Michael Ramsay-Fraser Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 When I was into aeromodeling last time round , I bought a book called 'Aircraft Workshop' 'Learn to make models that fly' by Kevin Shacklock. Stating off with a small chuck glider, the book took the scratch builder through various models including a rubber powered Piper Cub, i.c. engined Spirit of St Louis all the way to a 88" span Spitfire with flaps & retracts. In all the modeling websites I've visited, I've never seen any mention of either the book of the models for which plans are provided. Maybe I have the only copy? Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has:- 1) read the book or 2) Built any of the planes featured. If the latter, how did they go. I ask because there is a rather nice looking 67" span DH 71 which I wouldn't mind trying some time in the future and any feedback would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Wright 2 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Michael. Is this the book you have ? Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ramsay-Fraser Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Yep, that's the one. Some really nice plans in it. They have to be scaled up but include drawings for all the parts and are very well detailed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Lambert Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 We have been here before ...Kelvin Shacklock's book **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ramsay-Fraser Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Mmmm. I did a search before posting and nothing came up. I was more interested in finding out if anyone had attempted any of the scale models and what the results were. The Micro T model that others have built seems to work well but I'm more interested in sacle and potentially converting to electric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Lambert Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Hi Michael, yes it must be one of the worst search engines on the web, it only searches the thread title, so if you don't know that you get nothing! Good luck with your quest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ramsay-Fraser Posted May 14, 2013 Author Share Posted May 14, 2013 Posted by Brian Lambert on 14/05/2013 13:10:20: Hi Michael, yes it must be one of the worst search engines on the web, That must be why most of my searches bring up nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Lambert Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Hi Michael, yes it must be one of the worst search engines on the web, it only searches the thread title, so if you don't know that you get nothing! Good luck with your quest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I read about this book on this forum and found that Amazon have it for about a tenner. Very good indeed. An impressive book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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