How many planes have you built?

[Matt Colan]

How many Control-line planes have you built that you can consciencely remember?

I've built an Ares, a Smoothie, an ARF smoothie, a profile Fw-190, and I'm now building an Oriental Plus and a Cobra.  That's a total of 6, and I'm 99.9999% positive a lot of you have built more 

[Wynn Robins]

since I started in 2003 - in no particular order....

Fancy Pants
Tomohawk
Buster
38 Special
Cardinal
Pizzaz
Kotuku
Legacy
Vector 40
Vector 40 2
Vector 40 3
Vector 40 4
T-38 Talon
Magnum
Nobler
Banshee
Bi-Slob 1
Bi SLob 2
ARF Bi-slob
ARF Oriental
Thunderbolt
Accentor
1/2a Pathfinder
Dreadnought
Spitrfire
Mosquito
Strega
Pinto
Flite Streak
B-25 (still under construction)

[Randy Powell]

Oh man, don't ask questions like that. I shudder to think of how many I have built, crashed and given away. Not counting planes built when I was a teenager, since coming back to stunt in the early 80s, I've built at least 40 planes.

5 or 6 classics, 4 or 5 PA planes of other's designs and the rest my own mistakes. I can say that I've only built 4 kits in the last 30 odd years. The rest are scratch built.

Lotta planes under the bridge or over the dam or whatever. A lot.

[Dwayne]

To many to remember, 50+ easy

[Clancy Arnold]

Matt
The models I remember building or having are:

Free Flight
Cabin model converted to CL - Bunch 35
Kiwi - Cox 049
My design - McCoy 60 ignition

Radio Control
Esquire - 15
Aileron Trainer – 35

Speed
Fling - Dooling 29
Fling - McCoy 60

Rat Racer
Royal Rodant - K&B 35

Combat
T-Square - K&B 35
Berkley Lancer - K&B 35

Stunt
Veco Warrior - McCoy 29
Veco Chief - Fox 35
Veco Smoothie - Veco 35
Nobler – Fox 35
Sig Banshee(ks) – Fox 35 (Mr. Ugly)
My design P-38 Stunter – (2) Fox 35 counter rotating engines
My design Fiberglass covered stunter W/Retracts - OS 46 RC
Sig SkyRay – Fox 35
Barnstormer – Fox 35
My design Suit Case (take apart) Stunter – Fox 35

1/2 A and Smaller Stunters
1/2 A stunter (do not remember name) – Cub .045 on skis
Baby Barnstormer – Cox .049
Baby Barnstormer – Cox .020
Baby Barnstormer – Cox .010
Junior All American - Cox .049
Ringmaster 46 Bipe – Cox .020

CL Trainers
1/2 A Trainer - WenMac .049
Ringmaster Trainer – Blue Bird 25 RC

Navy Carrier
King Fisher – ST 35C
Sig SkyRay 35 – Enya 40

Scale
Sig Cessna 150 RC Converted to CL Profile Scale - ST 60
My design P-38 Sport Scale - (2) ST 35C
C-7A Caribou FAI Scale – (2) HB 40
F/A-18A Sport Scale - (2) OS 46 DF
Dewoitine D-520 Profile Scale – ST-35C
Ansaldo SVA-5 – Cox .049

I know there were others, just can not remember all of them over 64 years of modeling.

Clancy

[Paul Taylor]

The wife says I have 1 too many. And I gave two away within the past month or so.


 Maybe I should build one more...

[M Spencer]

Pre 76 was 105 . 36 were combat.

[Dale Barry]

I had them all written down before the fire, but it's over 200 now and all CL. Add about 25 more if quick builds count.

[Bill Little]

I am pretty sure I haven't built as many as Dale.

But I will have to think about just how many........... (and about 8-10 that need to be finished even now!)

Mongo

[bob werle]

Too many to count from 1956 to 1980 but sinc my return in 2007 it has been;
Burp    1/2a mouse profile
Falocn Hunter  1/2a profile
Blackhaw  Stunt King
1/2a profile All American
!/2a stubt Dragonfire
Flying Clown
Ringmaster Jr.
Orignal .09 trainer
.29 profile Stunt Wind
!/2a combat Li'lat1/2a stunt Whitr Lightning
SO FAR

[Mike Keville]

Since 1947?  Son, you've GOT to be kidding!

[W.D. Roland]

Man thats a hard question!
combat fliers eat airplanes.
Gave away 2 pick up truck loads years ago.
Here are some pictures from a couple years ago, there is more now.
Some of the smaller ones are in boxes on shelves.
They wont get my hobbies until they pry them from my cold dead hands.

I think it is some kind of weird disease.

[Chuck Feldman]

   This does look like a fun thread so here goes.

I have never built a bi=slob 

Ty Marcucci has in my opinion built more models than anyone else.      no offense Ty

[Randy Powell]

I was just talking stunt planes. If we count other stuff, the number gets pretty high. 

[Richard Grogan]

Oh my. That's a really difficult question...I need memory pills.I'm guessing 30-40 CL planes?

(Edit for clarification) plastics, rubber ff and RC models are too numerous to mention a count for.ARFs shouldnt be included here...period!

[Garf]

I don't even want to think about it.

[Marvin Denny]

Since 1947?  Son, you've GOT to be kidding!

  Amen to that Mike Lessee since 1936!!1   Probably in the thousands
   Bigiron

[Matt Colan]

Let's see if you want me to include RC planes and Plastic Models (hey they count as planes), here would be my list.

Plastic Models:

F-14 Tomcat
Airbus A380
1903 Wright Flier
P-51 Mustang
B-17G
F8F Bearcat
P-38 Glacier Girl

Would you believe it, sitting here at the computer I can't remember all the plastic models I've built.

RC planes:

Spacewalker
Some type of trainer that I don't remember the name of.

CL planes:

Smoothie ARF
Fw-190 Profile
Smoothie ARC
Ares
Oriental Plus
Cobra.

That is a total of...15 planes, almost nothing compared to you guys.

[john e. holliday]

Boy they do come up with some questions.  I can't remember how old I was when I started building the 10 cent Comet planes.  Won't count the many ready to fly rubber power.  Then I got an engine for Christmas.  First plane the A-J Aircraft Firebaby then the Scientific Sport Racer.  Couldn't afford much as a kid.  Worked picking apples and pears for a year or two, then two years working a riding stables with horses.  At one time we had 56 riders to take out on the trail.  So I really didn't keep track of what I built.  But, at one time I did have 50+ planes ready to fly, counting the Twiddle stick planes.  Right now I am putting new nose on the Arctic Fox.  Have two that have not been flown yet and working on four more planes that were scratch builds using two kits for patterns.  Back to covering.  DOC Holliday

[Randy Powell]

Matt,

You can't remember them all and you're just a kid. Think of how hard it is for us old guys. Man, If I started including all the models of all types I've built and my one remaining brain cell would explode.

[Jim Kraft]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here is a few of my more recent ones, along with a few that are over 30 years old. I have sold quite a few, but still have a few to many. Planning on building a couple of new ones this winter though.

[Mike Keville]

Oh...just kits?  Not counting Free Flights or plan-builts?  Well, let's see (not in any particular order).....

Berkeley Mini Zilch
Berkeley Wee Duper Zilch
Sterling Ringmaster (too many to count)
Sterling Yak-9 (4)
Sterling Mustang (3)
Sterling Ringmaster Jr. (2)
Sterling Waco
Sterling SE-5
PDQ Super Clown (2)
PDQ Flying Clown (3)
CLC Super Clown (great reproduction!)
CLC Galaxy (Guillow repro')
Veco Squaw (original)
Veco Chief (original)
Veco Brave (original)
Veco Warrior (original)
Veco Smoothie (2)
Guillow Barnstormer (Original) (2)
Umland's kit, Super Duper Zilch
Scientific C-180, Cub .049
Scientific Staggerwing, Cub .074
Scientific C-170, Cub .074
Scientific profile P-63, Cub .099
Sterling Spitfire
Berkeley Guardian
Midwest Magician
Midwest ME-109 profile
Midwest P-63
M&P (Dick Mathis) Stiletto
Sig Twister (photo attached)
Sig Mustang

[minnesotamodeler]

Hundreds...literally.  I have about 40 or more hanging around right now, in my shop and mothballed out in the garage.  Occasionally I throw away a few of the more beat up ones.

I never used to have this problem, until my flying skills improved enough that I wasn't crashing constantly. I kept building at the same habituated rate, but they quit breaking...

I don't feel "right" unless I have a new build going on.

[Matt Colan]

Matt,

You can't remember them all and you're just a kid. Think of how hard it is for us old guys. Man, If I started including all the models of all types I've built and my one remaining brain cell would explode.

Randy,

About half of them were put away for storage, and I haven't seen them for a while.  Oh I just remembered another one, an Su-27 post including everything I've built is going to be edited.  I do know how many plastic model kits I do have left, which is not very many, and the one airplane kit I got is a Corsair.

And I've got a not even half built fuselage of a Guillows P-51 which is why I didn't count it.

[jim welch]

Lets see (14) since january...The ground jumped up and claimed 3...figure 9 got one,2 destroyed by fire (bic lighter),gave 2 away to a friend.15 and 16 on the jig now and 17 coming from Brodak...Oh yeah one of the 14 I stomped right before i built the jig...childish but most gratifying and my dog drug it around for 2 days until she realized balsa tasted good...that was definately a mistake in the long view because I can't let her in the workshop now...LOL....Jim

[Clancy Arnold]

Question for David Roland.
Is that number 33 your chase vehicle for FF models?  LOL
Clancy

[Clayton Berry]

Just one.

Why would you need any more?