RE: Scratch building from original plans
Great information everyone! I like the stacked rectangle blank idea. Nice way to save some time.
Yes I have lots of sandpaper lol.. Being a Machinist, I would like to be able to import to my computer say the shape of a rib into my Mastercam software at work, then I could make templates out of 1/8" aluminum sheet. Would make for a durable template.
The plans I have are nothing special.
All of these are original: Baby Flite Streak, Jr. Flite Streak, Flite Streak, Magician 15, Magician 35, Ringmaster, Ringmaster Jr., Twister, ME-109 Messerschmidt, Winder, Voodoo, Jr. Satan, Combat Kittens, Yak 9.
I would really like to do the ME-109 and the Yak 9. ME-109 is full scale, Yak 9 is not.
gcb, Your right on the amount of work they take to make. For the $10 that alot of guys want for reproduced plans, it may be worth it.
Thanks all!!