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Nostalgia trip It was intriguing seeing the Retro R/C
News Flash interpretation of the late Joe Konefes’ Phantom Flash in your February issue. In a letter to me, Joe had explained that his original, built circa 1936 for Comet, was sold for 75 cents before it was kitted.
building articles, and pictures of FAC con- test models, which have provided inspira- tion and incentive for me to continue to turn out one or two models annually. As far as I know, I’m the only person in east Tennessee who has any interest in “my kind” of model building and I feel that the hobby has evolved beyond my little corner of interest. This isn’t a criticism of present day hob-
byists nor an indictment of FM—I’m not a snot. Times have changed … and I haven’t. I will not be renewing my subscription,
which will expire with the April 2012 issue. FMis still a great magazine. I have a huge collection of back issues that I still use for reference and forgotten building techniques. My thanks to FMand my best wishes to
you. I hope that FMwill continue to inspire other model builders for many years to come, just as it did for me!
JOHN DERHAMMER Knoxville, TN
Wow Received my January 2012 issue of FMa My friend, the late Comet founder, Bill
Bishop (above), once gave me a Flash kit, from which this example was made for him. Having built some as a youngster, made this a real nostalgia trip for me!
BUILDING WITH FOAM
A beginners guide to building model airplanes with foam by Keith Sparks
BILL HANNAN via e-mail
To many more years FLYING MODELS has been a part of my
“love affair” with model building since I was just a kid, one of almost all kids who built stick and tissue models back in 1938. Now I’m 82 and still working on my mod-
els. My interest has been in non-flying, high- ly detailed scratchbuilt models, usually in 1:16 scale so I have never been a typicalFM kind of guy. But nevertheless I’ve enjoyed reading the columns by Don Ross, Larry Kruse, Pat Tri- tle and their predecessors, and the various
while back. I was totally blown away to see the cover shot of my Interstate L-6 Cadet from the NEAT Fair gracing the cover. I never expected to see it as a cover shot. My pilot, Ron Anderson, and I would like to thank you and the staff for thinking enough of the L-6 to allow it to be the cover shot. We really appreciate it. The shot itself is a spectacular shot. Kudos
to Greg Cardillo for a great shot. Just wish I had the pilot in it. Thanks again for a great magazine. I’ve been a subscriber since 1969 and look forward to it every month. BRIAN ALLEN via e-mail
Back to the future Feb. issue is fantastic (as usual). Love the colorized web links, very usable. Still my fav mag (modeling for almost 60 years now!). Done all the modelling scenes now back to large R/C electric balsa models—except for the electric, almost where I started! BARRY KILLICK via e-mail
This is a step-by-step How-To Guide to building R/C planes from foam. It con- sists of 80 pages of descriptive text and graphics for building models of most sizes. Even though it is directed toward the novice builder, there are plenty of hints and tricks for the intermediate to advanced builders. Soft-covered, 8¹⁄₂ x 11. $16.95 + s&h
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