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Resin Casting Aircraft Parts

Guns, exhaust stacks and other small parts that are commonly used on a typical scale model are easy to cast out of urethane resin, using silicone...
Model Airplane News, 07/01/04 by Mosher, Vance · More from publication
benefits of offset scale hinging, The

A scale model deserves scale hinges; they look better, they lessen the load on the servos and battery pack, they are more effective than commercial...
Model Airplane News, 07/01/03 by Mosher, Vance · More from publication
Control-surface hinging

SCALE TECHNIQUES Aside from the ability to get airborne, the most basic requirement for any flying machine is attitude control. With this in mind,...
Model Airplane News, 05/01/03 by Mosher, Vance · More from publication
Fairey Firefly, The

CONSTRUCTION A .25-size British fighter-bomber The Fairey Firefly was a British-built, two-seat fighter-bomber from the WW II and Korean War eras...
Model Airplane News, 03/01/03 by Mosher, Vance · More from publication
Make your own remote glow-plug lighter

MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS HOW TO Safer models in minutes Alot of people use remote glow-plug lighters these days; they look better and they are safer,...
Model Airplane News, 06/01/01 by Mosher, Vance · More from publication
Westland Wyvern S.4, The

The last of the prop-driven fighters The wyvern was a mythical monster with the front legs of a dragon and the barbed tail of a snake and, of...
Model Airplane News, 06/01/00 by Mosher, Vance · More from publication

Custom-build a scale spinner

In any size, shape and color It can be hard to find a spinner that's the right size and shape for your scale model even if you're building a P-51....
Model Airplane News, 07/01/99 by Mosher, Vance · More from publication
Warbirds over Washougal

Reports from readers around the world! At the annual Warbirds over Washougal scale fly-in and airplane wash at the Fern Prairie Modelers field in...
Model Airplane News, 06/01/99 by Mosher, Vance · More from publication