Aeromodeller Index available on line!
Volunteers needed to do same for 'Model Aircraft'...
Readers will remember that Colin Usher started out some months ago to compile a full index of Aeromodeller from 1935 to 2001 to add to various other model magazines he had already published. This is now completed - except for minor spelling mistakes, etc. which are being addressed, and can be found at www.colinusher.info/Indexes/aeromodeller.xls, or click on the main site at www.colinusher.info/Indexes/index.html to see the other magazine indices - and there is no charge for the use of it!
Type in any word such as the name of a plan, for instance, and it will show you the details of that plan and what issue it was in - or anything else you want to search for!
The whole Aeromodeller index was only completed with the help of you, the modellers out there - each volunteer taking on about 2 years, and entering the details in a Database provided!
Colin is now about to start to do the same for "Model Aircraft" magazine, which was published from 1946 to 1965. Again, he will depend on volunteers to "do their bit" by making the offer to him - you do NOT need to know anything about databases, only how to read and type - so don't be put off! Just let him know of your interest in helping and the Model Aircraft magazine issues you possess, and when he has evaluated what is on offer, he will send you the blank database, and the years he requires you to fill in.
You can contact Colin by email at: a_c_usher@yahoo.co.uk

Last minute notice of engine auction
840 engines to be auctioned at Nottingham...
It's remarkable that the engines in this collection are all different. Many are variations of the same make and type, for example there are ten AMs and even 49 Eds, but the majority are one-off outstanding examples from sources all over the world. In addition, there are over forty flying models from Professor Doug Walton's impressive collection.
All are to be auctioned on September 23rd by Mellors and Kirk of Gregory Street Nottingham.
To contain the large number of individual engines within the limited timescale of a one day auction they are to be sold in 232 Lots. The engines are to be grouped by Nationality, size or type.
Collectors will find many desirable gems when the catalogue is established on the website, www.mellorsandkirk.com , ranging from miniatures of 0.2cc capacity up to fixed head 10cc diesels, famous American 10cc racing engines of the late forties and many one-off examples by well known specialists. Few of them are throttle equipped for R/C but as we all know, addition of a modern carburettor can make all the difference.
Mellors and Kirk are located to the West of Nottingham City Centre, five minutes from the railway station and 20 minutes from East Midlands Airport. Precise location can be viewed on their website. The Email link is enquiries@mellorsandkirk.com
The photo shows the rare Redwing 7.5cc by Gerald Smith, which is included in Lot 49. In the same group is a Dyne 6cc and the American Baby Cyclone on its original metal tank mount.