One Mons Thing Rick Sarpolus Twelve-year-old Rick makes profile solids gillions magazine 3-views MOST DISPLAY MODEL aircraft today made plastic kits father told kid display models made wood parts carved shape like working wood because fun plastic make whole pro ject yourself make display aircraft models use balsa wood call profile solids because parts pro files carved saves lot work has other advantages can pick aircraft model ones available plastic make size want wooden models left unfinished painted markings put good felt-tip pen shows con struction workmanship still models easily identified look real istic pictures show appearance will tell make models Pick 3-views aircraft maga zines Most magazines have size right making display models can pick World War II types fighters bombers whatever like get 3-views library have copy machine can use Trace out lines parts using tracing paperhe sure mark slots notches go Cut out patterns parts draw wood cut out parts cut 1 / 16 3/32 1/8 balsa Sometimes use 1/4 larger model fuselages father flies lot radio-control control-line plenty wood around work shop Cut out parts X-acto knife jig saw Sand smooth round off edges Put markings parts before putting model gether used use five-minute epoxy new glues like Zap Hot Stuff better carefulthey can glue fingers together takes about two hours model whole thing longer complicated ones think really good way make display models dont cost much money can make aH kinds airplanes took profile solids Monmouth Model Airplane Club meeting won prize best project motth beat father took pictures article helped British-French Concorde SST airliner Parts cut sheet balsa X-Acto knife jig saw Left North American F-86 Sabre ready final assembly Rick likea build typical groups types such twin-engine bomber examples L R Douglas A-20 Handley-Page Hampden Martin B-26 Lockheed PV-1 North American B-25 author Rapid Rick part fleet profile models obtains outlines tracing plan CODY Finish natural wood markings made felt-tip pen