Sig Manufacturing Advertisement
November 1970 American Aircraft Modeler

Airplanes and Rockets - November 1970 American Aircraft Modeler
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.
Vintage Model Aircraft Magazine Advertisements:
Ace Radio Control Herkimer (OK) Tools & Model Works
America's Hobby Center Hobby People
Berkeley Models Jetco
Bonner Digimite Min-X
Carl Goldberg (1970) Model Rectifier Corporation (MRC)
Carl Goldberg (1667) Nick Ziroli
Cox Thimble Drome .049 Revell
deBolt Model Engineering Royal Products
Du-Bro Products, Nov 1970 AAM Scientific Models
EK Products, Nov 1970 AAM Sig Manufacturing
Enterprise Model Aircraft Sterling Models
Guillow's, Dec 1969 AAM Tatone Products
Heathkit, Sep, 1970 Thimble Drome
  Top Flite, Dec 1969 AAM

This particular page is from page 67 of the November 1970 issue of American Aircraft Modeler magazine. Sig Manufacturing is still in operation. I have always liked Sig models, but anymore they seem a little expensive. Of course that could just be due to the lower volumes of kits being produced these days; ARFs and RTFs have unfortunately forced many kits out of production. Here is my Citabria, Akrobat, and my Akromaster. All copyrights (if any) are hereby acknowledged.

Use the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' inflation calculator to see what items cost in today's dollars. For instance, that 40¢piece of 3/32" x 3" balsa sheet would be $2.23 in 2010 money.


Airplanes and Rockets - Sig Manufacturing advertisement in September 1970 American Aircraft Modeler magazine







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