Art Sheltons 1/3 scale Eindecker E-1 braves the morning cold. GT 445 engine in this one. A former National champion.
Art Sheltons 1/3 scale Eindecker E-1 braves the morning cold. GT 445 engine in this one. A former National champion.
A beautiful Spad 13 owned by Scott Enochs from Oregon. It is from a Peter Barth kit, weighs 21 lbs and has a lazer 200 V-twin for power. Scott says it is about 2.5 years old.
Look at the detail of the wing fittings and front end!
Talk about craftmanship!
Rear view.
Art and Rhonda warming up the engine. Hold on Rhonda!!!
Don't let go!
A Fokker D-VII By Chauncey Dance. Scratch built from his own plans. About 22%, 20lbs.Chauncey used Bob Holman plans as his basis. The covering is fron Glen Torrence Models. Unfortunatley, Chauncey lost the Fokker on the first flight when the radio just quit playing.
It was a great looking model!
Glen Torrence Models lozenge covering.
From the rear
Great detail!
A Nieuport 11 by Dick Hansen . Dick is from Portland ,Oregon. The airplane is 1/5 scale, it's a Protor kit and uses a OS .70 for power.
From the rear
Look at the engine detail.
A Sopwith Pup by Bud Roane. Bud is from Florida.
A good looking bird
What detail!
Check out the Lewis gun on top
A 1/3 scale Albatros D-III by Dave Johnson, G-62 engine. It is scartch built from his owns plans which were published in Model Airplane News. It is a veteran of Top Gun, Scalemasters, and the NATS.
Beautiful stained wood fuselage
from any angle
Incredible deatil.
Words can't descibe it
a Beautiful Nieuport 28 Jack Steward from Minnesota. It is scratch built from his own plans and uses a Saito 1.5 for power. Weighs about 20 lbs
Hat in the Ring Squadron.
Beautiful colors
Look at the engine and the guns! The pilot's peeking at you!
From the front ready to fly
Good looking airplane
Art Shelton's Eindecker on the flight line ready for a sortie!
Spad 13
More shots of the Spad
Again
From the rear
Dick Hansens Nieuport 11 in the Pits. This is also a veteran of many scale meets.
Lafayette Escadrille, right?
The other side
A Nieuport 28 by Paul Haynes, also from Oregon. This ones a Protor kit done in Navy colors. It weighs 17 lbs and was powered by a lazer 200 twin. Unfortunately, this plane was also lost when the ailerons went full over, not enough rudder to overcome. It spun in.
It was agood looking bird from any angle
Bill Thompson from Franklin, Indiana trying to look relaxed
This is Bill's airplane, a 1/3 scale Sopwith Pup from a balsa USA kit. A much modified Balsa USA kit. It uses a Fuji 80 cc twin for power. It also is a national scale winner.
Good detail, a good looking aircraft!
From any angle.
Ok, I'll explain the tape on the top ailerons. Bill forgot the aileron tie rods. The upper ailerons are driven from the bottom, so , for him to fly, he taped the upper ailerons in neutral and hoped the lower had enough authority to fly the plane. It worked very well.
Paul Haynes Nieuport again
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