Control Line: Scale
MORE POPULARITY! In my March 1983 column I wrote about the use of Profile Scale models as a means of introducing Juniors to the world of Scale modeling. The basis for that article was a letter from Rueben Macbride of Clifton, NJ, who is a member of the Garden State Circle Burners club. This month's column will also deal with the subject of profiles in Scale and originates, once again, from a member of the Garden State club: George Gaydos of Elmwood Park, NJ, who is one of the better-known Scale modelers in the New York/New Jersey/Pennsylvania area.
Control Line: Scale
DURING the past few months, there have been items in the various MA columns concerned with the reproduction of placards, logos, insignias, and various sizes of lettering for application to our Scale model aircraft. In the April issue of Model Aviation, a feature article by Luther Hux detailed a silk-screening process that can be used for making the difficult-to-find and odd-sized insignias and lettering. Gene Hooker (Columbus, OH), who has been making and providing special insignia and logo decals for plastic Scale modelers for the past few years, also uses a silk-screening process to make his product. Gene wrote to me about the process he uses and thought that others might be interested because of the differences between his method and that of the one described in Hux's article.
Control Line: Scale
SHOWTIME-While this column is scheduled for publication in the June 1984 issue of MA, it is being written in the month of February. This is a time of the year here in the Northeast when the Westchester Radio Aeromodelers, Inc. (WRAMS) hold their 16th Annual Radio Control Show at the Westchester County Center, White Plains, NY. This show, as well as many others held around the country and advertised as RC shows, do not generally include the promotion of Control Line (or other) aeromodeling categories. However, this should not in any way stop the CL (or other) modelers from attending!
Control Line: Scale
ROTARY switch operation: From time to time, there is a need in our Scale models to perform a series of operations/functions that are not too easily accomplished by mechanical means, such as bellcranks. One method of performing a series of operations is via a rotary-switch system that can be made by the average Scale builder. The system can be used for turning lights off and on, actuating landing gear mechanisms, bomb bay doors, and just about any other item your imagination will allow. The system described below was used to turn landing and running lights on and off and to open and close bomb bay doors.
Control Line: Scale
ONE of the most pleasing sights with respect to our model airplanes is, upon takeoff, to see the landing gear retract as the model climbs for altitude. Then, after a flight, to see the gear extend while the plane is on its final approach toward touchdown. At one time, gear retraction was employed by only the most adventurous of modelers, but today, with all the various ready-made and reliable systems, the gear-retraction feature has become commonplace. There is, however, one part of the retract operation which can be really troublesome-that is the closing of the wheel well doors, if employed on the model you have chosen. Such is the case of Charles Hanson (Zion, IL) who has chosen the Top Flite P-39 Airacobra and is installing retracts for the first time.
