Aircraft modeling has undergone significant changes over the decades - both in technology and preferences.
Magazines like American Aircraft Modeler, and American Modeler before that,
were the best venues for capturing snapshots of the status quo of the day.
I have been
scanning and posting excerpts
from my collection of AAM and AM, concentrating on model
building articles and old advertisements. Whether
you are here to wax nostalgic, or are just interested in learning history, hopefully
you will find what you are seeking. As time permits, I will be glad to scan articles for you. All
copyrights (if any) are hereby acknowledged.
Here are plans for the Mustang that I electronically scanned from my purchased copy of the June 1969 American Aircraft Modeler magazine. You might be able to scale up the image below if you cannot locate suitable plans for sale. Plans for this fine model were drawn by Mr. C. Jackson. All copyrights (if any) are hereby acknowledged.
Because they span two or more pages, I had to adjust the size and alignment a bit to get halves to line up properly.
"The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was a long-range single-seat World War II fighter aircraft. Designed and built in just 117 days, the Mustang first flew in Royal Air Force (RAF) service as a fighter-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft before conversion to a bomber escort, employed in raids over Germany, helping ensure Allied air superiority from early 1944."
- WikipediaThe AMA Plans Service offers a full-size version of plans at a very reasonable cost. They will scale the plans any size for you. Try out my
Scale Calculator for Model Airplane Plans.
http://www.modelaircraft.org/plans.aspx
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Kirt Blattenberger, BSEE, UVM 1989