Also found in the box

When pulling out some gifted .049s to clean up, I found this little booklet in the box.  It’s a 64 page booklet that tells you almost everything you need to know to get going with model engines:




The booklet only measures 3½ x 5 inches, which seems to have been a popular size for these little instruction booklets, so the printing is agonizingly small, necessitating my pulling out my old guy’s magnifying glass to read some of the small print.  Even though the booklet is called the Glo-Engine Handbook, it also goes into pretty good detail about ignition model engines.  The booklet covers everything from a complete list of Champion spark plugs for all popular engines of the times, to glow engine theory, to how to set up your own 3-line engine control, to making and mounting fuel tanks.  Even has parts breakdowns and complete parts lists for all the popular glow engines at that time.  I’ll have to take three or four hours to read it over fully.  Lots of great information.  Much of it coming from Flying Models and Young Men magazines.






I love these old instruction booklets!

The Smitten Mark