Well after 40 years, I actually completed a Rivets racer that my father started in 1967. The kit was from K & K Fibreglass, My dad had secured the fuselage halves, installed the firewall, sheeted the wings and then stopped. I remember it sitting in the basement for years until I inherited all his old R/C stuff around 20 years ago. I had been out of the hobby for the last 25 years and just got back into it in February. I decided to tackle this project so away I went and it wasn't long before I discovered why he shelved it. He had sheeted and joined the wing halves but forgot to install the control rods. back in those days of course dual aileron servos were unheard of. I was able to bore some holes in the foam to run servo wires and problem solved. All I had was the fuse, wing, wheel pants and plans. I decided that the "T"-tail was beyond my skills so proceeded to design and install a conventional tail. Painted it black and yellow with #20 on the tail since I remember that that was my dads original plan. I stuck an old Webra .61 on it even though the plans say it's a .40 size. I've had to leave the wheel pants off as our grass feild wouldn't accept them. Since I went with wing mounted aileron servos, I also modified it to have full span ailerons. I have 4 flights on it and just love it. It has very quick and responsive controls and sets up nice for landing, but doesn't like to slow down. I wont be doing any racing just sport flying.
Any one have a Rivets unmodified that i could see a picture of?
John Dominick