| Build Thread, Page :
<< 11 12 13 14 15 [ 16 ] 17 18 19 20 21 (430 posts, 20 posts per page, 22 pages in total)
|
[ < Prev ] [ Next > ] |
| lukebozek1, Comment for image # 22467 | 29 Apr 11 06:30 |
| When I went in the service my brother emptied my room out, clothes shoes and airplanes. Somewhere I have an old bamboo fly rod and a Pflueger fly reel. I will get thos back because he hated fishing. This is really a beautiful plane, another great build. |
| lukebozek1, Comment for image # 22469 | 29 Apr 11 06:26 |
| I remember that Fox put out some of their engines with real bearings, and the life of the motor depended on which variation of fuel you used. You would get more power out of a mixture with less Castor Oil, but as you said, you would get to the shop more often. See even back then we were fixated on more power. The McCoy 35 went on sale once for $6.95 and I got two. Both are long gone. |
| deckape, Comment for image # 22469 | 28 Apr 11 18:00 |
| Ahoy Ted
Yes sir, she was once powered by the old McCoy .19 back in those days those old engines didn,t last to long they wore out and you had to go back to your dealer and buy another.Back then not bad on your wallot around $5.00 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh the good old days. Boats |
| deckape, Comment for image # 22469 | 28 Apr 11 17:20 |
| I found me a Fox .35 engine Iall it and give it a fly this weekend. i hope I done get a case of vergo I hate to crash and burn this one. |
| frwyflyer, Comment for image # 22469 | 28 Apr 11 17:19 |
| Absolutely Beautiful!! Was this powered by a McCoy 19 also? |
| John M Oshust, Comment for image # 22469 | 28 Apr 11 15:45 |
| Sweet....heavenly, two wings and a rotary what else is there in life....MGs also! |
| deckape, Comment for image # 22469 | 28 Apr 11 15:10 |
| Roring40 Thanks for the reply she is one of my oldest of all my collection built at the end of the niffty fifties when i had the duty or got off watcg i went down below the bosons locker where i kept my private shop at and built it When I was aboard the U.S.S. KEARSARGE when in port I flew on the flight deck the the old man got a kick out of it once in a while he would tease me about it. Thanks Boats |
| Roring40, Comment for image # 22469 | 28 Apr 11 14:58 |
| Wow, what a beauty ! |
| deckape, Image # 22469 | 28 Apr 11 14:03 |
Sterling 1958 Nieuport 28 |
| deckape, Image # 22468 | 28 Apr 11 14:02 |
Sterling 1959 Nieuport 28 |
| deckape, Image # 22467 | 28 Apr 11 14:02 |
1959 Sterling Nieuport 28 same series as my SE5 Scout I built this when I was in the Navy I bough it in the ships store I paid $3.00 for itas soon as we pulled in subic Bay the Phillipines I went t a hobby shop in caviti I got some dope and silk useing Areo glioss dope creme color pigments dop I brushed on 6 coats the model flew 4 times burned up the engine it was again a McCoy .19 has,nt flown scince it was hung up all those years most of everything i had scince boyhood my parents kept it for me and never gave it away even when married I kept them there until I got settled with a home. |
| deckape, Comment for image # 22456 | 27 Apr 11 16:11 |
| thanks Luke back in those days silk was expensive for my dope I got off cheap i went to the airport and washed airplanes for my modeling supplies back then I got gallens of butyate dope.I ssoaked my silk in hot water and doped it down wet lete dry and sanded with wet sand paper, and applied another coat of nitraite dope on top of the butyate dope, the original wheels that were on the ppane came from ac,e at of new york they had spokes on them they cost %5.00 I got them for my 17th year birthday I have a Nieuport 28 Sterling kit in the same series as this one. I got it on my paper route i paid $9.95 for it and the SE5 too. they used the old .19 McCoy these engines didn,t last long in those days they burned up you had to by another they cost $5.00 back then then I went to a Fox.35 Mt dad and i every sunday burned circles together. If I were to try this agin I would get vergo and crash and burn. thanks Luke |
| lukebozek1, Comment for image # 22456 | 27 Apr 11 15:50 |
| If you are in that good shape you have it made! I remember that real silk was like $6.00 a square yard about that time. You were Mr. Money back then. I also remember that it took less dope to finish the silk off than the silkspan. Pretty plane! |
| deckape, Image # 22456 | 27 Apr 11 15:24 |
1957 Sterling Scout in its primitive modeling in 1957 covered in silk she is getting old like me we are both antiques |
| deckape, Image # 22455 | 27 Apr 11 15:23 |
Sterling Se5 Scout |
| deckape, Image # 22454 | 27 Apr 11 15:23 |
Sterling U Control SE5 Scout |
| deckape, Image # 22453 | 27 Apr 11 15:22 |
Here is my 1957 Sterling U control SE5 Scout powered by a McCopy .19 last flown 1977 |
| deckape, Image # 22398 | 25 Apr 11 00:44 |
Here is the forward secyion I put a lot of detain into this one like most of my ships |
| deckape, Image # 22397 | 25 Apr 11 00:42 |
Here is my 8ft RMS TITANIC 1/8th scale I made this from solid wood all pine paper carstock it is displayed in our liveingroom My wife doe not want anymore behemoths sitting in our lieing room she loves the Tianioc. It took me almost 10 years to build this I was built useing builders plans I oibtained through Abe Taubman plan service |
| BriandKilby, Comment for image # 22349 | 23 Apr 11 17:42 |
| another winnner, another job well done! |
| Build Thread, Page :
<< 11 12 13 14 15 [ 16 ] 17 18 19 20 21 (430 posts, 20 posts per page, 22 pages in total)
|
[ < Prev ] [ Next > ] |
