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Title: August 1955 FM
Post by: Ty Marcucci on August 25, 2012, 03:02:06 PM
My other favorite. I built the model in the uper right corner.
Title: Re: August 1955 FM
Post by: Bill Little on August 25, 2012, 05:37:50 PM
HI Chief,

I had always thought the Sleekster was a neat looking model.  But, after hearing your report on it I have decided against it! ;D

BIG Bear
RNMM/AMM
Title: Re: August 1955 FM
Post by: Trostle on August 26, 2012, 12:52:40 AM
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And of course there was my first love, "Bunny".  H^^ LL~ LL~ LL~

Bunny was Tailskid's sister.
Title: Re: August 1955 FM
Post by: EddyR on August 26, 2012, 07:11:14 AM
Keith How do you remember all this trivia y1
Ed
Title: Re: August 1955 FM
Post by: Trostle on August 26, 2012, 03:23:20 PM
Bunny was Tailskid's sister.

That issue of Flying Models was 55 years ago.  I wonder what Bunny looks like now.

Keith
Title: Re: August 1955 FM
Post by: Trostle on August 26, 2012, 03:31:32 PM
Keith How do you remember all this trivia y1
Ed

Over the years, rather than save magazines, I have copied material that interested me and filed that away in 3-ring binders under various subjects.  I have 10 shelves, 30" wide, filled with these binders.  Sometimes, I can remember something that might be in one of them.

Keith
Title: Re: August 1955 FM
Post by: Trostle on August 27, 2012, 09:25:12 AM
Keith:

Bunny looks exactly the same today as she did then... she's a cartoon! None of our cartoon heroes ever age; why would our cartoon sweethearts?

Bob Hunt

Bob,

Oh my goodness.  I knew there must be a reason why I have always liked her.  Thank you so much for explaining it to me.

Keith
Title: Re: August 1955 FM
Post by: Mike Keville on August 27, 2012, 09:12:28 PM
Fixit, Tailskid and Bunny -- especially Bunny -- were a prime reason for buying or subscribing to FM back in the '50s.  Wish someone would draw that feature again!
Title: Re: August 1955 FM
Post by: john e. holliday on August 28, 2012, 10:41:51 AM
For a kid of 13 at the time she was a looker, but too old for me.   I think it was Annette that caught my eye before I got hung up on control line models. 
Title: Re: August 1955 FM
Post by: Jim Kraft on August 28, 2012, 03:55:16 PM
I too am guilty of reading my old model magazines. Some of the old ones seem to hold more excitement for me than the new ones. I don't know what it is, but that old paper and the content just does something for me that the new ones don't have. When I was in high school in the 50's, we had Air Trails in the library. It is no wonder my grades suffered as I was always reading them in study hall instead of doing my required lessons. I did do OK in shop though since I could make parts for my engines there. History suffered along with civics and other subjects. I seemed to think that model airplanes, cars, motorcycles, and girls, were more important. Go figure.