Terry Walters Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Ok waited long enough to give you all a chance to be first but no-one has put up yet. Latest mag been here (France!) since Sat and very nice it is too. Thank you Danny Fenton for a very interesting scale article and lots of other good stuff to read - just what I needed! The interview with Ian Redshaw was also excellent and gave me the incentive to dig out my old 'Free with Daily Mail' DVD of The Ladykillers - forgotten how good that was - still can't believe Alec Guinness' character portrayal - definitely not George Smiley"! Lots of retro shots of streets full of the traffic I remember as a kid! Thanks Ian. Looking forward to the Vulcan article next month following Cyril Carr's write up of his fabulous B1 Model. Keep it coming Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Whybrow Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 How come you get it in France before we get it in Blighty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Got mine yesterday. Nice back end interview with Ian Redshaw. Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Walters Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Posted by Martin Whybrow on 10/12/2013 19:25:29: How come you get it in France before we get it in Blighty Don't ask me Martin I haven't got a clue - usually with everything else it's quite the opposite - but thanks for letting me have it first! Cheers Terry ps - it's probably really to compensate having to pay so much more subscription than you and foregoing the free gift on renewal too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 mine arrived at ne...1 towers yesterday----loads of good reading........martin bells fun fly plan......thanks all... ken Anderson ne...1 feedback dept.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Fenton Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Thx Terry I really enjoyed the interview with Reg Shaw CheersDanny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hooper Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Yup, got mine! Only just started it, but skipped to Mr Redshaws contribution first, and then checked out Martin Bell's plan. tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Stratton Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Thumbs up for another good edition.I didn't have a fun fly on my list of would likes, but Martins Ellipse is now on it! Be good if those nice people at MHS could produce a CNC Woodpack for it in due course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 A good read as always - very interested in Danny's article on casting and I enjoyed the feature on Deluxe Materials, I like this taking an in depth look at particular companies - learnt a lot from that and it was very well written too. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Posted by Glenn Stratton on 11/12/2013 09:42:23: Thumbs up for another good edition.I didn't have a fun fly on my list of would likes, but Martins Ellipse is now on it! Be good if those nice people at MHS could produce a CNC Woodpack for it in due course. Yes, that's in hand Glenn, give it a month or so. Edited By David Ashby - RCME on 11/12/2013 10:11:47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Very good magazine, seemed to have more in it than most. Good reviews, interesting plan and the articles were excellent. The only problem I have is in the Mount up article about thermal soaring, in the rant about using snakes. We have used them (plastic ones) for years and years in the hottest summer and coldest winter days from small to large models- they have proved to be excellent. The connections have no slop, work smoothly and have superb longevity. So clearly in answer to why they are so popular is simply because the author of this article cannot use them properly. But a great magazine, thanks to the Ashby's, all the authors/photographers and everyone else involved in producing it. CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Whybrow Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Mine still hasn't arrived Edited By Martin Whybrow on 11/12/2013 19:03:28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I have some sympathy with you there CSB. I would agree with the author that little beats a closed loop system on a rudder for lightness, lack of slop and adjustability and push rods are indeed a good solution. But I felt the "rant" against snakes was bit unjustified in my opinion. I've used snakes many times in models with no problem whatsoever. True you can get a bit of thermal expansion so I wouldn't recommend them in a high precission F3C jobbie. But for most of us - no problem. So you have to retrim a couple of clicks sometimes, big deal. Badly installed snakes can be a nightmare - lots of slop and lost movement. But correctly installed and supported I think they are a neat, sufficiently precise and reliable solution. But,...I would also agree that push rods are even better! What I wouldn't in anyway agree with though is that a "fatter harder piece of balsa" is stiffer than a carbon fibre tube - never! Well, not "never" perhaps - but all I can say is that the "fatter" balsa rod must be very very VERY much fatter! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Kirkham Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Id love that Lanc.......**Johnny drools** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceejay Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 so after the postponement of Dave Tappins Dawn Patrol article in the december edition, i waited until today to rush off and collect my new copy, drove home in exited anticipation, made a brew, sat down and looked at the index......WHAT!! WHERE!! HOO!!! HOW!! again disappointment again its not there, no explanation, there wern,t one last time either, so i had to console myself with ians interview, which is ace. so has dave upset someone, have you lost it, will it be published ever, !!!!! chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masher Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I think Alex W took most of the slots in this month's mag so something had to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm woodcock 1 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Sent off for a subscription for my brother for Christmas. He's got the January 2014 magazine but no quadcopter 'free gift' yet. Has anyone else had any problems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Posted by malcolm woodcock 1 on 16/12/2013 11:53:50: Sent off for a subscription for my brother for Christmas. He's got the January 2014 magazine but no quadcopter 'free gift' yet. Has anyone else had any problems? Seems a second batch is in hand here.... Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prop Nut Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 I'm a little confused by the Deluxe Materials feature in which John Bristow apparently says he is waiting on a suitable technology for stripping paint from plastic without damaging it. I thought this had been around for years, as I've often used Wickes Non-Methylene Chloride Paint and Varnish Stripper for removing paint layers from plastic models, with outstanding, if messy, results. Am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lima Hotel Foxtrot Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Page 88: "... Faecebook..." Really Mr. Whittaker? This is about as amusing as "el*ctric." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 I thought it was quite amusing... CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Johnston Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Article by Alex Wittaker shows a piccy of someone called Eric Li-Koo with a camera on a long, long pole. This would be great for me. Anybody got any more info ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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