Guillows balsa models

[Hern07]

So long ago. My favorite was a B-47. Never covered it, but it was still beautiful.

[Cazzie]

I bet I spent more of my hard earned cash on Gillows balsa models, than I did on drugs in my lifetime!

Built them, flew them, crashed them! It was like "Groundhog Day".

A or twelve for reminding me of all the dang fun I had.

Caz

[trucker17]

I was going to entitle this thread "I want to get wood and rubber" .... but thought better of it....

This Christmas holiday time off, I'm curious to do something I never did as a kid - build a Guillows scale model plane. Back then, it was all about plastic scale models - now I can catch up .... 30 years late, but what the heck.

I've narrowed it down to either the Hurricane:



or the Skyraider:



I'd like to at least try to fly them - certainly display them. I picked those because they were sturdy planes in real life. Anyone here build either of those - or any other in the series? Any advice on these?

thanks,

dl

All of the gillows aircraft are great first time builds......
Heres pict of my scratch built P-40
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Fun Flying aircraft.....with a 73" fuse and 86 1/2 " wingspan......I use robart retracks and a zinoah 62 gas engine

[srgalahad]

Here's a bit more to help that walk down memory lane...
http://www.collectair.com/index.html
Checkout the index on the left side and be prepared for a lot of mumbled : "I remember that..."

The Wood model pages begin here:
http://www.collectair.com/Model_Airplanes.html

If any of you are near Santa Barbara make the time to call and visit Steve. We did a couple of years ago, planning to spend an hour after lunch and me having to explain to my wife (who could care less about balsa) that it was 4PM, the dinner hour was approaching and it was time to go