RADIO CONTROL GIANTS K 161111 BEFORE WE GET TOO DEEP amongst Giant Scale models tion Did ever notice difficult locate mounting holes sticking engine model Its particularly hard consider location beam mounts built model engines always either cooling fins exhaust pipe directly above mounting holes cant get straight shot pencil drill mounting bolt Its almost engine mounting flanges afterthought came designing engines bugged mounting-holeslocation problem process sticking 90 four-stroke model building dumb luck four-hole pattern drilled accepted Allen-head bolts using cost big engines today wouldnt neat manufacturers included punched metal template heavy-duty cardboard drilling four holes bolt hummer place would easier used commercially available jig would duplicate mounting hole locations After being bolted place its pattern determined engine would removed engine mount would bolted place became simple job drilling four holes through hardened metal washers 30 bucks jig expensive solution should easier way icularly have drill holes todays soft engine mounts lot correspondence accumulated since last column first letter old friend Lynn Lockrow Classic Airplans 321 Camellia Dr Auburn AL 36830 Lynn Monocoupe model expert announced has drawn /3-scale version clip-wing model about 70% completed wrote Lynn shooting 20-pound flying weight will power model SuperTigre 4500 quarter-scale version same Monocoupe prize-winner Toledo bigger model should doozer Dick Scbwieren Burns Oregon WW airplane fan Photos Ziroli Fokker DrI accompany column purpose letter get Neil Griffins address because Neil intended spin aluminum cowling big Fokker DVIII Dick building Bristol Ml wanted learn about spinning technique Dick said lathe 100 years old needed detailed information long talk Bob Martin mentor Schneider Cup Association As might know Schneider reenactment 1993 although big scale seaplane event included London Bridge Seaplane Classic November Lake Havasu Arizona Bob explained survey revealed modelers felt bolting together Schneider racer model too much money time invested event solution have several Schneider events spread out over US Canada Bob figures Association could provide racing rules guidance establishing individual reenactments interested model clubs volunteered publish dates places events contest results Schneider Cup News club interested putting miniature Schneider Race contact Schneider Cup Association 1520 B Corona Dr Lake Havasu City AZ 86403 talking about racing aircraft have learned book helps document high-speed Giant Scale North American P-5 1 Mustang racers Dustin Carters Birch Matthews book Mustang Racing Thoroughbred describes modification several real Reno birds text also includes histories several famous Mustang racers Lots color black-and-white photos $39 hard cover book including postage handling Its available Birch Matthews 584 Willow Wood Rd Rolling Hills Estates CA 90274 Bob Holman seems concentrating January1994 83 Mick Reeves Sopwith Pup Drawings available Bob Holman see text Bobs address Monocoupe Man Lynn Lockrows Giant Classic Bipe scratched Model Airplane News ST-3000 UltraCote Chuck Brooks duplicated OS BGX-2 cylinder head 1/3-scale Sig Spacewalker added scale appeal Dick Schwierens Fokker Triplane bones Dick says Ziroli WW bird flies well Quadra 35 power Radio Control Jet In-depth kit reviews hardware evaluated experts reveal secrets success Available direct subscription local news stand Hobby Store Kit fan motor pipe tests New products latest news International jet fixtures listed Full-size profiles colour schemes Personal Subscriptions four issues Visa Mastercard check Traplet Publications Ltd P0 Box 167 Florham Park New Jersey 07932 Hobby Stores order publication directly Carstens Publications Inc P0 Box 700 Newton New Jersey 07860 Tel 201 3833355 Fax 201 3834064 Published Tcaplet Publications Ltd Traplet House Sccero Dricc Upton upon-Sececn Wocco 99718 OJE England Tel inc code 44 684-594505 Fnr mt code 84-5 94586 Giant Scale biplane models latest announcements note has nifty drawings l/4 A-scale Sopwith Camels 1/3-scale Sopwith Pups 79-inch span Sopwith 1 1/7 Strutter Bob appears proudest latest acquisition Great Britain plans /3-scale de Havilland Tiger Moth drawn Jan Castle Designer Ian Castle owns two full-scale Tigers Bob touts model best Tiger Moth ever Lots accessories will available probably kit dead-on scale two wingers turn drop Bob SASE PO Box 741 San Bernardino CA 92402 Tel 909 885-3959 FAX 900 889-9307 Chuck Brooks Tucson Arizona has done it sure looks good latest model 1A-scale Sig Spacewalker powered OS GBX-2 engine Chuck duplicated GBX cylinder head plywood paint model appears have GBX twin did beautiful job fake cylinder gives him neat place store backup glow plug Obviously same technique will work well Scale model has exposed cylinder head a weight up front will help models balance Readers column know advocate modifying existing Giant Scale designs produce Scale models different usual run Mustangs Cubs retaining good-flying designs cosmetic changes will produce different marks same prototype Good buddy Jack Cole has gone step further along modification road produced unique model Like producers movie Tora Tora Tora Jack converted AT-6 Japanese Zero Starting Ed Carrolls goodflying semiscale Texan Jack rounded wing tips extended rear fuselage point added wide-spread retracts smoothed off fuselage top fit Zerotype canopy Simple modifications Mr Cole has truly outstanding Giant Scale model dead-on scale its its kind clubs flight line hope readers Merry Happy stockings filled manner Giant Scale goodies odel Aviation rnational last worlds first regular dedicated RIC Jet magazine Articles hints tips worlds best builders pilots Everything need know get started right up latest techniques Coverage events over world Correction December issue contained incorrect information National Control Line Racing Association Membership inquiries should go Dave McDonald Vice President PO Box 384 Daleville IN 47334 Tel 317 378-7228
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/01
Page Numbers: 83, 84
RADIO CONTROL GIANTS K 161111 BEFORE WE GET TOO DEEP amongst Giant Scale models tion Did ever notice difficult locate mounting holes sticking engine model Its particularly hard consider location beam mounts built model engines always either cooling fins exhaust pipe directly above mounting holes cant get straight shot pencil drill mounting bolt Its almost engine mounting flanges afterthought came designing engines bugged mounting-holeslocation problem process sticking 90 four-stroke model building dumb luck four-hole pattern drilled accepted Allen-head bolts using cost big engines today wouldnt neat manufacturers included punched metal template heavy-duty cardboard drilling four holes bolt hummer place would easier used commercially available jig would duplicate mounting hole locations After being bolted place its pattern determined engine would removed engine mount would bolted place became simple job drilling four holes through hardened metal washers 30 bucks jig expensive solution should easier way icularly have drill holes todays soft engine mounts lot correspondence accumulated since last column first letter old friend Lynn Lockrow Classic Airplans 321 Camellia Dr Auburn AL 36830 Lynn Monocoupe model expert announced has drawn /3-scale version clip-wing model about 70% completed wrote Lynn shooting 20-pound flying weight will power model SuperTigre 4500 quarter-scale version same Monocoupe prize-winner Toledo bigger model should doozer Dick Scbwieren Burns Oregon WW airplane fan Photos Ziroli Fokker DrI accompany column purpose letter get Neil Griffins address because Neil intended spin aluminum cowling big Fokker DVIII Dick building Bristol Ml wanted learn about spinning technique Dick said lathe 100 years old needed detailed information long talk Bob Martin mentor Schneider Cup Association As might know Schneider reenactment 1993 although big scale seaplane event included London Bridge Seaplane Classic November Lake Havasu Arizona Bob explained survey revealed modelers felt bolting together Schneider racer model too much money time invested event solution have several Schneider events spread out over US Canada Bob figures Association could provide racing rules guidance establishing individual reenactments interested model clubs volunteered publish dates places events contest results Schneider Cup News club interested putting miniature Schneider Race contact Schneider Cup Association 1520 B Corona Dr Lake Havasu City AZ 86403 talking about racing aircraft have learned book helps document high-speed Giant Scale North American P-5 1 Mustang racers Dustin Carters Birch Matthews book Mustang Racing Thoroughbred describes modification several real Reno birds text also includes histories several famous Mustang racers Lots color black-and-white photos $39 hard cover book including postage handling Its available Birch Matthews 584 Willow Wood Rd Rolling Hills Estates CA 90274 Bob Holman seems concentrating January1994 83 Mick Reeves Sopwith Pup Drawings available Bob Holman see text Bobs address Monocoupe Man Lynn Lockrows Giant Classic Bipe scratched Model Airplane News ST-3000 UltraCote Chuck Brooks duplicated OS BGX-2 cylinder head 1/3-scale Sig Spacewalker added scale appeal Dick Schwierens Fokker Triplane bones Dick says Ziroli WW bird flies well Quadra 35 power Radio Control Jet In-depth kit reviews hardware evaluated experts reveal secrets success Available direct subscription local news stand Hobby Store Kit fan motor pipe tests New products latest news International jet fixtures listed Full-size profiles colour schemes Personal Subscriptions four issues Visa Mastercard check Traplet Publications Ltd P0 Box 167 Florham Park New Jersey 07932 Hobby Stores order publication directly Carstens Publications Inc P0 Box 700 Newton New Jersey 07860 Tel 201 3833355 Fax 201 3834064 Published Tcaplet Publications Ltd Traplet House Sccero Dricc Upton upon-Sececn Wocco 99718 OJE England Tel inc code 44 684-594505 Fnr mt code 84-5 94586 Giant Scale biplane models latest announcements note has nifty drawings l/4 A-scale Sopwith Camels 1/3-scale Sopwith Pups 79-inch span Sopwith 1 1/7 Strutter Bob appears proudest latest acquisition Great Britain plans /3-scale de Havilland Tiger Moth drawn Jan Castle Designer Ian Castle owns two full-scale Tigers Bob touts model best Tiger Moth ever Lots accessories will available probably kit dead-on scale two wingers turn drop Bob SASE PO Box 741 San Bernardino CA 92402 Tel 909 885-3959 FAX 900 889-9307 Chuck Brooks Tucson Arizona has done it sure looks good latest model 1A-scale Sig Spacewalker powered OS GBX-2 engine Chuck duplicated GBX cylinder head plywood paint model appears have GBX twin did beautiful job fake cylinder gives him neat place store backup glow plug Obviously same technique will work well Scale model has exposed cylinder head a weight up front will help models balance Readers column know advocate modifying existing Giant Scale designs produce Scale models different usual run Mustangs Cubs retaining good-flying designs cosmetic changes will produce different marks same prototype Good buddy Jack Cole has gone step further along modification road produced unique model Like producers movie Tora Tora Tora Jack converted AT-6 Japanese Zero Starting Ed Carrolls goodflying semiscale Texan Jack rounded wing tips extended rear fuselage point added wide-spread retracts smoothed off fuselage top fit Zerotype canopy Simple modifications Mr Cole has truly outstanding Giant Scale model dead-on scale its its kind clubs flight line hope readers Merry Happy stockings filled manner Giant Scale goodies odel Aviation rnational last worlds first regular dedicated RIC Jet magazine Articles hints tips worlds best builders pilots Everything need know get started right up latest techniques Coverage events over world Correction December issue contained incorrect information National Control Line Racing Association Membership inquiries should go Dave McDonald Vice President PO Box 384 Daleville IN 47334 Tel 317 378-7228