Lorenz Mueller

Same as you, Phil - only my sandwich is 4mm/2mm/4mm balsa. Not having the build article I am interested how the intakes get onto the curvy fuselage sides, and how the intake splitter lips get treated. I am also thinking about adding the scale horn balance to the elevators. Lorenz

Despite advice to the contrary, and not having access to the build article in the magazine, I decided to do it slightly differently - lower wing skin in one piece. Until now all the required angles check out, and this way I could achieve a good fit and glue joint to the dihedral brace. Fillers to the upper spars are in by now, so top skins next, and then a decision: Ailerons as per plan or with horn balances as per scale? Any showstoppers there? Lorenz

Posted by onetenor on 30/04/2016 15:47:19 . The Gamecock was the plane Douggie Bader crashed when he lost his legs I think No - as far as I know that was a Bristol Bulldog. Another lovely bipe deserving a kit... Lorenz

I also have to nominate two - scroll saw and 11" disc sander

Henschel HS-129 and Firefly are great ideas. If it has to be a Grumman Cat, let it be the Bearcat or the Tigercat. Lorenz

I'd be in for an electric twin to be powered by something like .40 equivalents, so in the 70"ish wingspan. A De Havilland Hornet or a Douglas Invader (easy ground handling tri-gear!) would be my favorites. Or from the axis, a Focke-Wulf Ta-154 Moskito Lorenz (hopefully shipping to switzerland would not be more expensive than the kit...) Edited By Lorenz Mueller on 23/04/2016 15:00:09

Interesting! Mine is still a bit behind Phil Cooke on the fuse. I wonder though if it wouldn't be possible to do the lower skin in one piece for added strength, as the wing will be one piece anyway? The upper will be separate of course for the grain to run parallel to the leading edge. Lorenz

This being an A-4M, you'd have to adjust the fin (easy) and either squint or change the canopy shape (not so easy). Nice paint scheme though, good luck Lorenz

For aviation fiction try John J. Nance. Blackout or Pandora's Clock would be a point to start. Also Imperial 109 by Richard Doyle, or Thomas H. Blocks Mayday or Forced Landing. For sheer thrilling action Matthew Reilly is your man. Start with Ice Station, his first Scarecrow novel, or Contest. In hard S/F space opera, Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy, or a personal favorite, Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton. Or James P. Hogan, I particularly enjoyed The Proteus Operation. If you like Fantasy and the Hunger Games, apart from the must J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher Paolinis Inheritance Cycle, starting with Eragon, might be worth a try. Lorenz

The editor needs to hire somebody with a grasp of German to check the spelling of at least the names. In the sidebar on the Fieseler Storch they managed to misspell both Hanna Reitsch and Ritter Von Greim. A recurring thing, I seem to remember a German glider being misspelled on the cover a few issues back... Lorenz

Now that it flies so well - any chance you could change the spelling to the correct Fieseler? Hurts the eyes like this Lorenz

A piston Provost would be the first TN plan in years not to tempt me - too modern, too boring. Not while there are soo many nice warbirds of the thirties and WWII to do. The Fury would, but alas it is already on the building board... That is why my vote would go to a Bristol Bulldog, Gloster Gladiator, Aichi Val, Mitsubishi Claude,... I could go on for several pages. No harm done, not while my stack keeps me busy for ages Lorenz

Posted by Luke Lane on 20/01/2016 21:53:54: How about a Bucker Bestmann. 72 inch, 120 four stroke. It has loads of character, hundreds of different colour schemes, looks right so it should fly right, fixed u/c and fairly straight forward to build. Now I would clear the board for this. There already is a Bücker Bestmann in that size. It even was sold as a kit by Krick, it flew on a .40 engine. The plan should still be available if you look around. I'd like to change my third choice again, so it is now: 1. De Havilland Hornet, about 70-80 inch electric, 2. Douglas Invader, same size and for the biplane lovers 3. Bristol Bulldog, sized for a .40 equivalent electric Lorenz

On second thought, instead of the already mentioned Gladiator, how about something different - 3. Mitsubishi A5M Claude Lorenz

no such system in Switzerland - so no certificate for me... Lorenz

The problem with the Ju-52 is that in any decent size the corrugations would be a must to look right. However I haven't yet seen a reasonably simple way of doing them. Therefore 1. De Havilland Hornet, electric around 70"-80'" 2. Douglas Invader, ditto as the Bucker Jungmann and the Hawker Fury are already on the building board, 3. Gloster Gladiator, sized for an electric .40 equivalent Lorenz

Be wary of the World Models Spitfire though. Their models fly really well, but the Spit in my opinion is an ugly, botched job by aimlessly cobbling together looks of different Spitfire marks. It has a more or less Merlin cowl, the rest is more or less low back Mk XIV, the wing bordering on Mk 24. Markings are 80 Squadron, flown on Mk 24s in Hongkong. It is also notably missing wing fillets, gull wings, scale gear location, and so on. Their Tempest for example looks much nicer (or I know much less about how a Tempest should look...). Lorenz

Just wondering - has the autumn special been sent at the usual date? Judging from previous deliveries, mine is a week late now... Lorenz

The logical progression from the Mossie would be a DH Hornet though - that would be irresistible to me... Lorenz

so that's the plan I drew the center parts of the fuselage, mostly 3mm liteply, all interlocking. No glue used in this picture! and the present state. Still not glued, there are still a few bits missing, but I had to see how it looks, so I put it together with some clamps