I have managed to find 2 rubber band plane kits on AliExpress that are balsa, and probably not a scam. which of these two would be better for a first timer? i have almost no experience with balsa wood and really want to get into it, i just dont know which is the better choice
If there's anyone here who also lives in south east asia, is there any option to build models here using balsa without scratch building? like at all?
I am 15 and relatively new to this hobby (my 3. Plane) and bought a kit for the first time. I have now finished building it and would like to know how to paint it. The plane is almost entirely out of balsa wood.
I recently finished building this Junior 1000 and finally got the chance to fly it.
The model was built using traditional balsa construction, and I documented both the building process and the finished aircraft in flight.
Full build & flight video, if anyone is interested: https://youtu.be/LPBGFZcGQBg
The cowl isn’t painted yet. Can’t decide on silver, black or yellow. This was today’s project. I wanted to build something I haven’t seen before. So I took the idea of a parasol and added another wing. I designed the fuselage to be almost a wine bottle shape to try to reduce as much drag as possible. My wings are fastened together as once piece prior to mounting to the fuselage. I have metal tabs in the rudder to trim it. It’s a large control surface. So a little goes a long way. The plane is very stable. No tip stalls, The top wing incidence is higher than the bottom wing. I have thread for flying wires. The AOW is 26g. It’s by no means an endurance model, however, it brings some belly laughs when I fly it.
So ive been looking at plans form outerzone, and ive been thinking of trying some basic sheet balsa models. The idea is to try scale or semi-scale for once and start using wood instead of, yknow... cardboard and literal paper. Do any of you have advice for how important the thickness of the wood is for these models?
Much filling and much sanding. It's time to hit the fuselage with the Bondo and then sand a bunch more. The usual (and sane) arrangement of the exhaust was into a collector ring in front of the engine, but when you're going for speed records, every pound counts. Wright J-6-7.
Hi Everyone
I was recently reading through a copy of the book "Flying Scale Models of WW2", published by model maker magazine. I found this aircraft pictured on page 43, and I am curious if anyone knows the name of this specific model. It reminds me of a Guillow's Javelin, but with a T tail and wings suspended above the fuselage. If anyone knows the name and if the plans are on outerzone I would appreciate the help.
Can you guys recommend a pin board I can use for balsa airplane building? I bought one off Amazon that had high ratings but it's clearly not meant for modeling, the pins are too difficult to stick in. I was wondering if there are any meant for the hobby?
