Comet Models

[Al Ferraro]

 These guys made some serious $$$


Al

[Tony Drago]

Cool video.

[Larry Fernandez]

These guys made some serious $$$


Al

I sure enjoyed that video!
I wish I was a kid back then. Thanks for posting this.

Larry, Buttafucco Stunt Team

[EddyR]

I have seen this a few times before and did not comment. This time I will. Comet kits were a box of almost nothing . Maybe two  sheets of rock hard balsa with printed formers and a sheet of stripped 1/16 balance to cut up for stringers. Goldberg,s Zipper was a good design but a poor kit. In the 1940’s  I built a lot of those Comet kits before going to 1/2A models. Some were only $.25. Glue was $.05. Good old days ? Maybe.
Ed

[john e. holliday]

Good video of the time.   In the late 40s and early 50's the local drug store on State Avenue KCK had all the Comet kits.  The 10 cent kits was all I could afford, actually all Mom and Dad could afford.   Surprised I didn't cut my self up more with the used single edge razer blades Dad used.  I think I built one each of the 10 cent kits and was getting ready for the 25 cent kits when we moved to our first farm.

[Scott Richlen]

Take a look at Paul and Ralph Bradley's website.  They took both the Comet P-51 and the F6F and cadded the plans (making appropriate corrections, such as straight stringer runs.)  Plan files are free and you can even down-load a 3-D file for the F6F 3-blade prop.  Good stuff!

[dennis lipsett]

I have seen this a few times before and did not comment. This time I will. Comet kits were a box of almost nothing . Maybe two  sheets of rock hard balsa with printed formers and a sheet of stripped 1/16 balance to cut up for stringers. Goldberg,s Zipper was a good design but a poor kit. In the 1940’s  I built a lot of those Comet kits before going to 1/2A models. Some were only $.25. Glue was $.05. Good old days ? Maybe.
Ed

I learned really early in life to never cut the stringer slots as they would never line up and you would have a mess. My brother made a sanding stick the correct width of the stringer and I sanded each one in the proper position to have true running stringers on the model. They always looked much better then my contemporaries models. I think that is what the long time builders of rubber models still do.
Dennis