PHOTOS: AL PARDUE
The right tools can make a build easier and structures more true. This building jig can be purchased as a unit (above left) from Bob Holman. Many commercial building jigs use a slotted base to fit the upright against the side of the fuselage,
but Holman’s jig is unique in that some of the uprights have slits (above right) in them which slide over the top longeron and hold the fuselage side at a 90-degree angle to the jig base.
PHOTO: BILL SCHMIDT
Bill Schmidt sent this photo of his Atom powered Lanzo Baby Burd (above). It’s just one of dozens of beautiful models in this master modeler’s “hangar”. Ken Wilson holds his McCoy 29 powered Testor’s FreshmanTrainer(below). Ken has been a fan of the Freshmanfor some time, and that same McCoy 29 has powered a series of FreshmanTrainerssince Ken built his first one in 1950.
PHOTO: KEN WILSON
ized—and maybe improved—the idea by al- lowing small brushless outrunners. Either way you’re going to get a barrel of fun for a very small outlay. Jim Sprenger and Jim Alling, of Zephyr Airmotors, have been working hard to meet orders and to build a small inventory of their compressed air motors. The two Jims tell me that they’ll be able to fill orders immediately by the time this column is out. You can con- tact them at
zephyrmodelmotors@gmail.com. While Compressed Air is an old time event, you’re free to use your own design. Zack Pet- tit’s original design shown in one of the pic- tures is an interesting bird indeed. I was happy to get some photos from Ken Wilson, of Evansville, Indiana. Ken holds his Testors “Freshman Trainer” in the pic- ture. While not strictly old time, a 61-year- old control line design is interesting. Ken says he’s had at least one Freshman Train- er in his hangar ever since 1950, when he bought the McCoy .29 that powers this bird. Keeping up with the old time theme, the pi- lot in the cockpit was lifted from a Norman Rockwell print! Ken says that the forward landing gear on this plane makes it easy for a novice ukie pilot to “grease” a landing. That is a good thing, because Ken’s Tri County Aero club holds an annual fun fly in Vincennes, Indiana for these old ukies.
Building tip They say that nostalgia ain’t what it used
to be. I might add, “and neither is waxed pa- per.” I grew up using waxed paper to protect plans. But modern waxed paper seems to have a much thinner coat of wax, and the pa- per itself seems flimsier. CyA glues stick to modern waxed paper. Recently I’ve been us- ing Reynolds “parchment paper”. You can find it in grocery stores. It’s translucent, and CyA doesn’t seem to stick to it. Try it. I think you’ll like it. I’ve also got a “flying tip”. Dow 33 is use-
ful for lubing rubber motors in old timer models. It does not spatter on fuselage sides. I knew a couple of ardent OT rubber com- petitors who used to get in their Taft motel showers with their models to wash the lube gunk off the inside of the fuselage. You can get Dow 33 at Tim Goldstein’s A2Z Corp
www.A2ZCorp.us/store and save yourself that grief. See their ad on page 12.
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