Nostalgia build/unfinished business...

Like a lot of us I have been building and flying since I was a kid. I started with plastic kits when I was about five, with dad's help of course. I built my first stick and tissue model when I was around eight. It was a Guillows Lancer rubber power model and, as often happens with kids, it never flew. In fact I never even finished covering it, for some reason. It didn't end there, of course, I've been building ever since.

I'm sure you can see where this is going, but I was at the (good) hobby shop on Saturday picking up a few things and browsing through the various kits on the shelves (Yes, kits! I said it was the good hobby shop.) and there was a Guillows Lancer. I'd seen them many times before and was often tempted, but this time I bit, though it cost a bit more than the $3.25 I paid in back in third grade!

I have a three foot by seven foot tempered glass table that I build on now, but for this project I broke out the old building board and pins! I'm going true old school on this one. I had a really great time tonight pinning parts down on the plans and gluing them together with Ambroid. The smell of sanded balsa and Ambroid sure takes you back, doesn't it?

Boy, it sure is smaller than I remember...