GrandpaPhil Posted May 4, 2022 Share #1 Posted May 4, 2022 I’m starting my first ever RC plane, a Flite Test Bushwacker. The Bushwacker is an STOL plane and will be built from foam board. I have a good friend who has been trying to get me into RC planes for a while, especially since he’s seen my ship models. He offered me the guts for one a few days ago and gave me the link to Flite Test’s website, where the plans are free. You can buy a quick build kit from them, too, with all parts laser-cut. But, this is me we’re talking about. I can’t pass up a good build. I printed the plans out in tiled format. I’ll turn them into a sheet this weekend. popeye the sailor, thibaultron, hof00 and 4 others 7 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) On the building slip: 1:72 French Ironclad Magenta (original shipyard plans) On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury Favorite finished builds: 1:60 Sampang Good Fortune (Amati plans), 1:200 Orel Ironclad Solferino, 1:72 Schooner Hannah (Hahn plans), 1:72 Privateer Prince de Neufchatel (Chapelle plans), Model Shipways Sultana, Heller La Reale, Encore USS Olympia Goal: Become better than I was yesterday "The hardest part is deciding to try." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted May 5, 2022 Share #2 Posted May 5, 2022 Looking forward to this Phil, I'm in mate. OC. Canute, popeye the sailor, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted May 5, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted May 5, 2022 Welcome! Canute, Old Collingwood, Egilman and 2 others 5 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) On the building slip: 1:72 French Ironclad Magenta (original shipyard plans) On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury Favorite finished builds: 1:60 Sampang Good Fortune (Amati plans), 1:200 Orel Ironclad Solferino, 1:72 Schooner Hannah (Hahn plans), 1:72 Privateer Prince de Neufchatel (Chapelle plans), Model Shipways Sultana, Heller La Reale, Encore USS Olympia Goal: Become better than I was yesterday "The hardest part is deciding to try." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted May 6, 2022 Share #4 Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) back in the day, I was a Guillow's / Comet fan.........mainly rubber power. I got started by my English lit teacher. we were all assigned a book project to report on....our choice. about a week into it, he noticed I hadn't turned in a title, so he asked me about it. hearing that I didn't have one......and my feeble reason.......he told me not to worry and that he had just the thing. the next day, he gave me a paper bag.....in it was a Balsa flying Piper cub plane kit.......don't recall if it was Guillows or Comet.......it was blue and yellow. I was instructed to write on it......the building process.....what I did, what I used to build it, the flight afterwards...everything I did with the model. I built it, and it flew.........and I got a decent grade too. the plane was still intact..........I put it on his desk A few years ago, I built the Spitfire MK1....I have the Fokker Dr1 in the closet. it's in the sanding process.......I will get back to it one day look'in forward to your log.......... Edited May 6, 2022 by popeye the sailor mtaylor, Jack12477, GrandpaPhil and 6 others 8 1 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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