Mint Julep Scale Meet - 2003/06

entucky has a wealth of beautiful state parks. One of
the jewels—Rough River Dam State Resort Park—is
located on State Highway 79 in Falls of Rough in
western Kentucky. The Kentucky Department of Parks
in association with AMA and the Southern Indiana
R/C Modelers started this meet many years ago. From the start,
Dale Arvin and John Guenther have been working together to
bring Scale-aircraft competition to modelers in this region.
The Mint Julep, held May 17-15 in 2002, regularly draws
modelers from New York to Florida and points west as far as
Kansas and Iowa, but the question you may be asking at this point
is “Why?” There are many reasons for this long-term success
story for Scale competition and the three organizations that started
the contest.
Roughly 30 years ago, the Kentucky Department of Parks was
looking for events to fill its off-season schedule, and a modeler
was on its board of directors. He suggested hosting a Radio
Control Pattern/Scale event, to include racing. The first few years
the meet was held, it was a combined Pattern/Scale contest.
Eventually the Scale, racing, and Pattern categories separated
into individual events, with Scale held in April each year. With
persistent wet weather during that time, the Southern Indiana R/C
Modelers decided to see if they could obtain a later date. With the
park administration’s help, the group selected the weekend after
Mother’s Day and has held the Mint Julep that weekend ever
since.
The park offers a lodge, restaurants, a banquet hall (used for
static judging on Friday), meeting rooms, new nicely appointed
cabins, a great lake for fishing and water sports, hiking trails, and
peace and quiet.
Featured at many state parks across the country, there is also a
small airport with a 2,000-foot runway. Of course the wind usually
blows right down the runway—especially during the Scale contest.
The runway is smooth, and a pretty good overfly area is available.
26 MODEL AVIATION
Mint Julep Scale Meet
■ Stan Alexander
Tom Czikk’s massive-looking P-47 Thunderbolt on a takeoff run for another “mission.” It won Expert Division 1.
Al Kretz’s original-design 1930s Dornier Do 23G is an unusual
subject. This model took first place in Expert Division 2.
Steve Parsons’ excellent 60-inch-span S.E.5a finished third in the
Sportsman class. It was built from a Fun Aero kit.
K
Any Kentucky state park is a great place
to spend your vacation with the family for
many reasons, but this is a special week for
modelers—so special that one modeler has
competed in 29 of the 30 contests. Bob
Underwood has made the trip for 29 years
with his wife Rae and their daughter Cathy,
who has attended as his assistant and
memory for most of the meets.
Rough River Dam State Resort Park has
an excellent recreation director; Tom
DeHaven is an important part of the team,
along with the many Southern Indiana R/C
Modelers members, that makes this event a
success, according to Dale Arvin. Tom
helps Dale and the club take care of the
silver trophies, tents, portable power
system, banquet setup, golf carts, and many
other details that help lessen the club’s
responsibilities on a yearly basis. More
parks and clubs should try this.
There has been a rebuilding and
renovation effort at this state park. It has
helped to keep the park full during the time
frame of this event, which adds dollars to
the park’s, county’s, and state’s bottom
lines. The upgraded reservation system
allows the park to take reservations for
years in advance; it is currently taking
reservations for this event through 2005.
As do most contest directors with their
respective events, Dale and some of the club
members work on the Mint Julep most of
the year. Contacts with the park,
sponsorship from manufacturers in the
hobby industry, and the most important
item—volunteers who love Scale contests as
much as Dale and John do—must be
developed and encouraged to participate.
It’s a family affair with the Arvins; Dale’s
wife Mary and their son Jeremy work at the
contest, and Jeremy also competes in it.
This year sponsorship came from many
sources, including Airtronics, Nick Ziroli
Plans, Testor Corporation, Horizon Hobby,
MGA Enterprises, Balsa USA, Robart
Manufacturing, Great Planes, Master
Airscrew, Northeast Screen Graphics, Radio
Controlled Models, Air Age Publications
and Model Airplane News, Hobby Lobby,
Frank Tiano Enterprises, Pacer, JR, Bob
Smith Industries, and JZ Props.
The Mint Julep has been synonymous with
innovative classes for Scale modelers. It’s a
US Scale Masters Qualifier, but event
administrators aren’t afraid to try a
new class or rule to help encourage
Scale competition.
This forward thinking can be seen
in the Expert class, which is split into
two categories. Division 1 is for
models whose prototypes had
retracting gear, more than one
mechanical option, or were designed
especially for racing. Division 2 is for
aircraft whose prototypes had fixed
gear, no more than one mechanical
option, or were not designed especially
for racing.
This idea came about because jets
and heavy-metal World War II fighters
June 2003 27
Charlie Baker built this
awesome PT-26 Cornell
from his plans. At the
right you can see the
attention to cockpit detail
and the operational
canopy. Notice the rivets
in the canopy framework.
This is outstanding
craftsmanship!
Gary Walker built this powerful-looking Rare Bear—a Reno-racing Bearcat—for the Fun
Scale Open category. He finished second in that division.
Bill Early built this Stearman PT-17 from a Balsa USA kit, and Wayne Cecil piloted it in
Team Scale. Notice the unique “Recall” color scheme.
Photos by the author Graphic Design by Lydia Whitehead
28 MODEL AVIATION
Bob Underwood’s Ilyushin Stormovik Il-2M3 won
the Designer Scale class. It’s a difficult subject
done extremely well.
Gary Parenti entered this Beta Minor finished in a Czech design. He built the model from
scratch. Take note of the long moments and high-aspect-ratio wing.
Skip Mast’s Piper J-3 Cub was set up to
eject a scale parachutist. This was a rarely
seen operational feature.
were competing against Piper J-3 Cubs and
civil transport-type aircraft. It gives the
modelers who want to build Piper
Tomahawks or WACO YMF-5s a class
too. They don’t have to compete against
aircraft such as the P-47 Thunderbolt. This
makes the class more user-friendly for
competitors and gives the biplane and light
civil aircraft a shot at a trophy. Some
modelers don’t have a field where they can
fly a very fast jet or a 1⁄5- to 1⁄4-scale World
War II model, and this also helps those
who practice with light civil aircraft.
Al Kretz won Expert Division 2 flying
his familiar scratch-built Dornier Do 23G,
which is a World War II German military
bomber and transport type from the 1930s.
Second place went to Skip Mast flying a
much-modified Sig J-3 Cub. Al and Skip
are former Fédération Aéronautique
Internationale Scale team members.
Skip changed the complete nose section
on his Cub. He changed the wing
attachment and uses plug-in wings (as are
in the new 1⁄5-scale J-3 Cub kit), and he
braced the upper part of the cabin and
changed the mounting points. The wing
panels are foam with details added for the
scale rib placement.
Bob Patton took third place in Division
2 with a model you don’t often see: a Piper
Tomahawk, which is a low-wing civilaviation
standard. Bob designed the 122-
inch-span airplane, and he used fiberglass
and foam construction techniques. The
model’s weight came in at 38 pounds, and
it used the one mechanical option, with
flaps.
In Expert Division 1, Tom Czikk took
first place with a P-47D Thunderbolt. He
used a Vailly Aviation fiberglass fuselage
and his own design for the wings and tail
feathers. The model spanned 92 inches,
was powered by a 3W-75 engine, and was
guided by a JR radio.
During the last round on Sunday
afternoon, Tom lost elevator control on his
model’s turn for landing. The reason
wasn’t apparent at first, but after
examining the crash scene Tom stated that
the 10-32 bolt to the elevator control had
sheared off in the linkage.
The big story at this contest is that the
Mint Julep “grows Scale modelers.” It’s a
place to get your feet wet with almost any
type of Scale model you might have. The
static and flight judges are there to do their
jobs, but I also witnessed them helping
those who were there for their first Scale
contest.
One modeler at the flightline didn’t
have a caller or a call sheet. He was
nervous, but veteran flight judge Bill
Stewart stopped to explain to him that he
needed a caller and a call sheet to
complete the flight and help him at the
flightline.
Bill drafted me as the caller, and we
made up a call sheet then completed the
flight. Bill told him to watch others and
pointed out some expert modelers to
watch. The rest of his flights were better,
and the new competitor ended up placing
in the top three in Fun Scale Novice.
That’s a success story we need to tell
repeatedly across the country.
Cliff Christensen won Sportsman class
with his T-34 Mentor. Cliff flew his 65-
inch-span model consistently all weekend.
The model was covered with MonoKote,
and the painted surfaces were finished with
LustreKote. The model used an Airtronics
radio and had Spring Air retracts and flaps.
Richard Crupi came to compete in
Sportsman with his TopFlite P-51
Mustang, but he didn’t build the more
familiar P-51D we see so often; he chose a
slightly different paint scheme and aircraft:
the P-51B.
The P-51B has the turtledeck much like
the earlier version of the P-47 Thunderbolt
of the same era. These aircraft with the
extended turtledecks tend to track better in
the air. The Mustang conversion kit is
available from your local hobby shop or
Tower Hobbies; the stock number is TOPA
1615. Richard
finished second,
even after his model
lost a wheel in one
round.
Rounding out the
top three models in
Sportsman class was
Steve Parsons’ Fun
Aero World War I
S.E.5a. It was
covered with
Dacron cloth and
painted with
polyurethane. The
model had a 60-inch
wingspan, tipped
the scales at 9
pounds, and had an O.S. FS-91 engine, and Steve used a JR radio
system. He has been modeling for 13 years now and is beginning
his second year competing in Scale.
Bob Bush earned first place in Fun Scale Novice with an Extra
300. The 1⁄3-scale model spanned 89 inches, and Bob used a
Futaba 9ZAP radio for control. Steve Jennings flew a Hangar 9
Piper J-3 Cub to finish second, and Joe Robertson completed all
four rounds to finish in third place with his Balsa USA Sopwith
Pup.
Many modelers think they aren’t good enough or their models
aren’t nice enough to fly in competition, but this isn’t true. One
modeler came with a Cessna he called a “beater” as a warm-up to
fly his Corsair. The Cessna was pretty ragged out for a Scale
June 2003 29
These volunteers helped make Mint Julep a great success—
again!
Pilot Dave Pinegar (L) and builder George Maiorana hold up their
electric-powered Tu-4 for the static judges.
Mike Barbee preps his Fun Scale Open entry—an Edge 540—for
flight. All kinds of models were present at this event.
Dale Drew’s (L) helper looks pretty interested in the starting of
Dale’s Morrisey Bravo built from the Sig kit.
The models were lined up so the spectators could get a good
look during the halftime period on Saturday.
Mint Julep event director and Southern
Indiana R/C Modelers president Dale Arvin
in a rare moment of inactivity!
Fun Scale Open
Place/Pilot Model Static Score Total Score
1. Chuck Baker P-47 Thunderbolt 05.00 95.375
2. Gary Walker Bearcat “Rare Bear” 05.00 93.125
3. Bill Brucken Fairchild PT-19 05.00 92.375
4. Dale Drew Morrisey Bravo 05.00 92.125
5. Herman Cholewinski Pitts S-1-11B 05.00 89.250
Fun Scale Aerobatic
1. Jeremy Arvin Extra 330L 05.00 96.125
2. Andy Pound Extra 330L 05.00 96.125
3. Al Kretz Extra 300 05.00 94.250
4. David Pinegar Extra 300 05.00 94.000
5. Steve Ort Extra 300 05.00 93.500
Fun Scale Novice
1. Bob Bush Extra 300 00.00 90.620
2. Steve Jennings Piper J-3 Cub 05.00 85.000
3. Joe Robertson III Sopwith Pup 05.00 78.750
4. Ed Sensenbaugh Ultimate 00.00 73.000
Team Scale
1. George Maiorana, builder Tupolev Tu-4 97.00 192.250
Dave Pinegar, pilot
2. Earl Muenze, builder Fairchild M-62 91.00 182.125
Mike Barbee, pilot
3. Bill Early, builder Stearman PT-17 94.00 181.875
Wayne Cecil, pilot
Sportsman
1. Cliff Christensen Beechcraft T-34 89.00 176.25
2. Richard Crupi P-51B 88.00 171.25
3. Steve Parsons S.E.5a 83.00 150.25
4. John Sedletzeck Pitts Super Stinker 84.00 102.25
5. Tom Blunt Stinson SR-9 88.00 000.00
Designer Scale
1. Bob Underwood Stormovik Il-2M3 98.00 183.250
2. Charlie Baker Randon T 1 98.00 134.125
Expert Division 1
1. Tom Czikk Republic P-47 95.00 183.250
2. Charlie Baker PT-26 Cornell 97.00 173.125
3. Byron Hoyle F4U-4 Corsair 88.00 149.250
Expert Division 2
1. Al Kretz Dornier Do 23G 98.00 187.375
2. Skip Mast Piper J-3 Cub 96.00 183.375
3. Bob Patton Piper Tomahawk 98.00 182.250
4. Earl Muenze WACO YMF-3 99.00 178.000
5. Gary Parenti Beta Minor 94.00 177.250
30 MODEL AVIATION
Mint Julep 2002 Results
model, but it doubled his number of flights
for the weekend and gave him additional
practice in front of the judges. That’s just
good common sense.
This was a great way to celebrate 30 years
of Scale modeling in western Kentucky.
Hope to see you there this year. The
Southern Indiana R/C Modelers members
are planning another Scale event for
September on their new grass field; check
the Web site for details. MA
Stan Alexander
3709 Valley Ridge Dr.
Nashville TN 37211
[email protected]
Sources:
Rough River Dam State Resort Park
450 Lodge Rd.
Falls of Rough KY 40119
(270) 257-2311
www.roughriverdam.com
Southern Indiana R/C Modelers
www.sircm.com
Dale Arvin, president
3428 Charlestown Pike
Jeffersonville IN 47130-8168
(812) 284-0162
[email protected]
John Guenther, contest director
21609 Borden-Greenville Rd.
Borden IN 47106
(812) 967-2814
[email protected]

entucky has a wealth of beautiful state parks. One of
the jewels—Rough River Dam State Resort Park—is
located on State Highway 79 in Falls of Rough in
western Kentucky. The Kentucky Department of Parks
in association with AMA and the Southern Indiana
R/C Modelers started this meet many years ago. From the start,
Dale Arvin and John Guenther have been working together to
bring Scale-aircraft competition to modelers in this region.
The Mint Julep, held May 17-15 in 2002, regularly draws
modelers from New York to Florida and points west as far as
Kansas and Iowa, but the question you may be asking at this point
is “Why?” There are many reasons for this long-term success
story for Scale competition and the three organizations that started
the contest.
Roughly 30 years ago, the Kentucky Department of Parks was
looking for events to fill its off-season schedule, and a modeler
was on its board of directors. He suggested hosting a Radio
Control Pattern/Scale event, to include racing. The first few years
the meet was held, it was a combined Pattern/Scale contest.
Eventually the Scale, racing, and Pattern categories separated
into individual events, with Scale held in April each year. With
persistent wet weather during that time, the Southern Indiana R/C
Modelers decided to see if they could obtain a later date. With the
park administration’s help, the group selected the weekend after
Mother’s Day and has held the Mint Julep that weekend ever
since.
The park offers a lodge, restaurants, a banquet hall (used for
static judging on Friday), meeting rooms, new nicely appointed
cabins, a great lake for fishing and water sports, hiking trails, and
peace and quiet.
Featured at many state parks across the country, there is also a
small airport with a 2,000-foot runway. Of course the wind usually
blows right down the runway—especially during the Scale contest.
The runway is smooth, and a pretty good overfly area is available.
26 MODEL AVIATION
Mint Julep Scale Meet
■ Stan Alexander
Tom Czikk’s massive-looking P-47 Thunderbolt on a takeoff run for another “mission.” It won Expert Division 1.
Al Kretz’s original-design 1930s Dornier Do 23G is an unusual
subject. This model took first place in Expert Division 2.
Steve Parsons’ excellent 60-inch-span S.E.5a finished third in the
Sportsman class. It was built from a Fun Aero kit.
K
Any Kentucky state park is a great place
to spend your vacation with the family for
many reasons, but this is a special week for
modelers—so special that one modeler has
competed in 29 of the 30 contests. Bob
Underwood has made the trip for 29 years
with his wife Rae and their daughter Cathy,
who has attended as his assistant and
memory for most of the meets.
Rough River Dam State Resort Park has
an excellent recreation director; Tom
DeHaven is an important part of the team,
along with the many Southern Indiana R/C
Modelers members, that makes this event a
success, according to Dale Arvin. Tom
helps Dale and the club take care of the
silver trophies, tents, portable power
system, banquet setup, golf carts, and many
other details that help lessen the club’s
responsibilities on a yearly basis. More
parks and clubs should try this.
There has been a rebuilding and
renovation effort at this state park. It has
helped to keep the park full during the time
frame of this event, which adds dollars to
the park’s, county’s, and state’s bottom
lines. The upgraded reservation system
allows the park to take reservations for
years in advance; it is currently taking
reservations for this event through 2005.
As do most contest directors with their
respective events, Dale and some of the club
members work on the Mint Julep most of
the year. Contacts with the park,
sponsorship from manufacturers in the
hobby industry, and the most important
item—volunteers who love Scale contests as
much as Dale and John do—must be
developed and encouraged to participate.
It’s a family affair with the Arvins; Dale’s
wife Mary and their son Jeremy work at the
contest, and Jeremy also competes in it.
This year sponsorship came from many
sources, including Airtronics, Nick Ziroli
Plans, Testor Corporation, Horizon Hobby,
MGA Enterprises, Balsa USA, Robart
Manufacturing, Great Planes, Master
Airscrew, Northeast Screen Graphics, Radio
Controlled Models, Air Age Publications
and Model Airplane News, Hobby Lobby,
Frank Tiano Enterprises, Pacer, JR, Bob
Smith Industries, and JZ Props.
The Mint Julep has been synonymous with
innovative classes for Scale modelers. It’s a
US Scale Masters Qualifier, but event
administrators aren’t afraid to try a
new class or rule to help encourage
Scale competition.
This forward thinking can be seen
in the Expert class, which is split into
two categories. Division 1 is for
models whose prototypes had
retracting gear, more than one
mechanical option, or were designed
especially for racing. Division 2 is for
aircraft whose prototypes had fixed
gear, no more than one mechanical
option, or were not designed especially
for racing.
This idea came about because jets
and heavy-metal World War II fighters
June 2003 27
Charlie Baker built this
awesome PT-26 Cornell
from his plans. At the
right you can see the
attention to cockpit detail
and the operational
canopy. Notice the rivets
in the canopy framework.
This is outstanding
craftsmanship!
Gary Walker built this powerful-looking Rare Bear—a Reno-racing Bearcat—for the Fun
Scale Open category. He finished second in that division.
Bill Early built this Stearman PT-17 from a Balsa USA kit, and Wayne Cecil piloted it in
Team Scale. Notice the unique “Recall” color scheme.
Photos by the author Graphic Design by Lydia Whitehead
28 MODEL AVIATION
Bob Underwood’s Ilyushin Stormovik Il-2M3 won
the Designer Scale class. It’s a difficult subject
done extremely well.
Gary Parenti entered this Beta Minor finished in a Czech design. He built the model from
scratch. Take note of the long moments and high-aspect-ratio wing.
Skip Mast’s Piper J-3 Cub was set up to
eject a scale parachutist. This was a rarely
seen operational feature.
were competing against Piper J-3 Cubs and
civil transport-type aircraft. It gives the
modelers who want to build Piper
Tomahawks or WACO YMF-5s a class
too. They don’t have to compete against
aircraft such as the P-47 Thunderbolt. This
makes the class more user-friendly for
competitors and gives the biplane and light
civil aircraft a shot at a trophy. Some
modelers don’t have a field where they can
fly a very fast jet or a 1⁄5- to 1⁄4-scale World
War II model, and this also helps those
who practice with light civil aircraft.
Al Kretz won Expert Division 2 flying
his familiar scratch-built Dornier Do 23G,
which is a World War II German military
bomber and transport type from the 1930s.
Second place went to Skip Mast flying a
much-modified Sig J-3 Cub. Al and Skip
are former Fédération Aéronautique
Internationale Scale team members.
Skip changed the complete nose section
on his Cub. He changed the wing
attachment and uses plug-in wings (as are
in the new 1⁄5-scale J-3 Cub kit), and he
braced the upper part of the cabin and
changed the mounting points. The wing
panels are foam with details added for the
scale rib placement.
Bob Patton took third place in Division
2 with a model you don’t often see: a Piper
Tomahawk, which is a low-wing civilaviation
standard. Bob designed the 122-
inch-span airplane, and he used fiberglass
and foam construction techniques. The
model’s weight came in at 38 pounds, and
it used the one mechanical option, with
flaps.
In Expert Division 1, Tom Czikk took
first place with a P-47D Thunderbolt. He
used a Vailly Aviation fiberglass fuselage
and his own design for the wings and tail
feathers. The model spanned 92 inches,
was powered by a 3W-75 engine, and was
guided by a JR radio.
During the last round on Sunday
afternoon, Tom lost elevator control on his
model’s turn for landing. The reason
wasn’t apparent at first, but after
examining the crash scene Tom stated that
the 10-32 bolt to the elevator control had
sheared off in the linkage.
The big story at this contest is that the
Mint Julep “grows Scale modelers.” It’s a
place to get your feet wet with almost any
type of Scale model you might have. The
static and flight judges are there to do their
jobs, but I also witnessed them helping
those who were there for their first Scale
contest.
One modeler at the flightline didn’t
have a caller or a call sheet. He was
nervous, but veteran flight judge Bill
Stewart stopped to explain to him that he
needed a caller and a call sheet to
complete the flight and help him at the
flightline.
Bill drafted me as the caller, and we
made up a call sheet then completed the
flight. Bill told him to watch others and
pointed out some expert modelers to
watch. The rest of his flights were better,
and the new competitor ended up placing
in the top three in Fun Scale Novice.
That’s a success story we need to tell
repeatedly across the country.
Cliff Christensen won Sportsman class
with his T-34 Mentor. Cliff flew his 65-
inch-span model consistently all weekend.
The model was covered with MonoKote,
and the painted surfaces were finished with
LustreKote. The model used an Airtronics
radio and had Spring Air retracts and flaps.
Richard Crupi came to compete in
Sportsman with his TopFlite P-51
Mustang, but he didn’t build the more
familiar P-51D we see so often; he chose a
slightly different paint scheme and aircraft:
the P-51B.
The P-51B has the turtledeck much like
the earlier version of the P-47 Thunderbolt
of the same era. These aircraft with the
extended turtledecks tend to track better in
the air. The Mustang conversion kit is
available from your local hobby shop or
Tower Hobbies; the stock number is TOPA
1615. Richard
finished second,
even after his model
lost a wheel in one
round.
Rounding out the
top three models in
Sportsman class was
Steve Parsons’ Fun
Aero World War I
S.E.5a. It was
covered with
Dacron cloth and
painted with
polyurethane. The
model had a 60-inch
wingspan, tipped
the scales at 9
pounds, and had an O.S. FS-91 engine, and Steve used a JR radio
system. He has been modeling for 13 years now and is beginning
his second year competing in Scale.
Bob Bush earned first place in Fun Scale Novice with an Extra
300. The 1⁄3-scale model spanned 89 inches, and Bob used a
Futaba 9ZAP radio for control. Steve Jennings flew a Hangar 9
Piper J-3 Cub to finish second, and Joe Robertson completed all
four rounds to finish in third place with his Balsa USA Sopwith
Pup.
Many modelers think they aren’t good enough or their models
aren’t nice enough to fly in competition, but this isn’t true. One
modeler came with a Cessna he called a “beater” as a warm-up to
fly his Corsair. The Cessna was pretty ragged out for a Scale
June 2003 29
These volunteers helped make Mint Julep a great success—
again!
Pilot Dave Pinegar (L) and builder George Maiorana hold up their
electric-powered Tu-4 for the static judges.
Mike Barbee preps his Fun Scale Open entry—an Edge 540—for
flight. All kinds of models were present at this event.
Dale Drew’s (L) helper looks pretty interested in the starting of
Dale’s Morrisey Bravo built from the Sig kit.
The models were lined up so the spectators could get a good
look during the halftime period on Saturday.
Mint Julep event director and Southern
Indiana R/C Modelers president Dale Arvin
in a rare moment of inactivity!
Fun Scale Open
Place/Pilot Model Static Score Total Score
1. Chuck Baker P-47 Thunderbolt 05.00 95.375
2. Gary Walker Bearcat “Rare Bear” 05.00 93.125
3. Bill Brucken Fairchild PT-19 05.00 92.375
4. Dale Drew Morrisey Bravo 05.00 92.125
5. Herman Cholewinski Pitts S-1-11B 05.00 89.250
Fun Scale Aerobatic
1. Jeremy Arvin Extra 330L 05.00 96.125
2. Andy Pound Extra 330L 05.00 96.125
3. Al Kretz Extra 300 05.00 94.250
4. David Pinegar Extra 300 05.00 94.000
5. Steve Ort Extra 300 05.00 93.500
Fun Scale Novice
1. Bob Bush Extra 300 00.00 90.620
2. Steve Jennings Piper J-3 Cub 05.00 85.000
3. Joe Robertson III Sopwith Pup 05.00 78.750
4. Ed Sensenbaugh Ultimate 00.00 73.000
Team Scale
1. George Maiorana, builder Tupolev Tu-4 97.00 192.250
Dave Pinegar, pilot
2. Earl Muenze, builder Fairchild M-62 91.00 182.125
Mike Barbee, pilot
3. Bill Early, builder Stearman PT-17 94.00 181.875
Wayne Cecil, pilot
Sportsman
1. Cliff Christensen Beechcraft T-34 89.00 176.25
2. Richard Crupi P-51B 88.00 171.25
3. Steve Parsons S.E.5a 83.00 150.25
4. John Sedletzeck Pitts Super Stinker 84.00 102.25
5. Tom Blunt Stinson SR-9 88.00 000.00
Designer Scale
1. Bob Underwood Stormovik Il-2M3 98.00 183.250
2. Charlie Baker Randon T 1 98.00 134.125
Expert Division 1
1. Tom Czikk Republic P-47 95.00 183.250
2. Charlie Baker PT-26 Cornell 97.00 173.125
3. Byron Hoyle F4U-4 Corsair 88.00 149.250
Expert Division 2
1. Al Kretz Dornier Do 23G 98.00 187.375
2. Skip Mast Piper J-3 Cub 96.00 183.375
3. Bob Patton Piper Tomahawk 98.00 182.250
4. Earl Muenze WACO YMF-3 99.00 178.000
5. Gary Parenti Beta Minor 94.00 177.250
30 MODEL AVIATION
Mint Julep 2002 Results
model, but it doubled his number of flights
for the weekend and gave him additional
practice in front of the judges. That’s just
good common sense.
This was a great way to celebrate 30 years
of Scale modeling in western Kentucky.
Hope to see you there this year. The
Southern Indiana R/C Modelers members
are planning another Scale event for
September on their new grass field; check
the Web site for details. MA
Stan Alexander
3709 Valley Ridge Dr.
Nashville TN 37211
[email protected]
Sources:
Rough River Dam State Resort Park
450 Lodge Rd.
Falls of Rough KY 40119
(270) 257-2311
www.roughriverdam.com
Southern Indiana R/C Modelers
www.sircm.com
Dale Arvin, president
3428 Charlestown Pike
Jeffersonville IN 47130-8168
(812) 284-0162
[email protected]
John Guenther, contest director
21609 Borden-Greenville Rd.
Borden IN 47106
(812) 967-2814
[email protected]