This shot was taken at the Waveney Model Flying Club site on the concrete of the old Ellough airbase.
The next two shots show my own design Agtruck crop-duster, the
wing and tail-plane were from a Veron Skylane that had an argument with
gravity.... and lost, the fuselage was scratch built.
The next model was built from a plan and was called "Twinfin" for obvious reasons, I modified the design slightly to resemble a Me110 but it was a bit ungainly in the air, so......
I modified it again, I shortened the fuselage front and rear, clipped the wings and tail and added bombs, it flew brilliantly with OS 25 power until a head-on mid-air collision while dogfighting totalled it.
The following shots show a model called "Hot 20", I don't know any more details of the kit it was built from but it was a super flier with an OS25 up front
My next attempt at design was this 40 powered biplane, it turned out to be a superb aerobatic model and was an introduction into foam wing cutting.
The following pictures show another design using foam as a basis
for the whole model, the wings are veneered foam and the fuselage was carved and
sanded from foam with balsa skinning, the model is of the American carrier plane
the Vought Cutlass
Power was provided by a Merco 61, rear mounted driving a pusher prop. Takeoffs were a bit tricky as the engine thrustline would try to keep the model on the ground.....the trick was to build up speed, pull the stick back, close the throttle and the model would become airborne...that was the time to open the throttle again..... and with a bit of luck it would pick up and you would be away. It was very fast in the air.
Picture 3 shows yours truly....(what a terrible hair style....still it was the 70`s), holding the Cutlass, it gives a good idea of the size of the model.
The model below is of the Hawker Typhoon and was built from a British kit of unknown origin, powered by an OPS 40 it was a very good flier until the engine stopped.....then it flew like a brick.
If you have ever been called a fair weather flier the take a look at the following photos.......MAD!...... you bet we are......all of us!
this guy has been out in the cold too long!.....the model is a Gangster 40
A lovely day for flying!
If this was a movie you could see the hands shaking.....the model on the right is a Cambrian Pioneer belonging to my brother and fitted out with skis.
Yours truly holding the skied Cambrian Pioneer...another one of those marvellous kits you don't see any more
A nice flying close up of the Pioneer, based loosely on the Bleriot monoplane it flew so slowly that at one time I was able to catch it while being flown by my brother.
