FAC 65 Small Scale Squadron Down Under

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 Small Scale Squadron Down Under newsletters:
Vol 6, No 3 September 2002

Articles:
Elliptical Wings Part 2: The Fred David Story
Australian Nationals FF Scale - No More!

Full-size plans:
Piper PA-24 Comanche (John Poletti)
Dixon Special
Sopwith Pup
Piper Cub Coupe (Model Aircrafts kit)

3-Views:
Piper PA-24 Comanche
Dixon Special
Piper Cub Coupe
Vol 6, No 2 June 2002

Articles:
A Blast From the Past (Bill Thomas)
Scale at the BFFS Gala Weekend (Bill Thomas)
Kit review: Lee "Famous Planes" Foam ARTFs (Derek Buckmaster)
NSWFFS Scale State Champs 2002

Full-size plans:
Comper Swift (Lloyd Willis)
Denight Special (Andre Petit)
Fairey Firefly (Model Aircrafts kit)

3-Views:
Comper Swift
Denight Special
Fairey Firefly
Vol 6, No 1 March 2002

Articles:
Cabin glazing - another way to do it (Bill Thomas)
Small electrics for Free Flight scale (John Poletti)
Kit review: Dumas 30" Fiesler Storch (Mike Midkiff)

Full-size plans:
CAC Wirraway (Model Aircrafts kit)
De Havilland DH 85 Leopard Moth
Foster Wickner Wicko
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

3-Views:
Foster Wickner Wicko
CAC Wirraway
De Havilland DH 85 Leopard Moth
Vol 5, No 4 December 2001

Articles:
Some thoughts on Peanut Scale judging
Queensland Indoor & State Championships 2001
Printing lozenge tissue
Mike Midkiff's new Morane (kit review)

Full-size plans:
CAC CA-15 "Kangaroo" (24", Derek Buckmaster)
Piper Pacer (24", John Poletti)

3-Views:
Clutton FRED
CAC CA-15
Piper PA-20 Pacer
Vol 5, No 3 September 2001

Articles:
NSW Free Flight Champs & Indoors 2001
Scale at the BFFS Gala
Painless panes

Full-size plans:
Clancy Skybaby (Lloyd Willis)
Grumman F-6F Hellcat (Model Aircrafts)
GAF Nomad (Derek Buckmaster)

3-Views:
Clancy Skybaby
Vol 5, No 2 June 2001

Articles:
Stahl contest results

Full-size plans:
Avia B558 (Tim Hayward-Brown)
SAAB J-29B Tunnan (Mike Stuart)
Curtiss Helldiver (Lloyd Willis)

3-views:
Avia B558
SAAB J-29B Tunnan

Vol 5, No 1 March 2001

Articles:
Free flight scale at the NZ Nationals
The Ercoupe Downunder 

Full-size plans:
Ercoupe (Lloyd Willis)
Beech 17
Hawker Hurricane (Model Aircraft's)

3-views:
Wackett Gannet

Vol 4, No 4 Dec. 2000

Articles:

Queensland State Championships - Scale
The FAC Nationals (Geneseo, New York, USA)
Scale Fly-In at Coominya
World War I Flying Aces contest
Low-down on Low-wingers

Full-Size Plans:
The Currie Wot (Lloyd Willis)
The Avro Baby (Lloyd Willis)
Curtiss P-6E Hawk
Albatross D.V (Earl Stahl)

3-Views:
Gloster Sea Gladiator
Vol 4, No 3 Sept. 2000

Articles:
NSW FF Scale Champs 2000 report
Scale events at the NSW indoor state champs
Fly In Scale Masters 2000 
Kit scale at the B.F.F.S. Y2K Gala

Full-Size Plans:
Polikarpov I-16 Rata
Kobe Seiko TE GO 3

3-Views:
Lincoln Sports
Vol 4, No 2 June 2000

Articles:

Free Flight scale at the Shoalhaven City Nationals 2000
World War II night at Ingle Farm 8/4/2000
Jet night at Ingle Farm 11/3/2000
New Zealand Notes
Kit scale at the B.F.F.S. Gala
Book review: Kingfisher in The Antipodes

Full-Size Plans:
Commonwealth CA-13 Boomerang (Pres Bruning)
Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar (Lloyd Willis)
Vought Kingfisher (Model Aircraft's kit)

3-Views:
Commonwealth CA-13 Boomerang
Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar
Vought Kingfisher
Vol 4, No 1 March 2000

1999 Free Flight Scale Masters
New Zealand Nationals
Scalefest 2000 F/F Scale Rally
Corby CJ1 Starlet
Southern Cross SC1
Vol 3, No 4 December 1999

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3-Views:
Vol 3, No 3 September 1999

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Vol 3, No 2 June 1999

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3-Views:
Vol 3, No 1 March 1999

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We'll only be featuring the text of the newsletter here at the DB Design Bureau site... so if you want the full newsletter (photos, full-size plans and all), then join the Small Scale Squadron and show them your support...
 

How to join
the Small Scale Squadron:
Subscriptions are A$20 (or NZ$25 or US$20) per annum... send your subscription to either:


Steven Portelli
C/- Post Office
Littlehampton SA 5250
Australia
propnut66@yahoo.com.au



Lloyd Willis
103 Douglas Road
Doonside NSW 2767
Australia


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