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General control line discussion => Classifieds => Topic started by: Tom_Fluker on August 01, 2022, 11:11:23 AM
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I'm looking for a old Sig Bearcat kit (the small one with a wing span of ~26"). Hoping some kit collector may have one hidden away somewhere. These haven't been produced in a long, long time.
Thanks,
Tom
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Keep your eye out for the Berkeley kit. SIG took the Berkeley line over and repackaged the Bearcat and the Thunderbolt plus a few others after Berkeley closed up. They do show up on eBay but others are looking also.
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee
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Hi Tom,
Like Dan just explained, the Sig Bearcat kit started out as a Berkeley kit. I have a disk with most if not all of the Berkeley kit plans. Evidently, it is too large to attach to this message.
I might be able to send you that pdf on a thumb drive if you are interested.
I am pretty sure you would be able to build a model from these plans. The fuselage formers are shown, your should be able to reproduce the ribs, the fuselage is planked, the rest is fairly routine.
Keith
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It was also kitted briefly by FOX. Duke Fox bought Berkeley and then sold the line to SIG.
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It was also kitted briefly by FOX. Duke Fox bought Berkeley and then sold the line to SIG.
I know I have heard that through the years, but I think that Fox owned it for such a short period of time, that they really never did "produce" anything. I believe it was merely a matter of months. I think Duke may have realized that be bit off more than he could chew, and when he had a chance, he sold the Berkeley line to SIG. I have been around this hobby and collecting stiff for a LONG LONG time and have never seen anything related to the Berkeley kits with a Fox title block or label on it. SIG didn't even put out the entire Berkeley line. The Bearcat and Thunderbolt were two of the most popular and I have been looking for a Thunderbolt for a long time. Finally found a Berkeley kit but would like a SIG kit just because. The only Fox kit I have ever been able to buy is a stunt kit called the Stunt Runt, a smallish model that oddly enough for it's time came with a 4" bell crank!
Type at you later,
Dan McEntee