October 2023 Articles

• 35 years running! That’s astounding for an event to endure that long and this year during the last week in April, Top Gun celebrated its 35th year of fellowship, flying, and fun. Model Airplane News has been there every step of the way, both covering and sponsoring the event. Top Gun was the dreamchild of […]

  

  35 Years of Top Guns

  35 years running! That’s astounding for an event to endure that long and this year during the last week in April, Top Gun celebrated its 35th year of fellowship, flying, and fun. Model Airplane News has been there every step of the way, both covering and sponsoring the event. Top Gun was the dreamchild of […]
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• When you build a 1/4-scale biplane, you may have trouble getting the large, one- piece wings in your vehicle. Two-piece wings are better, but three-piece wings seem to be the best option. However, many 1/4-scale biplane kits are not offered with three-piece wings, so sometimes you just have to “do it yourself.” And this is […]

  

  Three-Piece Wing Modification – Make Your Big Plane Easier to Transport & Store!

  When you build a 1/4-scale biplane, you may have trouble getting the large, one- piece wings in your vehicle. Two-piece wings are better, but three-piece wings seem to be the best option. However, many 1/4-scale biplane kits are not offered with three-piece wings, so sometimes you just have to “do it yourself.” And this is […]
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• Young Guns – The kids are all right! The future was alive, well, and on display at Top Gun with a number of youngsters participating in various aspects of this prestigious event. Three youngsters were flying and one, Cody Hauge, was flying in his sixth Top Gun! Cody competed in Pro-Prop with a Top Flight […]

  

  TOP GUN 2023 SPECIAL AWARDS

  Young Guns – The kids are all right! The future was alive, well, and on display at Top Gun with a number of youngsters participating in various aspects of this prestigious event. Three youngsters were flying and one, Cody Hauge, was flying in his sixth Top Gun! Cody competed in Pro-Prop with a Top Flight […]
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• Shahak Moti Motovic, Rehovot, Israel This scratch-built creation was designed and constructed by father and son team Moti and Guy. The 61-inch-span Shahak has a fuselage made of fiberglass sheets and weighs in at just under 8 pounds. It is painted with Sikkens paint and its wings are covered with high-quality sticker sheet material. A […]

  

  Pilot Projects – October 2023

  Shahak Moti Motovic, Rehovot, Israel This scratch-built creation was designed and constructed by father and son team Moti and Guy. The 61-inch-span Shahak has a fuselage made of fiberglass sheets and weighs in at just under 8 pounds. It is painted with Sikkens paint and its wings are covered with high-quality sticker sheet material. A […]
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• SCALE VINYL GRAPHICS Often, vinyl graphics have a reflective shine that can take away from your model’s overall scale appearance. An easy fix is to spray on a matte clearcoat after you’ve applied them. Notice in the after photo that any reflections are gone, and they match the Ora-Tex covering. The clearcoat even gives the […]

  

  HOBBY HACKS – October 2023

  SCALE VINYL GRAPHICS Often, vinyl graphics have a reflective shine that can take away from your model’s overall scale appearance. An easy fix is to spray on a matte clearcoat after you’ve applied them. Notice in the after photo that any reflections are gone, and they match the Ora-Tex covering. The clearcoat even gives the […]
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