Features

Below are articles featured in both the print and online edition of Model Aviation. Select an article to read more.

What is Scratch-Building?

By Stan Alexander | onawing4602@att.net As seen in the November 2022 issue of Model Aviation. SCRATCH-BUILDING IS WHEN a full-scale set of aircraft drawings is scaled down to whatever size, weight

By Jackie Shalberg, National Model Aviation Museum Archivist and Historian As seen in the November 2022 issue of Model Aviation magazine. We recently received a suggestion to discuss more about the

By Tom Hallman maxfliart@hallmanstudio.com Photos by the author As seen in the November 2022 issue of Model Aviation It had been four years since the last Flying Aces Club (FAC) Nationals, so there

Neal proudly holds the silver trophy aloft

By Gordon Buckland | gordon@gatorf3b.com As seen in the November issue of Model Aviation Friday was the day of reckoning with six rounds of flyoffs scheduled, starting with Seniors and finishing with

Easy-to-build and fun-to-fly warbird By Fitz Walker | flying_fitz@yahoo.com Photos by Lee Ray and the author As seen in the October 2022 issue of Model Aviation. "WELL, THAT’S INTERESTING!" was my

Building Your First Kit Stan Alexander onawing4602@att.net Photos by the author As seen in the October 2022 issue of Model Aviation. A high-wing, box-fuselage-type model might be the ticket to enjoy

By Louis Joyner | joynerduration@gmail.com As seen in the October 2022 issue of Model Aviation. WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THAT? There are hundreds of full-size Free Flight (FF) plans that are available from

Half a century of flying Scale models By Stan Alexander | onawing4602@att.net Photos by the author As seen in the October 2022 issue of Model Aviation. This year’s 50th Anniversary Mint Julep Scale

Micro-flying: Mid-Atlantic Air Museum’s WW II Weekend By Joe Malinchak | joemal@echoes.net As seen in the September 2022 issue of Model Aviation. Several L aircraft, including three Taylorcraft L-2Ms

Review Large tires and a wide flight envelope make for a versatile aircraft By Greg Gimlick | maelectrics@gimlick.com Photos by the author As seen in the September 2022 issue of Model Aviation. At a