Scale Modeling
Scale Modeling Intro
For as long as I can remember I have had an urge to create. As a young child, this manifested itself with an insatiable curiosity of how things work. My parents used to time me on Christmas morning to see how long it took me to take apart whatever toy I was given – not …
The Survivors
I have built a wide variety of models — mostly military in nature. I have no idea how many models I have built over the years, but I still have a few that have survived and made their way from Tennessee to Florida. I’ve built a few vehicles, but they were either a reproduction of …
Monsters and Such
Most of the time, I never made a steady diet of any one thing with regard to my scale model building. I’m not sure exactly when my fascination with this category of modeling began or why. I suspect it had to do with my enjoyment of horror comic books such as Tales from the Crypt , …
Architectural Models
If I have an unusually large project or need to design it to fit a specific space, I like to build a scale model first. Most of the time these architectural models are in 1/12th scale (dollhouse scale) which helps me get an accurate count of all the materials needed as well as how all …
Flying Model History
In the mid-60’s, I was building plastic models but flying paper airplanes and the old “stick/wing/tail” rubber band planes. At some point, I remember building a simple balsa wood frame of a Cessna, covered it with tissue paper (using a smelly dope), and tried to fly it using rubber band power. I was somewhat successful …
The New Adventures of R/C Flying
Flash forward to February, 2018. I had just retired from teaching after 37 years, finished my treatments for my third bout with cancer (later, later) and was in West Knoxville to visit mom and dad. Any time I am in the area of the Turkey Creek shopping complex, I almost always make a pilgrimage to …