Control Line: Scale
ONE OF THIS MONTH'S PHOTOS shows a Ju.87 Stuka by Leonard Good of Langley, Washington. This great-looking CL model is a reworked Guillow kit. It has a 34-inch wingspan, is covered with Mica-Lite, and is painted with auto primer and dope colors. Power for the model is an .09 British KeilKraft Kingcat diesel and a Graupner nylon propeller. A curved exhaust pipe is supplied with the engine and is said to act like a muffler. The model is controlled with a two-line system and flies realistically. Leonard noted that one of the things he has done to provide additional strength when converting this type of model to CL is to rework the plastic parts that come with the kit. There is a five-step process for improving the parts-or rather, using the plastic parts as molds for making new, more durable parts-using fiberglass cloth and 30-minute epoxy.
Control Line: Scale
The strange and unusual-looking unpainted P-51C in one of this month's photos is the work of Norman Skuderin of Cleveland, Ohio. This unique version of the Mustang was flown in the 1949 Cleveland Air Races. According to Norman, the plane was owned by that well-known aviatrix Jacqueline Cochran and flown in the 1949 air races by Bill Odom.
Control Line: Scale
ARE THERE YOUTHS in CL Scale? Very few. When I was told that this issue was to be dedicated to young modelers and beginners, I sent a questionnaire to most of this column's clubs and individual contributors asking about youth activity in their areas. The response was fairly good, and the following is based on ideas and information from respondents. The majority indicated there was little-if any-youth activity in CL Scale across the country. Consequently, no photos of current youth activity were submitted. A review of past submissions and contest coverage produced the photos for this month's column.
Control Line: Scale
IN LAST MONTH'S COLUMN I addressed the lack of participation by youth (or true beginners) in CL Scale, and some possible reasons for the same. One reason explored was that the complexity of the rules was thought to be high for possible Junior participants or beginners. To understand what it takes to get started in CL Scale, and perhaps give the beginner more confidence to try Scale modeling, I will devote a portion of the next few columns to the subject. Most of what I'll be presenting will be based on a series of articles found in Ed Hagerlin's "Scale Views" column in Hangar Talk, newsletter of the Cholla Choppers MAC.
Control Line Scale
GETTING STARTED IN SCALE was a subject explored in last month's column, and as noted then, we will try to cover in more detail the Competition Regulations, model selection, documentation, static and flight judging, and so on. This month I will cover the various sets of CL Scale rules and the relationship they have to one another. There are three CL Scale events: Precision, Sport, and Profile. Flying Scale (now Precision) was the only CL Scale event until 1973, when Sport Scale was introduced. Profile was added to the Competition Regulations as a Supplemental event in 1992, because of its popularity around the country. While we have only three events, there are several sections of rules that govern the events. They are General Information-All Categories; Control Line General; Scale General; and Unified Scale Judging Regulations. How do these additional rules categories relate to our three events?
