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Junior Kits and Commitment with a Gold #8 Glow Plug Pages 2 - 3 New Imagineering™ Sets from Lionel®, Page 23 Designed for the Youngest Engineers! Pages 20 - 21 GREAT PLANES MODEL DISTRIBUTORS RADIO CONTROL • JUNE 2016 GREAT PLANES MODEL DISTRIBUTORS GENERAL HOBBY • JUNE 2016 ™ ™ PLUS: The Next Generation of SCX10 is here – ® PLUS: Axial® Racing SCX10 II™ Jeep® Cherokee Page 6 – 7 Estes® Saturn V, back by popular demand! Page 4 Rise™ RXS270™ EXTREME Racing Drone Pages 10 – 11 Plastic Models for all ages and interests ™ ™ NERO 6S BLX 4WD Pages 5 – 17 Pages 2 - 5 O.S.® Engines commemorate 80 years of quality Junior KitS and commitment with a gold #8 glow plug Pages 2 - 3 New Imagineering™ Sets from Lionel®, Page 23 designed for the youngest engineers! Pages 20 - 21 Copyright 2016 Hobbico® 2003352 All rights reserved. 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