Favorite Musciano/Scientific Models

Cz10 wrote:OK, I'll ask the same question I asked in another post.

I assume you are aware of the article that was in Half A Magazine that Blackhawk Models is putting out?

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1469802

The first issue had a very nice story on Walt. The second issue had one on John Frisoli - "The man behind Sceintific Models" and the third a story on Roy Cox.

While I had heard the name Walt Musciano and knew of Scientific and of course L.M. Cox, I knew nothing of the men themselves. All interesting, worthwhile reads.

I was not into Walt's flying logs because as you pointed out, that was how they flew. I was building planes with built-up wings (baby Ringmasters and Flite Streaks) and only tried one of Walt's designs - a Fireball as I recall that I think met an eventual end that met it's name in an experiment to see if we could get a plane on fire to fly.

SuperDave wrote:My only concern with MOST Musiano kits today is the "Hollow log" fuselages which require extentive sanding and time-consuming preparation not suitable for the impatient such as kids.

Better suited is a "profile" model which goes together much more quickly with far less effort. The end result may be the same but I seriously doubt if a kid would appreciate the difference.

Having taught MANY kids to fly myself I know that of which I write.

SD

Mark Boesen wrote:Hi Kim,

Neat post! The only one I ever built was the TriPacer, I remeber it flew ok, it was pretty fast, splatted it after several flights. I remember thinking the 'built-up' fuselage was neat. My favorite 1/2a kit was the Sterling P-51


-My only concern with MOST Musiano kits today is the "Hollow log" fuselages which require extentive sanding and time-consuming preparation not suitable for the impatient such as kids.

Better suited is a "profile" model which goes together much more quickly with far less effort. The end result may be the same but I seriously doubt if a kid would appreciate the difference.

Having taught MANY kids to fly myself I know that of which I write.

Sanding, whats that? We don't need so stinking sandpaper...just keep adding dope, lol! I remember as a young kid building those kits in a evening so I could go flying the next day. I don't think we even thought of sanding.

Mark