150 MODEL AVIATION
CONTROL LINE SCALE
Bill Boss, 77-06 269th St., New Hyde Park NY 11040
SUPPORT THE US Scale Team: US Scale
team member Dale Campbell informed me
of a Web site—www.builtrightflyright.net/
U.S.Scaleteam1.htm—that has been set up
to provide information about the team
members and a request for financial support.
The group will be going to Poland in July to
compete in the Scale World Championships.
Since AMA has limited funds to set
aside for this contest, the team is asking for
help from all concerned modelers in the
form of monetary donations to help get them
and all the necessary equipment to Poland.
Anyone who makes a donation of $25 or
more will have his or her name added to a
donor list on the Web site. Those who
donate $25 or more are also entitled to a
CD-ROM of the Championships. However,
you must send a note with your donation
indicating that you want the CD. Send all
donations to Lloyd Roberts, the team
manager, at 140 Porter St., Rockport ME
04856, and make your check payable to the
FAI F4B/F4C Team Fund.
In addition to the donations to help the
team, there will be a mega raffle for scores
of gift certificates in $50 and $100
denominations. Tickets will be sold at the
Westchester Radio Aero Modelers and
Toledo shows and at Top Gun. You can also
buy tickets from any of the team members;
their names and addresses and full details
are posted on the Web site.
This is a great opportunity for all
modelers—regardless of what category you
build for or fly in—to get behind our Scale
team members in their endeavor to represent
our country in one of modeling’s great
competitions. Be generous.
Nationals Scale competition will take place
June 25-27, and it will include all the usual
AMA Scale classes as well as some
unofficial events. Mike Welshans (976
Pearson St., Ferndale MI 48220) will be the
CL Scale event director. Ed Terry (900
County Rd. 210, Logan AL 35098) will be
the RC Scale event director.
You can find additional information
about the competition at the National
Association of Scale Aeromodelers (NASA)
Web site: www.scaleaero.com/
amascale.htm. If you’re interested in
volunteering at the Nationals, contact Mike
Welshans at [email protected] or Ed
Terry at [email protected].
From Friends in the South: Frank Landry
of Metairie, Louisiana, and fellow modeler
Ed Shearer head up an informal group of CL
Scale modelers from the New Orleans area.
Frank Landry (Metairie LA) built his P-51 Mustang from a Jetco kit in the late 1950s. It is
powered by a Fox .25 RC engine and weighs 48 ounces. Landry photo.
Frank scratch-built this MiG-3 to 1⁄12 scale. It weighs 49 ounces, has a K&B .35 RC
engine, and features working flaps and a sliding canopy. Landry photo.
Ed Shearer (Metairie LA) built his Fox .15 RC-powered Me 109E from a Graupner kit. He
finished seventh with it at the Nats in the late 1970s. Landry photo.
The group does not do much in the way of
contest activity, but they have great fun
building and flying their models.
Among the group members there are
more than 40 Scale airplanes in flyable
condition or in various stages of
construction or repair. Most of their aircraft
range in size from 32 to 45 inches in
wingspan. This month’s photos show some
of the fleet.
Frank built the P-51 Mustang from a
Jetco kit, and it features the color-andmarkings
that came with it. The airplane
weighs 48 ounces and is powered with a
Fox .25 RC engine. It flew well after Frank
made some wing modifications to the
original plans. Now—after 28 years in
storage—the P-51 has been almost entirely
rebuilt and has had another successful first
flight.
Frank’s comments about the Jetco kit
bring back many memories for me; that was
the first Scale model I entered in
competition. I entered it the first time at
Rich’s Hobbytown Tri-O-Rama field in
Parsippany, New Jersey, in 1959. It also
won an award in the New York Mirror
Meets at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn,
New York, in 1960 and 1961.
Frank also has a scratch-built, 1⁄12-scale
World War II Russian MiG-3. This model
weighs 49 ounces and is powered with a
K&B .35 RC engine. It features operational
flaps, a sliding canopy, and is said to be a
good-flying model.
Another of the group’s models that is
undergoing restoration is an Me 109E that
Ed built from an early 3⁄4-inch scale
Graupner kit. According to Ed, the model
required many changes to bring it to Scale
specifications. It is powered with a Fox .15
RC engine. The Me 109E placed seventh in
the Nationals in the late 1970s.
Ed is currently building a Russian La-7,
Tony Atzenhoffer plans to restore an old
Berkeley P-51 Mustang, and Frank is
constructing a Russian Il-2 and an Il-10—
both 3⁄4-inch-to-1-foot scale. Perhaps you
will see some of these projects in a future
column. All the models are controlled by a
standard Roberts-type three-line system.
Shop Tip: As we get older, there comes a
time when we start making more trips to the
druggist to have prescriptions filled. Some
of the plastic bottles our medications come
in are excellent for storing many small items
we use in the shop or on the flying field.
The bottles are clear or amber in color
and have safety caps that lock until
loosened; these are considered childproof
caps. Most of the bottles require you to push
down on the cap while turning in a direction
specified on top to remove it. These
containers come in various sizes, starting at
approximately 3 inches tall and 1 inch in
diameter. Some are roughly 6 inches tall and
13⁄4 inches around.
You can use these bottles to store needle
valves, small drills, diminutive tools that
can be used on the field, and myriad other
little items we use in the process of
May 2004 151
building, flying, and maintaining our
models. If you take care, you can easily
remove the prescription labels and replace
them with your own.
Because of the way the bottle caps are
secured, the bottles are almost airtight and
will certainly keep their contents clean. If
you’re extra ambitious, you can make a
workshop rack from wood or a stray piece
of expanded polystyrene foam to hold the
containers.
Flashing Lights: Do you want an easy
way to make those flashing navigational
lights? During the holiday season many of
us dress up our homes with strings of lowwattage
lights that flash off and on at
various intervals and use a 110-volt house
current.
However, during this past holiday
season my wife picked up small batteryoperated
pumpkins and Santa Claus faces
that lit up and flashed, and those units
were powered with two AA-size batteries.
While installing the batteries and watching
the lights flash, the thought came to me
that we might be able to use the flashing
bulb units as navigational lights on certain
models. The circuit is simple; two AA
batteries to supply 3 volts, a single pole
switch to control the circuit, and the
special flasher bulb.
The flashing is accomplished within
the bulb since it contains a bimetal switch
that breaks the circuit when it heats up. As
the bimetal switch cools, the circuit is
again completed and the bulb lights up.
The unit contains a socket, allowing for an
easy bulb change.
Please note that the flasher bulbs used in
the long 110-volt bulb strings did not work
with the 3-volt battery supply. I found the
battery-operated units in a local odds-andends
discount store, and each cost roughly
$1.
Please send ideas, notice of upcoming
CL Scale events, contest reports, and
especially photos of CL Scale activity to
me at the address at the top of this
column. MA
152 MODEL AVIATION
Edition: Model Aviation - 2004/05
Page Numbers: 150,151,152
Edition: Model Aviation - 2004/05
Page Numbers: 150,151,152
150 MODEL AVIATION
CONTROL LINE SCALE
Bill Boss, 77-06 269th St., New Hyde Park NY 11040
SUPPORT THE US Scale Team: US Scale
team member Dale Campbell informed me
of a Web site—www.builtrightflyright.net/
U.S.Scaleteam1.htm—that has been set up
to provide information about the team
members and a request for financial support.
The group will be going to Poland in July to
compete in the Scale World Championships.
Since AMA has limited funds to set
aside for this contest, the team is asking for
help from all concerned modelers in the
form of monetary donations to help get them
and all the necessary equipment to Poland.
Anyone who makes a donation of $25 or
more will have his or her name added to a
donor list on the Web site. Those who
donate $25 or more are also entitled to a
CD-ROM of the Championships. However,
you must send a note with your donation
indicating that you want the CD. Send all
donations to Lloyd Roberts, the team
manager, at 140 Porter St., Rockport ME
04856, and make your check payable to the
FAI F4B/F4C Team Fund.
In addition to the donations to help the
team, there will be a mega raffle for scores
of gift certificates in $50 and $100
denominations. Tickets will be sold at the
Westchester Radio Aero Modelers and
Toledo shows and at Top Gun. You can also
buy tickets from any of the team members;
their names and addresses and full details
are posted on the Web site.
This is a great opportunity for all
modelers—regardless of what category you
build for or fly in—to get behind our Scale
team members in their endeavor to represent
our country in one of modeling’s great
competitions. Be generous.
Nationals Scale competition will take place
June 25-27, and it will include all the usual
AMA Scale classes as well as some
unofficial events. Mike Welshans (976
Pearson St., Ferndale MI 48220) will be the
CL Scale event director. Ed Terry (900
County Rd. 210, Logan AL 35098) will be
the RC Scale event director.
You can find additional information
about the competition at the National
Association of Scale Aeromodelers (NASA)
Web site: www.scaleaero.com/
amascale.htm. If you’re interested in
volunteering at the Nationals, contact Mike
Welshans at [email protected] or Ed
Terry at [email protected].
From Friends in the South: Frank Landry
of Metairie, Louisiana, and fellow modeler
Ed Shearer head up an informal group of CL
Scale modelers from the New Orleans area.
Frank Landry (Metairie LA) built his P-51 Mustang from a Jetco kit in the late 1950s. It is
powered by a Fox .25 RC engine and weighs 48 ounces. Landry photo.
Frank scratch-built this MiG-3 to 1⁄12 scale. It weighs 49 ounces, has a K&B .35 RC
engine, and features working flaps and a sliding canopy. Landry photo.
Ed Shearer (Metairie LA) built his Fox .15 RC-powered Me 109E from a Graupner kit. He
finished seventh with it at the Nats in the late 1970s. Landry photo.
The group does not do much in the way of
contest activity, but they have great fun
building and flying their models.
Among the group members there are
more than 40 Scale airplanes in flyable
condition or in various stages of
construction or repair. Most of their aircraft
range in size from 32 to 45 inches in
wingspan. This month’s photos show some
of the fleet.
Frank built the P-51 Mustang from a
Jetco kit, and it features the color-andmarkings
that came with it. The airplane
weighs 48 ounces and is powered with a
Fox .25 RC engine. It flew well after Frank
made some wing modifications to the
original plans. Now—after 28 years in
storage—the P-51 has been almost entirely
rebuilt and has had another successful first
flight.
Frank’s comments about the Jetco kit
bring back many memories for me; that was
the first Scale model I entered in
competition. I entered it the first time at
Rich’s Hobbytown Tri-O-Rama field in
Parsippany, New Jersey, in 1959. It also
won an award in the New York Mirror
Meets at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn,
New York, in 1960 and 1961.
Frank also has a scratch-built, 1⁄12-scale
World War II Russian MiG-3. This model
weighs 49 ounces and is powered with a
K&B .35 RC engine. It features operational
flaps, a sliding canopy, and is said to be a
good-flying model.
Another of the group’s models that is
undergoing restoration is an Me 109E that
Ed built from an early 3⁄4-inch scale
Graupner kit. According to Ed, the model
required many changes to bring it to Scale
specifications. It is powered with a Fox .15
RC engine. The Me 109E placed seventh in
the Nationals in the late 1970s.
Ed is currently building a Russian La-7,
Tony Atzenhoffer plans to restore an old
Berkeley P-51 Mustang, and Frank is
constructing a Russian Il-2 and an Il-10—
both 3⁄4-inch-to-1-foot scale. Perhaps you
will see some of these projects in a future
column. All the models are controlled by a
standard Roberts-type three-line system.
Shop Tip: As we get older, there comes a
time when we start making more trips to the
druggist to have prescriptions filled. Some
of the plastic bottles our medications come
in are excellent for storing many small items
we use in the shop or on the flying field.
The bottles are clear or amber in color
and have safety caps that lock until
loosened; these are considered childproof
caps. Most of the bottles require you to push
down on the cap while turning in a direction
specified on top to remove it. These
containers come in various sizes, starting at
approximately 3 inches tall and 1 inch in
diameter. Some are roughly 6 inches tall and
13⁄4 inches around.
You can use these bottles to store needle
valves, small drills, diminutive tools that
can be used on the field, and myriad other
little items we use in the process of
May 2004 151
building, flying, and maintaining our
models. If you take care, you can easily
remove the prescription labels and replace
them with your own.
Because of the way the bottle caps are
secured, the bottles are almost airtight and
will certainly keep their contents clean. If
you’re extra ambitious, you can make a
workshop rack from wood or a stray piece
of expanded polystyrene foam to hold the
containers.
Flashing Lights: Do you want an easy
way to make those flashing navigational
lights? During the holiday season many of
us dress up our homes with strings of lowwattage
lights that flash off and on at
various intervals and use a 110-volt house
current.
However, during this past holiday
season my wife picked up small batteryoperated
pumpkins and Santa Claus faces
that lit up and flashed, and those units
were powered with two AA-size batteries.
While installing the batteries and watching
the lights flash, the thought came to me
that we might be able to use the flashing
bulb units as navigational lights on certain
models. The circuit is simple; two AA
batteries to supply 3 volts, a single pole
switch to control the circuit, and the
special flasher bulb.
The flashing is accomplished within
the bulb since it contains a bimetal switch
that breaks the circuit when it heats up. As
the bimetal switch cools, the circuit is
again completed and the bulb lights up.
The unit contains a socket, allowing for an
easy bulb change.
Please note that the flasher bulbs used in
the long 110-volt bulb strings did not work
with the 3-volt battery supply. I found the
battery-operated units in a local odds-andends
discount store, and each cost roughly
$1.
Please send ideas, notice of upcoming
CL Scale events, contest reports, and
especially photos of CL Scale activity to
me at the address at the top of this
column. MA
152 MODEL AVIATION
Edition: Model Aviation - 2004/05
Page Numbers: 150,151,152
150 MODEL AVIATION
CONTROL LINE SCALE
Bill Boss, 77-06 269th St., New Hyde Park NY 11040
SUPPORT THE US Scale Team: US Scale
team member Dale Campbell informed me
of a Web site—www.builtrightflyright.net/
U.S.Scaleteam1.htm—that has been set up
to provide information about the team
members and a request for financial support.
The group will be going to Poland in July to
compete in the Scale World Championships.
Since AMA has limited funds to set
aside for this contest, the team is asking for
help from all concerned modelers in the
form of monetary donations to help get them
and all the necessary equipment to Poland.
Anyone who makes a donation of $25 or
more will have his or her name added to a
donor list on the Web site. Those who
donate $25 or more are also entitled to a
CD-ROM of the Championships. However,
you must send a note with your donation
indicating that you want the CD. Send all
donations to Lloyd Roberts, the team
manager, at 140 Porter St., Rockport ME
04856, and make your check payable to the
FAI F4B/F4C Team Fund.
In addition to the donations to help the
team, there will be a mega raffle for scores
of gift certificates in $50 and $100
denominations. Tickets will be sold at the
Westchester Radio Aero Modelers and
Toledo shows and at Top Gun. You can also
buy tickets from any of the team members;
their names and addresses and full details
are posted on the Web site.
This is a great opportunity for all
modelers—regardless of what category you
build for or fly in—to get behind our Scale
team members in their endeavor to represent
our country in one of modeling’s great
competitions. Be generous.
Nationals Scale competition will take place
June 25-27, and it will include all the usual
AMA Scale classes as well as some
unofficial events. Mike Welshans (976
Pearson St., Ferndale MI 48220) will be the
CL Scale event director. Ed Terry (900
County Rd. 210, Logan AL 35098) will be
the RC Scale event director.
You can find additional information
about the competition at the National
Association of Scale Aeromodelers (NASA)
Web site: www.scaleaero.com/
amascale.htm. If you’re interested in
volunteering at the Nationals, contact Mike
Welshans at [email protected] or Ed
Terry at [email protected].
From Friends in the South: Frank Landry
of Metairie, Louisiana, and fellow modeler
Ed Shearer head up an informal group of CL
Scale modelers from the New Orleans area.
Frank Landry (Metairie LA) built his P-51 Mustang from a Jetco kit in the late 1950s. It is
powered by a Fox .25 RC engine and weighs 48 ounces. Landry photo.
Frank scratch-built this MiG-3 to 1⁄12 scale. It weighs 49 ounces, has a K&B .35 RC
engine, and features working flaps and a sliding canopy. Landry photo.
Ed Shearer (Metairie LA) built his Fox .15 RC-powered Me 109E from a Graupner kit. He
finished seventh with it at the Nats in the late 1970s. Landry photo.
The group does not do much in the way of
contest activity, but they have great fun
building and flying their models.
Among the group members there are
more than 40 Scale airplanes in flyable
condition or in various stages of
construction or repair. Most of their aircraft
range in size from 32 to 45 inches in
wingspan. This month’s photos show some
of the fleet.
Frank built the P-51 Mustang from a
Jetco kit, and it features the color-andmarkings
that came with it. The airplane
weighs 48 ounces and is powered with a
Fox .25 RC engine. It flew well after Frank
made some wing modifications to the
original plans. Now—after 28 years in
storage—the P-51 has been almost entirely
rebuilt and has had another successful first
flight.
Frank’s comments about the Jetco kit
bring back many memories for me; that was
the first Scale model I entered in
competition. I entered it the first time at
Rich’s Hobbytown Tri-O-Rama field in
Parsippany, New Jersey, in 1959. It also
won an award in the New York Mirror
Meets at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn,
New York, in 1960 and 1961.
Frank also has a scratch-built, 1⁄12-scale
World War II Russian MiG-3. This model
weighs 49 ounces and is powered with a
K&B .35 RC engine. It features operational
flaps, a sliding canopy, and is said to be a
good-flying model.
Another of the group’s models that is
undergoing restoration is an Me 109E that
Ed built from an early 3⁄4-inch scale
Graupner kit. According to Ed, the model
required many changes to bring it to Scale
specifications. It is powered with a Fox .15
RC engine. The Me 109E placed seventh in
the Nationals in the late 1970s.
Ed is currently building a Russian La-7,
Tony Atzenhoffer plans to restore an old
Berkeley P-51 Mustang, and Frank is
constructing a Russian Il-2 and an Il-10—
both 3⁄4-inch-to-1-foot scale. Perhaps you
will see some of these projects in a future
column. All the models are controlled by a
standard Roberts-type three-line system.
Shop Tip: As we get older, there comes a
time when we start making more trips to the
druggist to have prescriptions filled. Some
of the plastic bottles our medications come
in are excellent for storing many small items
we use in the shop or on the flying field.
The bottles are clear or amber in color
and have safety caps that lock until
loosened; these are considered childproof
caps. Most of the bottles require you to push
down on the cap while turning in a direction
specified on top to remove it. These
containers come in various sizes, starting at
approximately 3 inches tall and 1 inch in
diameter. Some are roughly 6 inches tall and
13⁄4 inches around.
You can use these bottles to store needle
valves, small drills, diminutive tools that
can be used on the field, and myriad other
little items we use in the process of
May 2004 151
building, flying, and maintaining our
models. If you take care, you can easily
remove the prescription labels and replace
them with your own.
Because of the way the bottle caps are
secured, the bottles are almost airtight and
will certainly keep their contents clean. If
you’re extra ambitious, you can make a
workshop rack from wood or a stray piece
of expanded polystyrene foam to hold the
containers.
Flashing Lights: Do you want an easy
way to make those flashing navigational
lights? During the holiday season many of
us dress up our homes with strings of lowwattage
lights that flash off and on at
various intervals and use a 110-volt house
current.
However, during this past holiday
season my wife picked up small batteryoperated
pumpkins and Santa Claus faces
that lit up and flashed, and those units
were powered with two AA-size batteries.
While installing the batteries and watching
the lights flash, the thought came to me
that we might be able to use the flashing
bulb units as navigational lights on certain
models. The circuit is simple; two AA
batteries to supply 3 volts, a single pole
switch to control the circuit, and the
special flasher bulb.
The flashing is accomplished within
the bulb since it contains a bimetal switch
that breaks the circuit when it heats up. As
the bimetal switch cools, the circuit is
again completed and the bulb lights up.
The unit contains a socket, allowing for an
easy bulb change.
Please note that the flasher bulbs used in
the long 110-volt bulb strings did not work
with the 3-volt battery supply. I found the
battery-operated units in a local odds-andends
discount store, and each cost roughly
$1.
Please send ideas, notice of upcoming
CL Scale events, contest reports, and
especially photos of CL Scale activity to
me at the address at the top of this
column. MA
152 MODEL AVIATION