Control Line: Scale
Miniature placards. In the April issue of Model Aviation, I mentioned that I was having some information placards reduced and printed on aluminum plate. After receiving the work back from the Dudycha Group, 6969 Grover Street, Omaha, NE 68106. I determined this was a very feasible company to do the work. You need black and white art work, and you must give the exact dimensions the actual finished item needs to be. They can reduce it any size (percentage) you desire.
Control Line: Scale
TECHNIQUES. This month I would like to delve deeper into some of the materials that are used by Scale modelers (as well as other modelers) to build their aircraft. Over the years, I have discovered many different products in other industries that we can use to great advantage in model building. When epoxies come on the scene years ago, we all wondered how we got along without them. There are various types of epoxies used, and we are only familiar with a few. The normal epoxies we think of are two-part mixes-equal parts or sometimes two-to-one mixtures. They are very strong. Some are brittle and some are flexible. Care should be taken when using epoxies; they can contaminate skin and eyes.
Control Line: Scale
1982 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. I have just been informed that John Preston of Falls Church, VA has accepted the position of U.S. CL Scale team manager. Having known John for a few years, I find him to be a tremendous asset to the CL Scale Team; he should be able to take care of the tremendous amount of paperwork in getting us to Russia and home again, since he lives in the Washington, D.C. area and has the ready ability to be in personal contact with the AMA and the State Department. It was difficult to find someone to fill in as team manager due to the reduced amount of interest in CL Scale flying in recent years. Hopefully, with the World Championships being held again, this may interest other fliers in the future.
Control Line: Scale
NOW THAT THE NATS have been determined to be in Lincoln, NE in 1982, there are some very interesting facts I would like to put out to all interested readers. Contrary to popular belief as to motel or restaurant accommodations in Lincoln, according to the 1981 Lincoln Telegraph phone book, there are exactly 222 restaurants listed in the city. There are 38 motels listed with a number of rooms available. When the Nats was in Lincoln in 1979, the "energy crisis" seemed to deter a number of people from attending. It is an absolutely outstanding flying site, and additional Control Line practice circles will be available in 1982. It should be a fantastic Nats this year.
Control Line: Scale
I WOULD like to take the opportunity to dedicate this column to Ed Herbert, who passed away several years ago. When I started my modeling career in 1947, I enjoyed tremendously model airplanes that looked like airplanes; and I built many rubber-powered Scale models, both military and civilian. When I met Ed Herbert in 1956, he gave his time and provided transportation so that I could progress with enthusiasm in this hobby. Although I only knew Ed three years, the time he gave me will never be forgotten. With the passing of Glen Sigafoose, Mike Gretz's time has been totally consumed by the pressures of work (Mike is a Sig employee), and it is this lack of time which caused Mike to feel that it was necessary to pass on the duties of this column to someone else.
