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Albatros Productions Ltd. |
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Windsock International Vol. 20, No. 3, May/June 2004 |
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Reviewed By Don Garside, #30235 |
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Windsock International is a magazine published six times a year by Albatros Productions. I don’t know what their motto is, but it should be something like “a bunch of guys that know everything about WWI Era aviation”! In format, it’s similar to any other modeling magazine. It has letters to the editor, new product reviews, reader’s gallery, plenty of advertisements etc. But like I said, it’s all about the old stuff, the real stuff. In this particular issue, it has a spot called “cockpit cameo corner” which featured four nicely drawn cockpits from four different R.A.F. machines of the WWI era. They were the Handley Page 0/400, the D.H.10, Short 184 Seaplane, and the Felixstowe Flying Boat. The next nice feature was called “Archive-from the albums”. This featured what seemed to be photos from a private collection. In this case a Fairy IIIB seaplane. There was also a rare color photo of a partially completed, unknown Farman fuselage. I’m not sure if these rare color photos are a regular feature or not, but it would be cool if it is. Toward the end of the magazine was what I would call a mini profile of the Junkers CL. I. It consisted of four very nice photos of the CL.I, and a simple but very sharp three view drawing of the CL.I. At the very end of the mag was an update on the progress of some guy who is building an O.E.F. DIII in 1/1 scale. I guess that puts him in the scratch built category. I wanted to save the best for last. In this issue there is this fantastic in-depth article on the DeHavilland DH9A. It features sixteen nice black and white vintage photos, three color profiles, twenty seven color photos of the DH9A at the R.A.F. Museum and a beautiful set of 1/48 scale plans that would be an excellent reference for any modeling project involving the DH9A. Did I mention the text of this article gives a full account of the colors used on the DH9A? This article alone would make the cost of the magazine well worthwhile. Which by the way is L6.50, In greenbacks that’s about $11.68 As I said earlier, I’m not sure what the “regular“ features of Windsock International are, but I sure was impressed with this issue. Recommended to anyone interested in WWI era aviation. To find out more about any particular issue of Windsock International try their web address at www.windsockdatafilespecials.com. Thanks to Albatros Productions for the review sample. |
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