Kit Identification
 

Anyone know who made this u-control kit? Only brand reference might be KYO. Thanks.

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RE: Kit Identification
 

Looks to be a Kyosho kit.

FB

RE: Kit Identification
 

KYO. Forunner of KYOsho.

RE: Kit Identification
 

I'm trying to locate the "step by step" instructions. Forerunner of KYOsho. How about that. The kit has to be from the 70s or early 80s. Thanks.

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RE: Kit Identification
 

Some kits "step by step instructions" consisted of:
Step 1. Build wings
Step 2. Build tail
Step 3. Build Fuselage
Step 4. Attach 1&2 to 3.
Step 5. Fly
Have a ball!

RE: Kit Identification
 

Yep! LOL

At least I have the plans/blueprints. Thanks.

peace

RE: Kit Identification
 

My brother had a really old Fokker D7 kit (possibly Pilot or Sterling) and the instructions were a handful of notes on the plans. They added up to about what WCB posted.

RE: Kit Identification
 

More likely from the 50s or 60s.

RE: Kit Identification
 

I'd guess more like the 50's-60's,, many of these early kits were Made in Japan and imported under many different labels, the Manufacturer's' names were intentionally left off the plans/kit boxes, "Made in Japan" didn't go over well with many Americans of the Time until the mid-late 70's when Cars and TVs etc started be accepted. Not many new U-control kits introduced in the 70's Little lone the 80's anyway with the exception of a couple Goldberg and Midwest kits

RE: Kit Identification
 

LOL, Like minds

Terry I never heard KYO = Kyosho,, I thought they started in Cars in the 60's??

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