Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, No. 67 — page 127: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

AUTHENTIC SCIENCE FICTION actual working model of a spaceship, the rocket thrust being provided by a Jetex motor, and has been designed by aeronautical experts with particular reference to realism. The model is a self-build kit and contains everything needed to construct both the ship itself and the launching ramp. Also included is the parachute, rocket motor and fuel for same. All the pur- chaser has to provide is some patience, time and paints to suit his personal colour scheme, and this, particularly, is where the educational value is strongest. Aside from the manual dexterity any such model-making inevitably de- velops, the engineering prob- lems facing the builders of the first real spaceships are em- phasised by the actual con- struction methods employed in the model and the realism is further accentuated by the performance of the finished product. The model is launched from a ramp and overcomes gravi- tational pull, not by means of aerofoils, but by the thrust of its motor which, at the com- mencement of flight, is assisted by a spring incorporated in the ramp. This spring is the model equivalent of the “booster” rockets which will 126 — comicloooks.com