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Mar 29^th, 2012 at 11:49am

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While working on a repaint project, I was struck by the thought that computer flight simulation is lke being able to get into a model airplane you've built and painted and flying it. So I was wondering how many others built model planes when they were younger and perhaps still do? I often scan the decal sheets from some kits to get the emblems and other markings I need for some project, making my two hobbies mesh. How about the rest of you?

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Reply #1 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 2:11pm

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Interesting topic...

I can remember my grandfathers (2) making wooden aircraft models of World War One Aircraft and pieces of Army Kit like trucks and artillery pieces and then selling them.

I think my dad had a couple that my older brother got.

My father used to make huge Box Kites from wood and fabric. Hand painted he sold them also.

Having real aircraft to fool with on the farm I was not into model making like my brothers and sisters.

Having test flown the first flight simulator two of my brothers built out of a wash tub...etc. etc. and pushing me out the top door of the barn loft only to land in manure ended any ambition of flight simulator and models for me... Lips Sealed

Lips Sealed

If we got a model aeroplane it was an Airfix.

http://www.airfix.com/

Radio Control became quite popular and I helped one of our sons build a wood and fabric Piper Cub with a six foot wingspan.
It is either hanging in the barn or hangar...not sure.

As an aviator I was never home long enough to really start a hobby like model railroading or building ships and aircraft.

Our children and grandchildren are now involved in building motion flight simulators and radio control models.

My one son said he will have a Douglas Multi-Engine Radial full motion simulator built by next year.
I should live so long... Grin

Grin

I have made a commitment to make Microsoft FSX my hobby and build myself my own simulator with a motion chair of some sort and a bottle of Laphroaig Scotch Whisky holder...

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #2 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 2:22pm

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I have been buildings models on and off for over 20 year.
I buid moslty cars and riggs. I have to model planes on the go . both 1/72 scale a corsair and a beaver on floats.

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Reply #3 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 2:39pm

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Reply #4 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 2:48pm

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I remember the aroma of Testors Model Airplane Cement very well ... and the list of bad kids who were banned from buying it at the local Ben Franklin store! It was the Sixties.

Both my father and I built model airplanes and ships. My best was a P-47 Thunderbolt and the XB-70 Valkyrie. Dad's crowning achievement was the huge Cutty Sark clipper ship that stood atop our TV-stereo-HiFi console after it was completed.

Visiting the model section in the five-and-dimes was always a treat, all but gone now in the big box corporate stores. Only Hobby Lobby still has a sizeable model section, with the best model kits coming from Japan or other counties. Revel seemed to digress into just NASCAR auto models and such.

Every year most of our models met their doom on the Fourth of July, blasted to pieces by firecrackers. It made room for new models.

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Reply #5 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 3:18pm

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I've been building off and on for about 20 years as well. I have half a garage wall full of half built or new kits. Mostly cars but I have alot of aircraft as well. Love the Tamia kits. Specially the race cars. Looking for a space in my home to start building again as a matter of fact Wink

Wink

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Reply #6 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 3:36pm

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I still build scale models of planes. And until 2 years ago I flew combustion RC planes too. I broke mine and never got around to fix it because of lack of time.

Up is the way to go.

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Reply #7 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 4:04pm

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I've recently started building paper models... They come out surprisingly good! Cheesy

Cheesy

Wink

I was working on an Air France Concorde, but I have stopped... IDK why... Should I start working on it again? It's 75% done. Undecided

Undecided

This... Is Rio.

Loud and talkative Bengal cat. He's not ours; his owner lives two houses down, but he wanders around the neighborhood getting food and talking to his human friends. He'll sometimes get into a fight if he meets another cat though... But it's rare because he's kicked out all other cats in the neighborhood. He thinks all the houses are his too...
I came up with the name "ilikerio" way back in 4th grade, and I've used it with most user accounts ever since.
My group of close friends and I have named ourselves The Rio Group. ilikerio Productions is the media branch, located here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ilikerio

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Reply #8 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 4:06pm

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Here is a couple of models I posted the other day

http://www.simviation.com/phpupload/uploads/1332865213.jpg

http://www.simviation.com/phpupload/uploads/1332844958.jpg

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Reply #9 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 5:19pm

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I once TRIED to make a model f-16...

But 1/4 of the part where missing and 2/4 didn't fit. Grin

Grin

So I gave up,or unless you count paper airplanes,I've made quite alot,I know several good ones that are extremely good,but only when folded perfectely. Grin

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Reply #10 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 5:28pm

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Used to really be into making Airfix Models.

I made about 20 planes, all 1/72. The most memorable ones were the Lancaster, Sunderland & a Ju 52*.

I also made a few tanks & even a Sub & Aircraft Carrier.

I've got a model of the Battleship HMS Nelson sitting in my room waiting to be started.

* Memorable because the parts didn't fit together.

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Reply #11 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 6:24pm

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I have done plastic tanks, planes, and ships (Captain Kidd being my crowning model). Also have worked on several R/C projects: boats, cars, and planes. R/C Boats I worked on with my dad were the Calicite (Great Lakes freighter) ~6ft long, Ocean Challenger fishing boat, USN gun boat, and a PT-109. R/C planes ranged from the Snowy Owl trainer to Zero and just about everything in between (no jets). For R/C cars we did 1/8 scale electrics, mine: Ferrari Enzo and Evader baja style buggy (favorite car). Dad did a Ferrari F1, Raybrig racer, metal HUMVEE, aaaand did a Leopard MK1 Main Battle Tank complete with authentic metal tracks.

Now I design R/C planes for the AIAA DBF competition here at WMU.

In short, I am a modeler raised by a modeler.

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Reply #12 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 6:33pm

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In the 70's I built two RC planes with piston power. Each one was the same kit because I crashed the first one and figured I could use it for spare parts. I reused the 0.60cc engine and fuel tank, etc, on the second one to save money. First one however.. About 1000 dollars and 8 or 900 hrs to build and on first flight I ended up prying the engine out of the dirt with a screwdriver. Couldn't bring myself to take the second one off the ground.
After those I switched to RC ships and boats. I built a working model of the tugboat Amsterdam which was approx 3 to 4 feet long. I got ambitious a bit later and started an 8 foot model of the USS Missouri, all I got done were the three big turrets and they still sit unused in my garage. The Missouri project was not a kit and very hard to get the scale right. And there you have it, now I just go to the toy store and buy things someone else built! Cool

Cool

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #13 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 7:04pm

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I built model planes when I was a kid a little bit, I've gotten into RC planes recently (I had 2 recently, one crashed due to signal problems, just ordered one and bought another today Wink

Wink

)

Designed a plane in college by myself, if there's any interest I'll post a thread about it, also helped design a plane for AIAA Design-Build-Fly (did all the CAD work and helped build) last year.

Of course, my current profession has more than a little to do with airplanes. Not models Grin

Grin

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Reply #14 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 7:14pm

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I wonder if I'm the youngest Simviation member... Shocked

Shocked

This... Is Rio.

Loud and talkative Bengal cat. He's not ours; his owner lives two houses down, but he wanders around the neighborhood getting food and talking to his human friends. He'll sometimes get into a fight if he meets another cat though... But it's rare because he's kicked out all other cats in the neighborhood. He thinks all the houses are his too...
I came up with the name "ilikerio" way back in 4th grade, and I've used it with most user accounts ever since.
My group of close friends and I have named ourselves The Rio Group. ilikerio Productions is the media branch, located here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ilikerio

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Reply #15 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 7:24pm

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ilikerio wrote on Mar 29^th, 2012 at 7:14pm:

I wonder if I'm the youngest Simviation member... Shocked

Shocked

Grin

I've seen some of those paper models, they are not easy to build. And the youngest member? Probably Fozzer!

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #16 - Mar 29^th, 2012 at 8:33pm

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Steve M wrote on Mar 29^th, 2012 at 7:24pm:

ilikerio wrote on Mar 29^th, 2012 at 7:14pm:

I wonder if I'm the youngest Simviation member... Shocked

Shocked

Grin

I've seen some of those paper models, they are not easy to build. And the youngest member? Probably Fozzer!

Hmm...

Roll Eyes

This... Is Rio.

Loud and talkative Bengal cat. He's not ours; his owner lives two houses down, but he wanders around the neighborhood getting food and talking to his human friends. He'll sometimes get into a fight if he meets another cat though... But it's rare because he's kicked out all other cats in the neighborhood. He thinks all the houses are his too...
I came up with the name "ilikerio" way back in 4th grade, and I've used it with most user accounts ever since.
My group of close friends and I have named ourselves The Rio Group. ilikerio Productions is the media branch, located here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ilikerio

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Reply #17 - Mar 30^th, 2012 at 6:04pm

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Haven't since I was a kid, but loved it back then. FYI, a burning piece of a parts tree (OUTSIDE, OF COURSE) under a battle weary engine or wing, will leave behind a nice layer of carbonized soot that no paint can replicate, and a red-hot pin or needle is very useful in making scale bullet holes. Wink

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Reply #18 - Mar 30^th, 2012 at 8:35pm

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Groundbound1 wrote on Mar 30^th, 2012 at 6:04pm:

Haven't since I was a kid, but loved it back then. FYI, a burning piece of a parts tree (OUTSIDE, OF COURSE) under a battle weary engine or wing, will leave behind a nice layer of carbonized soot that no paint can replicate, and a red-hot pin or needle is very useful in making scale bullet holes. Wink

Wink

I should try that sometime... Grin

Grin

This... Is Rio.

Loud and talkative Bengal cat. He's not ours; his owner lives two houses down, but he wanders around the neighborhood getting food and talking to his human friends. He'll sometimes get into a fight if he meets another cat though... But it's rare because he's kicked out all other cats in the neighborhood. He thinks all the houses are his too...
I came up with the name "ilikerio" way back in 4th grade, and I've used it with most user accounts ever since.
My group of close friends and I have named ourselves The Rio Group. ilikerio Productions is the media branch, located here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ilikerio

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Reply #19 - Mar 30^th, 2012 at 10:57pm

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ilikerio wrote on Mar 30^th, 2012 at 8:35pm:

Groundbound1 wrote on Mar 30^th, 2012 at 6:04pm:

Haven't since I was a kid, but loved it back then. FYI, a burning piece of a parts tree (OUTSIDE, OF COURSE) under a battle weary engine or wing, will leave behind a nice layer of carbonized soot that no paint can replicate, and a red-hot pin or needle is very useful in making scale bullet holes. Wink

Wink

I should try that sometime... Grin

Grin

If you do, PLEASE take heed to the "outside" bit of my statement. Burning plastic is VERY toxic.

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Reply #20 - Mar 31^st, 2012 at 4:06pm

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Groundbound1 wrote on Mar 30^th, 2012 at 10:57pm:

ilikerio wrote on Mar 30^th, 2012 at 8:35pm:

Groundbound1 wrote on Mar 30^th, 2012 at 6:04pm:

Haven't since I was a kid, but loved it back then. FYI, a burning piece of a parts tree (OUTSIDE, OF COURSE) under a battle weary engine or wing, will leave behind a nice layer of carbonized soot that no paint can replicate, and a red-hot pin or needle is very useful in making scale bullet holes. Wink

Wink

I should try that sometime... Grin

Grin

If you do, PLEASE take heed to the "outside" bit of my statement. Burning plastic is VERY toxic.

Oh... I use paper. Tongue

Tongue

The burning part works very well (I tried it on a Cessna Skyhawk that I messed up), but I have to try the bullet holes one. Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

This... Is Rio.

Loud and talkative Bengal cat. He's not ours; his owner lives two houses down, but he wanders around the neighborhood getting food and talking to his human friends. He'll sometimes get into a fight if he meets another cat though... But it's rare because he's kicked out all other cats in the neighborhood. He thinks all the houses are his too...
I came up with the name "ilikerio" way back in 4th grade, and I've used it with most user accounts ever since.
My group of close friends and I have named ourselves The Rio Group. ilikerio Productions is the media branch, located here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ilikerio

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Reply #21 - Mar 31^st, 2012 at 11:50pm

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built models as a kid, and have three models in progress on the dining room table now

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Reply #22 - Apr 1^st, 2012 at 4:17am

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I have done a fair bit, both kits and own designs including radio control planes, control-line planes, Airfix kits, and once started with my Dad (and sadly never completely finished) a 1/3 scale Sopwith Camel to play in

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Reply #23 - Apr 1^st, 2012 at 9:09am

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I have a remarkable collection of Spitfire kits Grin

Grin

Grin

Grin

I also enjoy making paper planes and balsa planes for the kids to play with. I'm currently part way through making a new kite for my daughter (she is actually pretty good).

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #24 - Apr 1^st, 2012 at 9:37am

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Hi Mark...

Kites...quite a history there.

The early aircraft were called Kites also by their pilots because they were rag, wood and glue.

Very popular in this area, they have competitions every several months and like Hot Air Balloons, some pretty colourful kits or home made designs.

Radio Control is also quite poplular here and we are fortunate to be able to watch them every Sunday do takeoffs and landings on the river.

Hope you help the wee one build a Box Kite Mark...one of my favourites... Grin

Grin

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Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #25 - Apr 1^st, 2012 at 10:04am

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Used to build plastic models all the time. My favorite scale was 1:72nd... they were just big enough to show some cockpit detail, but not TOO complicated. I always loved browsing through Scale Plastic Modeler Magazine, looking at all of the dioramas people created and all of the building tips. Tried my hand at some Verlinden stuff but boy was it complicated!

I still have some of my models suspended from the ceiling with fishing line to give the illusion of flight... Cheesy

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Reply #26 - Apr 1^st, 2012 at 11:06am

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I have two paper models currently hanging from the ceiling: A Gee Bee R-1 and a V-1 Rocket. Cheesy

Cheesy

This... Is Rio.

Loud and talkative Bengal cat. He's not ours; his owner lives two houses down, but he wanders around the neighborhood getting food and talking to his human friends. He'll sometimes get into a fight if he meets another cat though... But it's rare because he's kicked out all other cats in the neighborhood. He thinks all the houses are his too...
I came up with the name "ilikerio" way back in 4th grade, and I've used it with most user accounts ever since.
My group of close friends and I have named ourselves The Rio Group. ilikerio Productions is the media branch, located here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ilikerio

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Reply #27 - Apr 1^st, 2012 at 5:11pm

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ozzy72 wrote on Apr 1^st, 2012 at 9:09am:

I have a remarkable collection of Spitfire kits Grin

Grin

Grin

Grin

I would never have guessed that. Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

Grin

I never got round to painting mine or sticking the decals on.

For me it was just the fun of putting it together.

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Reply #28 - Apr 2^nd, 2012 at 7:45am

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As a kid I built an airfix Catalina, really enjoyed it. In the end I took it out in the garden and put a rook scarer in it and watched it explode Cool

Cool

...fantastic fun.

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Reply #29 - Apr 2^nd, 2012 at 10:32am

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Do paper planes count? Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

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Most people think that flying a plane is dangerous, except pilots because they know how easy it is.
Arguing with a pilot is like wrestling with a pig in the mud, after a while you begin to think the pig likes it.

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Reply #30 - Apr 13^th, 2012 at 10:16pm

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hyperpep111 wrote on Apr 2^nd, 2012 at 10:32am:

Do paper planes count? Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

Grin

I guess so, but not oragami.

This... Is Rio.

Loud and talkative Bengal cat. He's not ours; his owner lives two houses down, but he wanders around the neighborhood getting food and talking to his human friends. He'll sometimes get into a fight if he meets another cat though... But it's rare because he's kicked out all other cats in the neighborhood. He thinks all the houses are his too...
I came up with the name "ilikerio" way back in 4th grade, and I've used it with most user accounts ever since.
My group of close friends and I have named ourselves The Rio Group. ilikerio Productions is the media branch, located here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ilikerio

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