SCALE Bob & Dolly Wischer INSTRUMENT FACES commercially produced instrument faces dont meet needs heres idea should revived Attractive faces can reproduced material called scraper board made Essdee England sold artists supply houses hard white cardboard-like material 025-in thick has very thin dense black semi-gloss coating side coating can removed sharp instrument expose white substrate Exceedingly fine lines made very sharply pointed tool such scriber straight lines draftsmans divider circles broader lines use wider scraper Numerals engraved black surface steady hand using draftsmans lead holder pencil compass point inserted place lead use Optivisor binocular magnifier headband obtain uniform numerals letters Instrument faces small -in diameter up 1-in larger quite easily repro duced work goes quickly enough unsatisfactory dial can discarded done over small cost time material simple face can cut few minutes Relatively com plex instruments such artificial horizon may require half hour remove circular face board use cutting blade inserted draftsmans compass place lead 30 Model Aviation une orrourplanes broughttothe Kitchener Rally Carl Skiba isthis FieslerStorch Powered HP 61 covered inexpensive dress material finished Aero Gloss Bob Lillie brought P-47 Waukesha WI Scale Rally built Top Flite kit weighs 91/2 lb powered Supertigre 60 Finish RS Perfect paint over MonoKote main gears Pro-Line retracts tail wheel Robart retract inc paiox inc moaei lOOKS sort familiar Irelands Joe McCollum has done ultimate oo macfined nose gear its retract mechanism home help small lathe Its one-up Wee Joe pilot figure actually Douglas A-20 Athreaded rod supported ball bearings machined brass nut robot contains servos move arms drag link operate gear strut An adjustable limit switch determines travel diodes supply legs movetheVolksplanescontrols direction Bob taught himself use lathe blades also obtainable art supply stores properly adjusted depth sharp blade will cut through scraper board three four revolutions circular face can inserted ring-type bezel An alternate method cut square board centered around scribed face cement back prepared instrument panel having pre-cut holes ring bezel can made soft wire copper iron wrapped around proper size dowel uniform diameter ring cemented periphery hole painted flat black using thinned auto primer model railroad paint Clear plastic sheet cellulose acetate butyrate covers instrument face can sheet plastic sandwiched between panel individual faces individual discs face have found cyanoacrylate cements tend cause cloudiness clear plastic area contact cement clear plastics seems hold best Wilhold RIG 56 dries clear Whether instruments made modeler purchased ready-made need good data prototype panel preferably sharp photograph two show sufficient detail permit recognition individual instru ments Best source course having access plane being modeled possible sit cockpit camera photograph complete panel well individual instrument wide-angle lens great help particularly permits extremely close focusing distance down 9 10 Prints photos can used directly instruments model can copied correct diameter scraper board magazine book photo can also copied have found screened halftone photos sometimes leave doubt identification due unsharpness helps somewhat familiar instrumentation Really helpful cockpit sketches accompany good threeview drawings such Britains Aero Modeller magazine old obscure proto types can guess instruments Continued page 104 Super-detailed Stearman 4EM built Graham Ireland photographed Kltchener-WaIerIOO Scale Rally Grahams sources detail Westburg drawings prototype Ottawa Museum bulltto 1/6 scale spans 76 Engine Webra Speed 60 Finish butyrate dope over Super Coverite picture left Graham holds piano-hinged cowl open Note accurately-detailed cooling shutter Dave Platt presents. THE ULTIMAT E legendary beauty efficiency Spitfire has always made attractive choice RiC model Happily proved good-flying subiect performance equal its aesthetic appeal Consequently have kits Spitfires Some better others truly right Now emergence 1/5 scale has enabled us design ultimate Spitfire Accurate last subtle curve Magni ficient indeed just sitting simply awe-inspiring flight Powered 90 120 glo engine Maximizer realistic flying speed ultimate Spitfire will provide intense experience sophisticated H C modeler Scale 1/5 full size 0 Span 88 Length 76 ht l5io2Olbs Kit Includes 2-sheet full-size plans show everything . instal lation retracts mains tailwheel details sliding canopy etc Cut machined wood parts wire nylon goodies fiberglass cowling functional scale spinner formed canopy exterior details Optional exfras Retracting LG System 1 5 scale fighter pilot figure scale non-flying prop KIT PRICE s249OO Dave Plaft products available manufacturer ONLY Send check money order charge number COD foreign orders accepted pay freight USA nave Dlatt ivuodels inc 6951 NW 15th Aye Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305 587-4861 Evenings March 1981 31 Clpped-uin Lersion shown -- plans also show full wing /', eJ IsLe IZS[S] KIORITZ Deep Fins Optimum Cooling 21/4 Flywheel Small Magneto 1 5/8in Six Bolt Aluminum Hub Endorsed Don Godfrey Phone 607 722-1765 Pre-Drilled Props Available Ask About Custom Built KIORITZ Engines trim lever high speed position pushed forward moving throttle lever forward back twice advance film cycle accom plished shutter release cycle accomplished moving trim lever down back up allows servo travel Position #1 Position #3 causing rocker arm trip shutter After little practice no film camera finally got wind release cycles down pat main thing remember after release shutter must return trim lever hack its original position Otherwise tt locks out film advance Having mastered little exercise took glider back Malibu slope Within 15minute period blessing nice lift took 24 fantastic pictures ENGINES BY GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH Original Developer Factory Trained Authorized Master Service Dealer SPECIFPIATIA1 242 CU ifl 397CC 32HPat 8000 rpm Weight 61/2 lb Ball Bearings Crank Caged Rollers Rod Piston Pin Walbro Pump Carb 3 Ring Piston GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH 6195 Hillfield StNW NCANTON OHIO 44720 Phone216499-8854 After6 OOPM Accept Visa & Master Card camera pod interchangeable regular canopy plane balanced Out weights normally remove weight compensate camera pod adding weight standard canopy could inter change field rebalancing As can see pictures camera looking port side Aiming matter flying port wing pointing subject takes little practice other cameras can used Vivatar Motorized 110 little larger size weighs 9 oz costs between $50 $70 depending whether has telephoto option winding no problem since winds itself automatically smaller servo can used trigger shutter release will make up part extra weight telephoto feature good doubles Sealed Hear housing $189 Paid Orders Pay Shipping Dealer Inquiries Welcome Year Limited Warranty focal length enables get pretty good view yourself way up Instamatic-type camera has two shutter speeds obtain 1/250 have use ASA 400 film settle slight under-exposure ASA 100 Some cameras automatically index shutter speed depending film Ansco shutter speed set manually windable camera pod servo easily accommodated 100-in glider Experi menting 72-in glider revealed takes pretty heavy wind camera servo needed center-of-gravity location instead nose recommendation use least 100-in wingspan going succeed Sailplane photography want try out hope will find rewarding RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 31 locations Advertisements modern aviation magazines contemporary planes often show instrument panels color great detail Almost invariably wrong scale will need enlarged reduced Sport Scale builder may feel instru ment panel necessity have number models deficient respect attendance contests exhibi tions recently see panels contest models judges should influenced interior detail builders use panel avoid empty look especially easily visible distance also certain amount personal satisfaction well-finished model Doping techniques reply Sept 80 column information dope-and-silk cover ing came Doug Dahlke Would like mention two things off-chance remains anyone weight conscious depending horsepower nitro fly overloaded Scale plane Hot dope flows better smoother finish brush spray use l20o130o local wood factory shoots lacquer 1600 have prepare better move faster Hot dope doesnt sink surface far therefore lighter weight Use light bulb hot water other handy safe heat source Once silk applied getting set critical first coat water can used directly silk fill weave hit hot dope Perhaps water can used during second coat Use water prevents dope build up reduce weight Heating dope done industry will speed production give smooth finish Warm dope done epoxy probably mostly speed production shorten cure time Warming dope done modelers mainly smooth out flow poor folk like used could get rid brush marks Reduced penetra tion useful side effect results less weight Naturally effect percentage solids dope significant Further should difference between nitrate buty rate dopes first coat critical release water vapor trapped wing reverse regular covering methods wing tips day later doesnt seem problem covering techniques use bamboo paper smooth side out rough side Very little dope needed seal build finish course isnt scale fabric sure light predict future may see measure sanity retum 104 Model Aviation Tatone Makes Easy Established 1956 Tatone has invented de signed over 300 specialized model airplane ac cessories often imitated never equalled Watch new items m Tatone products available leading hobby shops See dealer first convenient ORDER DIRECT Send 50 illustrated price information COD VISA MASTER CHARGE acceDted 4 p7 Carb Needles &Throttle Accessible Engine Running Scale message getting across lightly-built Scale model can actually fun fly Expect lot less victims Ground Monster final issue Has anyone besides called local Piper Cessna Beech dealers got book reading prop pitch say 75% whatever matched rated rpm run figures through calculator found Out doesnt work Try Now about scale speed HA thanks Doug ideas weight reduction use hot dope have never tried heating dope although have heard heating epoxies reduce weight use thinner spread dope probaby quite waste ful because thinner evaporates does nothing build finish $700 gallon thinner money evaporates would inter esting make some test panels using heated cold dope get some comparative data es pecially water treatment subject scale speed has largely beaten death other columns find hard understand relationship between prop pitch rpm effect scale speed boils down simple fact know what scale speed should dont know attain well-detailed models tend toward weightiness Without detail really Scale Hobby tools tool delight modeler fortuante purchase 16 years ago Atlas 6in swing lathe milling attachment has factor has given us cap ability build scale reproductions complex aircraft parts Turned metal wood parts occasionally made find 75% machining milling process have no training use machine tools Using lathe its attachments has continuing educational process imagination plays apart Scale modelers seem particularly blessed necessary desire imagination inquisitiveness produce quality miniatures machine tool ultimate step equipping ourselves create Much work has easily machineable materials aluminum alloys used Special engine mounts readily available hobby sources mufflers fit within scale cowlings operating oleo-type landing gears few examples unlimited possibilities Retract servos needed would swing heavy wheels through 1200 angle reproduce gear movement bomber help lathe three mechanisms made using servo motors rotate threaded rod along special nut travels linear motion lathe can used wind special springs specifications Scale prop hubs spinners prop itselfcan partially completely machined accuracy milling attachment also serves precision boring machine produce exactly parallel holes pre cisely spaced within limits machine Mating parts fit screws need oversized holes Because lathe uses tapered roller bearings its headstock avoid over heating high speed can also used wood turning Bob Dolly Wischer 1 S-221 Lapliam Peak Road Delafield WI 53018 DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGESTI V well FUELyouI New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quality ingredientsI Deteraent action cut varnish J I II II II II II II II II II II IHOUPS Monday thru Wednesday 930-630 Thursday & Friday 9 30-800 rday 930-600 Sunday 12 00-5 00 have big once-a-year shindig couldnt travel halfway across country attend regular SAM Champs Phil therefore proposes nor held 1981 West Coast SAM chapters put efforts hosting SAM Champs Carrying Phils logic step further perhaps something should done assure Midwest East Coast SAM types alternate traveling half way across country CIA folks Indiana-Ohio Fort Worth Plainsmen hold large well-attended annuals SAM events unable go West might wish check Contest Calendar Bill Hannan youre right Project Three View July80 issue must reading anyone ever enlarges plans currently using Brumberger No 290 Project 0-Scope paid $795 stainedglass shop mentioned Bill Hs article darn thing works quite well enlarg ing airfoils such optics quality expensive units pro jected image perfectly adequate require ments hang piece paper wall place projector over drawing wheeled secretarys chair move about get desired size pencil used trace rough outline roughness cleaned up board adjustable French curve rubber-covered wire thing drafting store ball point Simple Continued page 108 March 1981 105 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 37 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/03
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 104, 105
SCALE Bob & Dolly Wischer INSTRUMENT FACES commercially produced instrument faces dont meet needs heres idea should revived Attractive faces can reproduced material called scraper board made Essdee England sold artists supply houses hard white cardboard-like material 025-in thick has very thin dense black semi-gloss coating side coating can removed sharp instrument expose white substrate Exceedingly fine lines made very sharply pointed tool such scriber straight lines draftsmans divider circles broader lines use wider scraper Numerals engraved black surface steady hand using draftsmans lead holder pencil compass point inserted place lead use Optivisor binocular magnifier headband obtain uniform numerals letters Instrument faces small -in diameter up 1-in larger quite easily repro duced work goes quickly enough unsatisfactory dial can discarded done over small cost time material simple face can cut few minutes Relatively com plex instruments such artificial horizon may require half hour remove circular face board use cutting blade inserted draftsmans compass place lead 30 Model Aviation une orrourplanes broughttothe Kitchener Rally Carl Skiba isthis FieslerStorch Powered HP 61 covered inexpensive dress material finished Aero Gloss Bob Lillie brought P-47 Waukesha WI Scale Rally built Top Flite kit weighs 91/2 lb powered Supertigre 60 Finish RS Perfect paint over MonoKote main gears Pro-Line retracts tail wheel Robart retract inc paiox inc moaei lOOKS sort familiar Irelands Joe McCollum has done ultimate oo macfined nose gear its retract mechanism home help small lathe Its one-up Wee Joe pilot figure actually Douglas A-20 Athreaded rod supported ball bearings machined brass nut robot contains servos move arms drag link operate gear strut An adjustable limit switch determines travel diodes supply legs movetheVolksplanescontrols direction Bob taught himself use lathe blades also obtainable art supply stores properly adjusted depth sharp blade will cut through scraper board three four revolutions circular face can inserted ring-type bezel An alternate method cut square board centered around scribed face cement back prepared instrument panel having pre-cut holes ring bezel can made soft wire copper iron wrapped around proper size dowel uniform diameter ring cemented periphery hole painted flat black using thinned auto primer model railroad paint Clear plastic sheet cellulose acetate butyrate covers instrument face can sheet plastic sandwiched between panel individual faces individual discs face have found cyanoacrylate cements tend cause cloudiness clear plastic area contact cement clear plastics seems hold best Wilhold RIG 56 dries clear Whether instruments made modeler purchased ready-made need good data prototype panel preferably sharp photograph two show sufficient detail permit recognition individual instru ments Best source course having access plane being modeled possible sit cockpit camera photograph complete panel well individual instrument wide-angle lens great help particularly permits extremely close focusing distance down 9 10 Prints photos can used directly instruments model can copied correct diameter scraper board magazine book photo can also copied have found screened halftone photos sometimes leave doubt identification due unsharpness helps somewhat familiar instrumentation Really helpful cockpit sketches accompany good threeview drawings such Britains Aero Modeller magazine old obscure proto types can guess instruments Continued page 104 Super-detailed Stearman 4EM built Graham Ireland photographed Kltchener-WaIerIOO Scale Rally Grahams sources detail Westburg drawings prototype Ottawa Museum bulltto 1/6 scale spans 76 Engine Webra Speed 60 Finish butyrate dope over Super Coverite picture left Graham holds piano-hinged cowl open Note accurately-detailed cooling shutter Dave Platt presents. THE ULTIMAT E legendary beauty efficiency Spitfire has always made attractive choice RiC model Happily proved good-flying subiect performance equal its aesthetic appeal Consequently have kits Spitfires Some better others truly right Now emergence 1/5 scale has enabled us design ultimate Spitfire Accurate last subtle curve Magni ficient indeed just sitting simply awe-inspiring flight Powered 90 120 glo engine Maximizer realistic flying speed ultimate Spitfire will provide intense experience sophisticated H C modeler Scale 1/5 full size 0 Span 88 Length 76 ht l5io2Olbs Kit Includes 2-sheet full-size plans show everything . instal lation retracts mains tailwheel details sliding canopy etc Cut machined wood parts wire nylon goodies fiberglass cowling functional scale spinner formed canopy exterior details Optional exfras Retracting LG System 1 5 scale fighter pilot figure scale non-flying prop KIT PRICE s249OO Dave Plaft products available manufacturer ONLY Send check money order charge number COD foreign orders accepted pay freight USA nave Dlatt ivuodels inc 6951 NW 15th Aye Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305 587-4861 Evenings March 1981 31 Clpped-uin Lersion shown -- plans also show full wing /', eJ IsLe IZS[S] KIORITZ Deep Fins Optimum Cooling 21/4 Flywheel Small Magneto 1 5/8in Six Bolt Aluminum Hub Endorsed Don Godfrey Phone 607 722-1765 Pre-Drilled Props Available Ask About Custom Built KIORITZ Engines trim lever high speed position pushed forward moving throttle lever forward back twice advance film cycle accom plished shutter release cycle accomplished moving trim lever down back up allows servo travel Position #1 Position #3 causing rocker arm trip shutter After little practice no film camera finally got wind release cycles down pat main thing remember after release shutter must return trim lever hack its original position Otherwise tt locks out film advance Having mastered little exercise took glider back Malibu slope Within 15minute period blessing nice lift took 24 fantastic pictures ENGINES BY GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH Original Developer Factory Trained Authorized Master Service Dealer SPECIFPIATIA1 242 CU ifl 397CC 32HPat 8000 rpm Weight 61/2 lb Ball Bearings Crank Caged Rollers Rod Piston Pin Walbro Pump Carb 3 Ring Piston GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH 6195 Hillfield StNW NCANTON OHIO 44720 Phone216499-8854 After6 OOPM Accept Visa & Master Card camera pod interchangeable regular canopy plane balanced Out weights normally remove weight compensate camera pod adding weight standard canopy could inter change field rebalancing As can see pictures camera looking port side Aiming matter flying port wing pointing subject takes little practice other cameras can used Vivatar Motorized 110 little larger size weighs 9 oz costs between $50 $70 depending whether has telephoto option winding no problem since winds itself automatically smaller servo can used trigger shutter release will make up part extra weight telephoto feature good doubles Sealed Hear housing $189 Paid Orders Pay Shipping Dealer Inquiries Welcome Year Limited Warranty focal length enables get pretty good view yourself way up Instamatic-type camera has two shutter speeds obtain 1/250 have use ASA 400 film settle slight under-exposure ASA 100 Some cameras automatically index shutter speed depending film Ansco shutter speed set manually windable camera pod servo easily accommodated 100-in glider Experi menting 72-in glider revealed takes pretty heavy wind camera servo needed center-of-gravity location instead nose recommendation use least 100-in wingspan going succeed Sailplane photography want try out hope will find rewarding RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 31 locations Advertisements modern aviation magazines contemporary planes often show instrument panels color great detail Almost invariably wrong scale will need enlarged reduced Sport Scale builder may feel instru ment panel necessity have number models deficient respect attendance contests exhibi tions recently see panels contest models judges should influenced interior detail builders use panel avoid empty look especially easily visible distance also certain amount personal satisfaction well-finished model Doping techniques reply Sept 80 column information dope-and-silk cover ing came Doug Dahlke Would like mention two things off-chance remains anyone weight conscious depending horsepower nitro fly overloaded Scale plane Hot dope flows better smoother finish brush spray use l20o130o local wood factory shoots lacquer 1600 have prepare better move faster Hot dope doesnt sink surface far therefore lighter weight Use light bulb hot water other handy safe heat source Once silk applied getting set critical first coat water can used directly silk fill weave hit hot dope Perhaps water can used during second coat Use water prevents dope build up reduce weight Heating dope done industry will speed production give smooth finish Warm dope done epoxy probably mostly speed production shorten cure time Warming dope done modelers mainly smooth out flow poor folk like used could get rid brush marks Reduced penetra tion useful side effect results less weight Naturally effect percentage solids dope significant Further should difference between nitrate buty rate dopes first coat critical release water vapor trapped wing reverse regular covering methods wing tips day later doesnt seem problem covering techniques use bamboo paper smooth side out rough side Very little dope needed seal build finish course isnt scale fabric sure light predict future may see measure sanity retum 104 Model Aviation Tatone Makes Easy Established 1956 Tatone has invented de signed over 300 specialized model airplane ac cessories often imitated never equalled Watch new items m Tatone products available leading hobby shops See dealer first convenient ORDER DIRECT Send 50 illustrated price information COD VISA MASTER CHARGE acceDted 4 p7 Carb Needles &Throttle Accessible Engine Running Scale message getting across lightly-built Scale model can actually fun fly Expect lot less victims Ground Monster final issue Has anyone besides called local Piper Cessna Beech dealers got book reading prop pitch say 75% whatever matched rated rpm run figures through calculator found Out doesnt work Try Now about scale speed HA thanks Doug ideas weight reduction use hot dope have never tried heating dope although have heard heating epoxies reduce weight use thinner spread dope probaby quite waste ful because thinner evaporates does nothing build finish $700 gallon thinner money evaporates would inter esting make some test panels using heated cold dope get some comparative data es pecially water treatment subject scale speed has largely beaten death other columns find hard understand relationship between prop pitch rpm effect scale speed boils down simple fact know what scale speed should dont know attain well-detailed models tend toward weightiness Without detail really Scale Hobby tools tool delight modeler fortuante purchase 16 years ago Atlas 6in swing lathe milling attachment has factor has given us cap ability build scale reproductions complex aircraft parts Turned metal wood parts occasionally made find 75% machining milling process have no training use machine tools Using lathe its attachments has continuing educational process imagination plays apart Scale modelers seem particularly blessed necessary desire imagination inquisitiveness produce quality miniatures machine tool ultimate step equipping ourselves create Much work has easily machineable materials aluminum alloys used Special engine mounts readily available hobby sources mufflers fit within scale cowlings operating oleo-type landing gears few examples unlimited possibilities Retract servos needed would swing heavy wheels through 1200 angle reproduce gear movement bomber help lathe three mechanisms made using servo motors rotate threaded rod along special nut travels linear motion lathe can used wind special springs specifications Scale prop hubs spinners prop itselfcan partially completely machined accuracy milling attachment also serves precision boring machine produce exactly parallel holes pre cisely spaced within limits machine Mating parts fit screws need oversized holes Because lathe uses tapered roller bearings its headstock avoid over heating high speed can also used wood turning Bob Dolly Wischer 1 S-221 Lapliam Peak Road Delafield WI 53018 DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGESTI V well FUELyouI New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quality ingredientsI Deteraent action cut varnish J I II II II II II II II II II II IHOUPS Monday thru Wednesday 930-630 Thursday & Friday 9 30-800 rday 930-600 Sunday 12 00-5 00 have big once-a-year shindig couldnt travel halfway across country attend regular SAM Champs Phil therefore proposes nor held 1981 West Coast SAM chapters put efforts hosting SAM Champs Carrying Phils logic step further perhaps something should done assure Midwest East Coast SAM types alternate traveling half way across country CIA folks Indiana-Ohio Fort Worth Plainsmen hold large well-attended annuals SAM events unable go West might wish check Contest Calendar Bill Hannan youre right Project Three View July80 issue must reading anyone ever enlarges plans currently using Brumberger No 290 Project 0-Scope paid $795 stainedglass shop mentioned Bill Hs article darn thing works quite well enlarg ing airfoils such optics quality expensive units pro jected image perfectly adequate require ments hang piece paper wall place projector over drawing wheeled secretarys chair move about get desired size pencil used trace rough outline roughness cleaned up board adjustable French curve rubber-covered wire thing drafting store ball point Simple Continued page 108 March 1981 105 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 37 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/03
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 104, 105
SCALE Bob & Dolly Wischer INSTRUMENT FACES commercially produced instrument faces dont meet needs heres idea should revived Attractive faces can reproduced material called scraper board made Essdee England sold artists supply houses hard white cardboard-like material 025-in thick has very thin dense black semi-gloss coating side coating can removed sharp instrument expose white substrate Exceedingly fine lines made very sharply pointed tool such scriber straight lines draftsmans divider circles broader lines use wider scraper Numerals engraved black surface steady hand using draftsmans lead holder pencil compass point inserted place lead use Optivisor binocular magnifier headband obtain uniform numerals letters Instrument faces small -in diameter up 1-in larger quite easily repro duced work goes quickly enough unsatisfactory dial can discarded done over small cost time material simple face can cut few minutes Relatively com plex instruments such artificial horizon may require half hour remove circular face board use cutting blade inserted draftsmans compass place lead 30 Model Aviation une orrourplanes broughttothe Kitchener Rally Carl Skiba isthis FieslerStorch Powered HP 61 covered inexpensive dress material finished Aero Gloss Bob Lillie brought P-47 Waukesha WI Scale Rally built Top Flite kit weighs 91/2 lb powered Supertigre 60 Finish RS Perfect paint over MonoKote main gears Pro-Line retracts tail wheel Robart retract inc paiox inc moaei lOOKS sort familiar Irelands Joe McCollum has done ultimate oo macfined nose gear its retract mechanism home help small lathe Its one-up Wee Joe pilot figure actually Douglas A-20 Athreaded rod supported ball bearings machined brass nut robot contains servos move arms drag link operate gear strut An adjustable limit switch determines travel diodes supply legs movetheVolksplanescontrols direction Bob taught himself use lathe blades also obtainable art supply stores properly adjusted depth sharp blade will cut through scraper board three four revolutions circular face can inserted ring-type bezel An alternate method cut square board centered around scribed face cement back prepared instrument panel having pre-cut holes ring bezel can made soft wire copper iron wrapped around proper size dowel uniform diameter ring cemented periphery hole painted flat black using thinned auto primer model railroad paint Clear plastic sheet cellulose acetate butyrate covers instrument face can sheet plastic sandwiched between panel individual faces individual discs face have found cyanoacrylate cements tend cause cloudiness clear plastic area contact cement clear plastics seems hold best Wilhold RIG 56 dries clear Whether instruments made modeler purchased ready-made need good data prototype panel preferably sharp photograph two show sufficient detail permit recognition individual instru ments Best source course having access plane being modeled possible sit cockpit camera photograph complete panel well individual instrument wide-angle lens great help particularly permits extremely close focusing distance down 9 10 Prints photos can used directly instruments model can copied correct diameter scraper board magazine book photo can also copied have found screened halftone photos sometimes leave doubt identification due unsharpness helps somewhat familiar instrumentation Really helpful cockpit sketches accompany good threeview drawings such Britains Aero Modeller magazine old obscure proto types can guess instruments Continued page 104 Super-detailed Stearman 4EM built Graham Ireland photographed Kltchener-WaIerIOO Scale Rally Grahams sources detail Westburg drawings prototype Ottawa Museum bulltto 1/6 scale spans 76 Engine Webra Speed 60 Finish butyrate dope over Super Coverite picture left Graham holds piano-hinged cowl open Note accurately-detailed cooling shutter Dave Platt presents. THE ULTIMAT E legendary beauty efficiency Spitfire has always made attractive choice RiC model Happily proved good-flying subiect performance equal its aesthetic appeal Consequently have kits Spitfires Some better others truly right Now emergence 1/5 scale has enabled us design ultimate Spitfire Accurate last subtle curve Magni ficient indeed just sitting simply awe-inspiring flight Powered 90 120 glo engine Maximizer realistic flying speed ultimate Spitfire will provide intense experience sophisticated H C modeler Scale 1/5 full size 0 Span 88 Length 76 ht l5io2Olbs Kit Includes 2-sheet full-size plans show everything . instal lation retracts mains tailwheel details sliding canopy etc Cut machined wood parts wire nylon goodies fiberglass cowling functional scale spinner formed canopy exterior details Optional exfras Retracting LG System 1 5 scale fighter pilot figure scale non-flying prop KIT PRICE s249OO Dave Plaft products available manufacturer ONLY Send check money order charge number COD foreign orders accepted pay freight USA nave Dlatt ivuodels inc 6951 NW 15th Aye Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305 587-4861 Evenings March 1981 31 Clpped-uin Lersion shown -- plans also show full wing /', eJ IsLe IZS[S] KIORITZ Deep Fins Optimum Cooling 21/4 Flywheel Small Magneto 1 5/8in Six Bolt Aluminum Hub Endorsed Don Godfrey Phone 607 722-1765 Pre-Drilled Props Available Ask About Custom Built KIORITZ Engines trim lever high speed position pushed forward moving throttle lever forward back twice advance film cycle accom plished shutter release cycle accomplished moving trim lever down back up allows servo travel Position #1 Position #3 causing rocker arm trip shutter After little practice no film camera finally got wind release cycles down pat main thing remember after release shutter must return trim lever hack its original position Otherwise tt locks out film advance Having mastered little exercise took glider back Malibu slope Within 15minute period blessing nice lift took 24 fantastic pictures ENGINES BY GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH Original Developer Factory Trained Authorized Master Service Dealer SPECIFPIATIA1 242 CU ifl 397CC 32HPat 8000 rpm Weight 61/2 lb Ball Bearings Crank Caged Rollers Rod Piston Pin Walbro Pump Carb 3 Ring Piston GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH 6195 Hillfield StNW NCANTON OHIO 44720 Phone216499-8854 After6 OOPM Accept Visa & Master Card camera pod interchangeable regular canopy plane balanced Out weights normally remove weight compensate camera pod adding weight standard canopy could inter change field rebalancing As can see pictures camera looking port side Aiming matter flying port wing pointing subject takes little practice other cameras can used Vivatar Motorized 110 little larger size weighs 9 oz costs between $50 $70 depending whether has telephoto option winding no problem since winds itself automatically smaller servo can used trigger shutter release will make up part extra weight telephoto feature good doubles Sealed Hear housing $189 Paid Orders Pay Shipping Dealer Inquiries Welcome Year Limited Warranty focal length enables get pretty good view yourself way up Instamatic-type camera has two shutter speeds obtain 1/250 have use ASA 400 film settle slight under-exposure ASA 100 Some cameras automatically index shutter speed depending film Ansco shutter speed set manually windable camera pod servo easily accommodated 100-in glider Experi menting 72-in glider revealed takes pretty heavy wind camera servo needed center-of-gravity location instead nose recommendation use least 100-in wingspan going succeed Sailplane photography want try out hope will find rewarding RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 31 locations Advertisements modern aviation magazines contemporary planes often show instrument panels color great detail Almost invariably wrong scale will need enlarged reduced Sport Scale builder may feel instru ment panel necessity have number models deficient respect attendance contests exhibi tions recently see panels contest models judges should influenced interior detail builders use panel avoid empty look especially easily visible distance also certain amount personal satisfaction well-finished model Doping techniques reply Sept 80 column information dope-and-silk cover ing came Doug Dahlke Would like mention two things off-chance remains anyone weight conscious depending horsepower nitro fly overloaded Scale plane Hot dope flows better smoother finish brush spray use l20o130o local wood factory shoots lacquer 1600 have prepare better move faster Hot dope doesnt sink surface far therefore lighter weight Use light bulb hot water other handy safe heat source Once silk applied getting set critical first coat water can used directly silk fill weave hit hot dope Perhaps water can used during second coat Use water prevents dope build up reduce weight Heating dope done industry will speed production give smooth finish Warm dope done epoxy probably mostly speed production shorten cure time Warming dope done modelers mainly smooth out flow poor folk like used could get rid brush marks Reduced penetra tion useful side effect results less weight Naturally effect percentage solids dope significant Further should difference between nitrate buty rate dopes first coat critical release water vapor trapped wing reverse regular covering methods wing tips day later doesnt seem problem covering techniques use bamboo paper smooth side out rough side Very little dope needed seal build finish course isnt scale fabric sure light predict future may see measure sanity retum 104 Model Aviation Tatone Makes Easy Established 1956 Tatone has invented de signed over 300 specialized model airplane ac cessories often imitated never equalled Watch new items m Tatone products available leading hobby shops See dealer first convenient ORDER DIRECT Send 50 illustrated price information COD VISA MASTER CHARGE acceDted 4 p7 Carb Needles &Throttle Accessible Engine Running Scale message getting across lightly-built Scale model can actually fun fly Expect lot less victims Ground Monster final issue Has anyone besides called local Piper Cessna Beech dealers got book reading prop pitch say 75% whatever matched rated rpm run figures through calculator found Out doesnt work Try Now about scale speed HA thanks Doug ideas weight reduction use hot dope have never tried heating dope although have heard heating epoxies reduce weight use thinner spread dope probaby quite waste ful because thinner evaporates does nothing build finish $700 gallon thinner money evaporates would inter esting make some test panels using heated cold dope get some comparative data es pecially water treatment subject scale speed has largely beaten death other columns find hard understand relationship between prop pitch rpm effect scale speed boils down simple fact know what scale speed should dont know attain well-detailed models tend toward weightiness Without detail really Scale Hobby tools tool delight modeler fortuante purchase 16 years ago Atlas 6in swing lathe milling attachment has factor has given us cap ability build scale reproductions complex aircraft parts Turned metal wood parts occasionally made find 75% machining milling process have no training use machine tools Using lathe its attachments has continuing educational process imagination plays apart Scale modelers seem particularly blessed necessary desire imagination inquisitiveness produce quality miniatures machine tool ultimate step equipping ourselves create Much work has easily machineable materials aluminum alloys used Special engine mounts readily available hobby sources mufflers fit within scale cowlings operating oleo-type landing gears few examples unlimited possibilities Retract servos needed would swing heavy wheels through 1200 angle reproduce gear movement bomber help lathe three mechanisms made using servo motors rotate threaded rod along special nut travels linear motion lathe can used wind special springs specifications Scale prop hubs spinners prop itselfcan partially completely machined accuracy milling attachment also serves precision boring machine produce exactly parallel holes pre cisely spaced within limits machine Mating parts fit screws need oversized holes Because lathe uses tapered roller bearings its headstock avoid over heating high speed can also used wood turning Bob Dolly Wischer 1 S-221 Lapliam Peak Road Delafield WI 53018 DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGESTI V well FUELyouI New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quality ingredientsI Deteraent action cut varnish J I II II II II II II II II II II IHOUPS Monday thru Wednesday 930-630 Thursday & Friday 9 30-800 rday 930-600 Sunday 12 00-5 00 have big once-a-year shindig couldnt travel halfway across country attend regular SAM Champs Phil therefore proposes nor held 1981 West Coast SAM chapters put efforts hosting SAM Champs Carrying Phils logic step further perhaps something should done assure Midwest East Coast SAM types alternate traveling half way across country CIA folks Indiana-Ohio Fort Worth Plainsmen hold large well-attended annuals SAM events unable go West might wish check Contest Calendar Bill Hannan youre right Project Three View July80 issue must reading anyone ever enlarges plans currently using Brumberger No 290 Project 0-Scope paid $795 stainedglass shop mentioned Bill Hs article darn thing works quite well enlarg ing airfoils such optics quality expensive units pro jected image perfectly adequate require ments hang piece paper wall place projector over drawing wheeled secretarys chair move about get desired size pencil used trace rough outline roughness cleaned up board adjustable French curve rubber-covered wire thing drafting store ball point Simple Continued page 108 March 1981 105 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 37 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/03
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 104, 105
SCALE Bob & Dolly Wischer INSTRUMENT FACES commercially produced instrument faces dont meet needs heres idea should revived Attractive faces can reproduced material called scraper board made Essdee England sold artists supply houses hard white cardboard-like material 025-in thick has very thin dense black semi-gloss coating side coating can removed sharp instrument expose white substrate Exceedingly fine lines made very sharply pointed tool such scriber straight lines draftsmans divider circles broader lines use wider scraper Numerals engraved black surface steady hand using draftsmans lead holder pencil compass point inserted place lead use Optivisor binocular magnifier headband obtain uniform numerals letters Instrument faces small -in diameter up 1-in larger quite easily repro duced work goes quickly enough unsatisfactory dial can discarded done over small cost time material simple face can cut few minutes Relatively com plex instruments such artificial horizon may require half hour remove circular face board use cutting blade inserted draftsmans compass place lead 30 Model Aviation une orrourplanes broughttothe Kitchener Rally Carl Skiba isthis FieslerStorch Powered HP 61 covered inexpensive dress material finished Aero Gloss Bob Lillie brought P-47 Waukesha WI Scale Rally built Top Flite kit weighs 91/2 lb powered Supertigre 60 Finish RS Perfect paint over MonoKote main gears Pro-Line retracts tail wheel Robart retract inc paiox inc moaei lOOKS sort familiar Irelands Joe McCollum has done ultimate oo macfined nose gear its retract mechanism home help small lathe Its one-up Wee Joe pilot figure actually Douglas A-20 Athreaded rod supported ball bearings machined brass nut robot contains servos move arms drag link operate gear strut An adjustable limit switch determines travel diodes supply legs movetheVolksplanescontrols direction Bob taught himself use lathe blades also obtainable art supply stores properly adjusted depth sharp blade will cut through scraper board three four revolutions circular face can inserted ring-type bezel An alternate method cut square board centered around scribed face cement back prepared instrument panel having pre-cut holes ring bezel can made soft wire copper iron wrapped around proper size dowel uniform diameter ring cemented periphery hole painted flat black using thinned auto primer model railroad paint Clear plastic sheet cellulose acetate butyrate covers instrument face can sheet plastic sandwiched between panel individual faces individual discs face have found cyanoacrylate cements tend cause cloudiness clear plastic area contact cement clear plastics seems hold best Wilhold RIG 56 dries clear Whether instruments made modeler purchased ready-made need good data prototype panel preferably sharp photograph two show sufficient detail permit recognition individual instru ments Best source course having access plane being modeled possible sit cockpit camera photograph complete panel well individual instrument wide-angle lens great help particularly permits extremely close focusing distance down 9 10 Prints photos can used directly instruments model can copied correct diameter scraper board magazine book photo can also copied have found screened halftone photos sometimes leave doubt identification due unsharpness helps somewhat familiar instrumentation Really helpful cockpit sketches accompany good threeview drawings such Britains Aero Modeller magazine old obscure proto types can guess instruments Continued page 104 Super-detailed Stearman 4EM built Graham Ireland photographed Kltchener-WaIerIOO Scale Rally Grahams sources detail Westburg drawings prototype Ottawa Museum bulltto 1/6 scale spans 76 Engine Webra Speed 60 Finish butyrate dope over Super Coverite picture left Graham holds piano-hinged cowl open Note accurately-detailed cooling shutter Dave Platt presents. THE ULTIMAT E legendary beauty efficiency Spitfire has always made attractive choice RiC model Happily proved good-flying subiect performance equal its aesthetic appeal Consequently have kits Spitfires Some better others truly right Now emergence 1/5 scale has enabled us design ultimate Spitfire Accurate last subtle curve Magni ficient indeed just sitting simply awe-inspiring flight Powered 90 120 glo engine Maximizer realistic flying speed ultimate Spitfire will provide intense experience sophisticated H C modeler Scale 1/5 full size 0 Span 88 Length 76 ht l5io2Olbs Kit Includes 2-sheet full-size plans show everything . instal lation retracts mains tailwheel details sliding canopy etc Cut machined wood parts wire nylon goodies fiberglass cowling functional scale spinner formed canopy exterior details Optional exfras Retracting LG System 1 5 scale fighter pilot figure scale non-flying prop KIT PRICE s249OO Dave Plaft products available manufacturer ONLY Send check money order charge number COD foreign orders accepted pay freight USA nave Dlatt ivuodels inc 6951 NW 15th Aye Ft Lauderdale FL 33309 305 587-4861 Evenings March 1981 31 Clpped-uin Lersion shown -- plans also show full wing /', eJ IsLe IZS[S] KIORITZ Deep Fins Optimum Cooling 21/4 Flywheel Small Magneto 1 5/8in Six Bolt Aluminum Hub Endorsed Don Godfrey Phone 607 722-1765 Pre-Drilled Props Available Ask About Custom Built KIORITZ Engines trim lever high speed position pushed forward moving throttle lever forward back twice advance film cycle accom plished shutter release cycle accomplished moving trim lever down back up allows servo travel Position #1 Position #3 causing rocker arm trip shutter After little practice no film camera finally got wind release cycles down pat main thing remember after release shutter must return trim lever hack its original position Otherwise tt locks out film advance Having mastered little exercise took glider back Malibu slope Within 15minute period blessing nice lift took 24 fantastic pictures ENGINES BY GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH Original Developer Factory Trained Authorized Master Service Dealer SPECIFPIATIA1 242 CU ifl 397CC 32HPat 8000 rpm Weight 61/2 lb Ball Bearings Crank Caged Rollers Rod Piston Pin Walbro Pump Carb 3 Ring Piston GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH 6195 Hillfield StNW NCANTON OHIO 44720 Phone216499-8854 After6 OOPM Accept Visa & Master Card camera pod interchangeable regular canopy plane balanced Out weights normally remove weight compensate camera pod adding weight standard canopy could inter change field rebalancing As can see pictures camera looking port side Aiming matter flying port wing pointing subject takes little practice other cameras can used Vivatar Motorized 110 little larger size weighs 9 oz costs between $50 $70 depending whether has telephoto option winding no problem since winds itself automatically smaller servo can used trigger shutter release will make up part extra weight telephoto feature good doubles Sealed Hear housing $189 Paid Orders Pay Shipping Dealer Inquiries Welcome Year Limited Warranty focal length enables get pretty good view yourself way up Instamatic-type camera has two shutter speeds obtain 1/250 have use ASA 400 film settle slight under-exposure ASA 100 Some cameras automatically index shutter speed depending film Ansco shutter speed set manually windable camera pod servo easily accommodated 100-in glider Experi menting 72-in glider revealed takes pretty heavy wind camera servo needed center-of-gravity location instead nose recommendation use least 100-in wingspan going succeed Sailplane photography want try out hope will find rewarding RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 31 locations Advertisements modern aviation magazines contemporary planes often show instrument panels color great detail Almost invariably wrong scale will need enlarged reduced Sport Scale builder may feel instru ment panel necessity have number models deficient respect attendance contests exhibi tions recently see panels contest models judges should influenced interior detail builders use panel avoid empty look especially easily visible distance also certain amount personal satisfaction well-finished model Doping techniques reply Sept 80 column information dope-and-silk cover ing came Doug Dahlke Would like mention two things off-chance remains anyone weight conscious depending horsepower nitro fly overloaded Scale plane Hot dope flows better smoother finish brush spray use l20o130o local wood factory shoots lacquer 1600 have prepare better move faster Hot dope doesnt sink surface far therefore lighter weight Use light bulb hot water other handy safe heat source Once silk applied getting set critical first coat water can used directly silk fill weave hit hot dope Perhaps water can used during second coat Use water prevents dope build up reduce weight Heating dope done industry will speed production give smooth finish Warm dope done epoxy probably mostly speed production shorten cure time Warming dope done modelers mainly smooth out flow poor folk like used could get rid brush marks Reduced penetra tion useful side effect results less weight Naturally effect percentage solids dope significant Further should difference between nitrate buty rate dopes first coat critical release water vapor trapped wing reverse regular covering methods wing tips day later doesnt seem problem covering techniques use bamboo paper smooth side out rough side Very little dope needed seal build finish course isnt scale fabric sure light predict future may see measure sanity retum 104 Model Aviation Tatone Makes Easy Established 1956 Tatone has invented de signed over 300 specialized model airplane ac cessories often imitated never equalled Watch new items m Tatone products available leading hobby shops See dealer first convenient ORDER DIRECT Send 50 illustrated price information COD VISA MASTER CHARGE acceDted 4 p7 Carb Needles &Throttle Accessible Engine Running Scale message getting across lightly-built Scale model can actually fun fly Expect lot less victims Ground Monster final issue Has anyone besides called local Piper Cessna Beech dealers got book reading prop pitch say 75% whatever matched rated rpm run figures through calculator found Out doesnt work Try Now about scale speed HA thanks Doug ideas weight reduction use hot dope have never tried heating dope although have heard heating epoxies reduce weight use thinner spread dope probaby quite waste ful because thinner evaporates does nothing build finish $700 gallon thinner money evaporates would inter esting make some test panels using heated cold dope get some comparative data es pecially water treatment subject scale speed has largely beaten death other columns find hard understand relationship between prop pitch rpm effect scale speed boils down simple fact know what scale speed should dont know attain well-detailed models tend toward weightiness Without detail really Scale Hobby tools tool delight modeler fortuante purchase 16 years ago Atlas 6in swing lathe milling attachment has factor has given us cap ability build scale reproductions complex aircraft parts Turned metal wood parts occasionally made find 75% machining milling process have no training use machine tools Using lathe its attachments has continuing educational process imagination plays apart Scale modelers seem particularly blessed necessary desire imagination inquisitiveness produce quality miniatures machine tool ultimate step equipping ourselves create Much work has easily machineable materials aluminum alloys used Special engine mounts readily available hobby sources mufflers fit within scale cowlings operating oleo-type landing gears few examples unlimited possibilities Retract servos needed would swing heavy wheels through 1200 angle reproduce gear movement bomber help lathe three mechanisms made using servo motors rotate threaded rod along special nut travels linear motion lathe can used wind special springs specifications Scale prop hubs spinners prop itselfcan partially completely machined accuracy milling attachment also serves precision boring machine produce exactly parallel holes pre cisely spaced within limits machine Mating parts fit screws need oversized holes Because lathe uses tapered roller bearings its headstock avoid over heating high speed can also used wood turning Bob Dolly Wischer 1 S-221 Lapliam Peak Road Delafield WI 53018 DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGESTI V well FUELyouI New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quality ingredientsI Deteraent action cut varnish J I II II II II II II II II II II IHOUPS Monday thru Wednesday 930-630 Thursday & Friday 9 30-800 rday 930-600 Sunday 12 00-5 00 have big once-a-year shindig couldnt travel halfway across country attend regular SAM Champs Phil therefore proposes nor held 1981 West Coast SAM chapters put efforts hosting SAM Champs Carrying Phils logic step further perhaps something should done assure Midwest East Coast SAM types alternate traveling half way across country CIA folks Indiana-Ohio Fort Worth Plainsmen hold large well-attended annuals SAM events unable go West might wish check Contest Calendar Bill Hannan youre right Project Three View July80 issue must reading anyone ever enlarges plans currently using Brumberger No 290 Project 0-Scope paid $795 stainedglass shop mentioned Bill Hs article darn thing works quite well enlarg ing airfoils such optics quality expensive units pro jected image perfectly adequate require ments hang piece paper wall place projector over drawing wheeled secretarys chair move about get desired size pencil used trace rough outline roughness cleaned up board adjustable French curve rubber-covered wire thing drafting store ball point Simple Continued page 108 March 1981 105 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 37 SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT