RADIO CONTROL GIANTS RESEARCH IS THE MAGIC word months column Practically Giant Scale modeler has dream model wants build fly Modelers often frustrated lack appropriate drawings After exhaustive search plans model magazine ads writing experts might know appropriate drawings modelers end up against wall Given burning desire produce scale model obscure prototype alternative design yourself decision will lead wilds research nothing seems First will become collector three-views photographs youre doing conscientious job will acquire stacks magazines shelves loaded books Youll assemble rapidly thickening scrapbook photographs subject its various views color schemes Early youll become aware conflicts between various experts aircraft youve chosen duplicate Taken extreme youll have decide whos right whos wrong Second youll have take T-square drawing board hand suitable computer CAD program produce practical set full-size drawings task may eased number ways might have accurate set three-views enlarged photographically photocopier old standby opaque projector butcher-paper-on-the-wall technique Whichever way go youll end up set Giant Scale size outline drawings youll have fill supporting structure another way arrive same point producing building plans Back dark dim days model building several competent draftsmen produced some great rubber-powered Scale models John Pond John Pond Old Time Plan Service PO Box 90310 San Jose CA 95109-3310 offers thick catalogs full drawings appropriate enlargement theyre sized Giant dimensions techniques mentioned earlier get scale outlines also easily modified interior structure build may have improve scaleness enlarged drawings using research data thats much easier starting just set scale outlines Youll certainly use research data add external detail recommend use photos prototype rather three-views task Pictures dont lie line drawings often prove fanciful youre really lucky might find set old Free Flight Gas Scale drawings subject Theyll produce relatively large models perhaps ones requiring 2X enlargement generate Giant Scale model word caution both rubber gas Scale models designed stable usually means stabilizers increased area non-scale airfoils used ensure good flying characteristics Landing gear frequently extended accommodate longer-than-scale propellers again its easier rescale existing drawings doing scratch sometimes old designers would dash scale outlines drawings adventuresome However arrive set building plans dream Giant Scale model will good depth research Its truly case better Dont overlook humble plastic model source accurate scale research information minimum effort probability locating plastic kit dream model relatively high Researched professionals plastic kit instruction sheets fertile source truly accurate color markings information well obscure three-views point recently brought home built five-model series book published ViP Publishers Inc true surprise delight found photographs prototypes five models illustration package author provided along manuscript dream model obscure cant find plastic September 1994 71 Roy Vaillancourts big 136-inch-span Stinson L-5 Its Giant Scale beauty designed Zenoah G-62 power Bob Holman offering plans models Flying Fortress powered four 25s Jim Boxmeyer 86-inch-span swing-wing model built Tufflite yes wing swings flight Sleek model kit local hobby shop prime source may found Kit Collectors Clearinghouse magazine John W Burns 3213 Hardy Drive Edmond OK 73013 $15 year subscription/membership will open up host potential Giant Scale subjects have already produced plastic model form designer Cutting Edge aerobatic Giant-sized biplane pictured June 94 column has moved wish contact Brian Reed new address RD 3 Box 56 Franklin PA 16323 Wonder wonders still exists last months column noted Lewis Pancoast Spokane Washington designing Giant Scale version Keith-Rider R-4 Schoenfeldt Firecracker racer Lew found real warbird neatly ensconced National Air Race Museum Hall Fame Sparks Nevada Thats certainly going make job easier Although promised last month share Curvin Eisenharts sporty method producing cowl hinges press other business didnt give enough time duplicate instructions Curvin did phone suggest make friends machinist has milling machine steel template hinge-making process requires precise hunk metal best produced milling template can made less exotic machine work would take lot hand labor latest news Bob Holman has drawings 76-inch-span B-17 much greater interest fact plans quarter-scale model Benny Howards DGA-4 Mike pylon racer model light enough require 60 four-stroke Finally Bob has construction drawings Bristol Brownie model builtup construction spans 104 inches takes 90 four-stroke Brownie between-the-wars British two-cockpit lowwing light monoplane took up occupation duty Japan right after WW II first airplane checked out Stinson L-5 soloed after three landings immediately took off fly over Mt Fuji L-5s benign appearance belied aircraft surprising STOL performance flaps ailerons drooped regularly operated out 800-foot strip smack dab middle Yokohama Roy Vaillancourt has added h-scale version Sentinel line great Scale drawings L-5 spans 136 inches takes Zenoah G-62 power Roy offers drawings bunch accessories including fiberglass cowl formed landing gear kit strut covers blisters dummy exhaust stack Contact him Vailly Aviation 18 Oakdale Ave Farmingville NY 11738-2828 Roy also has -scale drawings same aircraft has epoxylglass surface backed up foam comes /8- 3A2- -inch thicknesses Theres new construction material aimed squarely Giant Scale hobby Its called Tufflite its sold Boxmeyer Composites PO Box 6165 Philadelphia PA 19115 can formed smoothest wings youve ever seen can hollow fully ribbed material can used skin foam cores piece comes sheets large 4 x 8 feet Its fully compatible CyA glues fact quick-setting glues recommended use material bit skill cunning can used build silky smooth fuselages well Company president Jim Boxmeyer has written particularly lucid instruction manual Getting Tufflite Flight details use product $20 Jim will send copy manual large sample Tufflite can try yourself Fascinating stuff Hope youre having great successful Giant Scale flying season PRJC&$17000 ALL KITS FEATURE BAND LAID FIBERGLASS FUSEL4GEPANEL LINES & SCALE DETA1LSPOAM CORE WINGS MACHINE CUT FORMERS & BULKHEADS SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALUf OR CALL HOBBY HANGAR 606-283-5746 FOR IMMEDUTE DELIVERY DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME WEACCEPT VISA MAS7IZCARD & DISCOVER CARDE WE GLADLYSHIP COD SHIPPING & HANDLING $500 PER KIT COm7NENTAL USA OilIER AREAS CALL KEAITJCKYRFSIDENTh ADD 6% SALES TAX HOBBY HANGAR ISA FULL SERVICE HOBBY SHOP WITH OVER 11060 ITEMS IN STOCI CATALOGS AVAILABLE $400 EACH WIREBATE ON FIRST ORDER SPECIFY PLANEHELICOPTER OR CAR FhAR EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR FIBER SCALE MODELS LLOYD AVE KY 41042 606-283-5746 PHONE 606-282-4686 FAX ALSO AVAILABLE Focke WuIf 190 $18500 P-40 Warhawk $17000 P47 Thunderbolt $17000 Giant Scale Me-i 09 $37500 72 Model Aviation E~SNA 150Made LB USA SPECIFICATIONS WING SPAN 6S ENGINE SIZE45-60 2-5Th0KE WEIGHT-7-75 LBS ACCULAB ELECTRONIC DIGITAL SCALES Fourteen brand new high-tech models available weigh both grams ounces Graduations 2 ounces 001 grams Capacities 1/2 110 lbs have tare operate AC batteries Most include AC adaptor Ten models under $300 under $100 Send #10 SASE details MCNisa Champion Model Products 880 Carmen Ct La Verne CA 91750 909 599-3348 AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION VIDEOS PLANE v00et,$OYOU BUILD H RJHTI PLANE VIDEO WORLD LEADER IN RC AIRPLANE CONSTRUCTION VIDEOS BRINGS YOU LIBRARY OF VIDEOS WITH EASY TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS BUILDING WITH FOAM 2 Hrs details concerning dihedral bracing covering awing balsa glassing priming painting spray cans covered $1995 S/H $600 foreign ground FLYING HIGH WITH RC 40 Mm Want to get RC Airplanes can show ins outs getting hobby Costs etc $1295 S/H $600 foreign ground BUILDING IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME 4 Hra 2-2 hour videos constructing SIG KADET MKII trainer necessary details included construct wood aircraft Wing construction-radio installation-pushrods-balancing engine installation-fuel tank-covering film covering $3495 S/H $800 Foreign ground OTHER TITLES AEROBATICS AND GROUND SCHOOL 105 Mm BuILDING ARF 2 Hrs BUILDING WITH FIBERGLASS 2 Hrs $1995 5300 S/H $600 foreign ground rll NEW tapes now available PAL SECAM Please add $2500 additional per tape PAL SECAM Mail Checkor Money Order PLANE VIDEO PO BOX 23128 * *24 Hr Toll Free CLI yE IA 50325 call 1-800-383-8251 1-515-223-0897 3/94 IOWA RESIDENTS PLEASE ADD 5% SALES TAX 2
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/09
Page Numbers: 71, 72
RADIO CONTROL GIANTS RESEARCH IS THE MAGIC word months column Practically Giant Scale modeler has dream model wants build fly Modelers often frustrated lack appropriate drawings After exhaustive search plans model magazine ads writing experts might know appropriate drawings modelers end up against wall Given burning desire produce scale model obscure prototype alternative design yourself decision will lead wilds research nothing seems First will become collector three-views photographs youre doing conscientious job will acquire stacks magazines shelves loaded books Youll assemble rapidly thickening scrapbook photographs subject its various views color schemes Early youll become aware conflicts between various experts aircraft youve chosen duplicate Taken extreme youll have decide whos right whos wrong Second youll have take T-square drawing board hand suitable computer CAD program produce practical set full-size drawings task may eased number ways might have accurate set three-views enlarged photographically photocopier old standby opaque projector butcher-paper-on-the-wall technique Whichever way go youll end up set Giant Scale size outline drawings youll have fill supporting structure another way arrive same point producing building plans Back dark dim days model building several competent draftsmen produced some great rubber-powered Scale models John Pond John Pond Old Time Plan Service PO Box 90310 San Jose CA 95109-3310 offers thick catalogs full drawings appropriate enlargement theyre sized Giant dimensions techniques mentioned earlier get scale outlines also easily modified interior structure build may have improve scaleness enlarged drawings using research data thats much easier starting just set scale outlines Youll certainly use research data add external detail recommend use photos prototype rather three-views task Pictures dont lie line drawings often prove fanciful youre really lucky might find set old Free Flight Gas Scale drawings subject Theyll produce relatively large models perhaps ones requiring 2X enlargement generate Giant Scale model word caution both rubber gas Scale models designed stable usually means stabilizers increased area non-scale airfoils used ensure good flying characteristics Landing gear frequently extended accommodate longer-than-scale propellers again its easier rescale existing drawings doing scratch sometimes old designers would dash scale outlines drawings adventuresome However arrive set building plans dream Giant Scale model will good depth research Its truly case better Dont overlook humble plastic model source accurate scale research information minimum effort probability locating plastic kit dream model relatively high Researched professionals plastic kit instruction sheets fertile source truly accurate color markings information well obscure three-views point recently brought home built five-model series book published ViP Publishers Inc true surprise delight found photographs prototypes five models illustration package author provided along manuscript dream model obscure cant find plastic September 1994 71 Roy Vaillancourts big 136-inch-span Stinson L-5 Its Giant Scale beauty designed Zenoah G-62 power Bob Holman offering plans models Flying Fortress powered four 25s Jim Boxmeyer 86-inch-span swing-wing model built Tufflite yes wing swings flight Sleek model kit local hobby shop prime source may found Kit Collectors Clearinghouse magazine John W Burns 3213 Hardy Drive Edmond OK 73013 $15 year subscription/membership will open up host potential Giant Scale subjects have already produced plastic model form designer Cutting Edge aerobatic Giant-sized biplane pictured June 94 column has moved wish contact Brian Reed new address RD 3 Box 56 Franklin PA 16323 Wonder wonders still exists last months column noted Lewis Pancoast Spokane Washington designing Giant Scale version Keith-Rider R-4 Schoenfeldt Firecracker racer Lew found real warbird neatly ensconced National Air Race Museum Hall Fame Sparks Nevada Thats certainly going make job easier Although promised last month share Curvin Eisenharts sporty method producing cowl hinges press other business didnt give enough time duplicate instructions Curvin did phone suggest make friends machinist has milling machine steel template hinge-making process requires precise hunk metal best produced milling template can made less exotic machine work would take lot hand labor latest news Bob Holman has drawings 76-inch-span B-17 much greater interest fact plans quarter-scale model Benny Howards DGA-4 Mike pylon racer model light enough require 60 four-stroke Finally Bob has construction drawings Bristol Brownie model builtup construction spans 104 inches takes 90 four-stroke Brownie between-the-wars British two-cockpit lowwing light monoplane took up occupation duty Japan right after WW II first airplane checked out Stinson L-5 soloed after three landings immediately took off fly over Mt Fuji L-5s benign appearance belied aircraft surprising STOL performance flaps ailerons drooped regularly operated out 800-foot strip smack dab middle Yokohama Roy Vaillancourt has added h-scale version Sentinel line great Scale drawings L-5 spans 136 inches takes Zenoah G-62 power Roy offers drawings bunch accessories including fiberglass cowl formed landing gear kit strut covers blisters dummy exhaust stack Contact him Vailly Aviation 18 Oakdale Ave Farmingville NY 11738-2828 Roy also has -scale drawings same aircraft has epoxylglass surface backed up foam comes /8- 3A2- -inch thicknesses Theres new construction material aimed squarely Giant Scale hobby Its called Tufflite its sold Boxmeyer Composites PO Box 6165 Philadelphia PA 19115 can formed smoothest wings youve ever seen can hollow fully ribbed material can used skin foam cores piece comes sheets large 4 x 8 feet Its fully compatible CyA glues fact quick-setting glues recommended use material bit skill cunning can used build silky smooth fuselages well Company president Jim Boxmeyer has written particularly lucid instruction manual Getting Tufflite Flight details use product $20 Jim will send copy manual large sample Tufflite can try yourself Fascinating stuff Hope youre having great successful Giant Scale flying season PRJC&$17000 ALL KITS FEATURE BAND LAID FIBERGLASS FUSEL4GEPANEL LINES & SCALE DETA1LSPOAM CORE WINGS MACHINE CUT FORMERS & BULKHEADS SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALUf OR CALL HOBBY HANGAR 606-283-5746 FOR IMMEDUTE DELIVERY DEALER INQUIRIES WELCOME WEACCEPT VISA MAS7IZCARD & DISCOVER CARDE WE GLADLYSHIP COD SHIPPING & HANDLING $500 PER KIT COm7NENTAL USA OilIER AREAS CALL KEAITJCKYRFSIDENTh ADD 6% SALES TAX HOBBY HANGAR ISA FULL SERVICE HOBBY SHOP WITH OVER 11060 ITEMS IN STOCI CATALOGS AVAILABLE $400 EACH WIREBATE ON FIRST ORDER SPECIFY PLANEHELICOPTER OR CAR FhAR EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTOR FIBER SCALE MODELS LLOYD AVE KY 41042 606-283-5746 PHONE 606-282-4686 FAX ALSO AVAILABLE Focke WuIf 190 $18500 P-40 Warhawk $17000 P47 Thunderbolt $17000 Giant Scale Me-i 09 $37500 72 Model Aviation E~SNA 150Made LB USA SPECIFICATIONS WING SPAN 6S ENGINE SIZE45-60 2-5Th0KE WEIGHT-7-75 LBS ACCULAB ELECTRONIC DIGITAL SCALES Fourteen brand new high-tech models available weigh both grams ounces Graduations 2 ounces 001 grams Capacities 1/2 110 lbs have tare operate AC batteries Most include AC adaptor Ten models under $300 under $100 Send #10 SASE details MCNisa Champion Model Products 880 Carmen Ct La Verne CA 91750 909 599-3348 AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION VIDEOS PLANE v00et,$OYOU BUILD H RJHTI PLANE VIDEO WORLD LEADER IN RC AIRPLANE CONSTRUCTION VIDEOS BRINGS YOU LIBRARY OF VIDEOS WITH EASY TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS BUILDING WITH FOAM 2 Hrs details concerning dihedral bracing covering awing balsa glassing priming painting spray cans covered $1995 S/H $600 foreign ground FLYING HIGH WITH RC 40 Mm Want to get RC Airplanes can show ins outs getting hobby Costs etc $1295 S/H $600 foreign ground BUILDING IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME 4 Hra 2-2 hour videos constructing SIG KADET MKII trainer necessary details included construct wood aircraft Wing construction-radio installation-pushrods-balancing engine installation-fuel tank-covering film covering $3495 S/H $800 Foreign ground OTHER TITLES AEROBATICS AND GROUND SCHOOL 105 Mm BuILDING ARF 2 Hrs BUILDING WITH FIBERGLASS 2 Hrs $1995 5300 S/H $600 foreign ground rll NEW tapes now available PAL SECAM Please add $2500 additional per tape PAL SECAM Mail Checkor Money Order PLANE VIDEO PO BOX 23128 * *24 Hr Toll Free CLI yE IA 50325 call 1-800-383-8251 1-515-223-0897 3/94 IOWA RESIDENTS PLEASE ADD 5% SALES TAX 2