A Thermal Hopper Story - Thanks Levent Suberk!

So, last week I bought this Thermal Hopper from a local old-timer from my club who's been liquidating lots of his old stuff. Seems most of his old Cox engines have migrated in my direction over the last couple of years. Lots of crusty junk with a few nice ones mixed in. Anyway, he stumbled across this gem along with a few others and called me to come over and make a deal. The engine looks to be in great shape and after oiling it up, she turned over smoothly with a good pop. I'd like to keep this one for display and want it to be as close to factory as possible. The mounted prop is a Top Flite instead of the original vintage white 6x3. I'll be looking out for one of those. I've ordered the correct spinner and the proper mounting nuts and bolts from Bernie at Cox Int which were originally located in the lower right window of the package. That left the missing cardstock insert to contend with. I put up a request for this on the Facebook Cox page and here in the CEF wanted/for sale section. Levent Suberk came to the rescue! He recreated the graphics on his computer and posted up the results after I sent him the dimensions. I then downloaded the graphic and printed it out on standard paper to test the fit. Once satisfied, I loaded the file on a flash drive and made a trip to the local print shop. A few minutes later, I was holding 4 nicely printed Thermal Hopper package inserts printed on cardstock paper. When I got home, I test cut the windows from a paper version first to sort out the fit. Once satisfied, I cut out the final cardstock version. All that's left is to find the original prop.

Thanks again to Levent Suberk for his graphic work!

I've got a few extras printed up and ready to cut out if anyone is in need.