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I'm a sucker for Scientific...and jealous!

Elevator looked like it may belong to a Stinson tail dragger high wing cabin. Regarding fuselage, could be anything, perhaps the start of a DeHavilland Chipmunk WW-2 low wing trainer? Rudder doesn't look like it belongs to either.

Back in 1965 or 66, I built Scientific's brother, the Cessna 180. Tail surfaces were sheet 1/16". These all were designed by Paul Del Gatto of aeromodeller fame of the era.

Outerzone does have one in the series:

http://www.outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=6046 Miss America II by Paul Del Gatto from Scientific, 1962, 20in span


Scientific box photo from Outerzone.co.uk

I downloaded it with hopes someday to build it. It was Paul's rendition of Joe Wagner's free flight design of the late 1940's. Since, it has been modelled in different sizes as F/F and R/C. Paul's was the first in rubber power.

Being an adolescent, I covered the 180 in tissue, then color doped it with Testor's Orange butyrate dope, which made it too heavy to decently fly. Now older, I know I should have not color doped, and simply finished the solid sheet balsa tail surfaces in clear dope. But, it looked sharp enough to make its presence in my bedroom.

Hi Bob,

The little airframe that you have looks like a Miles M-18 . Peck Polymers made a peanut scale model kit of this plane. Maybe someone has a set of plans for it. Just my guess...
Mike1484

wow mike. i mean WOW

looking at that carcass, and seeing the Miles is brilliant
https://www.wind-it-up.com/products/peanut-scale-miles-m-18

photo of bigger plans show the squared off stab, sure looks familiiar
https://thegeebee.com/product/miles-m18-24in-wingspan/

I think Mike is onto something. As you point Charles, the possibility of it being the M-18 could be. Scaling based on Bob's photo of the fuselage overlaid the Cub's fuselage elevation on the plan shows it is just a touch shorter than the Cub, so it would not be the P-Nut scale of 12 - 13 inches. The fuselage laid against Bob's 1/4"x3"x36" shaped airfoil sheet balsa seems to substantiate the larger size. My guess is that the intended model probably had a 16 to 18 inch wingspan.

Charle's other link to the larger one would most likely be closer.

One think I did notice is that Miles did have other designs of the time, which used the rectangular elevator, so it could be other than the M-18.

It wouldn't be hard to convert the bones to a sport model, add upper formers to round the top off, then have a stand-off scale model of choosing.

Speaking of Miles aircraft, a little off-topic but still within the intent of discussion. I could not help but notice that this early profile is as cute as a bug.

It is the Miles Magister tri-rudder low wing monoplane in half-A C/L profile by the infamous Ray Malstrom, whom the British Aeromodeller magazine published a good number of his designs.

https://outerzone.co.uk/plan_details.asp?ID=7616 Miles Messenger by Ray Malmstrom 18in span


Outerzone photo.


Tony Wright's model posted by Outerzone

Tony's photo shows his creation with of all things, unmistakably a venerable Testors .049 Rotomatic mounted inverted with separate tank as its power.

It does provide food for the imagination.

Bob, the plans seem involved until one realizes that the magazine that featured the plane was limited in space, so the superimposed all parts to fit. But, if one were to make several copies, could carefully highlight fuselage, then wing, then tail surfaces, etc.

The plane is a simple one. In fact, one could simplify further for a successful model and go with Bernie's engine mount:

https://coxengines.ca/cox--049-engine-firewall-mount-control-line.html


Then, any .049 Cox tank or horseshoe back engine, or OK Cub .049 B-Model tank engine could fit. Only difference now is he is having them made in black plastic instead of white or flesh colored.