October 1980

In this issue

Inside the October 1980 newsletter

October returns to hands-on instruction with Greg Reynolds demonstrating heat-forming plastic, using a Vac-u-form, stretch-forming, and stretching sprue. Contest results recognize Wayne Snowdon's Airfix TBM and Hurricane, Larry Baldwin's Mania Ki-51, Scott Taylor's converted IMC Yardmaster, and Steve Cook's Krupp Protze and anti-tank-gun entries. The issue also promotes Portland's first Northwest Regional Military Figure Competition and Exhibit.

The principal review praises Airfix's new 1/72 Avro Lancaster B.III while noting dihedral, nose-turret, window, and wingtip-light corrections and suggesting B.II, Manchester, Tallboy, Grand Slam, and dam-bomber possibilities. Other pages list new kits and Bellevue-area hobby shops, describe humorous aviation-catalog requests from Polish schoolboys, and seek donated stickers and catalogs for replies.