When the Platt Bf-109 or Me-109 showed up at the flying field, this 1/5 scale warbird was definitely a game changer. We had got word of this model when local scale scale modeller and hobby store owner(Cellar Dweller Hobbies) Gerry Fingler did an review article on the Platt Me109 for Model Air Plane News in the March 1981 issue. The photographer for the article, Blaine Raymond worked at CKY CTV TV station and Blaine was able to get "Sylvia" the weather girl to post with the Platt 109 and the photo made the cover.
While I was searching for the Model Airplane News article I found another Platt 109 review by Horst Michael Birkoff on the web but the jpegs were to small to read. After many mouse clicks I found his email and this his reply with larger jpegs attached. "Unbelievable... 30 years after I buildt that plane someone requests the article! I checked and found the magazine... even still have an original kit for the 109.
Kind regards from Germany 🇩🇪
Mike"
Scale RC Modeler June 1991
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