NICK ZIROLI PLANS
By Stan Alexander | onawing4602@att.net
NICK ZIROLI PLANS has been in business for a long time—at least for as long as I can remember. Nick Sr. has retired, and his son now runs the company. There are 12 plans authors under the Ziroli Plans umbrella, including the late Dick Graham, Jim Pepino, and Ron Weiss. Some of the plans are older but still sought-after by builders.
The company has all of the Ziroli plans sets, as well as short kits, fiberglass parts, retracts, and just about anything else you will need to build and finish one of the Ziroli warbirds. Good examples of this would be the B-25, the Douglas Skyraider, or the ever-popular Douglas SBD, as well as many others.
An all-time favorite from Ziroli Plans is the Boeing Stearman. There are two sizes of this famous trainer: a 77-inch wingspan model and an 87-inch wingspan aircraft. If you are looking for tools or items for your Scale project, such as piano hinges or dummy radials, check the Nick Ziroli Plans website (listed in “Sources”) and see what the company has to offer.
Hostetler Plans de Havilland Beaver
Walt Moucha has been busy. He’s just finished a de Havilland Beaver. The model is from Wendell Hostetler Plans and has a 115-inch wingspan. Walt is currently working on floats for the model and adding even more details, but here is what he has so far.
The model is balsa and plywood construction, and the wing panels plug in for fast field assembly and storage. Walt used fiberglass cloth and resin to finish the fuselage, while the wing is covered with Stits fabric and two coats of Polybrush to seal the fabric pores.
The Legend Hobby Heavy Duty Payload Release Mechanism, available for $35.95, is for larger models. Send the author an email describing how you use them!
This de Havilland Beaver was built by Walt Moucha. The 115-inch wingspan model replicates a working aircraft in the private sector. This view gives you a good idea of the size of the model.
The tail surfaces of Walt’s Beaver show the corrugation.
2022 Nats Updates!
The 2022 AMA Scale Nats will be held July 14-17 at AMA’s International Aeromodeling Center in Muncie, Indiana, on Site 4, which has all of that beautiful new grass. July 14 will be for practice flights, July 15 for static judging, and flying will take place on July 16 and 17.
All AMA classes that are flown in the RC and Control Line (CL) portions of the event will be sponsored by the National Association of Scale Aeromodelers (NASA). Many of the details are not available at this time, but will soon be available on the NASA website.
After a two-year absence, I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the Nats again! The event director for RC will be John Boyko, and for CL it will be Allen Goff.
Fair skies and tailwinds.
SOURCES:
Nick Ziroli Plans
(631) 467-4765
www.ziroligiantscaleplans.com
Wendell Hostetler Plans
(330) 682-8896
www.hostetlersplans.com
Legend Hobby
(833) 927-2473
www.legendhobby.com
AMA Nats
https://amablog.modelaircraft.org/nats
