Two truths of modeling

[Michael Brooks]

1.) Stirling kits ARE as bad as you remember.  

2.) Never, ever turn to face the fan in the shop when sanding.  


Mike

[FLOYD CARTER]

What fan?  In this part of the world, it never gets hot enough for people to think about fans.  Now heaters.  That's another story.

Floyd in OR

Oregon state motto:  "Visit Oregon.  Follow the cloud."

[Tim Wescott]

What fan?  In this part of the world, it never gets hot enough for people to think about fans.  Now heaters.  That's another story.

Floyd in OR

Oregon state motto:  "Visit Oregon.  Follow the cloud."

Willamette Valley Chauvinist!  Go east of the Cascades and say that!

A woman from Phoenix was in Portland Oregon on business.  She was getting very impatient with the rain.  One day as she was stepping out of her hotel, huddling under her umbrella*, she noticed a small child playing on the sidewalk.  She walked up to him and asked "when does this rain ever stop!".

The kid looked at her with an incredulous expression and said "Lady, I'm only six!  How should I know?!?"

* People in Portland know what umbrellas are because foreigners use them.

[wwwarbird]

 Yep, they sure are. I've got a couple cool old Sterling kits on the shelf that I'd really like to build, but I'm too spoiled to touch them anymore. By todays standards it would actually be much easier to just scratchbuild them. I keep hoping that some of the laser cutters will look at the entire Sterling line, especially the different Corsairs and the Stearman. I've got the checkbook ready...

[Paul Taylor]

What are you sanding on Mike?
Or do we call you Sneezy.

[Michael Brooks]

I'll let you and Zuriel in on this when I get a bit more done. The plane is nothing special but my motivation is.


Mike

[George]

Anyone who complains about a Sterling kit has never built a Berkeley!     

George

[W.D. Roland]

3- Guillows(rubber)........Sterling...........Sig Craftsman series.
Not necessarily in that order.

3- Ground is harder than airplane head is harder than ground.

2- What goes up must come down.

2- what goes around comes back.

Have you ever thought about standing on top of a 70ft pole and flying C/L?

Figure "9" would need development.
How would one go about landing?

Watch out for that pole!

[john e. holliday]

To us with the di-crunch they were the greatest at that period of time.  Laser has us spoiled now.

[Bill Heher]

I'm with Doc, after cutting printwood parts from Comet rubber kits the Sterling die-cut stuff was a pleasure. A few passes on the back side with some sandpaper, and push most of the pieces out. Sometimes ya had to help with a razor blade, but even then in about an hour you could have most of the parts laid out in front of you. 

Heck you could ride your bike to the Hobby Shop, buy a Ringmaster or P-51 / Yak-9 and a tube of Ambroid, ride home and have a framed up wing drying on the board while you sanded the fuse / tail feathers before bedtime!

Way better than aching, lacerated fingers from trying to follow the outline of the printwood to cut out parts with a taped up 1/2 of a Gillette safety razor blade!

I will have to say that I think the Carl Goldberg kits seemed to have better die-cutting, and engineering.

And yes we are spoiled by the laser cut -shake the box  and have the parts fall out stuff we can buy now!

[john e. holliday]

Another thing that I forgot about the old Sterling kits, was if you built one the instructions were a lesson on building and setting up a control line plane.   

[leoflyboy]

All humor aside,we are in a great period in our sport, the guys at the top are at it hammer and foam to make the sligtest little advantage,and they will! I wonder what old ?? William will come up with  next we havnt heard from him in a while.?? Anybody got any insights??  Will he show at the Nats??  Tune in next week for the next exciting chapter!!  Rob F

[Scott B. Riese]

HUMMMM Portland Been there many times. I great place, fresh air & water, great food, even a great place to fly C/L ALL YEAR!

It may rain, it may be sunny, it's never to hot and it's never to cold...(for a long period of time).

Theres Deer, Elk, Salmon, Bear, Sturgeon and bicycle riders to hunt or fish.

OH Two truths about modeling....Never sick your nose close to the table that you are using to build on when using CA Glue.

Never fly on 66 foot lines in a 62 foot space.

[John Stiles]

....................Have you ever thought about standing on top of a 70ft pole and flying C/L?..........................Watch out for that pole!

No, But me and a buddy once flew around a steel light pole at the old K-Mart parking lot........it was like 35' tall, but our lines were 65'...............had to be careful of the big steel bolts sticking up at the base, and wing-overs were difficult maneuvers with those two big lights in your eyes!

[minnesotamodeler]

Once long ago I flew from the top of a dam, could do wingunders on one side; req'd spot landings to avoid dangling off that side or water on the other.

[Zuriel Armstrong]

Two truths about modeling:

1.  Go to a contest with and unflown airplane and you will be first up on your circle.

2.  Do something stupid at a contest or have a brain fart and it will show up on You Tube or this forum!!!

[W.D. Roland]

LASER CUT!??!?!?!?
What da heck is that?

Seriously, I have not built a lazer cut kit yet!
In the last 3-4 years have built 2 Guillows  1 Jetco. 1 Veco/Dumas 1 Goldberg.

Sterling Mustang waiting........waiting.........

Minnesota, John
We need to meet on a water tower some where.
With a walk around it? Stand on top?
How do we launch?

For some reason I feel an urge to go to Paris ......

David

[minnesotamodeler]

LASER CUT!??!?!?!?
What da heck is that?

Seriously, I have not built a lazer cut kit yet!
In the last 3-4 years have built 2 Guillows  1 Jetco. 1 Veco/Dumas 1 Goldberg.

Sterling Mustang waiting........waiting.........

Minnesota, John
We need to meet on a water tower some where.
With a walk around it? Stand on top?
How do we launch?

For some reason I feel an urge to go to Paris ......

David

Launching off the dam was no problem, landing was the difficulty...but off a tower?  Unless you had a U-Reely and could let the lines out awful fast, I dont' see it happening...

[W.D. Roland]

Thats why we need 3 people, one to pilot one to start and launch and the 3rd one to use as a pivot for the lines.
Kinda like the 55 gallon drum airplane launcher.

David