Yes this is pretty much an all year area and I have loved it since I retired here.

The problem with the deceased modeler is a pretty common situation most everywhere and I have choosen to contribute most of my 'stuff' before I croak and elminate the problem for my daughter. Two of my ships are already in the small local full scale air museum with more of the scale stuff to go there after passing, The bulk of my stuff will go to a younger man who in my retirement has been instrumental in keeping me flying and avoiding sitting back to watch the grass grow or the paint to dry. That is all spelled out in my will which was all recently spelled out among my daughter and I before a recent serious procedure.

I also do have a small museum of bits and pieces collected over the years simply because I like the stuff and this is spelled out for donation to the AMA museum.


Just a couple of thoughts on colors. What may work best for you also has to do with your climate. Here the predominate condition is severe clear/blue. and what works best are the dark colors. This is why the majority of my airplanes are such colors. Now if your part of the country suffer many overcast cloudy days then the predominate color of white that you see so often is a poor choice.

Yes a contrast between the top surfaces and the bottom is very helpful although I do not often practice this.

Another thing that I see very often especially on arfs is complex multi color designs. The problem here is this will tend to fade to gray at a much closer distance than a simple design limited to just maybe a single color or two.


John