Scale IF YOU HAVE ever tried give scale model weathered look few spots wear authenticity know can quite job Well Raymond L Smith Los Alamitos CA wrote interesting method painting scale BF 109 Messerschmitt first time Ray ever tried such process feels came up some very good re sults Ray sent us photo finished model judge yourself Ray started out painting model silver paint next step add panel lines rivets panel lines can scribed lightly finish using Xacto blade straight edge What works really great point #11 Xacto blade thin flexible metal ruler straight edge rivets try using sharpened piece brass tubing lightly press sur face model give slight turn will indent surface give flush rivet Next Ray applied color finish using enough paint cover well Too much paint may fill detailing have already put model unique aspect Rays method took electric eraser such used drafting art departments polished off paint areas wanted show wear weathering question always get asked lot types scale builders go about getting necessary photos building presentation book let first got started Scale good friend Claude McCullough passed lot helpful information So Ill try same First make list what photos going need Since cost photo generally 8 lossy can cost $100 around $250 could get quite costly get lot unnecessary material addition may have pay postage involved having sent Also allow enough time delivery delays uncommon whole think will very pleased quality photos sent you write photos sure give complete description can Try provide serial numbers num ber letter code particular group squadron known State year approximate time span plane operation specific informa tion can give file researchers likely will end up exact photos require best way obtain photos go source pick out self generally certain amount red tape involved before allow Mike Stolt enter file rooms National Archives has great sys tem photos Once send inquiry mail will return form listing photo numbers complete description subject check off photo numbers return form payment write Air Force let warn no research service given Money must sent advance continued page 89 Ray Smith started out silver paint added panel lines rivetscopy describes Use enough final color cover well August1976 29 Cockpit Ray Smiths Bf 109 Messerschmitt Surface wear highlights achieved use electric eraseralso see pic below Japanese A6Ms Zero eightscale took 2500 building hours Bill F Harney Has working cockpit controls instruments retracting gear Span 46 weight 7 lbs 7 oz An ST 60 pushrods landing points earned notand comes wave have landing judge timer could also serve judge Shedding parts flipping over would still automatically render zero landing points should sailplanes integrity question due hard landing making adjust ments plane flier would challenged immediate launch flier refused would zero landing points launch could simple shoulderhigh hand launch winch high start reduced line length set up test thought cocked wing cracked tail section earning no landing points would encourage approaches landings could graceful planes July thermal Support FAI team address Rt 2 Box 490 Plainfield IL 60544 CL Scale/Stott continued page 29 order descriptions hands file researcher must interpret usually works out just fine Listed below addresses some places start looking National Archives Still Photo Branch 7th Constitution NW Washington DC 20408 Department Air Force HQ Aero Space Audio-Visual Service MAC 1221 S Fern St Arlington VA 22202 Naval Photographic Center Command ing Officer Anacostia Naval Air Station Washington DC 20390 Commandant Marine Corps Combat Pictorial Branch Code AO3P HQ Marine Corps Washington DC 20380 Most US Army aviation photos WWII prior years Air Force files later Army aircraft pictures try Commander US Army Audio-Visual Agency Room SAS 18 Pentagon Washington DC 20310 National Air & Space Museum Library Smithsonian Institute Washing ton DC 20560 also has good selection photos available Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London 5E7 6HZ England have large collection photos particularly WWI English aircraft might good thing check things out advance ordering make sure have photos want available always call write ahead tend stopping own re searching some offices require appoint ments set up advance address 118 E Wheeler St North Mankato MN 56001 mislead modeler some early birds found out models nearly sucked up cloud base tables did turn favor sky clearing up midway through meet leaving usual hazy sunshine virgin rays energy wasted no time setting off some mighty potent lift seemed stick around remainder day idea using electric motors power model aircraft has actually around quite some time concept has applied reasonable success until recently has source power used abundantly initial stimulus came Mattels Super Star made its debut toy market offering relatively light electric power source adaptable little butchering freeflight models recent interest elec tric has prompted development some very fine motors presently being made available hobbyist majority models flown categories Scale Free-Flight RC U-Control used either VL Products system Astro Flight system both beautifully engineered powerplants proof meets results have excellent power suprisingly long motor runs turnout models predomi nently Scale Free-Flight partic ipation categories likely increase being electric rather current trend Thanks pun Bill Stroman Scale handled usual manner models being judged realism flight scale authenticity Scale flights general no less spec tacular always second guessing models intentions occasion ally suicidal winning model event Gotha Taube built master metallurgy Bill Stroman entire nose Bills Taube formed aluminum around balsa enclosing Astro Flights 02 motor sharp touch model slight tendency porpoise take-off model got off times did some very realistic flights Larry Moss placed Longster Monoplane looked very good having through ropes includes Flightmasters electric meet pre vious year Longster would make long smooth take-off runs gently lift off point would usually hit protruding weed growing off side runway time case models ROGd Addie Nacarato Joe Tshirgi Tom Arnold seemingly having own little con test see could taxi farthest Aeronca Chief Ponnier Biplane P-61 Black Widow respectively Addie won taxi lasted run motor P-61 employed two VL Pro ducts motors wired same switch Hows easy start ing twin three models men tioned made just qualifying flights air local zephyr Bill Warner West Coast fame winner Free-Flight Scale 1973 Nats entered two models both French origin Petit Brochette Desoutier previous years meet Bill having brains average modeler put ships away used up official flights U-Control dominated Lonnie Cope scale model British Electric Wren originally pow ered 8 hp ABC motorcycle engine electric motor name implies Free-Flight event went well models ranging ye old faithful Mattel Super Star reduced size 1937 Zip per Unlike Free-Flight meets no limit engine run Tony Na carato realizing potential Astro 05-powered Starduster hopes August1976 89 Electric Meet/Rieman continued page 55 IIPEANUT SCALE _ PLANS AND Complete catalog 5O BOX 2498 AM ___________LSA CALIF 92041
Edition: Model Aviation - 1976/08
Page Numbers: 29, 89
Scale IF YOU HAVE ever tried give scale model weathered look few spots wear authenticity know can quite job Well Raymond L Smith Los Alamitos CA wrote interesting method painting scale BF 109 Messerschmitt first time Ray ever tried such process feels came up some very good re sults Ray sent us photo finished model judge yourself Ray started out painting model silver paint next step add panel lines rivets panel lines can scribed lightly finish using Xacto blade straight edge What works really great point #11 Xacto blade thin flexible metal ruler straight edge rivets try using sharpened piece brass tubing lightly press sur face model give slight turn will indent surface give flush rivet Next Ray applied color finish using enough paint cover well Too much paint may fill detailing have already put model unique aspect Rays method took electric eraser such used drafting art departments polished off paint areas wanted show wear weathering question always get asked lot types scale builders go about getting necessary photos building presentation book let first got started Scale good friend Claude McCullough passed lot helpful information So Ill try same First make list what photos going need Since cost photo generally 8 lossy can cost $100 around $250 could get quite costly get lot unnecessary material addition may have pay postage involved having sent Also allow enough time delivery delays uncommon whole think will very pleased quality photos sent you write photos sure give complete description can Try provide serial numbers num ber letter code particular group squadron known State year approximate time span plane operation specific informa tion can give file researchers likely will end up exact photos require best way obtain photos go source pick out self generally certain amount red tape involved before allow Mike Stolt enter file rooms National Archives has great sys tem photos Once send inquiry mail will return form listing photo numbers complete description subject check off photo numbers return form payment write Air Force let warn no research service given Money must sent advance continued page 89 Ray Smith started out silver paint added panel lines rivetscopy describes Use enough final color cover well August1976 29 Cockpit Ray Smiths Bf 109 Messerschmitt Surface wear highlights achieved use electric eraseralso see pic below Japanese A6Ms Zero eightscale took 2500 building hours Bill F Harney Has working cockpit controls instruments retracting gear Span 46 weight 7 lbs 7 oz An ST 60 pushrods landing points earned notand comes wave have landing judge timer could also serve judge Shedding parts flipping over would still automatically render zero landing points should sailplanes integrity question due hard landing making adjust ments plane flier would challenged immediate launch flier refused would zero landing points launch could simple shoulderhigh hand launch winch high start reduced line length set up test thought cocked wing cracked tail section earning no landing points would encourage approaches landings could graceful planes July thermal Support FAI team address Rt 2 Box 490 Plainfield IL 60544 CL Scale/Stott continued page 29 order descriptions hands file researcher must interpret usually works out just fine Listed below addresses some places start looking National Archives Still Photo Branch 7th Constitution NW Washington DC 20408 Department Air Force HQ Aero Space Audio-Visual Service MAC 1221 S Fern St Arlington VA 22202 Naval Photographic Center Command ing Officer Anacostia Naval Air Station Washington DC 20390 Commandant Marine Corps Combat Pictorial Branch Code AO3P HQ Marine Corps Washington DC 20380 Most US Army aviation photos WWII prior years Air Force files later Army aircraft pictures try Commander US Army Audio-Visual Agency Room SAS 18 Pentagon Washington DC 20310 National Air & Space Museum Library Smithsonian Institute Washing ton DC 20560 also has good selection photos available Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London 5E7 6HZ England have large collection photos particularly WWI English aircraft might good thing check things out advance ordering make sure have photos want available always call write ahead tend stopping own re searching some offices require appoint ments set up advance address 118 E Wheeler St North Mankato MN 56001 mislead modeler some early birds found out models nearly sucked up cloud base tables did turn favor sky clearing up midway through meet leaving usual hazy sunshine virgin rays energy wasted no time setting off some mighty potent lift seemed stick around remainder day idea using electric motors power model aircraft has actually around quite some time concept has applied reasonable success until recently has source power used abundantly initial stimulus came Mattels Super Star made its debut toy market offering relatively light electric power source adaptable little butchering freeflight models recent interest elec tric has prompted development some very fine motors presently being made available hobbyist majority models flown categories Scale Free-Flight RC U-Control used either VL Products system Astro Flight system both beautifully engineered powerplants proof meets results have excellent power suprisingly long motor runs turnout models predomi nently Scale Free-Flight partic ipation categories likely increase being electric rather current trend Thanks pun Bill Stroman Scale handled usual manner models being judged realism flight scale authenticity Scale flights general no less spec tacular always second guessing models intentions occasion ally suicidal winning model event Gotha Taube built master metallurgy Bill Stroman entire nose Bills Taube formed aluminum around balsa enclosing Astro Flights 02 motor sharp touch model slight tendency porpoise take-off model got off times did some very realistic flights Larry Moss placed Longster Monoplane looked very good having through ropes includes Flightmasters electric meet pre vious year Longster would make long smooth take-off runs gently lift off point would usually hit protruding weed growing off side runway time case models ROGd Addie Nacarato Joe Tshirgi Tom Arnold seemingly having own little con test see could taxi farthest Aeronca Chief Ponnier Biplane P-61 Black Widow respectively Addie won taxi lasted run motor P-61 employed two VL Pro ducts motors wired same switch Hows easy start ing twin three models men tioned made just qualifying flights air local zephyr Bill Warner West Coast fame winner Free-Flight Scale 1973 Nats entered two models both French origin Petit Brochette Desoutier previous years meet Bill having brains average modeler put ships away used up official flights U-Control dominated Lonnie Cope scale model British Electric Wren originally pow ered 8 hp ABC motorcycle engine electric motor name implies Free-Flight event went well models ranging ye old faithful Mattel Super Star reduced size 1937 Zip per Unlike Free-Flight meets no limit engine run Tony Na carato realizing potential Astro 05-powered Starduster hopes August1976 89 Electric Meet/Rieman continued page 55 IIPEANUT SCALE _ PLANS AND Complete catalog 5O BOX 2498 AM ___________LSA CALIF 92041