int o their gun ports, with the gun po rt
covers fixed in the o pen position above them , o r these cann on
may be omitted and the covers utilised in their closed position.
When completed, the Airfix model of the Royal SOIweigll is
a magnificent replica o f this famou s ship. It measures approxi-
ma tely 19 inches long, and is 17 inches high . Price is 17s 6d.
The Royal S o w'reign is o ne of the most important ships in
the Royal Navy's history. She was built (between 163 5 and
1638) at a time of great changes in ship design and ship building,
and sct a standard that was not surpassed for at least a century.
A colourfully-decorated vessel , she had a lo ng career as flagship
of the Navy and saw service in four wars. She was present at
si" o f the greatest battles of her era, and was twice rebuilt,
once in 1659-60 and again in 1685. She was destroyed, by fire
at Chat ham, o n January 27, 1696, when 60 years o ld.
TWO MORE AIRCRAFT
DD ED to the Airfix Series 5 of 1:72 scale aircraft is an
A exciting new kit, comprising 124 parts, of a B24 J Liberato r.
Priced at 7s 6d, this model inco rporates a number of interesting
feat ures. and comes com plete wi th detailed instructio ns for
assembly and painting, a set of transfers, a capsule of cement
and a d isplay stand . The completed model has a wingspan of
approximately 11 t inches, and is 11 inches long. rt has trans-
parent fuse lage windows, fully-detai led gun turrets, two minia-
ture pilots and six gu nners, moving wheels and guns, fully
Air{ix Mogazine
retractabl e undercarriage, and moving ai leron s, elevators, and
rudders. Other dctni ls include pilot's controls a nd printed
instrument pnnel , transparent bomb nimer's panel, tmnsparent
gu n and cockpi t cano pies, and landing ' lights' o n the wings.
If the model Liberato r is intended to stand o n its under·
carriage, the ball turrct is raised , and the underca rriage lowered ,
together with thc crew laddcr which supports the fuselage.
When the model is on the stand , in a flying position , the crew
ladder is raised and the hatch cover cemen ted in place. /
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The Liberator was produced in larger numbers than any
o ther American aircraft. Over 18,000 were built and they had
a long and distingu ished career with the US and All ied forces.
Bu ilt in the largest numbers o f all the Liberator va riant s was
the B24 J versio n, 6,678 of which were made, 1,200 for th e RA F.
Th e Airfix 1324 J. is onc o f the aircraft operated by the 392nd
Bombardment Group of the Second A ir Divisio n of the US
8th Air Forcc. based in England from 1942 to 1945. Th e 13 24 J
Liberator was powered by fOllr 1,200 horsepower Pratt &
Whitney R·1 830 engi nes. It had a maximum speed of 300 mph ,
and a range of 1,700 miles with bo mb load . Armament consisted
of the 0.5 inch machine guns, and bomb load va ried up to
12,800 lb. The wingspan was 110 ft and length 67 ft 2 in .
A deta iled model o f the Douglas Boston IrI is now avai lable
in the 1:72 sca le Airfix Series 3 aircraft range, price 4s 6d. The Left : 1:72 scale 824 J Liberator. Above : 'Royal So~'ereign ·.
kit has 65 part s <Ind assembles into a model measuring 8 inches Below: 1:72 scale Douglas Bostoll Ill.
lo ng, with a wi ngspnn of 10! inches. Amo ng it s fea tu res arc a
pi lo t, complcte with control co lumn and printed inst rument RAF, o ne of whose machines is represented by the Airfix kit.
panel, n gunner, a bomb aimer, revo lving wheels, a movable The Bosto n I rr was powered by two 1,600 ho rsepower Wright
replica o f the twin machine gun, landing ' lights' and movable Double Cyclone engines. which gave it a maximum speed of
eleva tors, rud der and ailero ns. Cic.1.r plastic parts are provided 304 mph at 13,000 feet and a range with maxim um load of
fo r the fuselage windows, the nose transparency, a nd the 1,020 miles. Annam ent was four fixed .303 inch machine guns
cock pit and gun ca nopies. The miniature machine gun ca n in the nose, two in the rear cockpit and one fo r ventral defence,
either be fitted in the raised position (in which case the rea r while the bomb load was 2,000 lb. The a ircraft's wingspan Was
half o f the gu n positio n transparency is discarded) or o mitted , 61 ft 4 in and the length 48 f1.
wit h the transparency cover then fi xed in position . The modcl
can be co mpleted wilh its undercarriage in either the retracted MOTOR RACING ACCESSORIES
or lowered posi tio n, and a d isplay stand is included in the kit, wo
together with fu ll assembly and paint ing instructio ns, transfe rs
a nd a tube o f cement .
T mo rc new accessOfi-es....have been added to the Airfix
Mo tor Racing range, both designed to assist four· lane
assembly and opera tio n, First , there a rc edge clips, which hold
The Douglas Boslon was onc of the many American aircraft the two track sections firml y together. There a rc 36 clips in
ope rated by th e RAF during World War 2. They \\c re used each 2s packet. Also ava ilable is a plug adaptor, price 2s 6d
throughout the war, and altogether 7,385 were prod uced. The each, for the twin termina l rails necessary on fOllr·lanc operation.
first sq uadron to use the Boston in the U K was No 88 Squadron They enable the four lanes to be operated from o nc power unit .

W HEN RAF Flying Training Command showed off their
new Hawker Siddc lcy Gnat Trai ners last month r was
lucky enough to be included in the part y for a day of
co ntinuou s flying a nd had the chance to do as much air-to-
air photography as r co uld ma nage. Alth o ugh the Gna t has
been in RAF' service for some time. at both RAF Valley
a nd the Centra l Flying School at Little Rissington , so new
was the sys tem that conceived the idea of using thi s very
adva nced machine that it has only rece ntl y been available
in sufficielll quantities to show off pub licl y.
In spit e of the many ru mours I ha.d heard about the Gnat
only being suitab le for sma ll pilots and the high un-
servicea bil ity rate . the pilo ts. bo th under training and on
the staff, that J met had nothing but absolute pra ise for
their new mount. I soo n found o ut how true their s tate-
ments were. as I had the c hance of riding in formation
with them and experiencing at first hand the wonderful
feeling of speed and nex ibi lity of the Gnat. Capab le of
transonic speeds. this aircraft is as advanced as can be for
pilots graduating on to such larger mount s as the Lightning,
and possibly the TS R-2 at a later date.
Those of you who recall the S BAC Farnborough shows
of a few yea rs ago wi ll remember the Folland FOl4 1 Gnat
light-weight fighter. w hich impressed the crowds w ith it s
com pli cated ac robatics and impressive turn of speed .
Nothing ha s been lost in the two-scat vers ion. The main
differences in the two aircraft arc the increased area of
both win gs and tail unit a nd the lo nger fuselage to
accom modate an extra seal.
A deve lopm ent order fo r 14 pre-production Gnat T Mk
Is was placed in 1958. and a furt her 91 we re o rdered to
replace the ageing Vampire T M k I 1 as the standard
advanced t rainer in RAF Fl ying Tra ining Schools. The first
Gnats to enter se rvicc went to the C FS at Little Rissington
in Februa ry 1962. and RAF Va ll ey was se lected to be the
·guinea pig' station for their introduction 10 st udents .
October 1962 saw the firsl Gnats arrive at No 4 FTS Va ll ey
and there wi ll be an eventual establi shment for 60 aircraft
of th e type sta tioned there . The next s tatio n to be equipped
w ill be the Schoo l of Re fresher Flying at Strubby. Lines ,
a nd the target dale is the spring of 1964.
Tbe first cou rse of pupi ls at Valley took readil y to the
Gnal after completing their ba s ic training on the J et Provost.
th e average time taken to reac h so lo stage on this advanced
aircraft being abou t six hou rs. A month ly utilisation of 25
hou~ per aircraft has been achieved to date, but is expected
to improve to over 30 hours as experience is gained .
T he al most amazing compl..:xity of the Gnat Trainer
can be ga uged from the fact tha t the.. RA f ha ve installed
the first Fli ght Simulato rs for traine r aircraft at Valley.
T herc are two of these in existence and all the Illany com-
plicated syste ms of the aircraft a re fai th full y reproduced.
Full emc rgenC}' procedure can be practi sed by the students
before ever 'taking the Gnat into the air. and a lot of their
time is spC nt in thcse air-conditioned cockpits.
The Gna l instrument panel is different from that which
we knew on ly a few yca rs ago. Th e centre of the pane l now
houses two large dials from wh ich all the navigation and
attit ude of the aircraft ca n be gauged. ILS. the blind la nd-
ing app roach aid. and TA CAN. another na vigational
ins trument which gives a constant bea ring and di stance from
any part icu lar point. a rc incl ud ed . M y ideas about the use
o f small pilots for this pint-si zed aircraft we re completely
con founded. There's plen ty o f room in this 'p lane: the
pup il uses the front sca t and thc instructor the rea r. Folland
4GT light-weight eject ion seats a re fitted for both p ilots .
T he Gnat can be described w ithollt a n}' st retch of the
imagination as a quart in a pint pOI!
One of the principal exponents of the qua lities of the
airc raft was undoubtedl y the ADC of Fl ying Training
Command . Air M arsha l Sir Augustus Walker who. in spite
of ha vin g only one arm . flies the Gnat regu larl},. Air
Marsha l Walker lost hi s right arm when a burning Lancaster
blew lip w h ile he was a tt em pting to reSCue the c rew, but
Ih is doesn·t keep hi m away fr o m n yi ng and he's just as
keen about it as any of thc youngest rilot Officers I met at
Va lley. 'Th is is reall y a pil ot·s aeroplane· he said , and went
off to pro\c it in a supe rso nic run over the Irish Sea!
For the record , some of th e se rial numbers of Gnat
T M k Is al Valley we re XPS I6 coded 16. X PS I4 coded 14.
XP507 coded 07 . X R567 coded 17 and the aircraft 1 used for
Ihe air-to-air photographic sortie XP5 12 coded 12. All the
Valley Gnats arc left in natural metal finis h . aparl from
dayg lo coveri ng Ihe fin and rear fu selage. wing ti ps up to.
but not including the ai lerons a nd the nose up to the break
in the cock pit canopy. The badge of No 4 FrS ap pears on
the fin and the codes in black arc reproduced on the nose .
level wit h the cockpit and on top of the fin. The fu selage
rounde ls appea r midwa y under the trailing edge o f the wing .
Thc photographers in the press part y were flown in Jet
Pro vosts to take their photographs in company wit h a Gnat.
What a delightful sight is was to see J Ps and Gnats flying
\\ ing tip to wing tip a ll over Anglesey and Nort h Wa les
doing the mos t "iolenl acrobatics! It must have given th e
loca l spotters Cl field day. as most of th e photographers
\\anted low-level stuff against a back ground of mountains
or th e Mena i St raits.
Onc of the interesting things that did come out of the
press visit to RAF Va lll.:y was a list of the current train ing
station s of the RAF and the ai rcrafl used the re . I have in-
cluded the li st this month for purel y historical interest. and
no doubt I'll get a great pile of letlers from cor resp ondents
pointing out o thers that seem of interest to them. Thi s is
the wa y v.e learn . though. and if you ha ve an)' add iti ons to
thi s li st r d be pleased 10 hear about them .
Flying Tm ining Schoo ls
Unit Aircra ft
Central FI)ing School. Lin le R is~i",Hon G nal . lel I>ro'o~t. l'rOlO"I,
Vaf<; it ~·. OIipmu nJ.:
C I'S HellcoPlcr \ Vinlt, '1ern hilL 5}ca more, \\ hn lw ind
N o I 1"'15 L mlOn·on · Ou~c (ba~ic) Va mpi re. Jel l' rOI'OS\, Ch ipm unK
No 2 F I S 5)er~to n (bas ic) J el PrOlOSt
No 3 FT5 [ ceminlC (basic) J CI !'ron)SI
No 4 FI S Val lcy (atl\ anctd) G nal, Va mpire
No 5 FrS O akin /!\On (3d van ced) Vampire, Va rsi t}'
No 6 1' 1S Acklin lt lo n (ba~ ic) J el Pro n )S I
N o 7 n 'o; Church Fcn lO n (basic) J el Pro l'ost
No 8 "- 1'5 Swindc rby (ad van ced) Va mpi re
OpcnaliolUll Corn'crsioll U nit s
No 226 OCU Midd lelo n SI Geo rlCe
( FilC ht er) Lightn ing
No 229 OCU Ch ive nor ( Filtht er) I-I u'u er
No 230 OCU Finninltlcy ( Bo mber) Vul can
No 23 [ OCU BassinlCbourn ( Bo mbe r) C"nbt"rra
No 23::: OCU Gaydon (Bo mber) Vali am . ViclOr
No 242 oel' r horney ' ~ I and ("{"ra n_po rt ) Ar IlOSY. Hasting ... Va lcn a.
Bel-.e r\ e)·
) Iam inle Op('rational T rai ni ng Uni t .
Kin loss (Coa~la l) Shaeklelo n
Air Nav i g~liion Schools
No I AN S Str ad isha ll Meleor. Va r~ i t}
No 2 ANS Hullav inglo n Vak n a. Var"lIl
Unh'crs il y A ir ,5(lu :ldrons
These units. fl ying Chipmunk aircraft . are stationed at
D yce . Shawbury, Filton , Cambridge, Ou ston . Turnhouse.
Perth , Brough, Dishforth , \Voodvale, White Waltham .
Newto n, Biccstcr, Sydcnham, Leuchars, H amble and SI
Athan .
Refresher F lying Training is ca rried Out at M anby/
Strubb y with Provosts, Varsities a nd Meteors. The Ro}'al
Air Foree ollege at C ranwell has Jet Provosts, Chipmun ks
and Valeltas .
Right : First IJhotographs of the TSR-2 indicate that this aircraft
is (IS powerful alld l"eI"satile (IS rumOllr has led liS to believe.
Looking for all the world like a cross between a Vigilanle and a
Crusader, the lIew aircraft will have low-level, fOllg-ronge strike
capabilities UllthOllght of a few yellrs lIgo. Designed for operation
from 1I11110St "nprepared surfllces, it has a four-wheel main
undercarriage and a crew of two. Left : Seen for the first time at
RA F Valley. the home of No 4 FTS, last 11I01llh, the Hawk er
Siddeley Gnat T Mk 1 is one of the 11I0st advanced trainers
possessed by ally air force in tlte world.
O ~cember, 1963 /03
CONCLUDING AN ARTICLE THAT
TELLS YOU HOW TO BUILD P~H

A working lifting barrier

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[UCON:l level cross. ng
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CONTINU ING where we left ofr last mon th, the next stage
in the constructio n of our work ing lift ing barrier level
crossing is the barrier posts and a rms. These are made from
the ones in the Airfix level crossing kit , cut down a nd sand-
wiched between two plates of Plastikard . They a re dri lled
for the pi vot pin and arc cemen ted into the holes in the post
insert plates, being allowed to set overn ight . The barrier itself
is a strip of 0.04 inch Plastikard, thickened at the pivot to
give a greater bearing surface and 10 stop 'waggle'. Small
pieces of lead arc gl ued at the end to act as counterbala nce
weights.
I have not attempted to light the lamps at the end o f the
barrier arms, as eve n the 'grain o f wheat' bu lbs are far too
big fo r the purpose. The sma ll lamp from the level crossing
kit can be drilled o ut for a rcd 'bril liant' and cemen ted in
place. These bri ll ia nts ca n be got from shops selling ha ndicra ft
supplies and are used in mak ing costume jewellery. I had not
added this deta il when the pho tographs were taken. A wire
lin k between the barrier arm and the crank transmits the
motio n. The plastic stop on the front of the post is cemented
in place when everyth ing is con nected up and working properly:
it is to make sure that the barrier arm is dead level.
A point solenoid is now connected to the main o perating
ann by a wire lin k. [( can be sited whereve r is conveni ent ;
m ine is against the trackside fence to show mo re clearly in
the photograph , but it co uld just as easily ha ve been under
the signal box. If the o perating wire has to be very lo ng it
is best to pUl in guide pins (or plastic guidc plates) to SlOp
whip, o r to run the wire thro ugh thin-bore brass tubing gl ued
to the baseboard.

WARNING LIGHTS AND SIGNS

These arc simple to make using red 'grain of whc.1. t' bulbs,
brass tubing and Plastikard. The diagram shows the method .
Instead of brass tube you can use gumstri p or economy label
rolled in to a tube, the wires from the bulbs passing down the
bollow posts.
The 'Second Train Coming' sign can be dummy, of course,
but if you choose to light it you will find it fairl y simple to
make. The basic requirement is some ± inch thick Perspex .
A t inch hole is drilled up inside the piecc to take the bulb
Dra wi"g abo ve shows the barrier ami ligllls draw" full si=e for
00 gauge. Left : Close-up of lighti"g system al Sparh Crossing.

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(Photo by CQurt~Jy 0/ BriliJh Railways.)
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and the back and front faces of the Perspex are sa ndpapered
until they arc opaque. The lettering has more chance of stayi ng
011 a roughened surface, but whether you paint the 'Second
Train Coming' by brush (a ticklish exercise to do neatly)
o r use Letraset transfers, give the lettering two coats of
matt varnish, ot herwise the heat of the bulb wi ll soon peel
everything on'. I kno w-when the photographs were being
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taken the studio arc lights played havoc wit h mine! Another To CLfAA. CS(.I..NK P1<c.f
method might be tQ use two thinner pieces of Perspex with
the lettering sa ndwiched between them .

CONTROL MECHANISM
The alternate ly flashing rcd warning lights need a mechanical f .....oT
d rum switch to produce thei r 'fla sh'. I have ment io ned thi s Hol.I~
briefly in a previous articlc and now include a full drawing of OP.t.R. ....T l l'l(j
a mo tor-d riven switch which is qu it c easy to make. The gea rbox .....1R.E HOLE
itself is made of thick Plastikard and the switch drum is driven
from an Orbit 105 , 205 or 305 electric motor th rough double
worm red uction d ri ve. Th is gives a very slow rate of rolation
of the drum . The drum itself is a piece of brass or copper
tubing from the scrap-box; the passing o f the current between
the pairs of contact wires is interrupted by SeIJotape stri ps
o n the drum . Probably the si mplest way is to put a layer of
tape right round the d rum and then to score and peel away
unwanted parts with a sharp kn ife.

CONTROL PANEL
Basically, the following switches are needed:- o n/otr sw itches
for (a) the current to flashing light bulbs; (b) the drum switch ©».
moto r ; and (c) 'Second Train Coming' notice. You will also
need a passing contact switch (point switch) for sole no id for
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barriers. Probably the neatest way of arranging these is to
bank them in a sma ll lever frame. Bo th Horn by- Dublo and
Tri-ang make ma tch ing o n/off and passing con tact switches Above: COfll·tmctiollal details referred 10 ill the text. Below :
which ca n be banked like this, or you ca n use a home-made The motor-drivell dmm switch used to operate the barriers.
lever framc. Switches (a) and (b) should be linked together to
wo rk simu lt ancously and, idca lly. should have a locking bar
so that neit her switch (c) nor the passing contact switch can be
moved unless (a) and (b) are thrown.
Grea t care should be taken in con necting up the switches
because diflerent cu rren ts are used . The 'grain of wheat' bulbs
should not have more than 8 or 9 volts D C (switches a and c).
The drum mo tor switch (b) needs 3 volts, while the solenoid
needs 12 voh s DC or 15 volt s AC. Probably the best thing is
to work the solenoid from the AC output o n the train con-
troller and to have separate dry batteries for the lights and the
drum motor. They should last a good time as, once the novelty
has worn otT, your leve l crossing won't be wo rking continuously!
Copyright, Mike BryolIl, 1963 Below : Olle' half of 111l' compte/ed model crossillg.

Mainly for modellers
THE BENEFITS
OF BALLAST
Most models can be improved by the addition
of some weight. NORMAN SIMMONS describes
a way of dOing this with various types of kits
R AILWA Y modell ers have long
understood the ad vantage, in
fa ct th e necessity. for adding some
weight lO their rolling s tock. The per-
formance of locomot ives is vas tl y
improved by the ad dition of we ight
inside the body casing to give added
ad hesion, the reby ensuring th at as
mu ch as possib le of th e mOlor's power
is tra nsmitted to the ra ils. I n sma ll -
whee led moto r bogies with on ly onc
dri ven axle this is even more neces-
sa r y. a nd withou t adequate weig ht a
moderatel y-s ized three- or four-coach
train ca n bring the spinning, slipping
whee ls of a power bogie to stall ing
point.
As well as weight ing locomoti ves,
it is also necessary to ensure that the
non-motor ised trailing roll ing stock
has adequate balla st. A light weig ht
plastic wagon marsha ll ed between a
locomotive and the rest o[ the tra in
ca n be pulled off the rai ls by the drag
o[ the train when roun ding normal
radius model curves. Similarl y, s uch
a lightweight wagon ca n be pushed ofT
This IIoll-lIIolOrised Airfix Prairie tal/k locomotille weighs oiler six OUllces with the addition of only a small (fuamity of lead shot and
PolyJilla ill Ihe smokebox alld coat bUl/ker, The model has beell filled with G WR tral/sfers alld scale el/graved brass lIumberplates,
106
the track b y a locomoti ve reversing
a train through a series of point s
or reve rse curves. Locomotive tenders
a rc part icular ly susce ptible to derail-
ment unl ess adequately weighted , but
fo rtun a tely they arc simpl e to deal
with and there is room in side mos t
of them to add an adequa te s uppl~'
of a lmost any fo rm o[ ballast that is
prefe rred.
Increased adhesion
T he ad va ntages o[ adding weigh t 10
such models is basica ll y to in crease
adhesion and to add s tabi lity b y
lowering the centre o[ gravity. It is
not always rea lised , however, that th is
ca n also be a positive ad va ntage out-
side the model rai lway sphere. Th ere
are many exam pl es that come to mind
among the mode ls in the Airfix range,
so let's take a look at some o[ them.
But, before wc do so, 1 would like
to mention the va ri ous ways in which
it can be done.
With ou t doubt, the best method
I have discovered is lead shot mixed
oblainable from £ill/it's of Reading.
into a thick pa ste o[ Po ll yfi ll a, Plaster
of P:uis. or so me such o ther medi um ,
to bind the shot toget her. Wh atever
YO ll d o, do no t use plastic cement.
as there is a da nger of it distort ing
the plast ic pa rts i[ too large a
quan tity is used . Lead sho t is remark-
ab ly heavy fo r its size- a I Ib jam
ja r wi ll hold abo ut 6 Ib o f shot , a nd
the small quantit y in the Alka Se ltzer
bottle next to the jam ja r in the accom-
pan yi ng ph o tog raph weigh s two
o unces.
The mixt ure is ve ry easy to pro-
duce. The Po lyfi lla is mix ed in the
sta nd ard way, accord ing to the maker's
instructions, and th e lead shot added .
The mi xture is then s pooned int o
pl ace a nd pressed homc. An y excess
Polyfilla must then be sq ueezed o ut ,
and ca n easi ly be was hed away by a
damp rag should any o f it stray o n
to the o utside of the mod el. Weight-
for-size, this mixt ure seems to give
the best result s, and quit e we ight y
po rt ions ca n be tucked away into the
sma ll est o f models.
Alternatives
If a n y d iffi cult y is found in obtain-
ing lea d shot , qu ite good res ults can
be achieved by lIsing pl aster on its
own . Ot her alte rnati ves arc sma ll ,
hea vy and un wa nted meta l objects,
such as d isused nuts and boILs buried
in Plasti cine. If the mod el has a la rge
holl ow structure , with a ll joins pe r-
manentl y sealed , it co uld be sufficient
10 lISC o rdinary sa nd , but make sure
it is as dry as poss ible before use.
To ret urn to the Airfix range , let
us first con sider th e ai rcra ft seri es,
perha ps the la rgest a nd most popul ar.
The addit ion of weight to 'bala nce'
model ai rcraft o n tricycle und ercar-
riages is weJl kn own and instructions
a rc, o f course, always included in the
kits when this is necessa ry. Onc ot her
pl ace where we ight can be added to
considerable ad vantage, especiall y
with the larger, hea vier models, is in
Airfl x Ma,-azine

The underside of tile moumi"g base of tile Airfix Ha wker P 11 27, showing tile lead shot
and Polyfilla mixture. The suwd weiglls I t ounces.
the base of the mounting stand . ]t
wi ll be found that , when so treated ,
models a re much more s table and less
inclined to move or topple over when
accidentall y touched . The sta nda rd
mounting base can be made to weigh
up to abouL I t ounces b y usin g the
lead shot and Polyfi lla method , and
ca n be nicely finished off with a piece
of g reen felt st uck on the bottom.
In th e ease of smaller, light er
models, such as the Tiger Mo th , RES,
Auster and most of the sing le-engined
aircraft where there is less plastic to
give natural weight to the mode l, it
is also a n adva ntage to add weight
low down in the centre o f the fu selage.
It will be found th at a weighted model
feels much more sat isfac tory when
held in the hand. " also si ts down
fa irer a nd sq uarer and is less li kely to
wob ble an d vi bra te when stood on
mantelpieces and other displa y po ints.
T he ship models arc great ly im -
proved by the addition of a litt le
weight , es peciall y in th e case of th e
sma ll er models. such as H M S Cossack,
Daring, Campbeltown a nd the histori-
cal ships, Series I. Make su re th e
weigh t is kept low d ow n in th e cent re
o f the hu ll , an d that iL is distributed
eve nl y. Th e mo del should balance
when held in the hand.
Most appropriate
The his torica l and milita l), figures
se ri es ar e perhaps the most appropriate
Airfix kits tha t can be improved by
add itional weigh t. The interior of the
whole model ca n be filled, if it is
desired to make it as hea vy as possib le,
perha ps for use as a paper weight or
desk o rna ment. There is, of course,
a danger of over-we ighting the model ,
as the legs of the figure ca nn o t ta ke
December '963
visible. T he underframes of both these
wagons wi ll , however, accept a fai r
amount of lead shot, and further
weigh t ca n be concea led as straw bales
or catt le, even in the cattle wagon , or
as s pecial loads carried on the deck of
th e Lowmac.
To compl ete this round -u p I must
mention the armoured vehicle series.
All the tanks a rc vastl y improved
with add itional weight. By thei_r ve ry
nat ure they arc g reat lumbering
beasts, and thi s impression is much
better conveyed in the model if the
interior is filled with lead shot to give
something lik e a sca le weight. The
quad and li mbe r in th e 25- pounder
field gu n kit a nd the Sca mm elJ tank
transporter ca n also be transform ed.
I hope this is enoug h to show that
there is something in this weight
un limited weight. Normall y it is busin ess. Once you ha ve give n it a
eno ugh just to add ballast to the try, 1 am sure you will agree th at
mou nting base, as this is suffic ient ly adding weight certa inl y adds some·
large 10 hold all the weig ht required. thing to }'our model.
If a ny ext ra is needed, th en it shou ld
be co nfin ed to the legs and lower part
of the body, to keep the cent re o f
gravity low, the reby avo id ing acci-
de ntal to ppling over.
The tilt test
Both tbe veteran ca rs and th e
modern car series can be ball asted ,
and, in my opin ion, are improved by
addi ng we ight. Normall y the plastic
'tyres' slip ralher readi ly on smooth
s urfaces, but it wi ll be found that •
wi th a few ounces of lead shot kept
low down in th e model these cars will
si l down we ll and will ro ll much bet -
ter. Th e B-Ty pe bus has enough
weig ht in its own plastic parts, but
some addit ional ball ast in the chassis
area will enable it to pass the tilt test
like its full -size b ro ther.
The rai lway roll ing stock ra nge I
ha ve al ready di scussed in general
terms. It is not necessary to si ngle
ou t indi vidual items as the basic theory
ap pli es to them al l. In the majority
of Airfix locomotives a nd wago ns
there is pl ent}' of room in which to
add we ight. The Pra irie tan k locomo-
ti ve illustrated on th ese pages [or in-
stance, has on ly a relati vel y sma ll
quantit y of lead sho t an d Polyfitla in
the smoke box a nd coa l bunker, but
it weighs arou nd six ounces and it is
no t motorised.
The frclled sides of the ca ttl e
wagon and the a bsence of a ny dee p
bodywork on the BR Lo wmac do call Top: This SlIIall qllalllily of lead sIlo I
weighs two oUllces. Above: Th e Alka
for specia l atte ntion, as there is not Seltzer jar Oil IlIe left COl/willS 111"0
a great deal of room in which to fix Olll/US of lead sl/OI. rhe half full l Ib jam
add itiona l we ight wit ho ut it bei ng jar 110lds 3 lb.
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Military modelling
by C. O. ELLlS
Simple
Sherman
• desired to any of the other Sherman models .
conversions
AND A FINAL SHOT IN
THE AIRFIX TANK BATTLE!
N E result of the giga ntic correspondence which foll owed
O Mr Stilwell 's controversial leueT in AIRFIX
J, MAG AZI NE
last July was a request for more information on the various
' up-gunned ' Shcrmans mentioned in the limited selection of
letters which we had Space 10 print. This month, therefore,
t am dealing wit h some simple conversio ns covering the prin-
cipal Shcrman types- ot her tha n specia l purpose vchicles-
operated by the British Army in the 1944A5 period .
Beginn ing with the Shcrman C, or 'Firefly', a look at the
photograph shows that Ihe main struct ural alteration s are
confined to the turret , wh ich was extended aft to accommodate
the greater length of the big 17 pdr gun that this version moun-
ted . This is just a maner of making a little box in card, measur-
ing 12 mm x 6 mm x 6 mill and cememing it in place. The
turret a lso has a gunner's hatch made from a disc of card
cemented opposit e the cupola.
Compared with ihe 75 mm gun mantlet, the 17 pdr mantlet
was of straightforward sem i-cylindrical cross-sect io n. A strip
of stifl' paper curved round a pencil and cemented over the
o riginal mantlet is just about the easiest way to achieve thi s
shape, after which semi-circular pieces of card are glued over
each end and a slot cu t to take the gu n barrel. I used a shortened
Panther barrel for this. A cockta il stick would do just as well ,
cut to a length of 42 mm and fitted with a conical mu zzle
brake from Sellotape in the man ner shown in the sketch.
An important feature of all up-gunned Sherman s was the
applique armour we lded retrospectively 0 11 each s ide of the
driving com partmen t, with o ther patches sometimes fined
fu rther aft in line with the turret. In some 'Fireflies' the hull
Models from the Airjix k it S"OIl'-
ing (/l'lt to right) : Sherll/all I A
with rocket projectiles, VS Army
Sha mall with AA machille gllll,
and Shnll/all I B as an O P 'ank
wi,,, cable reel on rear deck.
Camollf lage lIets are lIIade from
nyloll stockings (see last 111011111).
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machine gun was also removed and the position plated over.
All these additions can be made fro m card.
Another detail which considerably improves the look of
Airfix Sherman model s is the provisio n of dust-guards, omitted
from the kit but ea sily cuI from stilT paper to the shape shown
in the drawing. A suitable number for a Sherman C wou ld
be T- 148496 of the Guard s Armoured Division. This vehicle
has the triangular 'A' Squadron mark ings on the sides.
CLOSE SUPPORT ROLE
For the close support role, ano ther Shennan type was the
B model, th is being either a Mk I o r Mk rv fitted with a 105
mm howitzer as main armament. A new barrel is called fo r,
18 mm long and about 2 mm in diameter, and a gunner's
hatch is requi red on the turret top. The stowage bin on the
rear of the tu rret is an optio nal item made from ca rd 12 mm
wide, 6 mm high and 3 mm deep ; this can also be fitt ed if
The Sherman B was often a lso used as an OP tank fo r for-
ward observatio n officers of field and self-propelled artillery
batteri es. Ma in external d ifference in th is case was a pro minent
cable reel fo r field telephone lines either on the froOl of the
hull, the rear decking, or the side of the turret. A short length
of plastic sprue tightly bound with very thin cotto n makes a
passable reel, using Microstrip for the supporting brackets.
To replace the 75 mm gun, the Americans developed a
76.2 mm weapon and vehicles so armed, mainly Mks r, 11
a nd rll , were known as the Sherman A in British service. Al-
though of the same calibre as the 17 pdr, the American gun
had a shorter barrel and was less powerful, with a muzzle
velocit y o f 2,600 ft per second compared with the 2,980 ft
per second o f the 17 pdr. 0 rear turret extension is required
fo r this model, tho ugh a stowage bin was a usual fitting. You
wi ll need a barrel 38 mm long with a conical muzzle brake,
while a fu ll width semi-cylindrical manllet replaces the origi nal
mantlet as for the Sherman C. A Sherman A operated by the
Coldstrearn G uards was numbered T- 147389 ; front and rear
it ca rried the famou s Gua rds Armoured Di visio n formation
sign of a blue shield, outlined in red , with a wh ite eye super-
imposed .
rnleresling extra additions to the armameOl of some
Sherman and Sherman A models during the NW Europe
campaign were rocket projectiles-carried 10 my knowledge
by at leas t o ne squadron in the Guards Armoured Division .
These can be seen fitted to the model in the picture and were
launched from ra ils suspended on brackets at a 30-degree
angle on the turret sides. Fired electrically from inside the
tank, the rocket s were simi lar 10 aircraft RPs a nd , in fact,
those on my model came from an Airfix Swo rdfish kit.
US ARMY SHERMANS
The picture also shows a Sherman in its native warpaint, a
model in US insignia being particularly useful to suppo rt the
Airfix US Marines set. Typical examples of standard Shermans
(with 75 mm gun) serving in US Army tank battalio ns in
NW Europe during 1944-45 were ' Baton Rouge' USA 301 1065,
' Bachelor Boys' USA 3033310 a nd ' Hurrica ne' USA 3033907.
Turret extellsioll, 17 I)dr
gllll, and ap/J/it/lle :.'ide
arlllOllr arc lIIaill fea·
Il1res of the ShewJ{1II C
cOIII'ersioll. A· shaped
jilling 0" fill" from,
made from wire, is the
barrel traveJlillg lock-
though these I'ehic/es
1I:.'lIally travelled 01/ 'he
road lI'itlt IIIrret trained
aft, dlle IQ lONg barrel
ol"cdJ{fllg.
'Bache lor Boys' had a 6 in wide horizontal white band
encircling the turret at mantlet level and ' Hurricane' carried
H2 on the tu rret sides in large whitc letters. An unnamed
US Sherman, USA 30 11 129, had additional patchcs of applique
annour on the turret each side of the mantlel. US Shermans
invariably mounted an AA machine gun, a socket for which
is moulded into the cupola ring,
ow over to Mr J . StilweU, whose original letter on the
relative merit s of the various tanks in the Airfix range brought
comment (and somet imes counter·attacks!) from a huge
number of readers. Since he sta rted what turned out to be
something of a tank baltle wc are giving Mr Stilwell the final
shol. He writes, ' My basic theory was (and still is) that at
no time during 1939·45 were tanks used by us a match for the
contemporary German tank and I was (and still am) keen to
know more of the " user point of view". I have always fe ll
that our tank crews had to do their fighting with inadequa tc
weapons and that lives were lost quite unnecessarily as a resuh .
'Some support for my view comes from B. T. White's " British
Tanks 1915-45"· which stales on p 12 ", .. the policy which
persisted to the cnd of World War IL of having two types
of tank; one with heavy armour for infantry support and the
other, with stress on mobility at the expense of armour thick·
ness, for a mobile role. The weakness of this policy was that
it tended to neglect the most important quality of a tank- its
gun". Although not a British creation, the Sherman comes
in for the same adverse comment as it must have conformed
to current tank thought to have been adopted in such large
numbers. A perusal of White'S book shows the same common
factor among the 1939·45 types, namely 2A in of armour,
and guns ranging from the 2 pdr to the 17 pdr.
NO MATCH FOR TIGER
'Co rrespondence in the September AIRFlX MAGAZI NE alleges
that the Sherman C with a 17 pdr gun was a match for the
Tiger I. r just do not see this. Both this gun and the German
88 mm had high and, 1 believe, comparable muzzle velocities,
yet the "SS" fired a hea.vier projecti le and hence had greater
hitting power. And , by the middle of 1944, on ly one squadron
in three had the Sherman so armed, while the practice of
attaching odd bits of scrap track here and there points up the
shortcomings of the annour in a most unmistakable way.
' It seems to me that German tanks were countered by the
Allies not so much by meeting them with comparable vehicles
but by-
' 1. Outnumbering them at any given spot where possible-
• Pubtished by lan AJlan Ltd.
December. '963
most unfortunate if a single Shennan happened upon a single
Tiger.
'2. "Often manoeuvring out of tro ubl c"-how o ft en is
"o ft en" and what chance if there was no room to manoeuvre?
'3. " Closing the range at which they too co uld do damage" -
and while doing this the o pposing Tiger or Panther wou ld be
able to pierce at anything up to I ,000 yards.
'4. Dependence on air superiority to disable enemy tanks
either d irectly by gunfi re and rockcts, o r indirectly by stra tegic
bombing of industry.
'As far as armour and armament arc concerned my support
for the JS I I1 was due to the fact that it read as something
that could stand up to Panthers and Tigers, trade blow for
blow, and ve ry likcly win. Admitting only 0.4 in difference
in the turret thicknesses, it was still 0.4 in on the Russian side,
a b '~6
4
•I
(a) Simple me/hod of formillg muzzle brake from lIarroll' tri·
allglllar strip of Sello/ape. Vary width alld lellgth of Sellotape
accordillg to size of muzzle brake required. (b) Shape for SIIer/lloll
dllsfguords-cemem above track at frolll of hull. (Dimellsiolls ill
millimetres.)
wh ile the squat and rounded shape was surely better at shot
deflection and thus the equivalent thickness would be just
that mueh more. Consideratio n of stowage, that o nly a com-
paratively few of the large 122 mm rounds could be carried,
was a valid point overlooked by me, The lactic there would
possibly be to rely on the 200 mm of frontal armour to get
in good and close, then scltle with one shol. With its high
velocity gun and a projectile of 122 mm calibre it must have
had tremendous hitting power.
'As for handling, Panther v Sta lin, weights were much the
same but the Stalin's slower road speed of 23 mph (incorrectly
given on the Airfix information slips) does, of course, Icssen
the attraction a little:
Though I suspect that Mr Stilwell's latest letter will attract
even more comment, lack of space means that correspondence
011 this particular subject must now unfortu nately close. How·
ever, for those who wish to continue the battle privately by
post , the Editor will provide the necessary contacts!
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REALISM --- ------
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More about model photography

tL ESS you arc a wholehearted phOlographc r, you won' t
U want to spe nd a lot of mo ney o n photograph ing the la y-
out. It fol lows, 100, Ihal th e technique o f photography, which
is cove red by the wel l-known llford Manual in 725 pages,
ca nnot be picked up in a co uple of minutes . But if yo u're
on ly afl cr presentable pictures a few tips c.1.1l help a 101. You'll
need a few gadget s, so let's start ofr with a lens hood . This
stops unwan ted ligh t from entering the lens, and is part icu larly
useful when YOll arc using electric bulbs. Combined with it
is a close-up lens holder. The complete hood can be mad e
from card o r tube, as seen in th e sketch , with th ick ca rd to
hold the close-up lens. Th is device is prim itive, but will last
ror Quite a time. can bc or whitc card , but sho uldn't !Ouch the lamp. Don't
Next , the bulbs. These can be photo fl oods, which are over- use ca rd ror fl oods- they run very hot. Ir yo u ca n sc rounge
run bulbs developing intense light, but they ha ve a short lire. an o ld a luminium bowl and a swec t tin (Fig 2) these will give
They' re cheap, but ordi nary househo ld bulbs will do- though you a 'widc' light and a concent rated one, respecti vely, But
longer exposure will be needed . Shadcs fo r household bulbs fix thcm on handles or stands, for when I 5.1y 'hot' I am not
exaggerat ing,
A tripod and ball-and-socket head (Fig 3). and a cable-
releasc (Fig 4) arc practicall y essent ial ror time exposures,
but ir you li ke to take a chance, hold you r camera pressed
we ll down o n a steady support and kecp thc fi nger o n the
shuttcr release, Breathe gentl y, but don 't attempt to hold
your breath: you may ' burst' at the critical moment. Ir, by
chance, there happens to be a light collapsible tripod in the
house, dOIl't use it with it s legs rully extended , but have them

SEE THAr HOOD -..

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OFP' eOC.E~ OF
FILM
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at their shortest. T hese coJlapsibles are not rigid enough when
rull y extended, and even the smallest vibration can spoil a
time sho!. You ca n make a small table-top tripod , or course,
as shown in the sketch . A hardwood bl ock, three short wooden
dowcl s, and a bolt to fit the b'llJ and socket make a gadget
good eno ugh ro r most jobs. Stand it on the table or layout
when pho tographing.
Also essential ro r the beginner is a chenp artificial light
c..1lculato r (a good one is made by 10 hnso ns). This will take
al l the gu essing out or exposure .

LIGHT THE MODEL PROPERLY

A common reature o f amnteur phOlography in the model
magazines a rew years back was the locomot ive with its under-
carriage so dark th at you co uld n't pick out the deta ils ( Fi g 5).
This is still popu lar with beginners, though no t with Editors.
I can on ly assume that it was c.. used either by the light being
too hi gh and almost over the loco or, in some cases, the photo-
graph was taken wit h the loco's back 10 a wind ow.
In the first place, it should be rea lised that the footplate of
a loco overhangs and casts a shadow over the wheels. Th is
shadow may no t al ways be obvious to the eye, but you ca n' t
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 in the sketch . T hi s fo re and aft foc using tolerance helps o ut
a 101 , a nd if you stop down the lens iris to its absol ute mini mu m,
you sho uld t:e able to get the essen tia ls sharp enough to deceive
the eye.
T here is sometimes a n awkward corne r of the layout which
cannot be photogra phed beca use of lack of space. Often a
mirror will he lp out, as in Fig 11. Once aga in, the chief poin t
to watch, if you haven't a refl ex o r pla te camcra , is the foc us-
ing. He re is where you can be deceived. You don' t foc us on
the front of the mirror glass, but on the reflection of the model.
T hus, to gel Ihe corr\.-'Ct foc llsi ng po int , measure the dista nce
between the actua l model, and the mi rror, a nd double it.
T he picture ta ken will be reve rsed- don't forget this- and
can be brought back to normal when e nl argi ng by turn ing the
negat ive over.
So much fo r a few sta nda rd techni q ues, but the rest is up
10 you. I can't lell you tha t one kind of picture is good a nd

(it) another bad, because personal taste comes int o it a lot. Bu l

fool a ca mera film. What seellls a mild shadow to you will
be recorded as a heavy onc.
See that all details a re wel l lit (Fig 5). T here arc plenty of
lam p sett ings which give good results, but start by using a
sta nda rd setting (as in 6). Fancy wo rk can come after a few
successes ha ve made y O Ll blase about ordina ry schemes.
Slightl y different in approach is the usc of white card reneclOrs
a nd o nc [amp (Fig 7). Here, by juggling your cards around,
yo u ca n lighten up the sha dows. You wi l l get p retty much
the sa me effect if YOLl lake a picture near a window, as in Fig 8.
I n fac t, if anything, the effect could be more natu ral than if
the picture were taken in artificial light.
J ca n give YO ll a few of my own disli kes, wh ich you ma y agree
with .
Fi rst, the layout photograph which is c rammed with locomo-
tives and rolling stock . Thi s is co mpletely unreal istic, pa rt i-
c ularl y as the layout is usually a branch line. Aim al rea lism.
O ne small tan k pottering along wit h two or three coaches
looks more na tural than three or four Pac ifics clu tt eri ng up
the track at Slu mbering·on-the- Bri nk halt. And aim for deta ils
rather than mass effects. T ry for d istinctive litt le touches.
You may think the world o f yo ur layout. But take the other
chap's poin t of view. He may possibly be tired of the same
old ki nd of pict ure, taken at the sa me old angle. Try to take
photographs that look rea l. But be d ifferent.
T here is just one thing which is a pointer 10 the value o f
layout photography. T he camera isn't as easily deceived as
the human eye. Build yo ur layout to be ph otogen ic, a nd you
won o( be fa r out.

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Just to show r ye no bias against those new-fanglcd Hying
machi nes, 1 have included a tip on model pla ne photography.
A piece of glass o r Pe rspex is supported about a foot abo ve,
with ei ther : (I) co tton wool for clouds; (2) a elo ud photograph ,
which must be one tak en abore the cloud s; (3) a n aer ial view
of the co un trys ide. C heck that there a re no unwanted renec-
tions on the glass, before exposing the film.
Now back to la nd and la yout s, where I'm more a t home.
Fig 10 shows a common scene, and ge nera lly this won't necd
a close- up lens on most focu sing came ra s. The whole tra in
must be tolerabl y sha rp, and if possible yo u shou ld stand
well back so that you have more of the pictu re o n t he fi lm
than you actua lly need. T hi s will give yo u more depth of foc us,
a nd the wa nted section of the pict ure ca n be 'blown up' on t he
enlarger. If you h:wen't access 10 o ne o f your own , a photo-
graphic shop will do this for a small ex tra cha rge, compared
wit h a normal enlargement where a ll the pictu re is incl uded .
T here is a great temptation to focu s on th e front of the train ,
ie the loco. But you 'll get greater overa ll sharpness if yo u
foc Lls a little t e hind the locomoti ve. J ust reme mber th at your
pictu re will be sharp a little in fron t of the poin t of critic i.~ l
focus , and sharp for a fair di stance be hind it , as ind icated
December 1963 III

On road and track
by DARRYL REACH
CA London
R design , as visi tors to th e recent
Motor Show wi ll ha ve
seen , shows no 'S igns of stagnati ng. ]n
recent months there have been the
usual wide selection of new and ex-
cltmg models. whi ch make it a ll the
more difficuh fo r the motorist to
make up his mind which to buy.
Despite a ll this, we sti ll rely on the
fait hful internal combust ion engi ne,
in its va ri ous forms , as the source of
powe r. But this year there have been
two significa nt new develo pm ent s,
each of which cou ld lead to a n en-
tirely new form of power unit for
ca rs in yea rs 10 come.
The first is the revolutionary NSU
Wankel rOlary engi ne. This inte rest-
ing design has, of cou rse, been under
developmen t (or some time now, but
at the Fra nk furt M otor Show in
September th is Germa n co mpany re-
vea led thcir first production ca r (a
convertibl e, known as the Spyder) to
1/2
be filled wit h this new engine. The
ca r itself is basically simil a r in des ign
to the well-estab lished NSU Spo rt
Prinz, bu t has a rear-mounted Wa nkel
engine. Because o[ this powe r unit's
highly u nusual des ign, there has been
some dis pute ove r ho w its ca pacity
should be related to a piston cngine.
It was event ua ll y resolved , and as
fitted to th e Spyder the Wankel engine,
wit h a basic capacity of 500 cc, is
in [act ra ted at 1,500 ce b y the
Ge rman lax aut ho riti es.
A t one time , it looked as though
the Wa nkel eng ine could clai m a
cons idera bl e a dvan tage in power o ut-
pu t ove r engines o[ equ iva lent
ca pac ity. The wrangles over its capa -
ci ty rating have, however, put it o n
more of a level fOOling. The SU
Spyder is not going into production
until the early part of 1964. Its suc-
cess. as wit h a ny ca r, wi ll be govern ed
chiefly by its reception in the hands
of the everyday motoring community.
Th e seco nd interesting new power
unit development co ncerns th e gas
turbine. For many yea rs, th e Rover
company have ca rri ed o ut a lot of
pioneer work o n eng in es of this type,
but though we sa.w such a co nvi nci ng
dcmonstration by the Rover- BRM
thi s yea r at Le Mans, so far th ere has
bce n no production car fitled wit h
such a power unit. (It is interesting
to note tha t the body on the new
Rover 2000 is based closely o n that
deve lo ped for the Ro ver P4- the
latest protot)'pe Ro ver tu rbin e ca r.)
I n May. 1963 , the American
Chrysler compa ny, who themse lves
ha ve been act ive ly engaged for many
)'ears o n turbine development , includ-
ing th e bui lding of severa l prototype
cars, announced th eir la test turbin e
car. T hey also released details of a n
interesting consum er resea rch pro-
gram me involving th e building of 50
such cars, whi ch 200 American
motorists will have the o pportunity
of test-d ri ving free-of-charge fo r
periods of up to three mon ths.
Since the announcement of this
ambit ious plan, onc o[ these Chrysler
turbine cars has embarked on a
ro und-t he-wo rl d demonstration to ur,
whi ch wi ll take in 23 major cities in
20 countries, invo lving transporting
the machine no less than 47 ,000 miles
by ai r. T he purpOSe of this tour is
to give the public a chance to sce the
ca r, and selected motoring journalists
the opportunity to d rive it.
Outwardly, the Ch rysler turbine
looks like any other sleek ly-styled
Am erican ca r, a nd is a four-sea ter
two-doo r sa loo n. 1t has ma ny luxury
features, includ ing power steering,
powcr brakes a nd power window lifts ,
wh ile its control s and instrumcnts
bear a marked rcsemblance to those
o f a co nventional motor car.
H ow do you drive the Chrysler
turbine ? Well , not su rpri sing ly, there
a re differences needed in techn ique,
but it is perha ps best likened to
ta king the whee l of a normal ca r
fitted with a utoma tic transmission. To
start th e engine, you turn the ignition
key and release it , and th e tu rbine
sta rts immediatel y. The driver keeps
hi s foot orr the acce lerator until the
cngi ne is running under its own
power, but si nce it rcaches (u ll
o perating temperature a lmost im-
mediate ly there is no wa rm ing-u p
Tile Cllrysfa /lIrbille cm·, sleekly slyled
by Ghia, giw!s 110 Olltward indication of
its wlllsllal power lI11il . This pictllre was
taken {If London's Trafalgar Square.
Air-fix Mogazin@
period- panicularly useful in winter !
The a UlOmat ic transmission is con-
trolled by a lever, with start / park,
reverse, idle . drive and low posit ions.
Th ere is , of course, no clutch pedal.
and the drive r depresses the acce lera-
to r to go. releases it to decrease speed
and presses the brake pedal to slow
down o r sto p. Tbe Chrysler turbine's
instrument s are the sa me as those on
a conventi onal ca r. \\ it h on ly twO
e;\ceptions. The ca r has a spccial tur-
bine temperature gauge , and a reV
coun ter which reads to an impressive
60.000 rpm! ([bis part icu lar engine,
incidentall y, weighs around 400 lb
and prod uces 130 horsepower.)
The most impressive things a bout
a turb ine engine are its smoothness
and simp lic ity, coupled with the fact
tha t it wi ll o perate on a wide va riety
of different fuels, and requires less
There is plemy of room u"der the bo"net for the Chrysler's J30 horsepower turbine
maintenance than a convent ional engine, while the cockpit bears { I marked resemblance in basic layout to 0 conl'entional
piston engine. When they have con- car. The headlamp surrounds admit air for the turbine.
cluded their impressive consumer
resea rch prog ra mme. Ch r)'sler will year netted this 26-year-old Scottish car, mounted in a sma rt dis pl ay case.
undo ubtedl y know a lot about publi c sheep fa rmer th e title of World It was co mmissioned by the Esso
reactio n to the bui lding of such a car. Champion racing driver. Si nce then, Petro leum Co mpa ny (whose pelrol
Once again , its future wi ll lie la rgely hi s th ird place in the Ame rican G P and oil were used throughout the
wit h po tential pub lic acceptance- an d another fine win in the Mexican season in the Lotus) and made by
ah\ays assumi ng a prod ucti on turbine G P have brought his total of G P wins Bassett-Lowkc. As o ur picture shows,
car cou ld be tu rned out at a competi- to six, and made his victory all the it is rompletel y detai led , e\'en down
ti ve price. compared with more con- more co nvi ncing. At a recent party to the lyre va lves a nd the la st minia-
ventional motor cars. in London. Co lin Cha pma n, designer lUre nuts and bolts on the wheels and
of the Lo tu s 25 , with which Clark on the suspension anti-roll bars. It
Championship model won his championship, and whi ch ca rries the racing numbe r 8, which
I the October issue r wro te about gave LolUs the Wo rl d Const ruct ors' C lark's Lo tus wore when he clinched
J im Clark's convincing series of Champio nship. was presented wi th a the Wo rld Champio nship at the Italian
Grands Prix wi ns which have this wonderfu l 1: 10 sca le model of the G rand Pri.x a t Monza.

This magllificent model of the Lows 25, which won Jim Clark the World Dri.'ers' Championship alld designer Coli" Chapmall the
World Constmctors' Championship, was commissioned by Esso ancl made by Bossett-Lowke Ltd.
Oecemhr. '963 113

R ECENTLY, I paid a visit to
Jcr~ m y L1 oyd , whom YO ll w ill
probably have sccn o n television a nd
in fi lms. H e is vcry keen o n min ia tu re
raci ng, and is the proud possessor of
the circuit that was used a t the last
Ra cing Car Sbow. (Incidentall y, some
str uctu ra l mod ifi cat ions were needed
to his house, and alterations to the
(rack itse lf. before it could be in-
s ta ll ed! )
Jerem y is no mean performer with
miniature ca rs, a nd so there is usually
some very 'hai ry' di ci ng during a
sessi on. These sess ions a rc pretty fre-
q uent , and in consequence, tbe track
su rface has become very smooth ,
es pecially o n the bends. The ca rs,
mostl y 1 : 24 sca le, deve lo p quite a
bit of whcelspin. Some o f the lig hter
ca rs even spin their wheels vcry
realistically on starti ng.
Spin helps performance
h ad the impression that this spin
was helping, rather than hindering,
the ca r's performance. It is part ly due,
no doubt , to the fact that the average
var iable resismnce is a bit coa rse on
12· voll system s. It certa inl y ga ve a
wide margin of dri(( , so maybe the re
is somet hing to be said for ve ry
smoo th su rfaces. Members of clubs
with a permanent tra ck will undo ub l·
ed ly have ex perienced this already.
With 50·voll motors in o ur ca rs I
wo uld ex pect a greater degree of con-
trol and no sp inning requi red. In the
meantime wc mus t experiment.
One rather non-sta ndard practice we
tried was pu rsu it racing bet wee n
pairs of ca rs, in a knock-o ut competi-
tio n, The two cars start with half a
lap between them , and the one pass-
ing th e o ther is the winner. This
doesn 't allow much dawdling, and
you've no need to count the laps. If
yo u ha ve not experi.mented with this
a lready, try it some time, it's quite
good fun .
I antici pate us ing M r Llo yd's t rack
as a test bed for cars at present under
constructi on, and hope late r to be
11.
eelspin
BY BERT LAM KI N
a bl e to give details of relat ive per-
formances. (fhis wi ll not includ e
double-motored efforts, as l have yct
to see a car desig ned for the lap speed
record making iLS test runs at Brands
Ha tch !)
Testing the various makes of track
now avai lable shows a si mi larity in
o nc respect. The slots a rc equidi sta nt
in the relative width- in ot he r words,
there is the same d istance between the
slot and the edge of the tra ck on both
sides. Th is means the s tandard ba rrier
will keep the outside ca r on the track
at bends. j rega rd this as being ve ry
unrealis tic, but assume that from the
manufa ctu rer's point o f view th e extra
track wi d th is co nsid ered too ex pen -
sivc. On my circuits 1 add an extra
inch. Pol~rfilla is useful for this, and
the o uts ide man then has room to
' lose it' if he wants to.
On this ques tion of room , wc oug ht
to go o ne better th an full-size , es-
peciall y with th e pit a rea. Overc rowd-
ing is just as bad o n miniature race
tracks as o n model rail wa}'s. Thc
actual pits sho uld always be we ll ba ck
from the circuit edge. If you have been
ab le 10 install your track more or
less pe rman ently, all ow for a good
access r oad- sha rp, right-angle bends
arc no t the thing . A lso, in front o f the
pit coun te rs there shou ld be ample
room for stat ionary cars IQ be passed .
Hew pits system
This may sound h ypot hetica l, as at
prese nt most model ca rs bave to be
lift ed to and from the pits. But [ am
now working on a scheme whe reby
they can be dri ven into and Ollt of
the pit area. This, I believe, wo uld
add inte rest to our m iniature racing ,
es peci all y if a Grand Pri x was staged
--compu lsor y pit SlO ps for 'fuel'
wou ld certa inly add some excitement.
T hose cha ps who sta nd arou nd wa tch·
ing could be given the job of pit con-
trol. M o re of tbis when l've produced
a worka ble system.
'Ininking on simi lar lines to fe ll ow
contributor A lex Bowie, I h ave just
completed a small ci rcuit that folds
in haU to make a box 4 ft by 2 ft by
3 inches. T his is small enough to pu t
in the back of the car- or be hind th e
wardrobe, if the lady of the house
isn't look ing! Th is idea all ows the
track to be avai lable very qu ick ly, The
two bui ldings arc detachable, and
when no t in use are housed in a box
with the cars, co nt rollers a nd power
pack,
Controllers and power su ppl y plug
in by mea ns of two·amp plugs and
sockets. The hardboard sid es o f the
unit are deep enough to clear the flat
landscaping and barrier rails. T he
gove rning feature o f this idea is that
tbe cent re line of the hinges must be
the highest point above th e base.
A lth ough, in m y case, the sid es were
relatively low, one ca n increase these
to incorporate higher features. Th e
edges of the sides butt together in th e
closed position. If th e side heig ht is
exceed ed on one half, it must be
mat ched wi th someth ing lower on the
oth er. ] guess th.i s is fai rly obvio us.
Constructional details
Ha lf-inch pl ywood was used for the
base and Lh e pl astic track sect io ns
were fastened wi th countersunk wood
sc rews. Wood blocks we re used to get
the necessary hinge height- these were
su bsequentl y masked by 'sce ne ry'.
Sma ll case hoo ks hold th e two ha lves
together whe n closed. Thi s idea elimi-
na tes joi ning numerous sections and
the ri sk of breakages. Onc pa rticular
mak e of track on the market is rather
prone to break ing Ih e jo ining lug .
Lastly, there a re two small po int s
I sho uld li ke to cl ea r in co nnect ion
with the three-ca r circuit mentio ned
in th e last two isslles. The photo-
graph s la st month showed the car
wit ho ut a windsc reen and th e eleva ted
track supports 'wa ll ed in'. The screen
was filled later , and the cardboard
wa ll added a fter co nstruction as per
the text of the article. Th is now, I
hope, ex plains th e slight d ifference
bet wee n word s and pictu res!
More racing clubs
Soufhend : R. Chapman , 36 H ome-
stead Ga rdens , l-Iadleigh, Essex.
Sl:.lin cs : V. Jeynes, 28 Stai ne A sh
Crescent, Staines. N ew Zea land :
W. G, Burn , 253 Don Bucks Road,
M assey, Auckland. A ustralia : R.
McLcnnan , 97 Fairfic1 d Road , Eliza-
beth South, South Australia .
AkfJx MG'Iazlne
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restaurant. N o . 1 Low. relief cinema , fe w u n 1chieve with ordin1ry p1 ints.
post office and shop. N o . 3 Low-
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- Moorla nd Pastl're Butt ercu p field
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house. Each ] / 6.
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'Slotting' a Sprite
HARRY WATSON EXPLAINS A SIMPLE
MOTORISATION METHOD, AND TELLS
HOW HE ' CUSTOMISED ' AN Fl FERRARI
R EADE RS may be interested in
some details of a particularly
simple method by which I have
motori sed th e Airfix Sprite 10 run on
any I: 32 scale slot racing track. For
the conversion, you wi ll need onc Air·
fi x Sprite, one Airfi x molor, two
Airfi x rear axles , onc Sca lcxtri c socket
g uide pin Mk 2, a pair of Airfi x pick-
up braids and a lower body hair from
any Airfix racing car- the Fcrrari or
the Lotus is best.
Firstl y. the chassis. for which I
used a Ferrari lower bod y haiL (fhe
reason for using this is that th e back
ax le and the mOlor posit ion arc, of
co urse, accura tely located on the car
bod y. and so wc"re sa ved the d iffi -
culty of lining them up for ourselves.)
Cut the chassis just in front of the
rea r front axle pivot, and discard the
front portion. CtIt a hole half an inch
in diameter immediatel y behind the
rear fr ont axle pi vo t, and insert the
Sca l extric socket guide pin .
Cut slots 3jl6 inch wide for the
front ax le, immediatel y behind th e
front pair of body guide pins. Drill
a 1 jl6 inch hole 13/16 inch behind
the rear front axle pivot, for the cha s-
sis fixing screw. Reduce both axles by
3 / 16 inch , and rcmove lhe gear (rom
the 'front' one , and wrap thi s axle with
Sell otape, to prevent shoning. Remove
December. 1963
the two lugs ovcr the holes on either
side of the rear front axle pi vo t.
Pl ace lhe molor in position, and
the two axles. ALtach the pick-up
b raids to the motor an d pass them
under th e front axle, th rough the
holes in the socket guide pin for
Scalextric track , or through the ho les
o n either side of the rear front axle
pivot for Airfix track.
ex t, the body. From the chassi s
of the Sprite (part 4) remove the
whee l arches, and modify it so that
it fits into the bod y (part 37) upside
down , and lip against the dashboard
(part 36) which is first fitt ed into the
body. Cut slot to clear gear wheel in
rear. CUl part 24 (the front bu lkhead)
in half c rossways, and cement one
half, with the ends trimmed to fit , on
10 the ex treme rear cnd of part 4 .
Trim the other half of part 24 and
cement it inside the bod y, flus" with
th e front edge of part 4. Pack several
small pieces of waste plastic inside
the two b rackets th us fo rmed , and
when dry drill to take th e chassis
fix ing screws. Trim off the centre
parts of the ribs on part 4, to clear
the motor, and add a piece of waste
plas ti c 3 / J 6 inch thick across the
rear of the flat part to suppo rt the
rear end of the motor.
Screw the completed chassis to the
body. Add the ex terior body detail s
as in the Airfix ins truction sheet. Cut
away the lower part of the steering
wheel, cement in position , and add
the head and shoulders of an Airfix
d river.
A s Bert Lamkin has recent ly men·
tioned , the appea ran ce of Airfi x racing
ca rs can easily be im proved by the
addition of a few details, such as
windscreens , and correctly painting
the wheels. I ha ve recent ly carried
this o ut on lhe Fcr(ari and the only
materials required a re some acetate
sheet, a few bits of waste plastic and
wire, glue and paint.
Painting procedure
To reproduce the 196 1-lype Ferrari
(No 8 in the photo) , dismantle the
ca r, remove the driver and the tyres.
Paint as follows: 31ack- both sides
of all whee ls, the dri ving scat, steer-
ing wheel rim , rear cnd, the various
pegs visible through the front end ,
ends of exhaust pipes, the oval carbu-
retto r covers behind th e cockpit, the
openings of the sma ll vents in front
of the mirrors and on the sides. Add
three small blobs on the dashboard to
represent the instruments, one above
the steering wheel and a smaller one
on each side.
Silver-exhaust pipes, roll bar, steer-
ing wheel spokes, mirror faces , both
sides of wheel rims. Wi th an almost
dry brush, to uch in the wheel spo kes ,
and the carburettor covers to look
like gauze. Carefu ll y go over the si lver
parts with clear va rnish to prevent
them being rubbed ofT.
Paint yellow 'Fe rrari ' insignia on
the sides, not forgetting the small
raised one on the bonnet front , and
Coftlillued OIJ page 133
119
Left: LB278, 0 standard Auster AOPMk I fined with a Cirrlts Minor, the cowlillg of which is slightly more rectangular ill shape
Ihal1 that of Ihe Gipsy Major of the Mk /11 . Right : L8319, all AUSfer / fitted with 0 Gipsy .J\1ojor, rilereby nU/killg it a lriol aircraft
for the M k 111 version of 'he Allster.

R ECENT Profiles have shown how readily the Airfix Spitfire

lends itself to the development of a range of differing
marks of the aircraft. This is similarly true of the Auster VI,
which can easily be made into one of an extensive range of light
aeroplanes preceding o r following the variant chosen as the
Airfix model. I n addition , the individualistic colo uring or
the civil Austers renders the idea o r conversion colourful to the
extreme.
Taylorcrart Aeroplanes (England) was formed on ovember
2 1, 1938, to produce an American
high wing light plane, the TayJor-
to be removed, as on the other versio ns or Austers suggested
here. It will be found that this can be done by either fashioning
a new top section, or by utilising the existing one, as regards the
attachment point s ror the main planes. The latter can, however,
be stuck in place witho ut the attachments provided by the
ca nopy roor. Lf an early Model C is chosen, the engine cowlin g
wi ll need to be removed after the fuselage has been assembled .
Cut the cowling off immediately ahead or the cockpit, and re-
place it with a replica or the Lycoming engine. The existing
cowling would , however, suffice
for a Ci rrus----.or Gipsy- ror the

PRgFILE~
crart M odel C. To render its differences on such a smaU scale
British origin more clearly the are slight.
Company added 'Plus' to the Taylorcrart were planning to
produce the Plus Model D, pow-
aircraft's name. The first Model C
ered by a 90 hp Cirrus Minor,
was completed on April 24, 1939, whe n the war came. Side· by-side
and first flown on May 5. By seating was decided upon, aod a
July the Plus Model C was being door fitted on either side of the
quickly produced and 23 had fuselage. More elaborate instru-

Modifications
been built by the end of 1939. ments were installed, and a simple
The Model C was a two-scater stick-type ruel gauge projected
high wing monoplane powered by in front of the windscreen. A
a 55 hp Lycoming 0-145-A2 . .I ts Plu s 0 / 1 can be built from the
A irfix kit by making modifica-

with the
wood, alloy and fabric wings
were supported by struts. It had
only one door placed on the star·
board side, and the seating was
side-by-side.
Seventeen Plus Cs were taken
over by the RAF. 10 1942 they
were re-engined with Cirrus
Minors, and subsequently known
Airfix Auster
as Plus Model C/ 2s. The ramiliar pre-war cream finish with red
or green trim had been replaced, initially by brown and green
camouflage, with undersurfaces yeIJow. Later, an overall brown
and green finish was applied, as on HH 982 and H H985. These
aircraft had red and blue roundcls both above and below the
wing tips.
Modifications needed to produce the Model C include a new
outline to the fuselage underside, and revision of the top line
of the fuselage aft or the cabin . The transparency needs to
terminate beneath the wing. The build-up or the top line of the
ruselage can easily be made with wood. A tail skid must replace
the wheel, the exhaust manifold will need to be unshrouded, and
the wing struts join the fuselage at the top or the undercarriage,
the side struts of which will need to be replaced by a solid
fairing. The dome on the roor of the existing transparency needs
120
tions similar to those required to
make the Plus Model C/2.
Army trials wi th five Plus D s in
competi tion with Tiger Moths
were undertaken in 1940 both in
Britain and in France where, on
the day befo re the German
assauJt began in May 1940, one
of the Plus Ds made the fi rst operational spotting flight by a
Taylorcraft. Ultimately it was decided to order 100 Taylor-
crafts based o n the Plus 0 / 1 and designated Auster Mk I.
These were o rdered at the end o r 1941 , and LB263, the first
production example, flew in May 1942. By the end or August
29 had been built. and the 100 by the end of 1942. These aircraft
- LB263-299, LB311 -352 and LB365-385-were intended for
artillery fire control. Since they flew at low level s and used
rapidly improvised landi ng grounds, which were little more than
selected field s in the countryside, the Austers were camouflaged
dark green and dark earth overall, the undersurfaces wcaring a
pattern that was a mirror image or the upper surrace design .
They ca rried red and blue roundels above and below the wing
tips, usual fuselage roundeJs and fin stripes and black ruseJage
serials.
Airfix Magazine
 No squadron markings were carried by the Austers in their
early days, and many aircraft rapidly changed hands. LB316,
for instance, was in itially delivered to No 654 Sqn in September
1942, was transferred to 652 Sqn in February 1943, and joined
656 Sqn the following month. After this, it wa s Llsed by No 43
OTV, which speciali sed in trainin g pilots, before it was trans-
ferred to No 22 EFTS at Cambridge, a part of which concen-
trated on training Army officers to fly.
LB321 was al so used by this unit. She remained fully camou-
flaged and had E2 o n her cowli ng sides in duck egg blue.
LB31 8, coded A2, had , in December 1943, yellow unders urfaces
and red-white-blue roundels although, unlike o ther trainers,
these Austers never wore under-wing serials.
As well as seeing much service in Britain, the Auster Is were
soon deployed overseas. Following service trials, LB263, th e Requiril1g 110 modijicariol1 except to the III/dercarriage, the
first Mk I, was dispatched to North Africa , wh ich it reached in AOP Mk 6 used by the Army Air Corps /·epresel/Is a simple model.
November 1942. LB264 served at home, but seven other early WE551 is show// here, cOl/verted f rol/l a T Mk 7.
mach ines joined LB263, and d uring November 1942 became
MZ I92 with 662 Sqn. MZ238 was with 656 Sqn at Westering in
operat io nal with No 65 1 Sqn, LB265, '267 and '269 amongst
April 1943, onc of the ea rly examples used by a squadron .
them. A second squadron , No 654, arrived in North Africa in
The Austcr HI had barely entered production when the
March 1943. Auster AOP Is of both unit s operated from Sicil y
Lycorning engine became availab le in large numbers. It was
soon after the landings there, a nd a day after the Salerno land-
then decided to develop a further Au sler version carrying a third
ings 654 Sqn had four Austers operating from the beach. A third
scat and having an improved all-round view, made possible by
squadron , No 655, arrived in Ita ly in November 1943 and was
the fitti ng of a slightly domed rear transparent canopy. On
spotting during the Anzio landings. But before th is, new versio ns
May 2, 1943 the first example embodying this modification flew ;
of the Auster were flying and in service.
it was a conversion of Mk lIT MT454. Apart from its snub
GREATER ENGINE POWER nose encasing the Lycoming 0-293-3, and side-by-side seating
with an optional rear seat for a passenger or observer in addition
The Mk n Auster represented an attempt to produce a versio n to internal modifications, the Mk rv had a stra ight contour to
fitt ed with flaps and an engine of greater power, the 125 hp the underside of its fu selage, being the first Auster version to
Lycoming 0-293-3. MZI05, the prototype, first flew on Novem- feature th is. Production rapidly followed flight trials and 254
ber 22 , 1942, and MZ I IO soon after as the second prototype. AO P IVs were built with MS and M T serials, the las t machine
Both wore standard prototype co lours. However, the Lycoming being completed in May 1944.
was in short supply, so Taylorcraft decided to fit experimenta lly
a 130 hp Gipsy Major into LB3 19, which first flew on September
28, 1942. Both Mk Us were later modified to have Gipsy
INDIVIDUAL CODING RARE
Majors, and MZIIO was usefully employed as '2' of the AOP MTI33 was an AO P IV used by 662 Sqn in 1944, and trans-
School at LarkhiJJ to the end of the war. ferred to 65 8 Sqn in October, after being used as a spotting air-
The Gipsy-powered version was highly successful , and the craft in France; N o 658 Sqn also used MT 139, while spotting for
Lycom ing variant for the time was dropped. Product ion began of army gunners in France from shortl y after D-Day until the end
this third version , the AOP ID , for the extra power conferred of the year. Both of these aircraft carried the full array of black
a shorter take-off run and better init ial elimb. The AOP rn and while 'AEAF stripes'. MTI69 was in use in Holland
can be built by making similar modifications to those required during September 1944, and after post-war service became
for the Mk I, and ensu ring that the correct amount of trans- G-AN HO. Rarely did the Austers Co:'1rry any individual coding,
parency remains clear when painting is undertaken . The AOP but MT306, used by 651 Sqn from September 1944 until the
Ins were camouflaged green and brown overall. end of the war, was for a time coded MC ; MT341 was used in
MZ IOO, the first production Mk lIT, first flew in 1943, and Italy by 654 Sqn as 'AZ' in 1944. These Sky codings appeared
o thers appeared in the MZ, NJ, NK and NX ranges. Produc- ahead of the rounde!.
tio n was rapid, and ten squadrons had Mk n Is by the end of J une 1944 saw the emergence of th e first Auster AOP V,
1943. MZI 19 was then with 65 1 Sqn , MZI68 with 65 8 Sqn. Continued 011 next page

1
Fig I sho ws fh e nose and cockpit shape for fh e PIllS Model D al/d fh e Ausler M k I. Th e cockpit callopy was of similar shape 011 Ih e
Mk 11/. Fig 2 shows the IIose shape of the Mk s 11, 1 V al/d V fitted Wi1h a Lycoming engille. Variolls types of exhaust pipe were, of
COllrse, filled. Fig 3 illllslrales Ihe nose colllOllrs lInd POSiliolls of imllkes 011 the AOP M k Vi . N ote also the g ellerator 011 the wing
leading edge.
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PROFILE- Continued
MT356. This was the final varia nt to sec wa f service and ,
powered by a Lycom ing 0·290-3/1 and incorporating refinements
to permit bad wea ther Hying, it was designed as a three-seate r
and was able to accommodate a stretcher. MT357-367 were also
Mk Vs and others appeared wi th se rials in the NJ , RT, TJ and
TW series. From TJ600 o nwards the AOP Vs left the wo rks in a
silve r fini sh wit h black serials and cod ings as required . Many
others shed their ca mouflage arter the W'df, but onc that did not
was TJ207 whic h, shortly befo re the end or hostilities. was
filled with float s. Her camo uflage was Ihal laid down for proto-
type aircraft, brown and green with yellow lower surfaces.
A Lyco rning engine would need 10 replace the existing onc on
a model of th is aircraft , and the strut s provided for the attach-
ment of fl oats in the Airfix kit need to be reve rsed for fitting
from those of the Mk 6. An additional strut aft of them needs
also to be fitted . Small rudders were fitted to the fl oa ts, and a
ye llow ' P' marking was applied aft o f the fu se lage roundel. No
silencer was filled to the exhaust stack . TW521 and TW 522 were
si lver tloatplanes of similar configuration . These aircraft
had been devised wi th a view to th eir use in ihe Far East, but the
war ended there befo re they co uld be deployed . Their float s,
incidentally, had been intended fo r Queen Bee radio controlled
aircraft, and to avoid time and expense they had been wedded to
the Austers.
The onset o f bad weather in the win ter of 1944/45 led to an
urgent request for 12 set s of skis to be fitted to Au ster Vs em-
ployed in the ' Battle of the Bulge' in the Ardennes. These skis
were rapidly produced and in shape resembled a more delica te
form of those featured by the Airfix model.
The Auster VI entered productio n in 1946 and , until quite
recently, eq uipped units of the Army Air Corps. Early VI s were
all sil ve r. VX I12 was onc such which carried ROA ahead and
S aft of its roundels in blac k. He r wing roundel s had narrow
white bands, and also the fin stripe but not the fuselage roundel
at the time when she met a di sastro us end. TW563 coded
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Top : TJ207 , an Allstl'r V jloatplone wearing wanimt' prototype
CO/Ollrs . Note 'he re-arrangement 01 thl' struts and (lll additional
1'(' 01' strlll. Bottom: MZ249 , {Ill Auster III in use (l/ Westering
ill March 1943. Th e rOUllde/s lor the model were produced by
ol'erpain'i"g Ihe gil'en lrallsll'rs ht'fore applyillg tll('lII. The
combing a/l 01 'he wing was made from wood.
PF-H and TW-564 :TS- M were also sil ver with black serials .
With the onset o f the Col d War man y AO P 6s were camoll-
flaged in the war-t ime style, VXI1 6:X M-P in white and used
by 652 Sqn was o ne such , also VF568 used by No 1903 Fit in
Ko rea during 1953. VF603, with G ahead of its roundel s, typi-
fied the airc raft used by th e Light Airc raft School , whose air-
c raft usually had whit e serials and le tt ers.
Little-known is the fact that , at the t ime o f the Suel Ca m-
paign, some of the home ba sed AOP 6s were ca mou flaged
overall in an e ntirely different scheme or light sto ne and a
darke r shade or sto ne app lied to th e usual light and dark
pattern . WJ3 57 was one such mac hin e, whose serials were
black. Anoth er possible fini sh for a Mk 6 incorporates the
usual green and brown finish , with 'ARMY' in black forward of
the fu selage serials, as on VF552 which had black serials. The
Mk 6s a lmost invnriabl y had a small radio mast a little beyond
half-WHY along each wing leading edge, and a standard fitti ng
was a small wind-driven generator on the starboard wing leading
edge at it s roo l.
One more principa l Auster variant offers a simple co nversio n,
the T Mk 7. Extemally, it resembled a Mk 6 with a sil ver finish ,
bearing yellow wi ng and fu selage 'T bands'. WE600 wa s form-
e rly thus attired, and coded L when with 663 Sqn prior to
leaving for the Antarctic . A sil ve r and yellow T 7 with 'ARMY'
ahead of her serials was WE607: P (ah ead or the roundel) used at
Middle Wallop. Uke o thers of her breed she had a black anti-
dazzle panel. So me T 7s were later converted to the AOP role
and ca mo uflaged , like W£55 1 of 65 1 Sqn, which had ARMY
and its serials black. Wing and fuselage roundels of I ft 6 in-
the usual size- were carried . WJ401 was seen in 1962 to ha ve
grey nnd green upper surfaces and sil ver lower su rfaces, the
ultimate in colou ring whe re the entire breed was concerned. That
is, unless one turns to the multitud e or civi l Austers in their
bright array o r hues. They, in turn, will attract the attention o f a
later Profil e. M . J , F, Bow)'cr
NEWS FRO M BP M S
F OLLOW ING th e treme nd ous interest aroused by the
detai ls of th e British Plastic Modeller's Society, whic h
appeared in o ur November issue, the Honorary Secretary is
replying to al l enquiries received, by return . Howeve r, many
modellers in the United Sta tes and other overseas coun tries
have been wri ting fo r information and, foUowing a committee
meeting held on Octo ber 25, Mr James H . Sage. of 3813,
Durango Dri ve. Dallas 20, Texas. has agreed to act on the
Society'S behalf. Other agent s wi ll be a ppointed later.
In the mean while, meetings are being held on the four th
Friday or each month at 'The Po rcupine', opposite Leicester
Square Tube station. They are open to both members a nd
no n-members, where the s ubjec t of plastic modellin g is d is-
cllssed, and it is hoped at futu re meetings to arwnge talks
and film shows, etc, covering subjec ts of direct in terest to th e
modeller. light refreshmen ts are available and. although held
in what is obviously a pub. the actual meeting takes place in
the assembly rooms above, sta rtin g at 7 pm.
Members are particularly asked to bring their models along
to enable others to compare no tes on construction and offer
hint s and tips, e tc. All enqu iries co nce rning th e BP MS should
be made to the Hon Sec, F . A. Brown, 145, Ca mbe rwell Road ,
London, SE5.- R.C. J.
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Story of the Bf 109
TI-li! MESSERSCHMITI 109- A FAMOUS GERfo,lAN FIGHTER, by
H einz J. Nowarra. Published by Harleyford Publicatiolls Ltd.
Letclnvorth. Herts. Price 60s.
H IS excellent publicatio n contains everything worth knowing
T about the development. action and allied prototypes
connected with the Br J09. The author was closely connccted
with the aircraft in a practical manoer, having served with the
Luftwaffe from 1939-45. and this adds to the book's authenticity.
We liked the way in which the development of the Bf 109 has
been traced through its early years and first action in Spain, to
the Battle of Britain and the Russian front. Full details arc given
of the German aces who flew the aircraft, and many perso nal
experiences are recalled. There is even an assessment of the type
by an RAF pilot, which makes extremely good reading.
The normal practice wi th thi s type of Harleyford publication
is followed in the same way as its predecessor, <The Spitfire'.
Almost every picture we can remember having seen published
of the Bf 109 is included. Prototypes, and such developments
as the Bf 109Z, Me 609, Me 209 and Me 309, arc adequately
dealt with and there is a large number of three-view drawings
of each variant. For the model maker a series of full colour
drawings, depicting aircraft in use in various thea tres, add to
the value of the book and there are also a number of fighter
unit markings.
Popular ABC
BRITISH B us FLEETS 0 12- LoNDON TRANSPORT. Published
by lall Allan Ltd, Cral'e" HOllse, Hamploll COllrl, Surrey.
Price 3s.
HE fact that Ian Allan's ABC of London Transport's Bus
T Fleet is now in its 21st edition speaks well for its popularity.
Despite LT's interest in standa rdisation, this ABC points out
many variations to seemingly standard designs that could other-
wise be easily overlooked by the casual observer. Among the
J ,623 Routemasters listed are included the experimental batch
of 30 ft long RMLs, seating 72 passengers, the experimental
30 ft long forward entrance RMF and the Green Line coach
version RMCs. Routemaster production is continuing at
about eight per week we are told, but the ABC also lists over
7,000 double deckers of other classes; RT, RTL, RTW and
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RH L, and over 700 single deckers- no lack of variety here.
In addition, details are incl uded of over 300 service vehicles of
all shapes and sizes, and 22 former LT vehicles now preserved.
Sixteen of the 80 pages carry reproductions of photographs o f
past and present vehicles. A fine li ttle boo k for 3s and just one
o f 20 titles now uvailable, or in course of product io n, in the
A BC Bri tish Bus Fleets series.
Airforces guide
M ACOONAl.D W ORLD AIR P OWER GUIDE, compiled by lVilliam
Green al/d Delll/is PUlIIlelt. Published by MacdouaM al/d Co
Lul, Gulf HOllse, 2 Portmall Stree/, LoUt/Oil, IV\. Price 15s.
HOSE of you who read ' Flying Review International ' will
T reca ll the exce llent supplements published from time to time
giving side-view drawi ngs of aircrafl and relevant data shcets.
Denn is Pun nclt and Wi ll iam Grecn, who work together o n
this project , have brought together all their material and have
published it in book form.
At 15s it is a sensibly-priced guide to the airforces of the
world, and the model maker will be able to obtain much
interesting and valuable material from its pages. The drawings
are of top quality and the copy neat and precise.
High standard maintained
THE ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY, by J . I. C. Boyd. Published by Ih e
OaklYood Press, Tondridge Lane, nI/weld, Surrey. Price 41 s.
HI S is the second in the au thor's British Narrow Gauge
T RaiJway Series, and maintains the very high standard set
by hi s earlier two-volume work on the Festiniog Railway. It is a
full account of the history of the Is le of Man Railway and the
Manx Northern Railway, and is a model of its kind. The 2 15
pages include 15 chapters covering every aspect of this unique
three foot gauge system . Among the nine appendices arc five
chapters describing other steam railways on the Island.
rneluded in the illustrations are reproductions of over 80
interesting photographs, and a series of well-executed maps,
track layout plans and locomotive and roUing stock drawings.
Apart from its obvious vaJue as a source of reference, the book
is of immense value to railway modellers. The late John Ahern,
the father of scenic model railways, was inspired by many
[OM Railway features when he created his Madder Valley
Railway.
Autobiography of a pioneer
MEN, WOMEN AND 10,000 KITES, by Gabreil Voisin, tral/slaled
by Oliver SlelYart. Published by Pulllam alld Co Lld, 42 Greal
Russell Slreet, Londoll, WC!. Price 30s.
ABRfEL Voisin was one of the handful of men who
G pioneered aviation. He was a controversial figure in French
aeronautics, and this book describes his memoirs vividly.
This delightful autobiography, appearing in the author'S 84th
year, is an extremely interesting book for the air historian. Much
of the experimental work has borne fruit in later years, and it
is good to look b.1ck and compare some of the endeavours of
the pioneers.
Railway preservation
THE RAILWAY ENTHUStAST's GUIDE, compiled by P. M . E.
Erwood. Published by The Lombarde Press. 95 Wa/loll Road.
Sit/cup. Ke"'. Price 15s.
ARADOXJCALLY, enthusiasm for railways seems to
P increase with every reduction in route mileage. The need
for preservation of faithful but now redundant items of railway
equipment has added a new interest to the hobby, and there are
Continued on page J26
Alr(ix Ma,azine
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NEW BOOKS-Collli"".d
now such a bewildering num be r o f clubs, preserva tion societies,
periodicals and museums that the need for some focal point
has lo ng been felt. The Railway Enthusiast's Guide goes a
long way to fi ll th is need. In over 200 pages it lists and
describes rai lway societ ies. cl ubs, museums and p reserved
rolli ng stock, no l o nly in the U K, but also from more than 40
co untries abroad. T his, the seco nd edit io n, a lso incl udes a rticles
of inlcrcst to the collector and 32 pages o f illustrat ions.
Modelling miscellany
M ODl!.L M AKE R A NNUAL, compiled alld edited by Vie Smeed.
Published by fhe M odel Aeronoutical Press Ltd, 38 C larcllt/oll
Road, Wat/ord, Herts. Price 10s 6d.
F mo rc interest to the ad vanced model mak er, t his book
O con tains a miscellany of drawings o f models and prototypes,
together with usefu l data and authoritati ve art icles reflecting
modelling int erests a nd t rend s all over the world . Co ntain ing
examples fro m Land ing Support Ships to motor cars, t his boo k
will be a very useful Chri stmas p resent fo r Illany readers.
Two tramways
Til E L EE M OOR TRAMW AY, by R. AI . S. Hall. Price 6s. Til E
D UDU N AN D B LESS ING TON TRAMWAY, by H . Fay /e ",u/ A . T.
Newham. Price 8s 6d. Both published by ' he Oak wood Press,
Tandridge Lime, Lillgfie/d, S lIrrey.
E are indebted to the Oakwood Press fo r their series of
W Loco mot io n Papers, covering the histo ry o f smaller and
sometimes lesser-known railway lines. N umber 19 in the series,
'The Lee M oo r Tramway', describes a pri vately-owned 4 ft 6 in
ga uge line bui lt 10 ca rry china clay, mined on the so uthern
slopes o f Dartmoor, to the q uays at Plymouth . The layout o f the
line took seve ral for ms during its existence, but o ne of its
most fa mous fea tu res was the level-crossing with the GWR
West o f England main line at Laira. One o f the book 's photo-
graphs shows a horse-drawn train of wooden dumb-bufle red
wagons passing ove r the crossing in 1933. Ho rse tractio n was
used when the line fin ally closed in 1960, but steam tractio n
and gravity inclines were also used during it s life-time.
No 20 in the Locomot ion Papers series, 'The Dubl in and
Blessingto n Tra mway', descri bes one o f the most in teresting
examples of the now defunct roadside li ght railways that were
bu ilt to open up rural areas in the late 19th century. The very
sound reasons advanced for construct ing the line in 1880 a re
fu lly described, but the progress in road tran spo rt after the turn
o f the cen tury spelt it s doom a nd , afte r suffering heavy financial
losses, the last public se rvice ran on December 31, 1932. The
20-mile line was operated by some o f the quaintest ro lling stock
imagina ble- double-deck bogie tramcar vehicles ha uled by
double-ended stea m locomotivcs with tremendo usly long
chi mneys. It is no t ha rd to imagine th at the journey time look
an hour and 40 minutes. Operat io n of the tramway is well
descri bed, with 16 well -chosen ph otograph s to give a line visual
impressio n of th is fasci n<lting line.
Story of the Sabre
TH E NO RT H A ME RI CAN S ABRE, by Ray /VagI/er. Published by
M acdol/a/d alld Co Ltd, Gulf House, 2 Por/lllall S I, Lol/doll WI .
Price 35s.
HI S book is another in the Macdonald Ai rcraft M onograph
T series, which has already dcah with the Hurricane a nd the
Meteor. It sets out to give a complete history o f the F-86
Sabre from the in formation glea ned from the many captured
Luftwaflc jets a t the cnd of the war, the Airacomet, P-80
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Shoo ting Star and the work done by Briti sh firms eng"Jged in
jet propul sio n research.
G real stress is laid on the part played by the Sabre in the
Ko rea n wa r, where it met its nearest ri vaJ in the Mig- 15 Fago\.
Deta ils o f the co nfl ict give a clear, factual account o f the
relative meri ts of the two a ircraft. The nava l versio n of the
Sabre, the FJ Fury, is also dea lt with . Sabres in service with
NATO a nd other countries are given their own chapler, but
here there perhaps could have been a littlc mo re space devoted
to the many aircraft of this type that served RA F Fighter
Command for some yea rs before the arrival of the Hunter.
For the modclmaker there are so ma ny good photograph s o f
sq uadron mark ings Ihat the purchase o f this book will make
you wa nt to havc a go at reproduci ng them all . Six full page,
three-view, drawings give excellent detail fo r the p ri ncip~1
variants of the ai rcraft, including an F-86A, F-86D , Canadalr
C L-I3B, F-86F, F- 86H and FJ-4 B Fury. All productio n detai ls,
serial numbers and service a ll ocatio ns are listed.
Annual treat
IAN A UA N A NNUALS, Published by lall AI/all Ltd, Cr(ll'en Hom'e,
Hampton COllrt, Surrey.
IGN I FYI NG the passing o f anot her yea r, but no ne the less
S welcome, come the various la n Alla n annuals. They are all
bea utifull y produced , well illustrated a nd stro ngly bou nd in stiff
colo urful covcrs. 'Buses Annual 1964 ', ed ited by R. A. Smith,
conta ins tc n full -length articles covering such di verse subjects
as the design ing and building of the current A EC Renown and
the evolut ion of th e bus ticket. The book has no less than 128
photographs printed o n 96 pages an d a ll for 12s 6d.
"Trains A nnual 1964', edited by G. Freeman Alien, reflects the
trend with a va ledict ion on the Western Kings and an obitua ry
fo r the LNE R N7 suburban ta nk. Modern-day BR operat ing
achievements are covered by fin e art icles o n the NER Tyne
Dock -Co nsett iron o re traflic and Brush diesel workin g of
LD EC route coa l traffic. A brilliant seleclio n o f pho tographs-
some in full colo ur- is among the ingredients of thi s well-
ba lanced rail way fare at the bargain price o f 12s 6d.
There is a lo t of interest in the 1964 ' Locospotlers' Annual'.
The bewilderin g multiplicity of BR diesel locomoti ve designs
is surveyed in o ne leading article, and o ther IIp-to-date fea tures
describe d iesel brake tcnders, Europe's latest luxury trai ns and
modern push-but ton signalli ng. LN ER Pacifies enjoy two articl es
10 themselves and the historica l side includes an article remind ing
us that the first British railcars were steam. T he book is exce llent
v.due at 7s 6d.
A year in the air
AIRCRAFT A NN UAL, edited by Joh" W. R . Tay /or. Published by
lan A llan Ltd, Cral"en House, HomplO" Court, S urrey.
Price 115 6d.
VER Y year lan AlIan publish this book which, for the
E younger reader, provides a n interesting and informative
COlllment o n the major aviatio n events of the past 12 months
and a number of articles, all by well-known namcs in the
aviation world. The current editio n is no exception 10 the r ule,
as it co ntains articles on th e Cairo-Baghdad ai r mail , air
freighting in Japan, the early hi story of RA E Farnborough and
a host of o ther features by such well-known names as Maurice
All ward, Kenneth Munson , BrllCC Ro bcrtson and F. G .
Swanboro ugh.
The book is well illustrated by man y black and whi te and
coloured photographs, some of which are quite rare and of
interest to the model maker. John Taylor's comment o n the
state of world aviation is a masterly summing up in a few words
a nd is easil y understood by enthusiasts of all ages.
Airfix Ma gazine
 New kits and models
a re not elabo rate and , although there are holes for the
LATEST MODELLERS' DRILL fuselage windows, th ere are no tra nspa ren cies to go in them.
HE manufacturers of the MinidriJls are going ahead wilh
Textensions and improvements to their range of battery-
Only the night deck windows are s uppli ed . T he major dim·
culty in making up thi s model com es in th e painting, for
operated miniature eJecirie drills. Their latcst introduction United's colou r scheme ca lls for a curved line di viding
is the No 8 set, and with it they have certainly improved on the white upper surfaces from the natural metal o f the
the high sta ndard they set with their earlier models, reviewed lower fu se lage. You can 't get over this by the l.Jsua l method
in the June 1963 issue of AIRFlX M AGAZINE. o f masking with Sellotape, and there is no guide line etched
The No 8 drill funs off 6 to 12 volts DC and is a really into the plastic itselL The only way to do th e job is by
powerful affair. We tested our model on three bcIJ bauerics having a stead y hand , a full brush of paint and direct
via a Tri-ang battery connecto r; it could equaUy well have application!
been run from a model railway 12 volt DC power supply. The Freedom Fighter is another good model. It is a p ity
Apart from its extra power, it has onc great advantage over its that th e sca le and fini sh are so nea r to the IT C model of
predecessors in the range: it has a very nice brass sclf-centring
chuck , complete with three collets lO accommodate tool shaft Contillued Oil IIext page
sizes up to 3/ 32nd inch. This is a real precision job, holding
drills rock steady without a trace of wobble or shake.
While no·one should expect to do wit h this drill the sort of
jobs the handyman tackJes with a t inch power drill, the average
model maker will find this 'Minidrill has a welcome increase in
power compared with earlier models. As we emphasised in
our previous review, the great th ing is to let the speed of the
tool do the work. Drilling, grinding and polishing in plastic are
chi ld 's play to it , and working in the softer metals is well
within it s capacity. The No 8 set comes complete with an outfit
of five tools for polishing, grinding and drilling, and costs
87s 6d. It is a powerful addition to the British model maker's
workshop M .H .B.

UP-Ta-DATE AIRCRAFT
A LTIfQUGH Aurora models are usuall y without
gimmicks, a nd seem to be moulded with an unusuall y
hea vy hand , they do have th e advantage of being robust
a nd , unlike some of their contempo raries, reasonabl y solid
in the face of unwanted handling. The three latest issues
arc no exception. On sale now, for the first time in the
United Kingdom , are models of a orthrop NI56 Free·
dom Fighter, a Tcmco IT·I an d, believe it or not, a Boe in g
727.
Yes, Aurora ha ve cer tainl y beaten the gun with their
727 , and the dale which appears on the inside of the
fu selage mo uld re vea ls that it was first produced in the
States in 1962. It wo uld appear that the manufacturers con ·
suited the Socing drawing office wh ile the ai rcraft wa s still
on the boa rd , and used the firs t ai rline order, from United
Airlines, to make up the transfers.
The kit itself is a good one and has 36 parts, mou lded
in while polystyrene, which make up vcry simply. To
counte ract the heavy (ail unit , with its three turbo· jet
engines , I found that there was need for a rather la rger
amount of weight in the nose than normal. Detail and finish
Top to bottom : Boeing 727, Temco IT·I and Nortlirop N 156
Freedom Fighter-a/J by Aurora.
December, 1963
New kits and models - Conlilllled
the same aircraft that wc reviewed a fe w months ago, but
you ha ve the adva ntage that the wi ng shape is correct , and
there arc no difficult gimmicks like ejection seats 10 cope
wit h if you arc only a beginner at the game. As in most
Aurora kits, the position of the markings are raised above
the surface of the pla st ic a nd need sanding down before
the trans fers arc applied. The transfers them se lves arc qu ite
good , but arc agai n a litt le thick a nd heavy. There arc 36
parts mou lded in while plastic.
Perhaps the nicest kit of [he three to make up was th e
Tcmco TT-I Pinto , probably because it is a vcry unusua l
onc. The fuselage pane l markings arc a liulc deeply cut to
be in sca le, but you have the advantage of no raised ou tlin e
for the markings and , another unusual feature for these
kits, wh eel wells. Other po ints worth noting are the details
provided in the cockpit a nd an exceptionally good cockpi t
canopy. Greater attention could have been given to the
transfe rs, pa rt icularly the 'Danger- Inta ke' signs on the
jets, whi ch are poorly co nce ived. There are also one or
(WO minor differences between the pl ans and the actua l
model. Including the tran spa rencies, there a re 35 parts
moulded in a basic yell ow plastic.
For the co ll ecto r, the sca les of the three arc, Boei ng 727-
1: 100, Freedom Figbter- I :48, and Temco TI-I - l :48. The
prices a re 7s 6d , 8s lid and 7s lld , respectively. A .W .N .
FROM FRANCE
THEtwo latest model s to be released by So lido are the
NSU Prin z, with opening doors and Reulte r-type seats ,
and the Bernard six-whee led truck , with o pening rear door.
Both ha ve the Soli do suspen sion a nd sell for 10s a nd 29s 6d
each , respectively. They a re ava ilable from Auto-Models
Ltd , 70 F insbury Pa vement, London , EC2. D.N.
(lis 6d) and 220SE (95 9d) and the DKW Junior (9s) . All
these models have spring suspension and windows and arc
detai led and fini shed to this company's well -known high
standard. Also in stock now is the It a lian Ri o range. So far
those avai lable include a 1906 Ita la Targa Florio, 1907
naja , 1919-26 Fiat 5015, 1916-26 Fiat 501 torpedo iusso ,
1932 Alfa Romeo P3, 1912 Fiat, and 1924 Isotta Fraschini .
The Isolta Fraschini costs 35s (or 2 1s in kil form) , whi le
the rest a re 30s each fu ll y assembled . The detai l and
colouring of these exce llent scale models pU13 them in a
class by themselves. Though th ey arc very much in the
' upper-class' price bracket , they shou ld appeal strongly to
a ll keen co ll ectors of minia ture cars. T he French So lido
range is a lso now being stocked by BMW Models .
In addition 10 the new range of ten I :25 scale Revel!
customising parts kits (reviewed last month) llMW now
ha ve avai lab le ex tra items in this ra nge. They are as fo l-
lows: 1932 llantam Roadster body kit (8s lid) ; 1923 'T'
Roadster body kit (8s lid) ; Fiat coupe body kit (9s lId) ;
large and small roadster tyres and wheels (8s lid) ; a tubular
roadster frame (7s l Id) ; interior styling kit- sunicient ror four
cars (7s lid) ; 'chromcd ' dragster frame (7s li d) ; 1923 'T'
roadsler frame (7s lid); and roadster chassis speed equipment
(7' lId),
Compl et in g o ur round-up of news Crom llMW Models
are a large number of new llusch model street lights. These
employ the reflex properties oC perspex tube. The lamp itself
is set in the base o f the post, and the light is reflected
COlltillued 011 page 130

MODEL ROUND-UP
B EsrDES stocki ng the three new Aurora kits rev iewed
elsewhere in this month 's issue, BMW M odels of
Wimbledon expect de livery short ly of four new Aurora
World War 1 1:48 sca le kits. They arc the Fokker Ei ndekker
(selling for 8s 9d) , the llreguet 14 ( l Is 9d), the Albatross
two-seater ( li s 9d) and the Sopwith Triplanc (llla ck Maria)
which will cost 8s 9d. This first delivery is already over-
subscribed. Howeve r, anot her batch is due to follow close
behind , and enthusiasts are advised to place a firm order
wi th llM\V for th ese kits to avoid di sappoi ntment. Also in
the ' pipeline' are three more I :48 scale Monogram kits-
the FW 190, 115 18 Mustang and P4 7 Thunderbolt. Furlher
news of these later.
BMW Models have been a ppointed U K distributors for
the popu lar American bi-monthly magazine Hisairdec
News. This now means that you can place an order for it
through yo ur loca l model shop or newsagent. The cos t of
a yea rl y subscription is 24s, while si ngle copies cost 4s 4d.
(BMW Models invite trade enquiries for the magazine from
shops and newsagents wishing to stock it.)
The excellent Da nish Tekno minialures arc now being
stocked by BMW Models. The first batch to arrive includes
the Mercedes- Ben z 300SL coupe (l is 6d), 300SL roadstcr

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New kits and models - Con{hw,d
up the perspcx tube forming the post. This system has
enabled Busch to make street lamps of sca le ap pearance. A
very wide range of diITcrcnt designs is available. They
include four different curved lamps (55 lid each) , len
straight lamps (55 lid each), nine standard lamps (65 lid
each), four curved lamps (65 11 d each), and two fluorescent
lam ps (65 lId each). All ite ms priced at 55 lid arc a lmost
TT, whil e the 6s lid items arc 1-1 0 /00 sca le. Also avai lable
is a spare lamp base \\ ilh two spare bulbs (65 lid) , and
eight straight , or eight curved , pavement sections (both at
25 lid). The address of BMW Mod els is 329 Haydons
Road , Wimb led on , London , SW\9. D.R.
SEASONAL GIFT PACKS
FORgiftChri st mas, Re ve l! have produced four spoc ial kit
selS, each of which includes a tube of cement ,
and the pri ce of which is the tOlal retail va lue of the con-
tents. The vi ntage car gift set (wh ich costs 14s 9d) comprises
a 19t4 Regal , 1913 Mercer and 1912 Pack a rd . Selling for
19s 8d is the jet figh ter set. consisting of a Skyrocke t,
Stiletto. Scorpion and Voodoo. A Spitfire Mk n . M esse r-
sch m itt Me 109, R epub li c Thunderbolt P47D , Foc kc- Wul f
190, Hawker Hu rricane and Japanese Ze ro make up the
famous fighter set, whieh sell s for 17s 6d. Finally, there is
the family g ift set , at 17s 6d , whieh features a Rover 3 litre,
Karmann-Ghia Volkswagen , Jagua r 2.4 , Ford Consul ,
Volkswagen saloon and M o rris traveller. D .R.
FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT
DI NK Y Toys have now produced models of the Aus-
tralian Holden Special Sedan and the Triumph Spitfire
sports ca r. The Holden , whic h sells for 7s 3d, and is 4*
130
Top to bollom: CO/'gi Plymolllh US Mail Car. alld a,.,iclllated
low loader with Priestll/all 'Cub'; J\<!alchbox Scall/11/el
'JHolllllai"eer' and ERF Readymix cOl/crete lorry.
inc hes long . ha s an o pening bonnet (revea ling a detailed
engine) and boot (with miniature suitca se), jewelled head-
li gh is and tai l lamps. suspension . stee r ing, windows, sea ts
and steeri ng wheel. We liked the bron ze and cream fini sh.
but the moulded detail of the doors is rather 100 prominent.
Finished in distinctive red. the Spitfire, too. has an
opening bonnet. to reveal its miniaiure engine. and also
has steering , sllspension , wi ndscreen. in terior finings , and
a diagona l safety belt which unclips to release the ca r's
lady driver. Length of the Spitfire is 3t inches and price
6, 6d. D.R .
MIXING ON THE MOVE
W ORK ING features on die-cast miniatures are becoming
more and more ingenious. The latest Matchbox King Size
model is a good example, To 1 :58 sca le, il features a six-whee l
ERF Readymix concrete lorry, with a mixer which revolves
as the model is pushed along . Dri ven from one of the two rear
axles, Ihis feature gives the replica a most pleasing and true-
lo-Iife appearance. The model is fi ve inches long, is finished
in a distinct ive ora nge colour, has windows, transfers, 'balloon'
tyres and plated wheels, and sells for 5s 6d.
A nother new Matchbox model is the Scammell 'Mountaineer'
dump truck with an elevating snowplough mounted at the from.
Length of this': 109 scale model is three inches, and it sells for
1s 9d. The rear dumper tips and will stay in any raised position,
while the snowplough has an aU lhentic 'Zebra' pattern transfer.
The cab is fin ished in grey. with the rear dumper section
orange. Twin 'tyres' are filled to the rear wheels. D.R.
REALISTIC LOAD
THEintr igu in g Corgi T oys Priesl man 'Cub' excava tor
(reviewed in our Jul y 1963 issue) has been combi ned
with their model of an articu lated low loader machinery
carrier to form a new gift set. selling at 27s 6d. A full
and lifelike sequence of loading. luffing and discharging is
possible with the excavator by rotating a single operating
knob on the side of the model. It runs on rubber crawler
tracks and the body ca n be traversed through 360 degrees.
or locked fore and aft fo r transportation.
Removable rear wheels and axle o n the machinery carrier
enabl e the excava tor to be loaded realistica ll y over the
hinged ramps, befo re being speedily 'transported' to an-
olher site. Seats, windows, steering wheel. rear view mirrors
and G lidamatic spring suspension arc fitted to the Bedfo rd
tractor unit , which is detachable from the model , adding
still more realism to the operation. Length of the outfit ,
with excavalor loaded on the machinery carrier, is 8f
inches.
A Plymouth US Mail Car. fi ni shed in the red, white and
blue livery of the US Mail Service, and with posters and
US Mail insignia on the si des, is also added to the Corgi
range. Cars of th is type are used throughout the United
States for express delivery and coll ection of mail, con-
tributing to the reputation for speed and efficiency for
which the US Mail Service is famous. The model , which is
4t inches long, has seats, steering wheel, windows and
Glidamatic spring suspension , and sells for 4s lId .
The 1963- 1964 Corgi Toys catalogue was recently pub-
lished, price 3d. Its 36 colourful pages illustrate this full
range of die-cas t models and plastic kits. D.R .
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December. ' 963
 Colours for the Handley
Page Herald
E recently received a request
W from a reader for information on
the colour scheme to be adopted by
the four Hera lds of the Malaysian Air
Force. With Malaysia much in the
headlines, wc asked J-Iandlcy Page
whether they could supply us with
some information about these aircmft
which, at the time of writin g, have
yet to appea r. A d rawing based upon
the material they kindly supplied appears
here, and the following info rma tion
will, wc feci sure, be of interest to
many readers.
Fou r Hera ld 401 s arc due to go to
Malaya, with white upper areas o f
the fu selage, white fin and rudde r
and white wings. A dark blue line
to US381-104 specificat ion runs along
the fuselage, and the tailplane is this
colour entirely_ Below the line the
fu selage is light bl ue (OS2660-0-0 12) .
The engine nacelles are white, also
the spinne rs. The 20 inch wing registra-
tio n letters are painted in glossy black,
whereas the 12 inch fu selage regi stra-
tion appea rs in whit e. The four aircraft
will be FM - 1020 to 1023 inclusive.
The words ' HA DLEY PAGE' appear
in four-inch le tters o n the fin fille t. The
last two digit s o f the serial number
appear in six-inch figures o n the li ght
blue nosewhecl door.
The insid e of the e ngine side intakes
is matt blac k. Along the sides of the
fuselage appears the operator's name
in glossy black 12-inch letters, placed
as depicted o n the diagram . The out -
board undercarriage doors arc dark
blue. A three-inch-wide black line
runs along the wing lead ing edge,
ou tboard of the wi ng landi ng lights
to the wi ng tip curve, on both wi ngs.
These m ark ings are as stipulated in
mid-July, by which time the decision
to have a white tailplane had, inci-
dentally. been changed ,
The Malaya n na tiona l insignia co n-
Below, left : Heralds ;11 tlte markings 0/ Globe Air (HB-AAG) and / /(II';a (I-TI V£ ).
Above : A Herald 0/ £astem PrOl'il1cial Ainmys, CF-£PC.
sists o f a light blue square out lined
in dark blue upon which appea rs a
jasmine ycllow (BS38 1-397) motif.
H andley Page ha ve also provided
some precise information about the
co louri ng of o ther Hera lds. Itavia
Aeroli nee has its a ircraft fi nished with
g,ey unde, belly (9S 266O/9 095), a
red cheat line (BS266O/6.005) a nd red
fin fla sh . The upper fusela ge is wh ite.
Engine nacelles a re grey. spinners
white. The tailplane is grey and the
mainplane white. ITA VIA appears in
16-inch high red letters on the lower
fuselage , fo ll owed by AE ROLl NEE
in onc-fOOl letters. Red registration
letters, s ix inches high, appear o n the
DJ
rear fu selage, and 20-inches hi gh
under or above th e wing tips.
For EPA the Herald Type 206
appears white with vermill ion red
(BS2660/0-005) cheat line bordered
in white, half an inc h wide, and then
by a onc-inch black line. Oelow the
fuselage cheat line the fuselage is
light grey (BS2660/9-05) . Similar colours
are used on the engine nacelles. Both
sides of the tailplane a rc dark grey
(BS2660j9-097). The top fi ve feel of
the fin tip are red and below this the
lette rs E PA appea r in black lette rs
55 inches high , agreeing with th e slope
o f the fin leading edge and beginning
with the base o f the E, ten inches
from the port leading edge, and with
the bases of the lette rs nearest the
fin edges on the starboard side five
inches on°. The outer 153t inches
of the wing tip arc red, bordered on
thei r inner sides in whi te, then black.
Registrat ion letters in two foot black
characters arc app lied to the wings,
and a ppear in whi te six inches high
near the fin tip. Eastern Provincial
Airways is painted in black o ne foo t
letters below the fuselage cheat line.
The Swiss operato r Globe Air has
its Series 210 Heralds white with
a HI inch black cheat line, below
which the aircraft are grey (DS2660-9-
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Ai"fix Magazine
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each receive a free Airfix plastic construction kit
o f their c hoice. We are always ple"led to receiv e
your c omments and picture ., whi c h will b e
considered for publication. Submittced material

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and pinures c an only be ret u rned if accompani e d
by a .t2mped addresMd envelope. and the Ed it o r
c a nn ot accept respoAlib ility for safe keepi"1 o f
any such c ontributions, neither does h e necessarily
alree with comments el(pressed by corre lpo nd ents
in the letters column.

o gauge kits wanted polishing d uster. T his leaves the surface

FULLY understand the amoun t of
I work, time and money involved in
the production o f a plast ic model kit.
However, r fi nd that all model railway
k its ca ter only for 00 and
gauge.
There are ma ny 0 gauge modellers
like myself, and count less would-be 0
gauge fa ns, who would enjoy the hobby
if a chea p plastic 0 gauge locomoti ve kit
was marketed. So fa r, the only kits
available are all metal and a re rather
morc expensive.
Why not try o nc oul, A irfix?
R. Booth, London , 8E9.
shiny, but in no way glossy. Together
with the tra nsfers described above, a
few oil slicks, exha ust tra ils and the
scuff marks left by aircrew and ground
crew's boots, the fini sh is now more
TO like that o n the actual aircraft, due to
wea r by a irfl ow, main tenance and
probably beeswaxing.
Secondly, after many years of
plastic modelling I have fou nd that
the best material for small and
med ium altera tions and co nversions to
an ai rcraft, and for the el imin atio n of
cracks, is Loy plastic metal. O n applica-
tion , this product slightl y destroys the
surface o f the plastic. and on drying
ensures a positive jo int. O bviously this
prod uct, due to a short wo rking pe riod ,
must be applied in successive layers,
bui ld ing up to the correct co nto ur. With
Comilllled Oil next page

Call for caravans

a keen modeller of the excellent
I AM
Airfix 1:72 scale World War 2
a ircraft series, a nd have built most o f the
models in your range. I also enjoy build-
ing your I :32 scale modern cars, and
welcomed the arriva l of the Fo rd Zodiac.
[ wonder if Ai rfix could be the first to
start a I :32 scale caravan series, pro-
d ucing such popular caravans as the
Sprite M usketeer, Eccles Avenger, Car
Cruiser Carousel and Cheltenham
Springbok.
David Barlow, West Bridgford, Notts.

Alternative suggestion
ITH reference to Mr D. Hall-
WGreen 's letter on transfers in your
September isue, I think T can suggest
an alternative and more successfu l
method of matting transfers. The pro-
cess simply involves rubbing the gloss
surface of the transfers with a hard
rubber ; this reduces the high-gloss
fi nish to a matt surface, with just the
correct degree of 'shine'.
r also have two more suggestions
which may be of some use or interest to
modellers. F irstly, on completion of a
matt camouflage colo ur scheme it must
be agreed that the aircraft looks li feless
a nd in ' factory fini sh'. A much more
life-like appearance can be achieved by
rubbing the matt paint with a soft
December~ 1963
This wintry picture of H all class 4-6-0, N o 4904 Binnega r Hall , passing Oxford
wit" a down freight tm ill from R eading was slIbmilfed by reader 8 . H . Ja ckson,
of GreenfO/·d, M iddlesex.
'SLOTTING' A SPRITE ~Co",;"ued
ad d ing the necessa r y detai ls in black. the photo) proceed exactly as for the
Add p lai n white numbers on the s ides 196 1 version , with the fo ll owin g ex-
and bonne t, noting th at the bo nnet ce ptions. C ut the exha ust pi pes off
number faces half right. level with the rea r edges of the rear
Cut o ut th e windscree n, with tabs. wheels. Add a small vent wi th black
pa int imm ediately in fro nt of th e
Attach to the car wi th Bostik o r Uhu
wi nd screen . The carburetto r cove rs
on the tabs onl y, fitting these into the are now Pers pex, through whi ch the
cockpit. D o n't glue th e fro nt dow n, carburettor air intakes a re visible, so
it's less li ke ly to get kn ocked o fT if paint a black oval i in ch long on the
it's not fi xed . N ow reassembl e the ca r. dom es , a nd add three silver rings to
For the I % 2-type F errari (No 5 in each when dry.
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 the oncs already mentioned, and would
Letters to also include Cossack and Nelsoll. The
o thers are individual ships.
IIl1its based at MiddlelOIl ill 1943. It flew
Halifaxes, which illcll/ded 88323 coded
VR- R alld JD2 10 : VR-S. JD210 was a

the Editor
COnl;'lIIed
J . Leslie ScOIt, Im'erness.

Spitf ire problem

Mk 2 series la and a/so the BB seri(l/led
aircrafT, Both wor(' sfandard red codes
alld camollflage, etc. To produce these
needs some cOI/!)'idemb!e care tU .1'011 will
the October issue of A IR flX
practice this becomes no problem and
the dried plastic metal is easily worked I N
MAGAZI NE M r Bowyer made men-
tleed to fit the r(l1her odd shaped M erlin
engines! No 419 was, ill April 1944, the
wit h file and wet and dry emery paper, tion of a Spitfire rXe (PVI9 1) seen at first stl" to operate the Lallcast('r Nlk X,
leaving a smooth painting surface. Grimbergcn in 1945. However. he wrote which r('placed the Halifax 11. Two
lain i\'lcPherson, Ma nchester 10. that the pilot"s ini tials ( RA B) were Lancs us('d were K8700: VR-Z lIIul
placed aft of the fuselage roundels and KB769 : VR-I.'- ED.
Congratulations did not state whether the roundels were
of the Brit ish or Norwegian typc. As
AV I NG just completed the con- Depot ship details
H version of t he Airfix I-I MS Tiger this aircraft was of the low al titude
ki t into a mode l of HMS New/oulldland,
I would like to congratulate C. O. Ellis
figh ter type, I wo uld also like (0 know
whether she was fitted wit h clipped wings P LEASE could you give me some
deta ils (eg lengt h, tonnage, breadth
or as for the F IXe production a ircraft. and armamen t) of HMS Forth , a depot
and look forward 10 any future warship
A. T . D. S ma rt , Fa lrnouth , Cornwa ll. ship for submarines. I would also like to
conversions. know the names of her sister ships.
In your October issue, O. Mason A1ike BolI'yer commelllS as /olloll's:
'This aircraft had s{(lndard RAF Derc k Lycas, Manchester 14.
suggested a 1:600 scale submarine Ollr shipping correspondenT commellfs:
with removable sides. As the average / lIse/age roul/dels, (III(II1'(ls fitted with the
slfmdard F / X wil/gs. She lI'as, hOIl'en' r, ' HMS FORTlI CMait/Jtolle' class) was
submarine is about 200 10 300 fect long, bllilt by Johll 8rOll'II mul Co Ltd, Clyde-
wo uld it not be better 10 use a scale an LF I .K, bllt this could /lot be ('s/ab-
lished externally. ·- Eo. ballk. She was laid dowl/ ol/June 30, 1937,
of I :200, as this would allow more detail
laul/ched August 11, 1938, completed
10 be shown in the model?
Aircraft query May J 4, 1939, and is currelllly being
S. Duffy, London, S W1 6.
reconstructed, Her displacement ;S 9, 100
Nautical note W OULD you plea se ask Mr Sowyer
the following: Whic h squadrons
lOllS stalldard, J 2,700 lOllS with full load.
She is 574 /eel 10llg ol'erall with {I 73 It
I SEE from your September issue that
the new Airtix kit of the F-l04G Star-
were stationed at RAF Middleton-St-
George during 1943 ? With which type
beam. ArmamenT COllsiSIS 0/ eight 4.5
gUllS, two mulfiple pom-poms, /ollr 3 pdrs
fighter has a 22-part transfer sheet, of aircrafl were they equipped? Which amI four smaller gUllS. Her sister ship is
which allows alternative markings on tbe mark of aircraft? Squadron markings? fhe M AIOSTONE.'- Eo.
aircraft. (Letters). Examples of aircraft letters
I wish you would extend thi s idea to and numbers.
you r warship kits, as some American This information will be especially
Well -received
manufacturers have. A transfer sheet
containing all tbe class names and
useful to me, as I am having an LNE R
layout and the station will be Darling- M Aexcellent
Y I congratulate A irfix on their
model of the F · I04G
numbers would enable several examples ton. The main piece of scenic work w;1I Starfightcr, with the optional Side-
of each ship to be built . As it is, my be a model of Middleton . winder missiles or drop tanks and
Airfix task force contains six HMS John D<ll'ison, Gateshea d, Co Durham . Canadian or Wcst-German markings.
Darillgs, two Tigers and two Demll- JWik e Bow)'er commellfs as /o/loll's: On the su bject of oprional armament
shires. The only kits affected would be 'No 419 Sqn ( RCA F) W(lS 011(' 0/ the or markings on Airfix kits, how about a
Mirage IV in French or Israeli markings?
On this subject of new models, what
aboUl a McDonnel1 Voodoo, a North-
'MECCA' FOR MODELLERS American Super-Sabre, and a Saab
Draken ? All in 1:72 scale, of course!
FlNE new model railway catalogue is now available from Beatties of London,
A who run the Southgate Hobbyshop at I and 5 The Broadway. London , NI4 ,
C. P. W. S ta mmers, Epping, Essex.
Its beaut ifully-printed pages detail the extremely wide range of equipment stocked by
this well-established firm, including information on their excellent Beatiboard base- Militar y matters
board and details of many suggested track layouts and their cost. The catalogue costs
2s (plus 6d postage) from the above address, and each copy contains a voucher for
2s which is redeemable when purchasing goods 10 the value of £ 1 or ove r,
R EFERRI G to the recent corres-
pondence in your magazine regard-
ing future items to be produced in the
Seatties also prillt regular copies of their booklet The Beattie Express', which military series, may I make a strong plea
costs Is and gives up-to-date detail s of development s in the model railway field, Also for the productio n of some War Depart-
availa ble, price Is 6d , is 'A Guide to Modelling', which contai ns invaluable advice for ment railway vehicles. The two items
begin ners on making and land scaping layou ts. which I think would be most useful
Beatties of London now have three almost adjacent shops, all convenient to Soulh- would be the 50 ton Bogie Well Wagon
gate tube stat ion . One is the ir wonderful secondhand supermarket , where all manner (code name ' Warwell'} which was mainly
of railway and slot racing items can be bought and sold . There is another, recently used for carrying armoured vehicles.
opened , shop which specialises in model road racing, and contains a well -equipped and the companion 50 ton Bogie Flat
workshop for repairs, while the third features a mouth ·watering display of modelling Wagon (code name 'Warflat") ,
items to meet all tastes. A mail order service is available, but either shop is well worth Both these wagons used the same
a visi t and, in step with the times, customers are now given G reen Shield stamps ! bogies and had screw jacks mounted
134 Ajrfix Mag az jne
under the buffer beam s to enable
loadi ng a nd unload in g to take place
anywhere on the line. rn parti cular, I
think a tra in of 00 gauge Warwells,
loaded with Sherman or C hu rchill tanks
and hauled by an ' Austerity' 0-6-0T
would be an impressive sight on any 00
gauge layout.
Also, while o n the subject of army
matlers, how about some o f the 'soft-
skinned ' road vehicles? My particula r
pre feren ce would be the Bedford 'QL'
3 to nner fo ur-wheel-drive lorry, as this
chassis was adapted for many different
types of duty (ie troop carrier, fire
engine, wa ter carrier, petrol tan ker) .
John R. l\tla nn, Leigh-oll-Sea, Essex .
Pen-friends wan ted
SEVERAL more readers have written
to us requesting pen· friends. Briefly,
details are as fo llows: R. Galloo, of 9
R ue Thie rs, La Madeleine, (Nord)
France, would like a pen-friend in
G reat Britain aged 20-30, who is in-
terested in aircraft, tanks, o ld cars and
military vehicles of Wo rld War 2.
Frederick Grinse ll , of 6 Leybo urne St.
C halk Farm Road, London , NWI ,
would like to correspond with someone
in the Lebanon, aged about 15 and
who is keenly interested in aircraft ,
Wi Hiam H. Mannix (aged 16), of 43
Perth St, M osgiel, O tago. New Zealand ,
wants a pen-friend in England wi th an
interest in gliding, modelling, rad io and
the air fo rces o f the world. R obert
Masson , of 303 Kilmarnock Road.
Glasgow 53 , Scotland , would like to
correspond with ot her model lers in-
terested in R NAS and F AA planes.
F. F . Castri Uo, o f RF Villaverde 53,
Madrid , Spain , wo uld like to hear
Colours for the Handley Page Herald- contillued
095). Globe Air appears in white on
the black stripe on the fo rwa rd part
of the aircraft. The all-red fi n and
rudder carries a whit e Swiss cross
measu rin g 64 inches from to p 10 base
a nd has white registra tion letters
12 inches high . Below the port wing
tip and above the starboa rd the regis-
trat ion letters appear in black glossy
paint 20 inches high . The rear of the
fuselage has, on the black stripe, a
red panel and a white motif repeated
much smaller on the black, white
a nd red st ripe on the nacelles.
Operated by the Royal Jo rdan ian
Air Force is the He rald T ype 207.
The lower parts o f the fu selage, the
wings and nacelles are si lver, whi lst the
fuselage roof and the fin a nd rudder
a re white. A 12-inch-wi de red (BS38 1Cl
fro m anyone interested in plastic
modell ing. Finally, G ra nt Macintosh:
(aged 16t), of 8 Mil verton Avenue,
Bea rsden , Glasgow, Scotland, would like
to exchange aircraft photos and informa-
tion wi th an English-speaking Swiss or
D utch boy of t he sa me age. Those in-
terested a re invited to communicate
direct with the above readers at the full
addresses given.
538) ba nd o utlin ed by a 1- inch white
line run s along the fuselage. Royal
Jorda nian Air Force is painted under
the stripe in black outlined by t inch
wide lining. The tailplane is ent irel y
whit e. T he black, white, green (BS38 ICI
225) and red 'roundcls' are carried
on the rea r fu se lage 34+ inches in
diameter, a nd o n the wings where
they are of 54 inches diameter and
190 inc hes in fr o m the wing tip. Th e
aircraft serial number is ca rri ed o nly
on the rea r fu selage in black and in
both English and r,l bic le ttering.
The flag o f the Hashemite Kingdom
of Jordan is pa inted o n the fin 2+
feet by fi ve feet and placed 80 inches
fro m the to p of the fin. Engine spinners
are red .
M . J . F. Bowyer

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