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Comet Kit #1622 - ZERO A6M5 by BillParker. Viewed 977 times.
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| BillParker | 29-Dec-09 10:43 | |
| FLYBOYZ | 29-Dec-09 19:30 | | olboy!lookie lookie the super star jap zero with red tube |
| BillParker | 29-Dec-09 21:28 | | I like to call it, "The Lead Sled..." |
| hjlittman | 29-Dec-09 21:48 | | After I built my first Super-Star, Tube-O-Matic, the Zero it so happens, I made sure that whenever I built another one I cut relief slots in the formers so that after the fuselage was framed a few quick cuts with an X-acto blade and the tube came out. They have rather good airfoils so that without the tube, and with lightened tail feathers they fly rather well, and if nothing else, they are sturdy. If they had gone the Guillow's route with these and had plastic noses, detail parts, and molded canopies they might have stayed in business a while longer. As it was, this line of kits was not what the market wanted.
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| BillParker | 30-Dec-09 09:33 | | I remember as a kid, the model box said, "with molded canopy!" and I thought, "so?" Now I get it. The molded canopy was a miracle... |
| bsadonkill | 30-Dec-09 11:50 | | Actually the Comet kits are a better F-F rubber model designs than the Guillows kits.The Comet models were always a dollar or two cheaper.When i was a boy back in the seventies that made a difference.Comet suffered from poor wood selection,the wood was to hard sometimes and split to easily.Comet probably suffered more from a general lack of interest from later generations. |
| frwyflyer | 30-Dec-09 12:42 | | Comet kits were 1.00,.50, .25 and .10 in my youth. We would build and then hang them in the bedroom until the tissue became brittle and tear. Then it was time to go flying. Firecrackers glued on, set on fire for one last glorious flight. It was always a big crowd pleaser if the firecrackers blew before the model hit the dirt.. |
| BillParker | 30-Dec-09 14:10 | | sounds like you and my Dad hung out together... he never talks about how well they flew up, just about how well they blew up... |
| TJH | 30-Dec-09 15:15 | | Sounds like something from Mythbusters! Not the actual debunking of the theory, just the explosion... |
| FLYBOYZ | 30-Dec-09 19:30 | | Yes I couldn,t stand the comet canopies This one has a very nice canopy one of them I did like!I built the thunder bolt tow times messed up on the canopy each time.So now I just cheat and go buy one universale.Looks funny carrying a airplane around in the store but I donot care he he. |
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