RE: Kit Identification
Thanks for the insights. Also got this from another site.
In the '50s, Dr. Ralph Brooke, a noted C/L builder/flier, brought a number of these kits to AHC ('America's Hobby Center') and there were 5 different names: U Control, KYO, Eureka, Kyosho, and another that escapes me. Dr. Brooke arranged import of these kits and they were available thru mail order and across the counter from some hobby shops. There is a list of what was available; a list of the arsenal of the U.S., Great Britain, and the Axis might be close to what was available!
Twins, bombers, fighters...C47, DC6, B36, amazing selection!
Some will say they were barely 'stand off scale', but they were as unique as 'Speede-Bilts'.
Hobby Hut on 14th St. in Oakland had a large stock, but feindish ex wife only let me buy one! (F8F Bearcat) It is a Class B, .09-.15, 32" wingspan, I think. The bulkheads and ribs are all cut out by hand, in a Japanese gumwood, great for patterns...
Any of them are still exciting to me.
peace