RE: Mark's Models 'History' and Welcome Mark
TFF asked if all the designes were owned by hobbico. And there were questions about the bushwacker muffler.
The designs that hobbico own are the ones they purchased in 95. These are the ones that were currently in production. Some of the kits were given to folks that wanted to reproduce kits such as the windfree and the mini bird. Many of the kits we discontinued, due to the sales falling and were simply dumpstered. Over the years that was a lot of designs, considering it included marks,jemco, high flight, southwest sailplanes and craft air.
The bird of time was produced from the time that marks aquired South west sailplanes until the sale to hobbico. It always sold steady.
Aside from the wanerer that sold 145,000 in its life, the next best line was the redesigned Fun scale line that did real well and then the high start line that you would be shocked at the numbers. Tom Williams, who started Craft Air, would be proud.
Oh the wood muffler. To say it was a success would be a streach but it sure had some folks taking note. The original muffler worded but it was used on a rear intake K&B 15. Most of the others not so good. Oh well history.