Before I post I would like ya'll to post some of your hobbies just for the heck of it. Not only that but I find 'em interesting.
Ever since I was a youngster I've usually had a hobby of some sort from stamp and coin collections to what have you. I ended up using my hands for the most part because I enjoyed that the most. Here's a brief overview of some of them.
These have been copied from old prints I found in a shoebox that I haven't seen for years.
I built this model car from a kit and painted it as I went along when I was either 12 or 13.
This is a wooden model of the Bluenose Schooner. One of the fastest sailing ships to ever have sailed the Atlantic fishing fleet. It's about 2 feet long and was given to a friend as a gift. He still has it in a glass case. The hull was basically preshaped but a hell of a lot of work was put into it to finish. Unfortunately the picture doesn't do it justice.
A radio controlled cabin cruiser. The pic doesn't do it justice. It was fun to build but boring to operate.... except when I chased the ducks.
Some of you may know that I have a real passion for aviation and that led me to radio controlled aircraft. Here's some I built during the almost 15 years I flew.
I started out with stuff like this less the floats. Flying off water can be a bit of a challenge so that came in year two. It comes in a kit but the floats were designed and built by me. It's wingspan is about 58". Powered by a .40ci engine with a 10" prop. You ask why all the red, white and blue... because it makes 'em easy to see.
After flying the smaller ones for about 3 years I graduated to the larger ones.
These are powered by gasoline powered chainsaw engines that were either 23cc, 38cc, 40cc or 62cc and swing props that ranges from 16" to 22". That should give you an idea as to their size.
This was a scratch built model of a Spinks Acromaster powered by a 62 cc engine w/22" prop. It was clocked by a policeman using his radar gun doing 101mph on the straight and level w/o a tailwind. I augured it into the ground because a 25cent part failed. Parts were spread across an area about 100 yards long. Nothing was salvageable and it cost me about 3k.
This was scratch built and used just for extreme high powered aerobatic rippin' around type flying. It went like a raped ape. Powered by a 62cc engine.
Some idiot at the club said nobody could build a 1/4 scale sized trainer. I proved him wrong when I designed and scratch built this. You could trim it out and let it fly hands free and it landed at walking speed. Powered by 40cc engine swinging a 18" prop. It weighed about 16 lbs.
This is a 1/4 scale model of a J-3 Cub. Built from ply and balsa with a wing span of 105" powered by a 23cc engine. The paint I used is exactly the same as a real aircraft would use applied over fabric as the real McCoy is. Weight was about 13 lbs. A sweet Sunday flyer.
This is a fiberglass body with fiberglassed styrofoam wings. It's a 1/4 scale model of a Glassair. 42cc engine w/full flaps. Damn fast.
This was my first 1/4 scale. 38cc powered Christian eagle. Styrofoam kit believe it or not. Wingspan 86" . It flew like the real thing.
This little puppy was overpowered by a factor of at least two and nothing but fun to fly. Wingspan was about 6', powered by a 42cc engine. It could climb almost vertical right off takeoff, do a snap up above and keep climbing. Full flaps were necessary to slow it down when landing.
I custom built and painted this for a millionaire that paid me huge dough to do it. Nice Cessna with about a 5 1/2 foot wingspan that I doubt he ever flew. It was powered by a 23cc engine.
Over time I became quite good at making paint stick and started doing it on the side to make some extra dough to pay for my expensive hobby. When I contracted to build and paint this I expected it to take 4 - 6 months. It ended up taking me almost a year because of the enormous amount of hours that went into the paint job. It basically destroyed my love of building and painting and within a few months I sold everything I had and got out of the hobby. I have no regrets and loved almost every minute of my own flying. This is powered by a .90cc engine spinning a 5 bladed fan. Weight was about 12 lbs if I remember... length 74 1/2" tip to tail , wing span 47".
Thanks for lookin'... now share some of yours.
Ever since I was a youngster I've usually had a hobby of some sort from stamp and coin collections to what have you. I ended up using my hands for the most part because I enjoyed that the most. Here's a brief overview of some of them.
These have been copied from old prints I found in a shoebox that I haven't seen for years.
I built this model car from a kit and painted it as I went along when I was either 12 or 13.
This is a wooden model of the Bluenose Schooner. One of the fastest sailing ships to ever have sailed the Atlantic fishing fleet. It's about 2 feet long and was given to a friend as a gift. He still has it in a glass case. The hull was basically preshaped but a hell of a lot of work was put into it to finish. Unfortunately the picture doesn't do it justice.
A radio controlled cabin cruiser. The pic doesn't do it justice. It was fun to build but boring to operate.... except when I chased the ducks.
Some of you may know that I have a real passion for aviation and that led me to radio controlled aircraft. Here's some I built during the almost 15 years I flew.
I started out with stuff like this less the floats. Flying off water can be a bit of a challenge so that came in year two. It comes in a kit but the floats were designed and built by me. It's wingspan is about 58". Powered by a .40ci engine with a 10" prop. You ask why all the red, white and blue... because it makes 'em easy to see.
After flying the smaller ones for about 3 years I graduated to the larger ones.
These are powered by gasoline powered chainsaw engines that were either 23cc, 38cc, 40cc or 62cc and swing props that ranges from 16" to 22". That should give you an idea as to their size.
This was a scratch built model of a Spinks Acromaster powered by a 62 cc engine w/22" prop. It was clocked by a policeman using his radar gun doing 101mph on the straight and level w/o a tailwind. I augured it into the ground because a 25cent part failed. Parts were spread across an area about 100 yards long. Nothing was salvageable and it cost me about 3k.
This was scratch built and used just for extreme high powered aerobatic rippin' around type flying. It went like a raped ape. Powered by a 62cc engine.
Some idiot at the club said nobody could build a 1/4 scale sized trainer. I proved him wrong when I designed and scratch built this. You could trim it out and let it fly hands free and it landed at walking speed. Powered by 40cc engine swinging a 18" prop. It weighed about 16 lbs.
This is a 1/4 scale model of a J-3 Cub. Built from ply and balsa with a wing span of 105" powered by a 23cc engine. The paint I used is exactly the same as a real aircraft would use applied over fabric as the real McCoy is. Weight was about 13 lbs. A sweet Sunday flyer.
This is a fiberglass body with fiberglassed styrofoam wings. It's a 1/4 scale model of a Glassair. 42cc engine w/full flaps. Damn fast.
This was my first 1/4 scale. 38cc powered Christian eagle. Styrofoam kit believe it or not. Wingspan 86" . It flew like the real thing.
This little puppy was overpowered by a factor of at least two and nothing but fun to fly. Wingspan was about 6', powered by a 42cc engine. It could climb almost vertical right off takeoff, do a snap up above and keep climbing. Full flaps were necessary to slow it down when landing.
I custom built and painted this for a millionaire that paid me huge dough to do it. Nice Cessna with about a 5 1/2 foot wingspan that I doubt he ever flew. It was powered by a 23cc engine.
Over time I became quite good at making paint stick and started doing it on the side to make some extra dough to pay for my expensive hobby. When I contracted to build and paint this I expected it to take 4 - 6 months. It ended up taking me almost a year because of the enormous amount of hours that went into the paint job. It basically destroyed my love of building and painting and within a few months I sold everything I had and got out of the hobby. I have no regrets and loved almost every minute of my own flying. This is powered by a .90cc engine spinning a 5 bladed fan. Weight was about 12 lbs if I remember... length 74 1/2" tip to tail , wing span 47".
Thanks for lookin'... now share some of yours.
