Rebel Revisited
IN THE EARLY days of Citizens Band Radio, RC kit manufacturers began to tool up for what became the largest market aeromodeling has ever known. One of the first was Harold "Pappy" deBolt of deBolt Model Engineering Company in Williamsville, N.Y. (near Buffalo) who had a solid background in Control Line with a real stable of outstanding CL kits. DeBolt's first was the "Live Wire" Trainer, a bulky box designed primarily to hold the heavy batteries and 465-mega-cycle equipment of early days. It was somewhat heavy itself, and contained a lot of balsa which Hal strove to reduce in the Rebel.
Powder and Paint
A LITTLE powder and a little paint make a gal what she ain't. . . ." Especially, if she's a fine kit design customized to look like a more exciting real bird. If you want a good flying, nice looking sport airplane, build a well-designed kit carefully, paint it attractively, and enjoy a great sport flyer. I like just a little more from my sport models and anyone who says he doesn't love it when his peers gather 'round his new model at the flying field with admiring oohs and aahs, is fooling only himself. It's great to have fellow modelers compliment your workmanship and resourcefulness
