Focal Point
"A Labor of Love"
Vincent Pollizzotto (3331 Yost Blvd., Oceanside, NY 11572) took more than a year to build the Smith Miniplane shown here with his wife, Marie. (She's an AMA member too, and flies with Vincent and their grandson, who is also a member.)
The model was built from a Sig kit. Radio is Futaba. Finish is Sig dope over Coverite. Many of the handmade details are faithful to the full-scale version.
Two Lasers
Jack Beauchamp (10510 Six Pines Dr. #102, The Woodlands, TX 77380; E-mail: jabi1@wtnet) built the red Laser shown here; the white model belongs to flying buddy Bob Upton (Conroe, TX).
Both models are powered by Sachs .42s, weigh 20 and 22 pounds respectively, and are modified as the full-scale version appeared in 1997.
No Mistaking His Airplane
Remember snow? Eugene Doncea (7483 Zeeb Rd., Dexter, MI) of the Hamburg Flyers Club forwarded this photo of his Direct Connections Tsunami 40. The unusual trim scheme was done in Goldberg UltraCote.
Lazy Bee Trio
Karl Spielmaker (4690 Burlingame SW, Wyoming, MI 49509) is shown at left of this photo, along with his brother Bob (center) and Ward Delano.
Ward was going to build the 48-inch-span version by Clancy Aviation, and as Karl relates, "I thought the Lazy Bee was a silly lookin' model, but I quickly changed my mind. It is a very nice flying airplane."
Karl's and Bob's versions have Enya .09 power; Ward's has an O.S. 21 four-stroke.
Weeks Solution X
Al Kanser (Box 56, New Lisbon, NY 13415) built this 36% Miles Reed design from a Larry Katona Precision Cut Kit with Bolt adhesives and fiberglass parts from Model Composites.
Power is a Quadra 75, with radio by Futaba. Michelle Hollock holds the model, which is Al's first giant-scale biplane.
Finally Finished
Don Harris (Box 1983, Brandon, OR 97411; E-mail: seafly@gte.net) began this 92-inch-span PBY-6A twelve years ago from a Glasco kit.
Power is two O.S. .40FPs, with a Futaba radio and eight servos "so far." The landing gear is removable, the tip floats retract, and the engines are coupled to the rudder "for enhanced water steering."
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Scat-Cat 90
"If there is another airplane like this one being flown in RC modeling today, I don't know of it," wrote Charles Vanderpool (3124 Houston Hollow, Lucasville, OH 45648). He's a member of the Southern Ohio Radio Control Fliers Association.
"I have test-flown the airplane a few times, and have been very impressed with its performance." The model is held by Charles' daughter, Courtney.
Plan-Built Jenny
John Epley (4260 S. Tucson Estates Pkwy., Tucson, AZ 85735) built this 72-inch-span JN-4 from Carstens plans.
"It is powered by a Tower Hobbies .40 and flies scale," wrote John.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
