Radio Control Scale - 2008/08
MANY MODELERS WHO like Scale
aircraft will never compete in a contest and
just enjoy the history or the era of airplanes
they build. But sometimes after you build
that model, you get the urge to enter a
competition and really need the
documentation. This is why I suggest using
at least some documentation while building
each model. Employ the same colors and
markings as in the photo(s) you have.
Radio Control Scale
HAPPY NEW YEAR! This year has gone more quickly than I
expected. It’s almost 2010, and Scale modelers who live in colder
areas of the country
are probably either
building airplanes
Radio Control Scale - 2011/05
PIETENPOL AIR CAMPER: Where to
start on a model project? The first thing I do
is straighten the shop after all of the wood
arrives in that brown truck.
Radio Control Scale - 2010/09
SOME FULL-SCALE aircraft have more detail than others. This can
be because of the type of airplanes they are, the kinds of jobs they
perform, their designers, or the eras in which they were created.
2008 Top Gun Invitational - 2008/08
Top: Greg Hahn built and flew the winning Expert Beechcraft D-18. This masterpiece had a unique system for the three-piece wing; the
flaps came off the model when it was taken apart. Note the landing lights.
Above: Second place in Expert went to Dennis Crooks’s P-38 equipped with counter-rotating engines. The big “Forked Tail Devil,” a
Nick Ziroli design, has scale Fowler flaps.
