TO EACH HIS OWN Give five skilled RC model builders set enlarged three-view draw ings youd expect see some differences finished models Thats what happened some club members decided con struct propeller-driven versions Grumman F9F early Navy jet fighter What stunned us though just wide disparities Although five birds shared same hot-wired foam wings fuselages built totally different ways first modeler adopted Jack Staffords boxjig method build Grumman fuselage Tak ing long thin stiff cardboard box orig inally held automotive part laid out cen terline box cover drew perpendicular lines across locate formers cut se ries slots formers fit inex pensive makeshift jig held formers planked fuselage top things dry simply popped fuselage away box planked its underside second modeler opted crutch tech nique Tracing top view fuselage onto sheet balsa glued formers pro ceeded plank course chose common reference line crutch split form ers After upper fuselage completed simply flipped crutch added lower formersand planked too Modeler number three purchased piece one-inch aluminum tubing length fuse lage marked former location reference line common fuselage side plan views drilled hole almost inch di ameter former ensured good fric tion fit convenience set up palr brackets ends tubing allowed assembly rotated Since fuselage perfeefly aligned able plank whole works simply rotating between holding brackets withdrew aluminum tube fourth modeler chose complex thod Using enlarged three-view drew box could contained within former out lines transferred rectangular box cross sections former outlines After building sturdy balsa box added top side bot tom former sections proper positions planked whole works last modeler used master-stringer tech nique similar crutch method built two master stringers representing plan view two outlining side view formers notched accept four mas ter stringers about deep glued place began plank stabi lized set formers work Five modelers used same drawing opted entirely different construction methods produced dead-straight assemblies point discussion scratch-buildand Giant Scale builders doyou arent limited technlque employed designer differ ent construction method works better adapt drawings youre working may take bit time youre comfort able particular building technique thats way go Seaplane redux About year half ago featured rather unusual seaplane designed built retired Dr Joe Larkin Boise Idaho photographs showed channel-wing bird un der construction pod-mounted engine true Giant model featured small pontoons attached its sponsons lateral stabil ity water time Dr Joes ship hadnt yet flown gave indications would 16 Model Aviation Radio Control Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret 4610 Moffat Ln Colorado SprIngs CO 80915 Top Dr Joe Larkin wonderful scalelike Giant seaplane Note pusher prop mounted pylon allows just clear channel-wing structure Center Dr Larkin attached small pontoons ends seaplanes sponsons lateral stability water After being flown two summers aircraft still immacu late Right aloft Dr Larkins model skims over lake Idaho Left Bill Sheavess Giant Flying Fortress model has 124 -in wingspan will powered four OS 49 Surpass engines ward Plexiglas window holds forward flexible gun mount Right Close-up forward left flexible gun ball mount Bill Sheavess air plane mighty small bolts holding place Bill patterned model after B-17F flew Europe during World War ii recent letter Dr Joe included some toothsome photographs completed model plane flies stable rock both air water Dr Larkin has flown past two summers its still pristine condition Doc Pepino has taken drawing board once again come up definitive A-scale Bell P-39 wing spans 80 makes IMAA-legal prospect prototype model being built Doctor Jims custom ers absolutely fascinating example model will powered water-cooled Quadra installed scale locationbehind pilot middle fuselage propeller will driven simple steel extension shaft Custom Robart retracts being constructed isnt enough blow mind model will have functional radiators scale position within Aircobras wing Standard Chevrolet power steering coolers will used coolant will prototype stan dardhalf water half ethylene glycol smoke fluid pulse pump will circulate within model Docs gone far prepare specific drawings aluminum panels adorned P-39 might duplicated lithoplate builders dont want go out thin aluminum fiberglass cowls will available option Interested build ing big Aircobra Contact Doc Scale Plans & Photo Service 3209 Madison Ave Greensboro NC 27403 Giant Scale Reno Air Races February 1991 column discussed length drawings Giant Scale Reno Air Races have proposed California R/C Unlimited Racing Inc inspired three letters showed interest races interesting epistle came Tony Carvaiho Arkansas City KS Both Tony realize organlzers have hands full putting together first big race Neverthe less Tony suggested adding another class competition might someday considered Mr Carvalho would like see Golden Age class add some variety Reno warbird models thatll zipping around Giant Scale pylons course theres no lack suitable Giant drawings Golden Age racers Henry Haffkes done Gee Bees quarter-scale Wen dell Hostetler has produced samtary Giant Roscoe Turner Pesco Special mention Art Chesters Jeep beautiful Wedell-Williams racer Don Neills designed sporty Hall Bull Dog Wedell definitive Folkerts SK-4 Granger Williams Gee Bee Z R Jim Thompson has great drawings Benny Howards Ike Tony Le Viers Schoen feldt Firecracker class intro duced theres host great Golden Age large Scale drawings avallable Still subject Giant Scale Reno rac ers Ive heard Bob Heitkamp up Juneau Alaska gluing together big Sea Fury competition Ivan Munmnghoff Colo rado Springs designing building sleek model Stiletto much-modified P-51 Mus tang underfuselage radiators re mounted wings reduce parasitic drag Both models sound like winners Im going tease bit news about Bill Sheavess Giant B-17F month Youll recall Bills building 124-in-span Flying tress original USAAF tech orders Pre vious columns have featured intricately de signed electrically driven scale landing gear mechanisms noted hed completed ba sic model structure Next months column will feature Bills work what may definitive B-17 model Ill dwell just small part cur rent effortsthe mounts free-firing flex ible nose guns prototype guns set ball joints manned navigator bombardier Mr Sheaves has machined min iature ball mountings nose model fit scale machine guns wait until see Bills provided disassembling big tress hes hinged split landing flaps Fowler-like action mans genius small plug friend Jim Jennlngs down Hendersonville Tennessee Jim produces rath er extensive line awards trophies specifi cally aimed model airplane competitions Great artwork quality products youre looking reasonably priced engraved silk-screened awards fly-in contact Jim Jennings Products 202 Hollow Lane PO Box 1121 Hendersonville TN 37075 Sporty silk-screened sweatshirts T-shirts available Jim too Next monththe ultimate Flying Fortress D FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLYI Sale Flying No Accident THERMAL CHARGER what looking electric sailplane good looks easy build fun fly great performance Thermal Charger Wing Span Wing Area Motor Included 60 Inches 545 Sq Inches Leisure 05 Electric %fl PRECISION PRODUCTS INC 714 592-5144 510 E Arrow Highway San Dimas CA 91773 VINYLWRITE CUSTOM LElTERING Providing elegant time saving economical finishing touch modelers EZ TO APPLY Our lettering comes prespaced prealignedsaving hours cutting fuss aligning individual letters decals text custom cornuter cut 3M BACKING Premium cast17 colors 8 e sles incIudin Military ock inyl 2 mil thin high NOW AILE Stencil Mask & 1 Color Outlining __Priced right no minimum charge Eg AMA plus number high S PEEL OFF THE CARRIER TAPE1 high 2 high plus $1 SOP & H PUCE SN YOUR SURFACE STEP RACE ADMIRE YOUR WORECall write corn lete info 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/05
Page Numbers: 16, 17
TO EACH HIS OWN Give five skilled RC model builders set enlarged three-view draw ings youd expect see some differences finished models Thats what happened some club members decided con struct propeller-driven versions Grumman F9F early Navy jet fighter What stunned us though just wide disparities Although five birds shared same hot-wired foam wings fuselages built totally different ways first modeler adopted Jack Staffords boxjig method build Grumman fuselage Tak ing long thin stiff cardboard box orig inally held automotive part laid out cen terline box cover drew perpendicular lines across locate formers cut se ries slots formers fit inex pensive makeshift jig held formers planked fuselage top things dry simply popped fuselage away box planked its underside second modeler opted crutch tech nique Tracing top view fuselage onto sheet balsa glued formers pro ceeded plank course chose common reference line crutch split form ers After upper fuselage completed simply flipped crutch added lower formersand planked too Modeler number three purchased piece one-inch aluminum tubing length fuse lage marked former location reference line common fuselage side plan views drilled hole almost inch di ameter former ensured good fric tion fit convenience set up palr brackets ends tubing allowed assembly rotated Since fuselage perfeefly aligned able plank whole works simply rotating between holding brackets withdrew aluminum tube fourth modeler chose complex thod Using enlarged three-view drew box could contained within former out lines transferred rectangular box cross sections former outlines After building sturdy balsa box added top side bot tom former sections proper positions planked whole works last modeler used master-stringer tech nique similar crutch method built two master stringers representing plan view two outlining side view formers notched accept four mas ter stringers about deep glued place began plank stabi lized set formers work Five modelers used same drawing opted entirely different construction methods produced dead-straight assemblies point discussion scratch-buildand Giant Scale builders doyou arent limited technlque employed designer differ ent construction method works better adapt drawings youre working may take bit time youre comfort able particular building technique thats way go Seaplane redux About year half ago featured rather unusual seaplane designed built retired Dr Joe Larkin Boise Idaho photographs showed channel-wing bird un der construction pod-mounted engine true Giant model featured small pontoons attached its sponsons lateral stabil ity water time Dr Joes ship hadnt yet flown gave indications would 16 Model Aviation Radio Control Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret 4610 Moffat Ln Colorado SprIngs CO 80915 Top Dr Joe Larkin wonderful scalelike Giant seaplane Note pusher prop mounted pylon allows just clear channel-wing structure Center Dr Larkin attached small pontoons ends seaplanes sponsons lateral stability water After being flown two summers aircraft still immacu late Right aloft Dr Larkins model skims over lake Idaho Left Bill Sheavess Giant Flying Fortress model has 124 -in wingspan will powered four OS 49 Surpass engines ward Plexiglas window holds forward flexible gun mount Right Close-up forward left flexible gun ball mount Bill Sheavess air plane mighty small bolts holding place Bill patterned model after B-17F flew Europe during World War ii recent letter Dr Joe included some toothsome photographs completed model plane flies stable rock both air water Dr Larkin has flown past two summers its still pristine condition Doc Pepino has taken drawing board once again come up definitive A-scale Bell P-39 wing spans 80 makes IMAA-legal prospect prototype model being built Doctor Jims custom ers absolutely fascinating example model will powered water-cooled Quadra installed scale locationbehind pilot middle fuselage propeller will driven simple steel extension shaft Custom Robart retracts being constructed isnt enough blow mind model will have functional radiators scale position within Aircobras wing Standard Chevrolet power steering coolers will used coolant will prototype stan dardhalf water half ethylene glycol smoke fluid pulse pump will circulate within model Docs gone far prepare specific drawings aluminum panels adorned P-39 might duplicated lithoplate builders dont want go out thin aluminum fiberglass cowls will available option Interested build ing big Aircobra Contact Doc Scale Plans & Photo Service 3209 Madison Ave Greensboro NC 27403 Giant Scale Reno Air Races February 1991 column discussed length drawings Giant Scale Reno Air Races have proposed California R/C Unlimited Racing Inc inspired three letters showed interest races interesting epistle came Tony Carvaiho Arkansas City KS Both Tony realize organlzers have hands full putting together first big race Neverthe less Tony suggested adding another class competition might someday considered Mr Carvalho would like see Golden Age class add some variety Reno warbird models thatll zipping around Giant Scale pylons course theres no lack suitable Giant drawings Golden Age racers Henry Haffkes done Gee Bees quarter-scale Wen dell Hostetler has produced samtary Giant Roscoe Turner Pesco Special mention Art Chesters Jeep beautiful Wedell-Williams racer Don Neills designed sporty Hall Bull Dog Wedell definitive Folkerts SK-4 Granger Williams Gee Bee Z R Jim Thompson has great drawings Benny Howards Ike Tony Le Viers Schoen feldt Firecracker class intro duced theres host great Golden Age large Scale drawings avallable Still subject Giant Scale Reno rac ers Ive heard Bob Heitkamp up Juneau Alaska gluing together big Sea Fury competition Ivan Munmnghoff Colo rado Springs designing building sleek model Stiletto much-modified P-51 Mus tang underfuselage radiators re mounted wings reduce parasitic drag Both models sound like winners Im going tease bit news about Bill Sheavess Giant B-17F month Youll recall Bills building 124-in-span Flying tress original USAAF tech orders Pre vious columns have featured intricately de signed electrically driven scale landing gear mechanisms noted hed completed ba sic model structure Next months column will feature Bills work what may definitive B-17 model Ill dwell just small part cur rent effortsthe mounts free-firing flex ible nose guns prototype guns set ball joints manned navigator bombardier Mr Sheaves has machined min iature ball mountings nose model fit scale machine guns wait until see Bills provided disassembling big tress hes hinged split landing flaps Fowler-like action mans genius small plug friend Jim Jennlngs down Hendersonville Tennessee Jim produces rath er extensive line awards trophies specifi cally aimed model airplane competitions Great artwork quality products youre looking reasonably priced engraved silk-screened awards fly-in contact Jim Jennings Products 202 Hollow Lane PO Box 1121 Hendersonville TN 37075 Sporty silk-screened sweatshirts T-shirts available Jim too Next monththe ultimate Flying Fortress D FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLYI Sale Flying No Accident THERMAL CHARGER what looking electric sailplane good looks easy build fun fly great performance Thermal Charger Wing Span Wing Area Motor Included 60 Inches 545 Sq Inches Leisure 05 Electric %fl PRECISION PRODUCTS INC 714 592-5144 510 E Arrow Highway San Dimas CA 91773 VINYLWRITE CUSTOM LElTERING Providing elegant time saving economical finishing touch modelers EZ TO APPLY Our lettering comes prespaced prealignedsaving hours cutting fuss aligning individual letters decals text custom cornuter cut 3M BACKING Premium cast17 colors 8 e sles incIudin Military ock inyl 2 mil thin high NOW AILE Stencil Mask & 1 Color Outlining __Priced right no minimum charge Eg AMA plus number high S PEEL OFF THE CARRIER TAPE1 high 2 high plus $1 SOP & H PUCE SN YOUR SURFACE STEP RACE ADMIRE YOUR WORECall write corn lete info AMAYOUNG DONEpack & sample ITSFREE VINYLW3ITE CUSTOM LETIERINGaq ,,Custom Letter Today 16043 Tulsa Street Granada Hills CA 91344The VINYLWRITE Way 818 3637131 Noon 6PM Pacific order CAin add tax N h May1991 17