The "box"...

We all have models that break.. or models that are in "repair/rebuild-status".. as well as models that have been given to us in pieces for one reason or another. Maybe they weren't finished... or were modified.

"My box" contains a little of each.. along with "nostalgic-carnage".. that I can't seem to part with. Mine is a small box that originally contained copy-paper. I opened it this afternoon to access some old airplane parts.  



Anything  that's put in the box is reasonably safe from harm.. or being lost/misplaced. Some stuff is in bags.. marked with the contents. I'm a bit mental about these things.. but that's just the way I am..

I have an airplane that I really want to fly again.. but I removed all the hardware to repaint it several years ago. I think the paint is cured enough now to put it back together..  



This was originally built in 1992.. and is my own design. I did my first loop and inverted flight with this model. It had a Cox Golden Bee engine on it originally.. and was later flown with a product-engine with a small wedge-tank.

Here's the parts-bag that's been sealed for decades.. It's time to put it back together now.




You may have seen this model previously with "snow-skis" mounted.. but shown are the original wheels for it.. including a tail-wheel with hole to accept the pin on my launching-stooge. Those wheels were penny-items that I found at a craft-store. They're "spoked" made of tin with a rubber-tube-tire and had a hub that could be bushed to fit a music-wire axle. A few of my airplanes used them. They were lightweight.. yet strong.





Here's a photo with the snow-skis.. although I've never flown it with them.



I don't recall the flap/elev differential.. but maybe that will reveal itself when I install the horns/pushrods? There are no clevis's in the linkage.. so as long as the flaps/elev are neutral when the linkage is reinstalled.. it should fly as it used to.. I hope.