GREAT WAR SCOUT

摘要

The S.E.5a is a very popular subject for scale modellers and rightly so. It has ideal proportions for a model, there are many plans and kits available, masses of reference photos on the Internet and, of course, for the inevitable 'missing link' there's the Shuttleworth Collection. I couldn't find a plan that was both true scale and suitable for a Laser 70 so I bought a larger plan and had it reduced to 18% (1:5.6) giving a wingspan of 54". Small by today's standards I know, but easily transportable. My reason for choosing this odd scale is that it is the smallest that would enable the engine to be fully enclosed and also allow the use of commercially available wheels.