Control Line: Scale
IMPROVE THE APPEARANCE of your profile scale model. George Gaydos of the Garden State Circle Burners, a long-time promoter of the Profile Scale event, is also an innovator when it comes to improving the appearance of a Profile Scale model. Gaydos says that the two worst-looking features of a profile model are the way the engine is mounted and the way the pushrods are generally run or mounted on the outside of the fuselage. The Profile Scale rules allow the use of a one-inch-thick fuselage (and/or engine nacelles on a multiengine model), and Gaydos suggests we use this thickness to improve the model's appearance. His first suggestion is to center the engine in the fuselage or nacelle; second, take advantage of the one-inch thickness to hide the pushrods. This construction method was used by Gaydos on his profile B-26, featured here previously.
Control Line: Scale
GREAT is the only way to describe the response to the offer in my February '93 column of copies of Bill Reynolds's Mini-Guide to Remote Control of Control Line Scale Models. In less than two weeks of the column's appearance I had more than two dozen requests for the guide. One surprising thing about these requests is that more than one-third of them came from RC modelers now interested in Control Line Scale. Is Control Line Scale making a comeback? Could it be that electronic systems (converted radios or specially made encoder/decoder systems) will be the vehicle to boost interest in Control Line Scale activities? I certainly hope so.
Control Line: Scale
WRAM SHOW '93 was a great spectacle. Modelers and visitors swarmed through the Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York, like an army of ants over a sand dune covered with molasses. The show took place on Saturday and Sunday, February 27-28, 1993. For the entire two-day period of the show, exhibitors were busy answering questions about their products, giving advice, taking orders, or otherwise entertaining the multitude of visitors. Visitors were still parking their cars and coming into the show after 3 p.m. on Sunday; the show's normal closing time was 5 p.m.
Control Line Scale
COMPATIBILITY of finishing materials can often be a problem. There are times when we wonder what type of undercoat or finish is compatible with another. The accompanying table shows the compatibility of some of the finishing materials we most frequently use on our models. This table was found in The Probable Cause, newsletter of the Rocky Mountain Aeromodelers. I could not find a credit as to who might have put the data together, so to whomever took on the task, thanks for a job well done.
Control Line: Scale
LOZENGE PATTERN reproduction made easier: Mike Welshans of Ferndale, Michigan, says that everyone has some weaknesses; one of his happens to be WW I aircraft, with German types topping the list. He is drawn to these machines at least partially because they are so colorful and eye-catching. However, a major drawback in building some of these aircraft is the difficulty in matching the documentation, especially if the model requires a lozenge camouflage pattern. Much has been written about reproducing the four- and five-color printed fabrics used by the German aircraft industry on many WW I aircraft.
