I used to be an airplane scale modeler long ago. Building plastic static fighter kits mainly. Only recently I want to build a scale airplane that can fly (RC). I just wonder how realistic they can get. I mean...is there any way to add things like bombs and guns or landing gear mechanics to a model?

There is no limit as to what you can do to make an R/C model scale. You can have a bomb drop, working landing lights, scale hatches that hide fuel fill and radio switches, sliding canopy, scale retract gear, such as the rotating kind used on Grumman Hellcats, etc, etc. If possible, you should try to get to Toledo, Ohio for the Weak Signals show in April. Some of the scale work you see there is unbelieveable.


Frank T.

the skys the limit on scale can never have too much unless it is overdoing weathering or something.

Joe

The only true limit to how scale you can go is your access to funding. They are some truley beautiful scale jobs out there, with working everything. Just get the wallet out & keep shoveling money at it.

Some of my favorite very scale kits are done by Proctor (WWI). Nick Ziroli puts out some plans that you can enhance to scale.

It helps to have a machine shop in your garage though. Mill, Lathe & drill press minimum.

Have fun!!

This is a quote by Dave Platt, the "father" of scale modeling techniques: "You never finish a scale model. You just stop working on it."

what they said.............and just to add to it..........the struts work and the brakes work!!!!!

Well I was able to do one thing to my model that I haven't seen very many others do with thier models and that is making my air cooler flaps work on the cowels And I mean when the throttel is closed then the flaps are wide open for max aircool and at full throttel the flaps are closed all the way. At half throttle they are only opend half way. Now I have never seen any other models with working air cooler flaps and thats even a few of the big boys. I did read somewhere that someone was trying to make thiers work but off of a heat sencer probably be better if they just tryed to make them work first. And I have just done that. I also made a set of mechanical brakes for my B-25 and was told that I could never get them to evenly but I'm not worried about that cause if I run out of runway then I would want to have the plane turn one way or the other. Instead of going off into the ruff grass and breaking the landing gear or something else. Just my thought on the subject. You people keep up the work on the models of your choise and do the best you all can do.