Randy
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I know this way off from tobacco,but does anyone else build here build model planes,like gulleows balsa wood kits..?
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Hell Yes ! I started building them in 1939 and have played with the hobby on and off for years. Gliders, rubber band, glow fuel , electric, I've tried them all. Haven't done gasoline yet but who knows? My eyes are acting up a little (loss of depth perception) so I am not as active as I used to be but in RC it wouldn't be my first rodeo.I know this way off from tobacco,but does anyone else build here build model planes,like gulleows balsa wood kits..?
Amyl acetate -- "banana oil". the solvent in the old cellulose glue has been banned "for the public good" but it did smell good. Some folks abused it so it's gone. I can't wait till they figure out knives can make you bleed and could lead to death.Back in the sixties (when I was a kid) I used to build the kind of balsa wood planes that you pinned and glued strips together for a frame then wrapped in paper and painted the paper with something to make it "hard". Do they still sell something similar- they were cool.
Yeah man, the glue smelled great....
You were lucky. They had us test ours with tear gas. If it leaked you KNEW it.Bummer, I'd love to build one of them planes again.
John, you should remember Amyl Acetate from your Army days.. That's what they wafted in front of you when you had a gas mask on. If you smelled bananas you had a leaker.
You were lucky. They had us test ours with tear gas. If it leaked you KNEW it.
John
I used to build the balsa wood planes also, I put a lot of time & labor in them to get them to look authentic. And then in a split second, hours and hours of work smash into the ground, and the air is filled with pretty colored tooth picks. That hurts like hell! Now I got a few electric planes and I love em. No fuel to buy or wipe down, no glow plugs to buy, and you can repair them in minutes with a good ca glue, hot melt glue, or 5 minute epoxy. just turn on transmitter, plug in plane battery, and fly.The trend today is toward electric powered foam models. The hobby in general seems to be attracting less and less enthusiasts. The AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics)