Feeling Very Scientific...or maybe 'Black Hawkísh'...

Kim wrote:

batjac wrote:Kim,

Who did you order the kits from?  I'm thinking I'd best order a couple of old Scientific hollow log kits before Blackhawk stops making them.

The Squirreling Away Mark

Got them here:

http://bjm-home.com/models.html

A while back, Matt/microflitedude and someone else directed me to Outerzone http://www.outerzone.co.uk/, and I've been downloading all the Musciano Plans they list, and making a slideshow screensaver for my computer.

It's true...love this stuff.  The Thunderbird was one I'd missed, and liked the wide wing of the Stitts Playboy, so got that one too.

Want to build me a 'Zipper' but no kits for it (yet), so it'll be a scratched out project.  Built one back in the day flew the wing off of it (literally!).

Kim wrote:Like the Skunk Works needs ANOTHER model kit wedged into it's crowded quarters, I just received these two Blackhawk versions of Mr. Walt's 'Thunderbird' and 'Stitts Playboy' slab-winged hollow loggers.  Found them on my doorstep when I got home last night, settled in to my living room to pin the Thunderbird together and watch Star Trek...a pretty nice wrap-up to the day.


Big Otto is ready to rock, my Golden Hawk and Stunt Trainer are about to get color shot at them, so if I can keep the ball rolling, I'll have a regular "Musciano Air Force" here in a while.  Think I'm gonna dust of some Wen Mac's and Cubs for these guys.

Such a weird deal to have put these things together as a kid, assembling them on a lid salvaged from a deskette set, and dreaming about bigger, faster, radio-controlled stuff and building equipment. And now...pushing most of this stuff aside to build them again.  Weird-Weird-Weird....

Kim wrote:

rsv1cox wrote:

The "fly by night" kit is a new one on me.  I did a lot of business with AHC years ago, but it was mostly model railroad stuff.  AHM by Rivarossi, switches, track etc..  

Oh yeah!  The FBN Kit was a highly technical device, comprised of an AA battery holder, a switch, wires, and two "pea lamps"...and weighed a ton when viewed by the victim plane.

The good thing was, it DID fit into my budget...

batjac wrote:Well, I wasn’t going to post any photos of this until I’d finished it, as it’s so simple it doesn’t need a build thread.  When I was looking at ordering a couple of Musciano hollow log kits, I thought back to the American Boy that Walt designed.  I figured it wouldn’t take long to cut out the parts and glue it up.  To save time, I decided to use one of the plastic 1/2A engine mounts that I bought in bulk last year.  It took about an hour to cut everything out and get to the stage you see below.  The wing is just half of a sheet of SIG ¼”x 3” airfoil shaped balsa.   The plans call for a fuselage made from 3/16” sheet balsa, but all I had was ¼” so I used that.

Including the expensive $3.99 motor mount, I figure the plane will cost about ten bucks to build and paint, not counting engine and handle/lines.

The American Mark

Kim wrote:

I've been promised a 60 degree, sunny day on Wednesday, so there ought to be some paint hosing going on!  Also gonna swing my the local cabinet shop and see if they'll let me rummage through their hardwood scrap bin again.  Been having fun spinning down some hardwood wheels...trying to replicate the ones that came in the original Scientific Kits.

Brenda wrote:Roddie can you get her to list those wheels on their site? I would LOVE some in 1, 1.5 and 2in. Tired of Guillows plastic wheels on my 1/2a flyers