Roland Dressler Model Airplane News June 1946 WWII Grumman F8F Bearcat WWI German Albatros Atom Smasher build & fly model airplane military aircraft

Model Airplane News

June 1946

Grumman F8F Bearcat

inside this issue are plans & instructions for building 1/24 scale model of this famous airplane

Flown by U.S. Navy & U.S. Marine Corps Aviators in World War II

MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS

JUNE 1946

Cover: GRUMMAN F8F BEARCAT - cover design by Joe Kotula

SERVING AVIATION 17 YEARS

FLYING SCALE RUBBER (feature) Model F8F

- scale drawings 1/2" = 1" ( 1/24 scale )

Build model with 17 3/4" wingspan

FREE FLIGHT GAS " Neptune " Seaplane - Hull construction with detailed plans

CONTEST RUBBER MODEL - " Atom Smasher " high performance free flight rubber modelwith drawings & instructions to build scale flying airplane Scale: 1/4" = 1' ( 1/48 scale )

WYLAM MASTERPLAN Albatros Fighters - PLANS & Scale Drawings Measurements provided to be built as 1/48 scale or 1/24 scale model airplane

WWI Albatros illustrated General Arrangements & Wing layouts with details

PLANE ON THE COVER - F8F

SCIENCEMETAL COVERED MODEL - Luftwaffe Messerschmidt Me-109

RECENT MODEL ENGINES

DESIGN FORUM

CLOTHE'S CLOSET WORKBENCH

PROP BALANCING STAND and METHOD

WORLD WAR I Albatros Fighters

3 VIEWS Grumman F8F

96 pages of Hobby dreams from 1946

You can read this 65 year old magazine & always find something wonderful

Great projects for the model airplane enthusiast

Fantastic advertising - beautiful graphic arts

Stories that cover the latest Jet Propelled Fighters with photos of British RAF De Havilland Vampire & U.S. Army Air Force Republic XP84 to how to build a Clothes Closet Workbench for Modelers who are Apartment Dwellers with limited work space ...

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Roland Dressler 1940's WWII Model Craftsman August 1944 Modelmaker Minature Railroading How to build Army Amphibian military Seaplane Locomotive

The Model Craftsman

August 1944

Front cover is seperated from magazine

Otherwise it's in good condition

MODEL BUILDING FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

HOME MADE TELEPHONE - PART 2

MAKING A TELEPHONE RECIEVER

SUSPENSION BRIDGES

Great article with photos & scale drawings for building :

SUSPENSION BRIDGES for HI-Rail or Scale Model Railroads

Plus helpful hints for construction of model "Suspension" type Bridges

Model subject: " Lion's Gate Bridge," Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

THE DUCKAMPHIBIAN TROOP CARRIER - PHOTOS & DIMENSION DRAWINGS

Drawings shows the dimensions for a quarter inch to the foot scale model ( O gauge )

MODEL SEAPLANE - Part 2 ConclusionHow to add Floats to Accipiter VI

Scale drawings for:

1. ACCIPITER - STICK MODEL

2. ACCIPITER -TOWLINE GLIDER

RAILROADING - Old Royal Blue Line Cars & Loco

Handsome Locomotive and Coaches which made history in 1890's

Ten-wheel engine that hauled the famous B & O Blue Line Train

Locomotive class B-14 type build by Baldwin

It ran between New York & Washington at high speed

Building the 1/2" Scale Steam Locomotive

RACE CAR and BOAT News

plus great advertisements

Notes from front cover:

This month's front cover shows that even our War Workers can find enjoyment and relaxation in building models

The young lady in the picture evinces keen pleasure in having just finished the painting of a model railroad Signal Tower

THE MODEL CRAFTSMAN

INCLUDING "THE MODELMAKER" EST. 1924 and MINIATURE RAILROADING MAGAZINE

RAILROADS

MODEL AIRCRAFT

MINIATURE RACECARS - Chicago Club Growing - Chicago Model Race Car Association

MISCELLANEOUS - Baltimore Regatta - The Baltimore Model Power Boat Club

THE ROUND HOUSE - DEPARTMENT FOR LIVE STEAMERS

Brotherhood of Live Steamers

Marine Engine Model - BOSTON & MAINE engine #3240

PLUS...RAIL CLUB NEWS

Great photographs & illustrations

Super advertisements

Beautiful artwork

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Roland Dressler Messerschmitt Bf 109 E 1/24 scale model kit WWII 1930's Luftwaffe Fighter Aircraft German Air Force Airplane Axis military aviation

Messerschmitt Bf 109E

1/24th scale

unassembled plastic model kit

Still in factory sealed shrink wrap box

Mint Condition

Never Opened

Perfect gift to that special model airplane builder

HELLER kit # 80496

1/24 scale

150 pieces

It is a Heller kit consisting of platic parts made from Airfix mold - unique

Measurements:

Length: nearly 15 inches

Wingspan: over 16 inches

Unassembled plastic model kit

BIG BOX Measures: 27" X 13" X 3"

A few extra notes:

Brief history of the Bf-109

Design of the plane was started in 1934 by professor Willy Messerschmitt who was working at the Bavarian Aircraft Factory.

His basic goal was to fit the largest engine he could into the smallest body possible with as few parts as possible.

The Bf designation came from the factory where the plane was first designed, Bayerische Flugzeugwerke.

The plane first flew in 1936 and was first shown in public at the 1936 Olympics held in Germany.

It was flown extensively in the Spanish Civil War by German pilots.

Willy Messerschmitt obtained the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke company in the summer of 1938 and renamed the company Messerschmitt AG.

The planes designed after that date were designated “Me”, and the 109 was referred to by both the Bf and the Me designations during World War II.

The 109 was one of the most produced fighter plane in history with 33,984 having been produced through April 1945.

The plane was produced in Spain up until 1954, and a total of over 35,000 109s were produced world wide.

(Spanish-made 109s were used in the movie The Battle of Briton.)

The plane's design was constantly updated before and during the war with major changes leading to a new alphabetical designation.

While most famous in the west for its involvement in the Battle of Briton and its dogfights with British Spitfires, it enjoyed its greatest success on the Eastern front against Russian pilots.

Erich Hartmann, the World's top scoring fighter ace with a claim of 352 victories, flew the Bf-109G, of which he said: "It was very maneuverable, and it was easy to handle.

It speeded up very fast, if you dived a little.

And in the acrobatics maneuver, you could spin with the 109, and go very easy out of the spin.

The only problems occurred during takeoff.

It had a strong engine, and a small, narrow-tread undercarriage.

If you took off too fast it would turn [roll] ninety degrees away.

We lost a lot of pilots in takeoffs."

When flown by the Finns against the Soviets, the 109G had a victory ratio of 25:1 in favor of the Finns.

They shot down 25 Soviet planes for every 109G that they lost in combat.

On the History Channel a "Great Planes" episode on the 109 said more were lost on takeoffs and landings than to enemy action.

More then 30% or the Bf-109s were destroyed in accidents taking off and landing.

This problem was especially acute with new pilots.

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