Last time I showed you a pair of simulated-but-real-looking landing lights. Do you remember my discussion at the beginning of that installment about the ever-present need to weight the value of added detail against the value of the weight savings that doing without them offers? Those landing lights are a good example…I chose to include […]
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From John: I was very happy to see your article in the march 2018 issue of Model Aviation.I’m not very good with a computer. I subscribed to Fly RC for years and when I got april’s 2017 issue with your article What about all those Guillows kits ? I devoured it over and over. I waited […]
Carl asked earlier about my older blog post “Building the Sig DO 217 kit (1)” and then added this question: Hello, Excellent build! I am about to build this kit and I noticed you added a tail wheel. I want to do the same but I’m wondering if yours was in a fixed position or […]
From Gary: Hello Bob, I have been a balsa modeler since 1950, (Strombecker before that) and read with interest your article in Model Aviation. Where can I order Tissue Paste and Eze Dope here in the U.S. of A. Currently building a S.P.A.D. XIII from Cleveland plans. That’s easy. Deluxe Materials products are distributed in […]
From William: I have never been able to find on your website the final stages of your B-17F construction. No. 21 is the last one I can get. Am I missing something here? Thanks for an excellent build series up to that point! I have to apologize for the delay. Please open the updated version […]
From Mark T. I have a Berkeley model kit of an Aeronca Sedan. It is a Henry Struck design from 1949. The wing span is 37 ½”. It says that it can be rubber band, CO2 or .049 for Control line. I need help with picking the electric engine, esc and battery. Also looking for […]
From David M: Hi Bob, I am building a tribute model of the B-24J my dad, Walter R. Miller, served in as Bombardier / Navigator in WWII. I am using a Guillow’s B-24 1/28th scale balsa kit as the basis of my project. Attached is a photo of my dad and his crew mates in front of their B24-J, #109. With […]
The last time you saw Bob Benjamin’s Master’s Workshop it was part of FLY RC Magazine and this home page had a different look. As most of you probably know by now, FLY RC is gone. I spent the better part of a year working behind the scenes with the handful of creative people, writing […]
QUESTION: Hi Bob, I picked up an Ace Tigerkitten kits off the web several years ago. Been working on building it since November. I love this website since You’ve got most of the pics and details outlined. Mine didn’t come with a manual. The cowl that came with my kit is a bit small. It […]