what airplanes have you built? post your pics of the models and feel free to talk about your airplanes

Mark I was actually refering to the small all yellow one. It looks like it says Phantom Mite.

Godsey3.0 wrote:Mark I was actually refering to the small all yellow one. It looks like it says Phantom Mite.

That's mine, Godsey, it's the old Keil Kraft Phantom Mite trainer, 16" span for up to .049 engines. If you want to build one I can send you the plan if you give me your EMail address

Wilf

Godsey3.0 wrote:What is that yellow plane called Mark? I am considering building one. It looks very nice. Also what is the wingspan?

I'm sorry, I thought you were asking me.

Mark Boesen wrote:

Godsey3.0 wrote:What is that yellow plane called Mark? I am considering building one. It looks very nice. Also what is the wingspan?

I'm sorry, I thought you were asking me.

Yes Mark, I didn't understand that either!!

Here's the latest, I really must stop building until I can do some flying! Trouble is, I keep finding models I want to build.

Baby Ringmaster, Babe Bee with larger tank, but I think this may get replaced with a Black Widow before I fly it. this one is covered in Solarfilm, couldn't be bothered covering and doping at the moment!

As long as you have engines just keep building!

Does that 8cc tank have the same venturi bore as the Black Widow? I think Bernie said his new 8cc tanks were all the same specs as the BW. So put a new slit SPI set on it and you have a Silver Widow.

Yeah or decent number 4 set.

RknRusty wrote:Does that 8cc tank have the same venturi bore as the Black Widow? I think Bernie said his new 8cc tanks were all the same specs as the BW. So put a new slit SPI set on it and you have a Silver Widow.

I really don't know, the tank was on one of a number of semi-scrap Babe Bees that I've accumulated with other stuff, the engine on it there is a new SureStart setup that I've just screwed together, unfortunately so far it doesn't run very well.

I built this old 1948 Scientific Staggerwing from a wreck in a box off of eBay. it has a McCoy 36 Sportsman from 1948, too. It was the first engine designed by Dick McCoy as a glow engine. I restored it with the same markings as my parents family cruiser airplane we had when I was in school. I presented it to my Dad for Christmas.
Chris...

stuntflyr wrote:I built this old 1948 Scientific Staggerwing from a wreck in a box off of eBay. it has a McCoy 36 Sportsman from 1948, too. It was the first engine designed by Dick McCoy as a glow engine. I restored it with the same markings as my parents family cruiser airplane we had when I was in school. I presented it to my Dad for Christmas.
Chris...

That is a lovely story Chris,
I am sure he was very pleased with it!

Wow, you did a beautiful job.

stuntflyr wrote:I built this old 1948 Scientific Staggerwing from a wreck in a box off of eBay. it has a McCoy 36 Sportsman from 1948, too. It was the first engine designed by Dick McCoy as a glow engine. I restored it with the same markings as my parents family cruiser airplane we had when I was in school. I presented it to my Dad for Christmas.
Chris...

Lovely job of restoration, Chris

stuntflyr wrote:I built this old 1948 Scientific Staggerwing from a wreck in a box off of eBay. it has a McCoy 36 Sportsman from 1948, too. It was the first engine designed by Dick McCoy as a glow engine. I restored it with the same markings as my parents family cruiser airplane we had when I was in school. I presented it to my Dad for Christmas.
Chris...

Just saw the pics and that is a massive difference
great.

Thanks!
Here is my eldest son's 1991 Scale Junior National Championship Consolidated 18 inch wingspan Typhoon with a Babe Bee inverted with a Tee Dee cylinder swinging two Tornado 5x3 half lapped into a four blader. Typhoon's were powered by Napier Sabre's which turned left handed, so they're pusher props and reedies will run either direction.

hey buddy, welcome to the forum!!!!

I actually thought that was yours Mark. My bad. I pmed you Wilf.

stuntflyr wrote:Thanks!
Here is my eldest son's 1991 Scale Junior National Championship Consolidated 18 inch wingspan Typhoon with a Babe Bee inverted with a Tee Dee cylinder swinging two Tornado 5x3 half lapped into a four blader. Typhoon's were powered by Napier Sabre's which turned left handed, so they're pusher props and reedies will run either direction.

That is too cool!. Very nice plane.
Have you bored the inlet and venturi tube on that Bee, so it can make use of the TD cylinder?

Hi Wilf,

It looks like one of mine! Lol! I love that pre WWII trainer colors of blue and yellow (must be a Cox pt-19 thing) I think 90% of all my planes I've ever built are blue/yellow or yellow/black or yellow/red, and if it didn't have a red/white striped tail it has checkers on the wings!

Very nice Wilf!

I can almost see that it's a Mach 1, but I cannot believe it!
The Tipo is doing pretty well.
Chris...

Mark Boesen wrote:Hi Wilf,

It looks like one of mine! Lol! I love that pre WWII trainer colors of blue and yellow (must be a Cox pt-19 thing) I think 90% of all my planes I've ever built are blue/yellow or yellow/black or yellow/red, and if it didn't have a red/white striped tail it has checkers on the wings!

Very nice Wilf!

Thanks Mark, as I said, when I was covering it I decided I couldn't be bothered with dope etc. so I looked in my materials drawer and the only colours of Solarfilm I had were red and yellow, and since most of my models end up a variation of red and something I used the yellow for a change. Then after I sprayed the rest of it with my only tin of spray (Blue) and finished it off I thought it looked vaguely PT-19ish, so I added the fin colouring. I wish now that I'd gone the PT-19 way with the rest and put the stars on the wings etc. but my next build is going to be a Little Devil, which might end up as a "Devilish PT-19"!

Wilf

i got a new plane today , its around 40-50 years old, i have no idea what it is, ill post some pics of it tomorrow, i would appreciate it if anyone can help me identify the model, fyi it only has 1 channel "rudder'' and had a cox golden bee with a number 2 cylinder

[quote="stuntflyr"]I can almost see that it's a Mach 1, but I cannot believe it!
The Tipo is doing pretty well.
Chris...

Hi Chris,
Yep, looking back, making the Mach 1 into a tail dragger was not the best idea I ever had! The Tippo is looking good! I bet your getting pretty good with it!