Finishing Those Foam ARF RC Scale Airplanes – P-51 Flight Report Last time around, in my initial blog/article on modifying the Atomik RC/J-Power P-51 ARF for improved appearance, I explained that all the stuff I tried worked and I was able to report that “It does fly.” In this installment I’m here to let you […]
Finishing Those Foam ARF RC Scale Airplanes … Scaling-Out the Atomik RC/Sonic Modell EPO ARF B-17 Recently I devoted several weeks of workshop time to determine just how far I could go with fiberglass-and-paint resurfacing and refinishing of a typical large foam/ARF electric powered RC scale warbird … in this case the 61” wingspan J-Power […]
FINISHING THOSE FOAM ARF RC SCALE AIRPLANES Yes, this really is a foam ARF airplane…with some extra time and effort invested. If you love model airplanes, it’s pretty much impossible to ignore all those electric powered RC scale jobs made primarily of expanded plastic foam of one variety or another. “Almost-Ready-To-Fly”, “RTF”, “Bind & Fly”, “Plug […]
What’s Bob doing with those ARF Foamies? If you have been following rcmodel.com for any time at all, you’re probably asking yourself “What’s Bob Benjamin doing with foam ARF models?” This guy is the original building them from balsa is better…forever… hard case guys. Well, to put it most simply, I’m doing it because […]
This is no small operation! What appears to be most of the VPW crew turned out for a group photo with their building in the background. Over the years that I have been involved with the world of aeromodeling there have been increasingly frequent occasions when I was given the opportunity to represent […]