Oh Boy. On occassion , a thread will open up here and all the modeling guys tell of our stories in the hobby. I do enjoy as some of the kits and planes mentioned opened up a channel to a brain room that hasn't been visited in years.

Scientific, Sterling, Guillows, ... I think I build them all. What ever the Fort Dix hobby shop or Lakehurst NAS hobby shop often made it home.

lots of McCoys .29 and .35s took thier toll on the knuckles and blood but not like the blood thirsty Cox .049. Darn things ran backwards equally well as forwards and made great pusher cars in the street.

My first plane was a Scientific LiL Devil or something like that. My brother helped me through with cloth hinges and Perfect 1 Oz fuel tank.

Flew some Navy Carrier for a summer or two and slow combat was too much for my nerves.

I had a neat old photo to upload but the internal Error monster is on the prowl.

Ray W.