At the Tusla Gluedobbers clubhouse there is the Testors apperance award from the 1965 or 64 Nats.   I was wondering if there is a list of the award winners and details  on the models?  It would be neet to trace that trophy to the  winner from so long ago.

At the Tusla Gluedobbers clubhouse there is the Testors apperance award from the 1965 or 64 Nats.   I was wondering if there is a list of the award winners and details  on the models?  It would be neet to trace that trophy to the  winner from so long ago.

I believe that Ted Prasol (sp?) won the award about that time with his Cosmic Wind scale model. It was a cover shot in one of the mags then.

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Don Ogren won the award at the 1956 or 57 Nats with his Saturn stunt plane. Here he is in 1998 with his original model and my replica which I flew in Classic this week end in Georgia.
Ed

  Seem's that somewhere in that time frame that Pactra had a "Best Finish" award also.
 Jerry Pilgrim from Dallas one it at our Baton Rouge contest in the late Sixties or early Seventies.
  He was flying his own design powered with a Super Tigre 46.

 There also was a fellow from Dallas that raveled and flew with Jerry by the name of Bill Kuhn (spelling), don't know what happened to Bill, saw Jerry at a Dallas contest some years later, but he had stopped flying...

At the Tusla Gluedobbers clubhouse there is the Testors apperance award from the 1965 or 64 Nats.   I was wondering if there is a list of the award winners and details  on the models?  It would be neet to trace that trophy to the  winner from so long ago.

Interesting thread.  Yes, there was a Testors best finish award.  I am not sure if there was a perpetual trophy for that or not.  I do not recall seeing one in the AMA museum like where many of the old perpetual trophies from the earlier Nats now reside.  (Is the Tulsa Glue Dobbers perpetual trophy for the winning outdoor HL glider still being maintained?  I think that trophy stays in the Museum.)

I recently posted a Flying Models cover of Ted Prasol's Littler Tony, winner of the CL scale and Testors best finish award in '66.

Also shown here is another FM cover of Jerry Worth's P-26 that won CL Scale at the 64 Nats and was the winner of the Testors Award for superb finish.  (Jerry Worth also placed 12th in stunt at that 64 Nats, and was 9th in stunt in 66 and 3rd in 68.  His 68 stunt ship was the Apterix that is getting some attention now in Classic stunt circles.) There is another cover, I think FM from just before that time of John Tatone with a CL Navion that won the Testors award.  Also, I do not think it made a cover, but I think from the 68 or 70 Nats, there was a stunt ship that got the Testors award.  Maybe Dennis Adamisin can help us out here.  The airplane came from Detroit, built by a friend of the Adamisin's, and was either a Spitfire or a Dewoitine 520.  The one that won was one of those and Art Adamisin had the other that looked almost as good.  I do not have a picture.

As suggested, it would be very interesting to resarch this to see the airplanes and builders who got this Nats award that was considered a very prestigious affair.

Keith

Keith   The plane that I show above is the 1956 Testors award winner. Also Don may have won the award in 1957 with another I-beam model,his Zero. Don model would still make front row if not for the covering damage. Johnson .35 with home made tube muffler.
Ed

I think I only saw clear in pints and quarts.   Seems the colors were so thick that a 4 ounce jar would do on plane.

Awesome thread! I confess I never had a chance to use Testors dope or paint except for plastic models. And I was never thrilled with Aerogloss as a kid. Mostly because I had no clue to use it. Learning how to use a brush with dope was a trick not yet in my repertoire until the early 70's ..and I had some warped wings to prove it!

I remember this not so fondly only because I work in the finish department for a good size architectural millwork and design company. The last thing I want to do at night in order to relax is to paint anything ever again!

However, gorgeous original design and finish is what drew me in as a child other than my dad did it. It was the ability to create! In a form that was not only physical but symbolicly an expression of self. And most importantly, we were flying!