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Old 03-26-2005, 04:41 PM
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Dan Vincent
 
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Default RE: Old Sterling kits anywhere?

I haven't read all the posts on the Sterling Corsair but I know a little of the history.

Back around June of 1977. RC Modeller magazine published an article on a .10 powered Corsair that was written by a Marine.

When RCM received the article, it was a sketch of a Corsair on a piece of brown paper with some major measurements and a picture of a finished model. With that, Dick Kidd, who was then the Draftsman for RCM drew up plans and the RCM staff made a finished article because they thought the subject would be popular. Dick Kidd later became editor of RCM.

Later Sterling adapted the RCM plan into their kit.

I still want one of those kits and never picked one up. Someday...maybe.