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Mike Archer


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church hill tn
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2011 8:27 am    
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if any you folks build and fly rc model planes and would like to talk/trade/enjoy the hobby with me let me know illpost some pics of my planes
in a day or so
I see many great hobbys here
the pontiac cars are fantastic I had a 4 door
tempest in the 70s great car wish I still owned it
ive enjoyed this post so much
Mike

anybody having rc plane kits and want to trade
or sell let me know thanks Mike


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George Wixon

 

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Waterbury, CT USA
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2011 1:28 pm    
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Hi Mike,
Don't fly RC planes but I do play with RC helicopters.
I thought playing steel was difficult but flying a rc helicopter is like trying to balance a plate on a marble. lol.
George
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Larry Lorows

 

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Zephyrhills,Florida, USA
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2011 2:46 pm    
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I have the real flight simulator and when my buddies get down here to Florida, we're all going to purchase three Apprentice airplanes to get a small discount on them. We went out to the field last winter and watched them fly and it sure looked like fun. Larry
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Henry Matthews


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Texarkana, Ark USA
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2011 3:38 pm    
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Funny you just posted this. I just crashed my P 51. Total loss. Back to the steel,lol.
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Roger Edgington


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San Antonio, Texas USA
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2011 5:49 am    
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I have small electrics to gas clear up to a full size '46 Taylorcraft BC 12D. I have lots of planes and love to build, mostly giant scale. However, the band I have been with for nearly 18 years travels more and more out of town. I love the band but it's killing my hobby. I have a Spectrum radio and several planes I haven't flown. We are building an apartment in the back of our hangar and hope to move there around the end of the year. I'll also be building a new workshop and a music room. I have loved airplanes and music as far back as I can remember. AMA 49180
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Don Brown, Sr.

 

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New Jersey
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2011 11:25 am    
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Henry, they aren't making those P-51 Mustang kits any longer, are they? The hand cable controlled old, old, models.

They were the best stunt planes made, back in the day.

Wow! Talk about old memories..... Smile
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Bobbe Seymour

 

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Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2011 11:45 am    
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You guys are killing me! I wish you all lived in Nashville. Shocked
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Dennis Saydak


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Manitoba, Canada
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2011 11:59 am    
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Don Brown, Sr. wrote:
Henry, they aren't making those P-51 Mustang kits any longer, are they? The hand cable controlled old, old, models.

They were the best stunt planes made, back in the day.

Wow! Talk about old memories..... Smile


Don I think you are refering to the old Sterling Models P-51 kits? If so you will recognize this picture of some of the kit parts. I cloned ten new Mustang kits for the local C/L guys last winter. Yes, there are two cottage manufacturers who are still making this kit. Also, here's a picture of a Baracuda stunt model I'm currently working on. I also fly R/C models. My current project is a 1/4 scale Blackburn Monoplane from an English kit.




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Herman Scurlock


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Columbus, Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2011 3:29 pm     Giant Scale
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I fly giant scale gassers no nitro stuff.
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Kevin Hatton

 

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Buffalo, N.Y.
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2011 4:00 pm    
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My first kit many years ago was a Goldgerg Eagle 63. I learned alot from that kit. All the way to a Pit stunt Bi-Plane. Great hobbie. Good way to get away from the wife for a while. It creates "space".
Did you ever let one get away from you and become a speck in the sky? Been there, done that.
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Herman Scurlock


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Columbus, Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2011 4:14 pm    
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I find it amazing that every time I put my Sukohi 26 up I have the equivalent cost of my LDG hanging on by an invisible radio signal that may or may not please the flight gods at any given time.
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Mike Archer


From:
church hill tn
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2011 4:41 pm     kits and such
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hey great looking planes guys...
im building a pete and poke at the moment
.40 size and ive got a four star .60 ready to place engine and radio in soon I hope
got some other planes crashed and such
its a great hobby but its costs are a bit
high to keep up steel guita takes up all my time
so progress is slow at best
man kits are high and gettin hard to find I went to the hobby shop a few weeks back they had no kits at all said nobody builds um any more I said well I do....have not done the helis to expensive for this old fart hehehehe but there way cool
so Dennis could a guy get one of those mustand kits from you you made?
great hobby Mike Very Happy
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Elton Smith


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Texas, USA
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2011 8:42 pm    
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Here's my next rebuild.But not quite a model. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/401336.html
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Mike Archer


From:
church hill tn
Post  Posted 14 Oct 2011 8:40 am     cool airplane
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cool airplane Elton!!

man I miss those sterling kits

back in the 60s I built and flew a lot of them

I would love to have a couple sterling kits to build now jeeps!!! heres my pete and poke

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Roger Edgington


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San Antonio, Texas USA
Post  Posted 14 Oct 2011 8:49 am    
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Dennis, I like the Baracuda. Is it a current kit or scratch built? I still have a Veco smoothe on the wall. I'd like to build a nice UC plane. It's comming back around here.

Herman, I was an active member of the Columbus club back in the mid 70s. We had a small grass field with lots of hour restrictions. I've seen the beautiful field you have now north of town. We have 3 large clubs here in San Antonio.
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chris ivey


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california (deceased)
Post  Posted 14 Oct 2011 9:37 am    
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never tried rc but i know it would be cool. my dad flew u-control planes like ringmasters and customs that he built. we went to many model plane meets and they had both types. i always dug the big multi engined warplanes some people had...and the little speed planes that you had to plant your u-control on the center pole...screamers.
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Dennis Saydak


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Manitoba, Canada
Post  Posted 14 Oct 2011 10:27 am    
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Roger Edgington wrote:
Dennis, I like the Baracuda. Is it a current kit or scratch built? I still have a Veco smoothe on the wall. I'd like to build a nice UC plane. It's comming back around here.


The Cuda is scratch built from a plan published in American Modeler magazine from the 60's Even the canopy is scratch build from 1/16" plywood.



Mike Archer - You can buy the Mustang kit from any hobby shop that carries Brodak stuff usually at a decent discount. Here's a link: http://www.brodak.com/shop_productdetail.php?ProductID=8109

I don't have any kits left and my cost of materials would be more than the cost of Brodak's kit. The reason I made a bunch up was the local hobby shop made a wood donation to our club for a group build project.
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Mike Archer


From:
church hill tn
Post  Posted 14 Oct 2011 12:18 pm     thanks
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thanks Dennis great work on the baracuda
nice clean welldone work wish I was that good at building!!!
Mike Very Happy
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Mike Archer


From:
church hill tn
Post  Posted 18 Oct 2011 1:57 pm     rc kits
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anybody who has some old rc model airplane kits laying around and would like to swap them for steel dvds let me know I like old model kits or new
as long as they are kits
thanks Mike Very Happy
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Mike Archer


From:
church hill tn
Post  Posted 20 Oct 2011 2:04 pm     Bump
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Ron Whitfield

 

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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
Post  Posted 20 Oct 2011 2:23 pm    
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Awesome steel guitar content!
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