Building the Stinson SR-9 (24)
It’s time to finish putting this airplane together ! As I write this, my Stinson SR-9 is actually finished…built…ready to go. It has been “out in public” at a static model show at the Seattle Museum of Flight, but I have not yet had the airplane anywhere near a flying field. It’s November outside....Continue reading→
How To Use “Good Old Silkspan” as a Covering and Finish Base (Part 1)
In the review of the Sig Dornier DO 217 kit that I posted a while back, I explained that I was going to depart from what the instructions told me to do when it came to covering (and finishing) the model and use traditional dope-and-silkspan materials in place of the plastic film that’s recommended. I said...Continue reading→
Peeling Paint?
Peeling Paint? I got a question the other day from reader Dale Thomsen. He reports that: “I got a Stinson SR-9 from another modeler. My problem is the paint that was on the plane is pealing off. I’m sure it is Stits covering and don’t know what to do. the paint is Sig Supercoat...Continue reading→
Building Those Old Kits – Not Enough Information?
Building Those Old Kits – Not Enough Information? On lots of the plans sheets that came with those old (stick-and-tissue, printwood, rubber powered and maybe sort-of-flyable) model airplane kits pretty much all you got was plans. Instructions that actually helped you figure out what came next were not always part of the deal. For a...Continue reading→
Building the Stinson SR-9 (23)
Now we get to one of those places where “doing scale” starts to get a higher weird factor. I can guarantee you that the many hours you may spend doing what I’ll describe this time will never make your model airplane fly better. What a well done stitch-and-tape job will do is guarantee that your...Continue reading→
Building the Stinson SR-9 (22)
Before we get started on this month’s installment of our Building the Stinson story, I want to invite any and all of you who are reading my rcmodel.com blogs to participate in deciding where they will be going next. I have been working on the big Top Flite/Great Planes Stinson SR-9 for over two years, and as...Continue reading→
Product Review…Venom Group/Atomik SKYANGEL Mini-warbirds SeaFury
What’s Bob doing with those ARF Foamies? If you have been following rcmodel.com for any time at all, you’re probably asking yourself “What’s Bob Benjamin doing with foam ARF models?” This guy is the original building them from balsa is better…forever… hard case guys. Well, to put it most simply, I’m doing it because...Continue reading→
We Visit Venom Group (Those LiPo Battery Guys)
This is no small operation! What appears to be most of the VPW crew turned out for a group photo with their building in the background. Over the years that I have been involved with the world of aeromodeling there have been increasingly frequent occasions when I was given the opportunity to represent...Continue reading→