The structure for old issues of Aeromodeller has been prepared in the Plans Gallery (ok, not a plan, technically ;D ).
https://hpa.aeromodelling.gr/plans/categories.php?cat_id=32
There one will find the different decades, in each decade the individual years starting with the same number, (so 1940 is in the 40s and not the 30s).
From an organisational point of view, this is excellent (I did that ;D )
There is only one small minor problem. There are only two issues in, so far.
Paolo (ilgk48) to the rescue... He will upload his files, although it will take some time.
Jeremy, I do not know if you can assist with your files as well, please talk with Paolo directly to coordinate.
Looking forward to that archive being accessible again.
George
This great, thank you to all for taking the time to re- upload the AM archive...already looking through the 1990 issues ;D
So, Paolo has uploaded the complete 1989 and 1990 years of Aeromodeller.
I think it is looking good.
https://hpa.aeromodelling.gr/plans/categories.php?cat_id=105
https://hpa.aeromodelling.gr/plans/categories.php?cat_id=39
And most eagled-eyed among you will have noticed a permanent link to the plans gallery on the top right corner of the page... For easier immediate access as requested by Squirelnet.
Paolo and I have been in touch and I've taken the job of starting from the 1930s.
I have a complete set up to 1992 of what is available online (as well as my bound hard copies from 1972 to the end of the first manifestation): it seems that Paolo has soft copies of all my hard copy so I will be using my soft copies from 1935 going forward in time until I run into Paolo coming back towards me!
As to the source of my soft copies, several I have scanned myself from odd hard copies I have picked up along the way, most have been downloaded from HPA2.0 or other sites (e.g. RC Library and RC Bookcase). I propose to upload what I have that Paolo or other members don't contribute so we get the most complete collection possible once again. However, I don't want to tread on any other members' toes, so if you contributed before and want to ensure that your involvement is recorded, by having your user name recorded as the contributor of the issue to the archive, p lease contribute "your" issues once again as soon as you can.
I am trying to be fair to previous contributors but not to let that stand in the way of re-instating the collection so all HPA members have access to the most complete collection of AM that can be put together.
Any views?
I completely agree!!!
Paolo
Hi Jeremy, I already "liked" your message, so I am in agreement too.
Some extra information, even after uploading, I have the capability as admin to change the name of the person who uploaded, as long as it is an existing member of the new gallery, or to add a comment about the original member who uploaded it first.
No intention to "steal" the credits from anyone from any side, all we need is to have the information in time.
Having said that, please continue posting with the plan between you and Paolo, as you described.
Last note, can you add a thumbnail of the cover when you upload? It needs to be a .jpg file with 212 pixels width. Saves me from having to do it later which is more time consuming.
George
More and more issues are being uploaded daily.
https://hpa.aeromodelling.gr/plans/categories.php?cat_id=49
1981 1983 and 1989 are full and up.
1984 all except July,
1985 all except July, August, December
Does anybody have these issues they could scan and upload?
George
:D :D :D
I've!
I'm just establishing the links to the plans mentioned in them.
:) :) :) :)
Paolo
Thanks to Paolo, the 80s Aeromodellers are almost done. 8 issues are missing from the decade, which he doesn't have and is looking for. Any help is most welcome...
Also, Berkeley kit plans, Dave Rees Plans and Tern Aero kit plans are also up.
It is going to be a long process, but we will get there eventually. 338 out of 10.000 plans up, slightly more than 3%...
George
Hi George
I have added Jan 1980 and also sent Paolo a link to my collection of 1980s AM so he can finish off while I keep pottering away in the 1930s
HI
All the Aeromodeller issues from the 1930s that Paolo and I have access to have been uploaded (as well as all but one of those from the 1980s - Paolo is much more dilgent than me).
We are missing about half of the issues:
- 1935 - Dec
- 1936 - All
- 1937 - Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun,Jul, Oct, Nov, & Dec
- 1938 - May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
If you have one or more of the of the missing issues (in either physical or digital form), please let me know by PM and I will see what we can do to get them uploaded to this collection.
If you only have one or more issues in physical form, I am happy yo do the scanning etc to get them ready for uploading - the only issue is how we get them to me in Oz and how I get them back to you. I'm happy to split the postage with you 50/50.
In the meantime, I will start on the 1940s.
Thanks in advance
Jeremy
Hi George
Check out the books section of the downloads I gave you.
I have a lot of most of the AM issues arranged like yours.
Might be easier to fill in the blanks.
Quote from: g_kandylakis on Feb 05, 2026, 06:42 PMMore and more issues are being uploaded daily.
https://hpa.aeromodelling.gr/plans/categories.php?cat_id=49
1981 1983 and 1989 are full and up.
1984 all except July,
1985 all except July, August, December
Does anybody have these issues they could scan and upload?
George
I have all of these in digital form. Do you still need them?
Paul
Thanks for the offer
Paolo is "in charge" of the modern Aeromodellers and he is still uploading issues.
The ones mentioned here are already covered by him.
I would wait until he declares his job done and then see what gaps there might be.
George
AFAIK:
- Paolo and I have copies in electronic form of every AeroModeller that was on the previous Plan Gallery. Some of those copies had some glitches in them (fuzzy pages, missing pages etc) - I am reviewing the old ones that I am putting up to check whether there is an issue like that. If there is, I will not upload that issue and put up a post in this thread mentioning that we need a better copy (or a missing page or whatever).
- The thing that is taking time for me is creating the thumbnails and the tables of contents. If Garry or anyone else has electronic versions of the old thumbnails or descriptions/keywords, it would be helpful for me if I could have access to that material, which would speed up the re-uploading of the 1940s and 1950s issues.
- One thing that Paolo is doing is, if a free plan isn't currently available on OuterZone, he is getting it put there so that there is a complete archive of those plans there. The issues that are "missing" in the 1970s -1990s are generally ones where he is waiting for a plan to become available on OuterZone as a result, so that he can put in the cross-link to that plan. I guess he could also put them into the Plan Gallery here. By contrast, all I am doing is to check whether a plan has already been added to the OuterZone or AeroFred collection, but since all I have are the magazines, I am not copying out the plans in them and creating another place to find the same material either on the Plan Gallery or on those other sites.
Good morning everyone.
Yes, Aeromodeller's reconstruction works exactly as Jeremy said, and I thank him for his perfect and punctual description.
Magazines aren't uploaded indiscriminately, but, if possible, they're checked and improved first.
In the years, I've personally given HipPocket many issues of—so to speak—"my own production," for which I have the original paper copies, the original scans, and the versions processed to create the PDF files for publication. Today, before uploading them to HPA, I might give them a cleanup and update the broken hyperlinks to HipPocket.
The hyperlinks to HipPocket essentially concerned plans, especially plans I couldn't find in Outerzone and, if I couldn't find them in HipPocket either, I'd personally add to HipPocket.
As for the "not mine" issues, i.e., those I once took from HipPocket and kept as they were, I can add a description of the contents and add (in the HPA "Description") any links to plans in Outerzone or HPA.
After HipPocket crashed, I redirected my plans to Outerzone, but now, with HPA existing, I have the opportunity to choose.
I'll close with a note regarding the "Description" provided by HPA. Several years ago, I found an Excel file online that contained all the Aeromodeller Contents, which, according to its author (Colin Usher), could contain errors. And not a few, I might add.
This file was also published in HipPocket, but I never checked if it was the exact same Excel file. However, from that file I obtained the Microsoft Access Database I currently use to publish the "Descriptions" and to build the Issue PDF files.
I never fill in the "Keywords" (mandatory in HipPocket) because the 4Images search engine also uses the "Description."
I'll upload a version of the Excel file as soon as possible, authored by the great "Ratz," but I seem to recall that the uploader in HipPocket was user Dahlti (or something similar).
P.
Helped here and there by Google Translator Italian - English :)
AeroModeller March 1941 - the copy of this that I have is missing page 175 (so are the copies available from RC Bookcase and RC Library). Does anyone have a copy with this page (hard copy or scanned copy)? If so, PM me and we will work out a way to ensure that this page finds its way into the issue that is in the HPA Plan Gallery.
Many thanks
AeroModeller 1941 October - The copy I have (ditto RC Library and RC Bookcase) is missing 560, 575, and 576.
Does anyone have a copy with these pages (hard copy or scanned copy)? If so, PM me and we will work out a way to ensure that they find their way into the issue that is in the HPA Plan Gallery.
Many thanks
@Jmk89 - These first few years of AM are the ones I do not have, thanks for uploading!
Malc.
You're welcome. Paolo ( ilgk48 ) is starting from the end and is moving back fast! He deserves a heap of kudos.
As you may know, both Paolo and I try to find out whether the plans in the AeroModeller issues that we are uploading to the Plan Gallery are available from OuterZone and/or AeroFred and to put links in the description.
Please watch out - most OuterZone links are to outerzone.co.uk but some may be to the spurious .com site.
From today the denial of service affecting AeroFred means that some issues will be uploaded without being able to add AeroFred links.
I was trying to upload the May 1945 issue today.
I got the upload form ready, entered the verification code and hit the submit button.
And then up came a new page saying that I was being verified and then I ended up back at the Forum home page.
Very odd and the reason that no more 1945 AeroModellers were uploaded today.
Quote from: Jmk89 on Mar 10, 2026, 05:30 AMI was trying to upload the May 1945 issue today.
I got the upload form ready, entered the verification code and hit the submit button.
And then up came a new page saying that I was being verified and then I ended up back at the Forum home page.
Very odd and the reason that no more 1945 AeroModellers were uploaded today.
Now the system is working as it usually does - so everyone back to their own places! Some 1945 AeroModellers will be added today
False relief - the same problem is occurring now
Strange,
This morning between 9AM - 10.20AM (my local time) I uploaded February and March 1964 without problems ...
P.
I get no notification of any errors, so I cannot help.
It seems to be working ok, as far as I can tell...
I'll try again today
The version of the March 1948 issue that I have is missing page 216 (I think it is John Halifax's Aerodynamic Design Part 15 and is accompanied by a Nomograph (which I have) on Tailplane efficiency. The copies available from RC Library and RC Bookcase are similarly defective.
Anyone with a complete copy who could send me a scan of page 216, please PM or email me.
Thanks in advance
Once again the community comes to our aid - thanks to Nigel_M we now have page 216 and a complete version of the March 1948 issue.
As you may have noticed, Paolo and I have made pretty good progress getting the AeroModeller collection re-loaded into the Plan Gallery - we are down to the last 100 or so issues (mainly the 1950s).
So now what should we do?
We have the best collection available online for the 1930s but it is missing 28 (about 60%) of the issues from this decade. It would be a really good thing if we could make it a complete collection.
AS you may know I have bought about 7 issues from 1937 and 1938 personally and uploaded them.
The list of MISSING ISSUES is:
1935 - Dec
1936 - Jan/Feb,Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
1937 - Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Oct, Nov, Dec
1938 - May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
How can you help? Some possibilities are:
1. If you have a scanned copy of the issue, either upload it to the Plan Gallery your self, or, if that is too much faff, email a copy to me and I will prepare it for upload and then upload it.
2. If you have a hard copy that is spare, send it to me (I'm happy to pay postage to Australia plus a small price for the magazine (probably the amount of the postage) but not some of the silly prices quoted on eBay).
3. If you have a hard copy that is unique either
(A) scan it and then deal with it under point 1 ; or
(B) send to me and I'll scan and upload it and post the original back to you - I'm prepared to pay the postage both ways.
I'm sure some of you may have some better suggestions and I'm happy for you too contact me by PM or email or for you to put the suggestion is a reply in this thread.
If you want to contact me and you don't already have my email address, please PM me and I'll send the address to you.
I think this would be a great community exercise and be of value to all aeromodellers. It should also increase the membership of the Forum since those interested in seeing and downloading those rare issues will find us through Google and need to join HPA to get access to them.
Hallo,
Aeromodeller 1958 is almost entirely uploaded less February and September.
Their pdf supposed previously downloaded from HipPocket have some missing pages.
February 1958: 86,87 (two pages) are missing;
September 1958: 473 (one page) is missing.
I'll upload February and September filling with blank pages the missing pages, hoping that someone can email to me a digital version of them.
I kindly ask images scanned at least at 200 spi, 24 bitcolor, Png format or Jpg format at full quality.
If you can help me, please send me a Personal Message.
Thanks in advance.
Paolo
Sorry for my previous error:
the missing page in September 1958 is the number 470 "Decor Detail".
The AerModeller archive in the Plan Gallery is now fully restored to where it was before the last meltdown of HPA. In fact it has been improved by adding a couple of issues and adding some pages missing from the scans.
Many thanks to Paolo ( iglk48 j and Nigel ( Nigel_M ) for their invaluable contributions. Paolo restored 34 years from 1957 to 1991 and Nigel was the main source for the missing pages.
Thanks to everyone who helped, including George and all who provided contributions and encouragement