Blind Bus Driver

Thanks. I have a propeller which was on the plane.

He definitely enjoyed making it so well worth the money spent. Id rather let a keen flier have it for peanuts than have to just send it to a random auction house with the other remaining bits. It is a nice model & should be flown. Thanks for all your help here. I will email the local groups & see if anyone wants to take it complete before I remove the engine & put it on eBay. It does have a fuel tank and some servos in, so just needs radio gear to get it flying I think. Any idea on value given that I do want it to go to a good home rather than hang from the roof of some trendy chain pub. Thanks, Simon

Thanks Paul. That does look like the one.

Ah ok. This one was built from a kit with press out wooden bits, then covered in film. I vaguely remember it as I paid for it, and the engine, as a birthday present. Certainly wasn’t what I’d call cheap though. Was probably about 12-15 years ago now at some air show we all went to as a group for a significant ( 70 I think ) birthday.

Sorry for being thick but ARTF?

Now got the cowling off & can see it says OS Max one side & 60 on the other. I can’t see anything else on it but the mount may be obscuring that. It seems pretty tidy but has obviously leaked quite a lot of oil and possibly fuel as well over the years. Thanks for the helpful advice!

Thanks for that. Unfortunately there were no plans. Lots of stuff was cleared from the house and workshop/garage before I became involved in helping with the estate disposal. I presume much of his aircraft modelling stuff was removed then.

That certainly does look very similar. I’m super tall & not a good guesser so wings may be 6’. I’ll get someone to measure them properly. It is a pretty big plane. point taken re the Allen keys. I wouldn’t want to damage the plane or the engine ideally.

Thanks. Yes I found those too. Just need an Allen key that fits now!

Found some pics with wings on. I think it looks a bit of a mongrel but apparently was quite easy to fly.

I don’t think it is meant to be an actual plane. It seems to draw elements from quite a few different ones. The wings are very boring straight parallel with rounded tips. Looking for a pic with the wings on now.

Thanks for your help. The pot measures 45mm across and the silencer is about 160mm if that helps identify it. I’m pretty sure that the engine is the same age as the model but I think there may have been some fuel leak issues with it. The nose cone may have been replaced. It didn’t fly many times: less than a dozen I think. It has got some servos in it but the wheels are fixed. I remember he was thinking of retracts but didn’t get them in the end. It was supposed to be a trainer for large aircraft & was his first and only big model. Looks a bit like a Harvard from WWII but not quite. I don’t have the wings here but may be able to find some old pictures. I have sent some emails to local clubs to see if there is any interest from them for the whole thing. Im very grateful for your help.

Thanks for this. I don’t think I was looking in the right places! I’d rather it went to a good home without having to possibly damage it to remove the engine cover.

Hi. Thanks for the reply. There used to be a club locally of which my father in law was a member. It seems to have folded quite a few years ago unfortunately and I don’t have contacts among former members. I’ve tried advertising the planes & engines locally but not had much response via Facebook groups etc. I have done a bit of research on eBay & listed the two loose engines. i can’t list the big one as I can’t tell what it is and need to remove the cowl to take any pics & give it a clean. It’s only flown a dozen or so times so should be in decent condition. I don’t really want to saw the cowl off to get at the engine. Just can’t see how it comes off. Cheers, Simon

Thanks Paul. As I’ve only just joined I was wary of including pictures in my first proper post. Some here though. thanks, Simon