How to control Flying Radio Control I.C. Powered Model Aircraft ? Introduction Part 1

Part 1 Introduction 

 Welcome to the world of Radio Control Model Flight.  So what got you interested in this fascinating but almost masochistic hobby!?  A hobby where, if you take the wrong approach, you will almost certainly enter and leave (in fairly rapid succession) a disillusioned and much poorer individual.

You’ve probably encountered some model fliers enjoying themselves at the club field wringing all sorts of manoeuvers out of their models.  You’ve watched in awe as these miniature flying machines defy all the rules of gravity and appear to be capable of doing things even full size aircraft can’t do.  You’re thinking to yourself “Oh to be able to do what these guys can do”.  Well strange as it may seem, YOU CAN!

Revell's 1/32 scale Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 Part 2

Construction Impressions

Revell's 1/32 scale Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 Part 1

This build was straight from the box, so I kept the moulded-on harness straps even though I was not keen on them. In the end though, I was really pleased with the way they looked after careful painting. Oddly, the shoulder straps appear to disappear behind the seat pan but it will be a simple matter to add hardware and maybe a short extension to the straps.

Revell's 1/32 scale Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 Part 1

This model was built straight from the box for a forthcoming book to be released by ADH Publishing.
Revell's initial release will include parts for an early and a late Bf 109 G-6, including:

• alternative cockpit parts (different cannon breech covers, alternative footrests, and battery box option behind the pilot's head)
• both early framed and clear-vision Erla canopies; and two windscreen versions
• standard and tall tails
• long and short tail wheel strut and alternate tail wheel well fairings
• treaded and smooth main wheels
• Morane mast with clear insulator base and DF loop for late version
• early and late shell ejector panels under the fuselage
• alternate starboard side engine cowls (with and without the G-5-style compressor bulge).