Scale STAND-OFF SCALE competition has come long way last three four years has accepted Scale competition class contests course state art naturally has improved Stand-off Scale model general has excellent performance far surpasses its AMA scale FAT counter parts airplanes capa ble seriously competing so-called Pattern airplanes far realistic static aspect Stand-off-Scale models has advanced along flying ability rules have governed complexity AMA Scale over last several years modelers have found ways improve Scale birds within rules rules have tried disallow rivets metal seam lines thats tent anyway supposed count static points cowl outlines door outlines etc visible some distance believe should allowable easy way simulate details use 1/32 1/64 trim tape have found source through art stores art suppliers its called drafting tape ACS tape color usually does matter since apply tape just fore final color coat applied sure tape raised distance 10 feet gives illusion being break line skin such cowling wider tape 14 may used flying surfaces simulate fabric-covered ribs ACS tape works fine finish dope enamel epoxies does curl up some socalled trim tapes also has excellent adhesion Bob Cross has sent good idea make door outlinesgun hatches etc says after apply color coat cut doors out Monokote trim thats kind has stickum it may necessary apply two thick nesses make door stand out Sand very lightly fine wet-and-dry paper apply color coat door will stand out very visibly Install appro priate handles hinges Mono kote trim sheets popular making insignia lettering forth course Monokote very glossy want flat weathered looking Obtain some steel wool local hardware variety store Ask 4-0000 steel wool thats finest wool made Using little water tooth powder briskly rub Monokote after applying model wipe clean may attain soft flat sheen aircraft especially modern civil ian aircraft such Beech Cessna Piper use corrugations control sur Bud Alkinson faces flaps raised convex cor rugation no problem simulate either small strip wood plastic glued surfaces painted over will look realistic Its always problem reasonably simu continued page 91 Left Simulated corrugated metal surfaces can made fairly easily thin plywood de scribed text Samples author look just like real thing Because close grain silking needed July1976 21 Top Superb cowl engine details exhibited John Ellis beautiful VK Nieuport 17 shown above Scaleespecially Stand-Offbecoming increasingly popular get close wish job details stand up Below Life-like Beech T-34A Craig Williams has nifty covering job done silver Mono kote Corrugations dealt text may seen various control surfaces late concave parts cor rugations lower surface Hav ing toyed sometime have come up what believe easy way achieve Most modelers have used heard 1/64 ply sheets available through Sig Mfg versatile material very strong light todays balsa cost slightly cheaper balsa accompanying picture almost ex plains simulate corrugation Cover wing control surface either balsa 1/64 ply sheet cut another 1/64 ply sheet size surface corrugated Using threeviews pictures whatever have prove corrugation its position draw lines rule corrugation will located Make sure corrugations straight line should margin top bottom /s g brass tubing cases 3/32 sed drill Sharpen end tubing sharp edge will cut plywood tearing possible use drill press also hardwood board metal drill press base will dull tubing very quickly Cut drill hole top bottom Engine Starting Aid New glow in dicates condition battery glow plug out shorting drawing additional current battery Puts end knowing sufficient voltage left battery about start engine knowing plug shorted Connects quickly battery cord Price $495 Aristo-Craft 314 5th Avenue New York NY 10001 corrugation regular drill will good job will tear ply wood tubing will cut clean round hole Next straight-edge guide cut two lines between holes sharp knife taking care stay line outsides two holes Lay ply hardwood block cut will buckle No doubt may 100 corrugations will surprised fast goes once set up end results well worth After corrugations cut surface sand lightly both sides taking care tear ply Seal control surface two three coats dope Next using contact cement apply plywood control surface After setting feather leading trailing edges advantage 1/64 ply has such close grain no silking needed Just seal under-coat Cardinal Sinner/Haught continued page 25 must now wait three weeks rub out finish may fly model meantime wish Final finish volved removing cheap gloss pro vided clear dope usually wet sanding 600 grit paper However due number spacing ribs Cardinal Sinner recommend remove shine damp sponge sat urated scouring powder method works well reduces possibility sanding through finish model dull over rub finish back deep luster using DuPont machine rubbing compound used hand should keep out trouble few days Install engine fuel filter 10-6 wood prop spinner Ballast neces sary bring center gravity proper location Check controls freedom action travel should ready flying field Youll find Cardinal Sinner smooth responsive model However stunter can improved attention contest season upon us looks plenty scale contests offing parts nation Kansas City Radio Control Associations 19th annual contest held June 12 13 has usual Pattern event Stand off Scale flown both days Lots prizes trophies Also received colorful brochure Harry Braunlick NY announcing Sky Rovers Flying Clubs Sport Scale Multi-Wing Contest held July 10 11 brochure indication should bang-up affair information call write Harold Ford CD 11 Stephans St Clifton Spa NY 14424 Phone 315-462-2235 address 734 North 6th St Ter race Blue Springs MO 64015 flight trim Check level wings during upright inverted flight best detected observer may observe alignment wheels given wing low inverted high up right misalignment indicated may corrected twisting flaps Grasp securely horns im bedded twist correction 1/16 time wing high during both up right inverted flight wing tip weight should adjusted add weight drill tip sharpened 3/32 brass tube insert epoxy coated solder Excessive yaw may detected wheel leading other Engine thrust rudder offset will correct Sensitivity can changed shifting center gravity further aft CG July1976 91 RC Scale/Atkinsonpaint will find realistic corrugation continued page 21job made easy method DAV ESC HAR LTOI4 15 RAPIER IE8CL #2995 pp F R/C 5 PP Ihi..EAWAYDCLAVANILL 309244738961734
Edition: Model Aviation - 1976/07
Page Numbers: 21, 91
Scale STAND-OFF SCALE competition has come long way last three four years has accepted Scale competition class contests course state art naturally has improved Stand-off Scale model general has excellent performance far surpasses its AMA scale FAT counter parts airplanes capa ble seriously competing so-called Pattern airplanes far realistic static aspect Stand-off-Scale models has advanced along flying ability rules have governed complexity AMA Scale over last several years modelers have found ways improve Scale birds within rules rules have tried disallow rivets metal seam lines thats tent anyway supposed count static points cowl outlines door outlines etc visible some distance believe should allowable easy way simulate details use 1/32 1/64 trim tape have found source through art stores art suppliers its called drafting tape ACS tape color usually does matter since apply tape just fore final color coat applied sure tape raised distance 10 feet gives illusion being break line skin such cowling wider tape 14 may used flying surfaces simulate fabric-covered ribs ACS tape works fine finish dope enamel epoxies does curl up some socalled trim tapes also has excellent adhesion Bob Cross has sent good idea make door outlinesgun hatches etc says after apply color coat cut doors out Monokote trim thats kind has stickum it may necessary apply two thick nesses make door stand out Sand very lightly fine wet-and-dry paper apply color coat door will stand out very visibly Install appro priate handles hinges Mono kote trim sheets popular making insignia lettering forth course Monokote very glossy want flat weathered looking Obtain some steel wool local hardware variety store Ask 4-0000 steel wool thats finest wool made Using little water tooth powder briskly rub Monokote after applying model wipe clean may attain soft flat sheen aircraft especially modern civil ian aircraft such Beech Cessna Piper use corrugations control sur Bud Alkinson faces flaps raised convex cor rugation no problem simulate either small strip wood plastic glued surfaces painted over will look realistic Its always problem reasonably simu continued page 91 Left Simulated corrugated metal surfaces can made fairly easily thin plywood de scribed text Samples author look just like real thing Because close grain silking needed July1976 21 Top Superb cowl engine details exhibited John Ellis beautiful VK Nieuport 17 shown above Scaleespecially Stand-Offbecoming increasingly popular get close wish job details stand up Below Life-like Beech T-34A Craig Williams has nifty covering job done silver Mono kote Corrugations dealt text may seen various control surfaces late concave parts cor rugations lower surface Hav ing toyed sometime have come up what believe easy way achieve Most modelers have used heard 1/64 ply sheets available through Sig Mfg versatile material very strong light todays balsa cost slightly cheaper balsa accompanying picture almost ex plains simulate corrugation Cover wing control surface either balsa 1/64 ply sheet cut another 1/64 ply sheet size surface corrugated Using threeviews pictures whatever have prove corrugation its position draw lines rule corrugation will located Make sure corrugations straight line should margin top bottom /s g brass tubing cases 3/32 sed drill Sharpen end tubing sharp edge will cut plywood tearing possible use drill press also hardwood board metal drill press base will dull tubing very quickly Cut drill hole top bottom Engine Starting Aid New glow in dicates condition battery glow plug out shorting drawing additional current battery Puts end knowing sufficient voltage left battery about start engine knowing plug shorted Connects quickly battery cord Price $495 Aristo-Craft 314 5th Avenue New York NY 10001 corrugation regular drill will good job will tear ply wood tubing will cut clean round hole Next straight-edge guide cut two lines between holes sharp knife taking care stay line outsides two holes Lay ply hardwood block cut will buckle No doubt may 100 corrugations will surprised fast goes once set up end results well worth After corrugations cut surface sand lightly both sides taking care tear ply Seal control surface two three coats dope Next using contact cement apply plywood control surface After setting feather leading trailing edges advantage 1/64 ply has such close grain no silking needed Just seal under-coat Cardinal Sinner/Haught continued page 25 must now wait three weeks rub out finish may fly model meantime wish Final finish volved removing cheap gloss pro vided clear dope usually wet sanding 600 grit paper However due number spacing ribs Cardinal Sinner recommend remove shine damp sponge sat urated scouring powder method works well reduces possibility sanding through finish model dull over rub finish back deep luster using DuPont machine rubbing compound used hand should keep out trouble few days Install engine fuel filter 10-6 wood prop spinner Ballast neces sary bring center gravity proper location Check controls freedom action travel should ready flying field Youll find Cardinal Sinner smooth responsive model However stunter can improved attention contest season upon us looks plenty scale contests offing parts nation Kansas City Radio Control Associations 19th annual contest held June 12 13 has usual Pattern event Stand off Scale flown both days Lots prizes trophies Also received colorful brochure Harry Braunlick NY announcing Sky Rovers Flying Clubs Sport Scale Multi-Wing Contest held July 10 11 brochure indication should bang-up affair information call write Harold Ford CD 11 Stephans St Clifton Spa NY 14424 Phone 315-462-2235 address 734 North 6th St Ter race Blue Springs MO 64015 flight trim Check level wings during upright inverted flight best detected observer may observe alignment wheels given wing low inverted high up right misalignment indicated may corrected twisting flaps Grasp securely horns im bedded twist correction 1/16 time wing high during both up right inverted flight wing tip weight should adjusted add weight drill tip sharpened 3/32 brass tube insert epoxy coated solder Excessive yaw may detected wheel leading other Engine thrust rudder offset will correct Sensitivity can changed shifting center gravity further aft CG July1976 91 RC Scale/Atkinsonpaint will find realistic corrugation continued page 21job made easy method DAV ESC HAR LTOI4 15 RAPIER IE8CL #2995 pp F R/C 5 PP Ihi..EAWAYDCLAVANILL 309244738961734