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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Dick Pacini on December 19, 2012, 06:58:39 PM
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Back when I was a very young teenager, I used to take the plans out of magazines, usually just one page, and cut small balsa scraps into parts to build a tiny model of whatever the plan was. I still remember a little Waco Cabin that I built and the wingspan was about 4 inches. I covered it with toilet tissue and painted it white. As small as the parts are, it doesn't take long to cut one out. Can make a good rainy day project while you are waiting for the dope to gas off on your champion stunter.
You can cheat a little and make wings out of sheet instead of fooling with tiny ribs. Lots of room for ingenuity.
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Go just a bit larger and you can build a Peanut Scale or Walnut Scale model from some of those magazine plans. They're loads of fun.
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One of my friends is building a small cub that he printed off plans for. He created his own "lost-foam" wing with just the leading edge being made of foam and the rest made of wood. not the same idea as Bob Hunt's but he's making do with what he has and it's very clever.
When I head back to campus next semester, I'm gonna get myself a couple of Guillows models and build those. Might also draw something up and build that as well for static display.
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I word to the wise on those guillows kits, basically take all the balsa thats in the kit and use it for templates.
It's horrible stuff generally, heavy and brittle.
A nice few sheets of good contest stock will halve the weight of the model.
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Embry Riddle University, (the aeronautics college), in Prescott, AZ has on display in the library a collection of hundreds--if not in the thousands--of these micro models built by one man from scrap wood over many years. Wing spans vary from 1 inch to maybe 4 inches; they are all to the same scale. Each one is a scale replica and is painted to match a specific version of the aircraft. Included are some models of rockets and rotary-wing craft too. Each one has a leetle card describing the model. Some are crude, but most are very well done considering the size. I highly recommend a visit.
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Embry Riddle University, (the aeronautics college), in Prescott, AZ has on display in the library a collection of hundreds--if not in the thousands--of these micro models built by one man from scrap wood over many years. Wing spans vary from 1 inch to maybe 4 inches; they are all to the same scale. Each one is a scale replica and is painted to match a specific version of the aircraft. Included are some models of rockets and rotary-wing craft too. Each one has a leetle card describing the model. Some are crude, but most are very well done considering the size. I highly recommend a visit.
I am familiar with E/R. My oldest son went there and now his son is attending. I like the Prescott area. I have a daughter who lives with her family in New River.