So, slightly bent, broken and abused French Spad is coming home

Very Nice Bob , that was a tough one but it sure turned out nice

It did turn out nice Bob, Great job!…. Color match and camo shapes are spot on…. As my wife would say if she likes the repair I make to something that was broken…. “Looks like nothing ever happened “ …..Working with small is challenging but rewarding IMO…..Looks good with its scratch built wing men….I enjoy watching these come together, Thanks for sharing……

Well done Bob!! I don't have any experience with decals except the ones from Airfix or Revell in my childhood, but can they be removed and reused? It would be the occasion to get the hat and ring the right way up.

WOW That did come out Nice ! I did not know about the Hat and Rickenbacker may have to give it a read ! The Spad stands true to its colleges Good work on the rebuild , I personally can stand to do them I guess just not good at it (don't look good in the end )

It is a beautiful prop for sure I think it look good on the Spad more like the bigun .

Wow, That looks good Bob ….. The prop looks like it belongs there, Especially after seeing the full scale photo…. An honorable place for it IMO !!….Goes great with the camo  ….. The wood has a lot of grain detail I think makes it interesting for modeling, Functional too!….. It was modeled on the suggested prop for K & B Infant…. 5-1/4 x very shallow pitch…. A PeeWee would do just fine with it…. Thanks for sharing that …

Bob, that full body Beechcraft cabin bipe will make a nice restore. Sig's half-A profile model is also a looker, but there is something extra with the full body.

Speaking of Eddie Rickenbacker, here is an interesting story that is inspirational. He and others spent 24 days in inflatable rafts in open seas when their B-17 bomber missed an island refueling stop in the middle of nowhere in the Pacific Ocean, ran out of fuel and ditched. I think you will find the story very interesting on how the Almighty works.

American Heritage Mag: Lost At Sea For 24 Days (Fall 2008, Volume 58, Issue 5)

Bob, regarding the Rickenbacker book, I put it on my Biblio wishlist for future purchase. He was truly a man, something that today sorry to say, seems sadly lacking in our modern society. I thought it interesting that he used psychology on them in those rafts, to get them fighting mad to hang on. That's how they were able to spend 3-1/2 weeks out in the open tropical ocean.

That Beech bipe was considered as far as know back then, a fast, sleak, business class plane.

I've had some hard lessons, rude ones, but they saved me future trouble. Basically that lesson on not "throwing your pearls before swine", refers to that even rebuke can be a pearl, but don't do it to those who need it but cannot take it. A fool is like a dog that returns to its vomit, just can't wake up and get back to the right direction, leave behind matters already past.

Those rubber wheels on the Beech were common in the 1960's, nice thing about Top Flite in their half-A C/L molded sheet balsa full and profile fuselage kits was the inclusion of brass rivets to use as axle bearings, one on each side of the wheel center hole to roll on 1/16" round music wire. I think the Goldberg half-A C/L kits used the same rubber wheels and brass rivet axles bearings, my Little Toot Bipe has those wheels.

Scientific on the other hand had the hardwood dyed black wheels. They worked, but I always replaced them with the aftermarket Perfect rubber wheels with cast hubs. They looked nicer and rolled better.

Comet rubber powered kits, they came with hardwood wheels unfinished in natural wood.