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Offline david beazley

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Barn find
« on: April 29, 2017, 09:51:32 PM »
This P-38 showed up at our field today. The guy who dropped it off is an RC flyer and knew we have a circle and fly some CL. it is apparently a kit as part numbers can be seen on the wing ribs. The pod and booms appear to be solid and not profile and it has a couple of Baby Bee's. It is kind of heavy so I don't think it's aerobatic, but has a very high cool factor. Anyone recognize who made the kit?
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Offline Chancey Chorney

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Re: Barn find
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2017, 12:00:27 AM »
Sorry I cannot help you, but I would like a barn like that near me....
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Re: Barn find
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2017, 05:53:31 AM »
Didn't Sterling make a P-38 kit?
You say it's heavy, that also points to Sterling.
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Re: Barn find
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2017, 08:43:16 AM »
Quote from: Jim Mynes on April 30, 2017, 05:53:31 AM
Didn't Sterling make a P-38 kit?
You say it's heavy, that also points to Sterling.


Yes, It is a Sterling 1/2A P-38. The Baby Bees were too heavy for the model and it flew like a log. Mine flew reasonably well on 2 Atwood shrikes.
The unbuilt kits are quite rare it seems and always command a princely sum.

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Offline Mike LeGate

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Re: Barn find
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2017, 02:16:24 PM »
Looks like a built up wing. Wasn't the little Sterling a flat sheet?
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Offline dennis lipsett

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Re: Barn find
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2017, 06:21:51 PM »
Quote from: Mike LeGate on April 30, 2017, 02:16:24 PM
Looks like a built up wing. Wasn't the little Sterling a flat sheet?

No, it wasn't. It was a 24 inch built up wing.

Dennis
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Re: Barn find
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2017, 06:51:41 PM »

 My first thought was Sterling too, but, if it is a Sterling then whoever built it redid the fuselage pod and booms. As supplied the Sterling kit had 1/4" (or 3/8"?) flat sheet for those sections. This model displays much thicker and more contoured sections in those areas than sanding the stock parts would allow. Really nicely done and neat old model though, I'd love to get my hands on it and restore it.
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Offline david beazley

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Re: Barn find
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2017, 07:03:50 PM »
Quote from: wwwarbird on April 30, 2017, 06:51:41 PM
My first thought was Sterling too, but, if it is a Sterling then whoever built it redid the fuselage pod and booms. As supplied the Sterling kit had 1/4" (or 3/8"?) flat sheet for those sections. This model displays much thicker and more contoured sections in those areas than sanding the stock parts would allow. Really nicely done and neat old model though, I'd love to get my hands on it and restore it.
That's kind of what I thought. I had a Sterling kit and it was profile with a built up wing. The booms are almost round and the pod id oval. They feel solid.  My flying buddy Charlie (orange shirt) is all about restoring it. Whoever made it did a nice job. It deserves restoration.
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Offline john e. holliday

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Re: Barn find
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2017, 07:25:36 PM »
Hope you guys do restore it and get it flying.  Make sure you check glue joints.
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Re: Barn find
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2017, 01:05:05 PM »
Nice model,
It's a Sterling model, wing and especially the stab show that.
When I built kits way back when I used to modify them to look better, different, etc. All the big kids modded  their kits, I just followed suit. Not that out of the ordinary.
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