The 1/5 scale Dave Platt Me-109 was a game changer. A model of this type arrived at our local in 1980 and it seemed huge compared to the 60 size warbirds were were flying. This 109 was powered by a OS 90 glow engine. The plans are not sold separately though one can find used copies or a pdf on the web. Belair Kit Cutters in the UK handle the Dave Platt line of short kits. The plans feature all wood construction. There are many build threads on the web, gas, glow and electric powered, just google Dave Platt ME109. Flying qualities are said to be good.
The Brian Taylor Warbird plans are now available again on retail. Probably one of the best know warbird plan designers, Brian Taylor used to sell his own plans in the UK or through Bob Hollman in the USA. Brain Taylor then sold the plans rights to Traplet Publications. Traplet Publications went into receivership in 2017 and it appears that Sarik Hobbies are now selling the plans, short kits, accessories that Traplet used to sell. Quite a few modellers got stung when Traplet went under when they places orders and did not receive the merchandise so in this day of online ordering be aware of your credit card policies on these type of transactions.
RCM ( Radio Control Modeler) magazine was perhaps the most popular rc magazine while it was in business and offered many rc warbird plans, articles and reviews. RCM magagzine started in the 1960's and went out of business in 2005. For a while RCM was still selling their plans but that has stopped too. RCM was noted for their flashy magazine covers. Fortunately a few modelers have put plans and articles on the web, a thread in RC Groups has the majority of the plans in PDF format at this thread RCM plans on RC Groups . I advise saving the plans and articles you are interested in to your USB drive as one never knows when these offering can disappear. This blog site offers some plan articles from RCM at RCM Articles and Plan Series Blog . A search for 190 brought up this plan article, save what articles you wish before these sites go off-line!
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