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TECHNIQUE
A ‘BEAR’ OF AN
UNDERCARRIAGE
www.flyingscalemodels.com
FREE
FULL-SIZE PLANS
CONSTRUCTION FEATURE
STINSON
HW 75
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34” WINGSPAN FOR
FREE FLIGHT WITH A
0.5CC DIESEL ENGINE,
ALSO TEST PROVEN FOR
ELECTRIC POWER AND
LIGHTWEIGHT R/C
SUBJECTS FOR SCALE
PIPER J-3
BUILD IT IN 1/6TH
(70.5”) OR 1/5TH
(84.6”) WINGSPAN
FROM PHILLIP
KENT’S PLANS
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1:40 SCALE THREE-VIEWS
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SUPER-DETAIL PHOTO STUDY
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TYPE HISTORY
A LESSER KNOWN CUB… PIPER J-4 ‘CUB COUPE’
November 2019
No. 240 £5.99
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GRUMMAN F8F BEARCAT
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USA’S HOTTEST PISTON ENGINE FIGHTER
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1:50 SCALE THREE-VIEWS
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CLOSE-UP PHOTO DETAIL
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FLYING SCALE MODELS - THE WORLD’S ONLY MAGAZINE FOR SCALE MODEL FLYERS
Formation...
THE ISSUE AHEAD...
ON THE COVER
Think of an American light aircraft and the
Piper J-3 Cub comes immediately to mind’
a type countlessly modelled in all sizes for
all categories of flying scale model.
This full size example is proudly owned
and operated by Nigel Marshall who kindly
made it available for this month’s ‘In Detail’
photo study, supporting Phillip Kent’s
standard wing J-3, which is our major
construction feature in this issue.
NOVEMBER 2019 NO.240
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CONTACT
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Just for openers
Full size plan feature
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StINSON HW 75
(Model 105)
A 34" wingspan scale model designed by JOHN WATTERS;
originally for free flight with a 0.5cc diesel engine, but later
converted to micro R/C
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SPORT SCALE MASTERCLASS PART 4
Gordon Whitehead deals with more aerodynamic considerations
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PIPER J-3 CUB
PHILLIP KENT presents his 'standard wing' Cub, with plans
available in both 1/6th (70.5"/1790mm) wingspan and 1/5th
(84.6"/2149mm) scales. It's an ideal introduction to scale R/C
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PIPER J-3 Cub IN DETAIL
Close up photo collection for those who want the ulimate in detail.
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PIPER J-3 CUB SCALE DRAWING
Fine line detail three-veiws in 1:40 scale
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PIPER CUB TYPE HISTORY
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If any single aircraft can be creditted with the popularisation of
private flying in USA, the J-3 ‘Cub’ must surely be the one
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A LESSER KNOWN CUB
A somewhat neater shape than the original J-3, production of the
immediate follow-on was cut off in its prime when the U.S. aviation
industry moved to a ‘war-footing after December 7th 1941
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PIPER J-4 ‘CUB coupe’ SCALE DRAWING
1: 40 scale three views
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Subjects for scale
Grumman f8F BEARCAT
Fighter par excellence, Grumman's F8F was, together with the
British Hawker Sea Fury, the pinnacle of piston engine fighter
performance.
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BEARCAT FLYING COLOURS
Colour schemes and surface markings
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BEARCAT SCALE DRAWING
1:50 three=view drawings
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www.flyingscalemodels.com
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a ‘bear’ of an UNDERCARRIAGE
The Grumman Bearcat was one of the most spectacular fighters of
the WW2 era, but anyone looking at producing a really accurate
scale
replica faces a real problem with the complicated undercarriage.
MIKE SZYsLER cracked it!
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BEARCAT IN DETAIL
The Fighter Collection’s spectacular F8F-2P
NOVEMBER 2019
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N
ovember 2019 issue of
FSM marks our 240th
edition, that’s 20
years of the magazine!
And yet, during that
whole time, we’ve never
‘majored’ in that most endearing
of ubiquitous private light
aircraft, the Piper J-3 Cub.
True, back in our August 2014
issue, we dealt with the cut-
down ‘Clipped Wing Cub’, the
supposedly semi-aerobatic
modern derivative that long
post-dates the closure of Piper’s
original production line. But
we’ve never given the bog-
standard 35ft 3”wing J-3 the full
treatment that this universally
popular aircraft deserves; until
now that is, with our
presentation of Phillip Kent’s
design, which gets the full
treatment this month with a
construction feature and plans in
both 1/6th and 1/5th scales.
It’s all supported by detailed
scale three-views, an extensive
close-up photo study and the
story of the Cub’s journey
beginning in 1928, that eventually
led to the J-3.
Every scale modeller should
have, or has had, a Piper J-3 at
some time in their modelling life
... mine’s an 81” wingspan
Hangar 9 ARTF (can’t understand
why it short-changes on full
1/5th scale), veteran.
But it’s still reasonably
respectable, hangs in my ‘toy
room’ ... and of course, ITS’
YELLOW!
BEAR ESSENTIALS
In recent years, the Grumman
F8F Bearcat seems to have been
overlooked as a scale modelling
subject, which is something of a
surprise when one reflects on
the stunning performance of
The
Fighter Collection’s
resident
example that performs to
spectacularly each year at the
Flying Legends Air Show, at
Duxford.
Along with the Hawker Sea
Fury, the Bearcat represents the
pinnacle of piston engine fighter
performance and receives the
‘Subjects for Scale’
treatment in
this month’sissue.
(c) Copyright Flying Scale Models 2019
Doolittle Media.
The paper used on this title is from
sustainable forestry
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