Kenny's Old Time Model Airplane Magazine:
April 2004
Editorial
Hi Gang! Welcome to Vol 5 No. 3 of Kenny's Old Time Model Airplane Magazine! I'd like to say "Hi!" to all of the new readers as well as to those of you who have been here since the beginning. This issue is brought to you, for the most part, by your fellow readers who have contributed ideas, covers (thanks Harold C.), and even completed articles! Contributions continue to flow into The Solid Shop as well, and are of course greatly appreciated. There will be another major update to that site soon.
I was greatly honoured to read my name in Randy Randolph's fine column "Small Talk" in the April 2004 issue of Flying Models. Being the only current American magazine to cater to our lovely little models, I can say that it was quite a thrill.
Perhaps now would be a good time to update this magazine's goals. These old magazines have always seemed to me to present the full picture of a boy's dreams all those years ago, when flying was romance. As the Flying Aces banner stated: Fiction, Model Building, Fact. In one mag, you could imagine yourself as a flying hero, learn all of the newest dope, and build some version of that dream. As is still the case, you didn't even have to build the model, dreaming of the finished job was often enough. I feel that the best way to place the modern man into the shoes of that depression era boy is to show the entire magazine, or at least examples of each element. Last but not least, I hope that the time spent looking at the screen and printouts will bring some simple pleasure.
How often does all of this happen? For the most part I hope to continue on as a Bi-Monthly. The monthly format of the first year was scrapped with the arrival of my son. Some things are simply more important than toy airplanes :-) Last summer I took a couple of months off, and plan the same in '04. I'll try to supplement the full issues with goodies such as the Comet 5¢ Flyers and the Solid Shop.
O.K. Enough of the blaberin'! Sit back and enjoy,
Yours truly,
Kenny Horne
The Story
This month we return to our favorite, Arch Whitehouse and Kerry Keen, aka. The Griffon! Co-starring in this story is the Lockheed Hudson, the first American aircraft to be sent in numbers to Great Britain to fight the war. For a nice reminder of the Hudson see Britain's Lockheed "Hudson" from my July 2002 issue.
From the July, 1939 issue of Flying Aces found high up within Steve's musty attic in England, I hope you enjoy,
Kerry Keen in Lockheed Loot.
Lockheed Loot
The Rubber Powered Model Airplane Plans
This month's scale model is a gem. Tied with Herb Weiss' minute model as the first published Messerschmitt Bf-109, this version by the great Sidney Struhl is nice and big, 25" wing span, and genuinely looks quite good. And what timing! The good folks at the Yahoo group, Free Flight Cook-Up have an upcoming Battle of Britain cook-up that probably needs another Messersmitt.
If you haven't been involved in an internet cook-up they are a lot of fun. The premise is that a bunch of modelers get together and all build the same model and share tips, or in this case build to a theme and have fun talking about their trials and tribulations. I've had a tough time fitting them into my schedule, but I still love to keep up with what the lads are up too, and learn a thing or two on the side. Check them out, you'll be glad you did.
From Steve's attic and the musty pages of the August, 1938 issue of Flying Aces, enjoy
Sidney Struhl's Messerschmitt Bf-109
Lou Garami's back again with another simple model, this time The Falcon. Another sheet model based on a triangular fuselage, much like Malcolm J. Abzug's The Swallow from my July 2002 issue.
Looks like something that I could toss around a school yard with a little boy in tow. No tissue to poke a tiny finger through :-) For such simple models, Garami could sure make them pretty.
From the pages of the March, 1944 issue of Air Trails, enjoy
Lou Garami's The Falcon
Thermals.
The Solid Model Airplane Plan
This month we yet again present two solid models. The first is the a bit of a stretch I admit, but I've always wanted to post this one, so here it is, the Lockheed Ventura, younger and smarter brother to the star of our story, the Lockheed Hudson. Drawn by Ronnie Albert, this plan is a beaut. Obviously a skilled draftsman, Albert's plan just makes you want to go out and find the wood needed for this project. An easy intermediate model, this one would be great for anyone with one or two "spotters" under his belt.
The second is again, like last issues Svenska-J22, an Earl Stahl model that didn't make the "list." This one is labeled as the Mitsubishi S-003, though looks suspiciously like the Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien "Tony," another case of the modeling, and popular, press guessing. This one was published in the June, 1944 issue of Model Airplane News. Claude P. clued me into this one that yet again I had in my own collection but was somehow lost in the shuffle. Thanks Claude.
Ronnie Albert's Lockheed Ventura
Earl Stahl's Mitsubishi S-003
The Gas Model Airplane Plan
Again Steve came through with this winner. Here is a little guy that is just screaming for some flying fun. Designed by another great, Paul Plecan, this 36" Flying Aces Gas Flea looks like it'd be perfect for the ball field.
From the December, 1937 issue of Flying Aces, check out Paul Plecan's Flying Aces Gas Flea
Enjoy
Paul Plecan's Flying Aces Gas Flea
The Advertisement
Aircraft. A logical, yet odd name for a model airplane manufacturing company, but none the less, a heavy advertiser.
From the back cover of the December, 1937 issue of Flying Aces.
the Aircraft Co.
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