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Sketchbook - Model Building Tips
July/August 1963 American Modeler

July / August 1963 American Modeler

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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. Still, many things never change, so much of the old content is relevant to today's modeler.
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.

Back when the Sketchbook, Gadgetry, Powerless Pointers, and Engine Info columns were run, there were very few pre-built models, and there simply was not as much available in the way of hardware and specialized modeling tools. We were still a nation of designers and builders. The workforce was full of people who worked on production lines, built houses and buildings with hand tools, and did not have distractions like Nintendos and X-Boxes. Remember that plastics were not common material until the early 1950s and the transistor wasn't invented until late 1947.

This edition of Sketchbook includes tips on how to properly terminate control lines, how to plumb multi-engine models so that when one engine stops running, the fuel flow is interrupted to the other and assuring that it will stop as well. It also has a good idea for how to control flaps on a high wing control line model.

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Sketchbook - Model Building Tips July/August 1963 American Modeler

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Sketchbook - Model Building TipsJuly/August 1963 American Modeler

Sketchbook - Model Building Tips
July/August 1963 American Modeler