Is it real or is it a model? Possibly the highest compliment you can pay a scale modeller is to ask this question, and when it’s a model helicopter in flight you know you have reached the top when you hear that question.

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This book contains 68 pages of clear instructions and images to tell you everything you need to know to get started in the art of building scale helicopters. The author's work on scale helicopters is much admired and in the book, he passes on all you need to know to acquire these skills for yourself. There is also a chapter on tips and hints that the author has picked up from others who share in this fascinating hobby.

This book won’t give you the time, but it will help you attain some of the skills you need to make a scale model helicopter that you can be proud of, and your flying companions will envy.