Yellow Aircraft No Longer Selling Kits
10-09-2014, 09:27 AM
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How are you? I often wonder how you and your F-16 are doing. Do you like P-40's?
10-09-2014, 05:43 PM
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I ordered my Stingray from Shaun on Sunday, at my door today, now that's service! I didn't unpack everything yet, just checked out the fuse. Very nice, lots of carbon in the right places. Looking forward to the build.
Gary
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10-09-2014, 06:29 PM
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The F-16 is doing great, I haven't had as many opportunities to fly it as I wished right now, between the new job, girlfriend, and other hobbies. I did do some rearranging on the electronics to make it easier to get the batteries in and out, as well as get a little bit better balance. Haven't been able to fly it since then, but soon...
I do like the P-40, very good looking plane. I'll give you a call tomorrow.
10-10-2014, 12:55 PM
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Hi,
Yep, it sucks. It's another reason I resent the 'el cheapo' ARF's that flooded the market starting 10 years ago. I think that wave helped nail the coffin shut on 'building.' When I first started in the retail hobby business, the shelves were stocked with dozens of balsa kits by so many different manufacturers. Now, if you walk into a LHS, you'd be lucky to find any balsa plane kits at all. Now it's just toys and cheap Chinese ARF's. The new generation of customers that come in don't know a decent airplane from the junk and garbage they mostly offer.
A few years back, I was at the Miramar club field and there were three giant scale Spits in the pit. From a distance, I thought they were kit-built, but as I approached, I saw that they were ARFs. I don't remember the make, but they were pretty typical junky, plasticized cheapies. After talking to the owners, it turns out they were kind of a group-build project. I was excited to see them fly (because even a cheap ARF Spit is cool) and I also went there with a friend to fly my Y/A Spit. When I pulled mine out and got the wings bolted on, I wheeled it over to where the others were. The guys were really impressed, but they thought I just put an airbrush to an ARF similar to theirs. When I told them mine was kit-built, it was like they didn't understand what that meant. It was like they were unaware that such things existed. It turned out that one of the guys built two of the three ARFs and helped the third guy. He was their guru, and was helping them get situated. He could put an ARF together (which they could not) so he was the real-deal in their eyes. On close inspection, the planes were very sloppily put together with uneven hinge gaps, servo boxes in the wings that might as well have been mail boxes, control-horn mounting screws poking out through the top of the ailerons and elevators, etc.... To the new guys, that was impressive modeling and those guys would never buy a giant-scale Spit 'kit' so why would a manufacturer make one and try and compete it against a so-called ARF for the same price?
Yep, it sucks. It's another reason I resent the 'el cheapo' ARF's that flooded the market starting 10 years ago. I think that wave helped nail the coffin shut on 'building.' When I first started in the retail hobby business, the shelves were stocked with dozens of balsa kits by so many different manufacturers. Now, if you walk into a LHS, you'd be lucky to find any balsa plane kits at all. Now it's just toys and cheap Chinese ARF's. The new generation of customers that come in don't know a decent airplane from the junk and garbage they mostly offer.
A few years back, I was at the Miramar club field and there were three giant scale Spits in the pit. From a distance, I thought they were kit-built, but as I approached, I saw that they were ARFs. I don't remember the make, but they were pretty typical junky, plasticized cheapies. After talking to the owners, it turns out they were kind of a group-build project. I was excited to see them fly (because even a cheap ARF Spit is cool) and I also went there with a friend to fly my Y/A Spit. When I pulled mine out and got the wings bolted on, I wheeled it over to where the others were. The guys were really impressed, but they thought I just put an airbrush to an ARF similar to theirs. When I told them mine was kit-built, it was like they didn't understand what that meant. It was like they were unaware that such things existed. It turned out that one of the guys built two of the three ARFs and helped the third guy. He was their guru, and was helping them get situated. He could put an ARF together (which they could not) so he was the real-deal in their eyes. On close inspection, the planes were very sloppily put together with uneven hinge gaps, servo boxes in the wings that might as well have been mail boxes, control-horn mounting screws poking out through the top of the ailerons and elevators, etc.... To the new guys, that was impressive modeling and those guys would never buy a giant-scale Spit 'kit' so why would a manufacturer make one and try and compete it against a so-called ARF for the same price?
But it's a stik. I would always glass the fuselage because fuel always gets under plastic. The wing would normally be iron on because fuel isn't normally a problem there.
And the guys at the field look at me like I'm some kind of master and say, "Wow... so much sanding..."
And I'm like... it's a stik guys... it's barely even a real model airplane. Haven't you ever seen someone build something real like a scale Spitfire with retracts or maybe even rivets and panel lines?
"Derp?"
You know.... a scale model built from a kit or plans out of wood or maybe a fiberglass fuselage with a wood wing or a foam core sheeted with wood and then glassed and painted? Ever seen anything like that?
"Err.... huh? I saw a foam spitfire at the hobby shop for $89.99 once."
forget it... get out of my hobby please.
10-13-2014, 09:26 PM
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hi Shaun,
Sorry to post here, but I've been sending you email on [email protected], need a set of formers for the f18 twin as im restoring my one...any chance of a set?
Thanks
luke
Sorry to post here, but I've been sending you email on [email protected], need a set of formers for the f18 twin as im restoring my one...any chance of a set?
Thanks
luke
10-13-2014, 10:04 PM
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hi Shaun,
Sorry to post here, but I've been sending you email on [email protected], need a set of formers for the f18 twin as im restoring my one...any chance of a set?
Thanks
luke
Sorry to post here, but I've been sending you email on [email protected], need a set of formers for the f18 twin as im restoring my one...any chance of a set?
Thanks
luke
Hi,
Sorry, just checked and I don't see any emails from you. What's your email address? Since we're talking here, are you needing an entire wood pack, or specific formers?
10-14-2014, 12:20 AM
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Shaune
What Jet kits do you still have in stock? Lookng for a A-4 KIT, F-18 Single and Double and an F-15 Kit or ARF
Also have you had any interested to continue to sell these kits for you and keeling Yellow allive for the future. Might be something I want to do. How an i get more info on that process? PM me or contact me at 3054399999 thanks Johnny
What Jet kits do you still have in stock? Lookng for a A-4 KIT, F-18 Single and Double and an F-15 Kit or ARF
Also have you had any interested to continue to sell these kits for you and keeling Yellow allive for the future. Might be something I want to do. How an i get more info on that process? PM me or contact me at 3054399999 thanks Johnny
10-14-2014, 11:22 AM
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Guys,
I'm now down to my last F-15 kit, and my last Stingray kit! You can order either of them direct, or you can save some money and call me for the order
619-944-7574
I'm now down to my last F-15 kit, and my last Stingray kit! You can order either of them direct, or you can save some money and call me for the order
619-944-7574