Model aircraft making

[mickle]

I dont know where its come from, but i have a yearning to make a model aeroplane of some kind. I was a member of the school modelling club (50 years ago!) and we built all sorts; gliders of all sizes, free flight and RC, RC planes and those line controlled planes that wizz around in a circle, RC cars, even a hydrofoil boat.

Im thinking to start with a basic rubber band free flight jobby. Like this sort of thing:

 

[si_c]

been having the same hankering lately, although for model warships - possibly been playing too much world of warships!

I used to have a small fleet of ships with Ark Royal and Graf Spee when I was in my early teens.

 

[midlife]

They have re issued a lot of older balsa / tissue models from my youth using laser cut balsa. Kiel Kraft and all that.

I made a balsa glider (a Merlin) a little while ago which was fun.

 

[Drago]

I made a similar kit on a whim about 10 years ago.

First flight on local high ground...wound it up...and it went...and went...and went...and after half a mile of gliding crossed the M1 and was never seen again.