Newbie here

[Coryphodon]

Hello
After having browsed through this forum for a month or so
I decided at last, to join

This post will not be brief, sorry :
Since the age of 10, I have played tabletop Wargames including
for instance, Panzerblitz, Guderian’s Blitzkrieg or EFS Crimea.
If anyone in this forum is interested in Wargames, the Consimworld website is perhaps the best resource in English devoted to Wargaming.
Here is the link :

http://www.consimworld.com

In my case, my interest has centered upon the Eastern Front of
WWII, but virtually all eras and theaters of war have been treated by the hobby.

I must add that I have had extremely limited experience in the field of model-making.
Despite this, I got for Christmas two 1/16 scale Heng Long RC Tank models, with which I am staging tank duels.
After perusing some videos on the net, I have imagined a couple of
scenarii in which warplane models would be pitted against my tank models.

My idea is to stage strafing runs against the tanks that would last
approximately 20 seconds.
Since the battle tanks are Radio-controlled,
I suspect a RC conversion of the airplane model would be a mistake as
the RC system would perhaps conflict with the tank’s electronics.

Anyways, I believe that it would be interesting for me to build a warplane model such as the Guillows Focke Wulf 190 kit.
Coincidentally, the Guillows 400 scale is the same as that of the tanks (1/16)...

However, I must be noted that I have NO experience whatsoever building balsa wood airplane models.
My first question is whether I should experiment with scales other
than the 400 (1/16) or should I try another scale and then « hone » my skills.
before working in the 400 scale.

On a lighter note, I also regret the underepresentation of
Russian models. On a strictly historical note,
the production figures for a plane such as
the Ilyushin II Sturmovik attained 36000 units, making it
one of the most widely produced military airplanes ever.
Hopefully Guillows will produce someday in the future a russian warplane model.

Greetings from France

[Phugoid]

To quote a certain Mr. Churchill....

"From Stettin in the Batic, to Trieste in the Adriadic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent"

An American manufacturer in the post war era designing models of Russian planes? Very unlikely!

[joecrouse]

There is a MIG- 3 kit plans by Earl Stahl, a FEW kits of various Yakovlev fighter aircraft on other sights. None of them AFAIK by Guillow's

[Mitch]

Bon jour mon ami,

I would say get right into the 400 series... They are now Lazer cut and without too much effort I think you can get them to fly.
The rear fuselage is very narrow on this plane, but if you are determined, you can install micro RC (no directions).
These models were designed for rubber band power.

Here is my 400 FW190:


We are here to answer your questions!

You seem a bit ambitious for starting out to have RC Plane to Tank battles. I believe Aircraft RC is in a specific and different wave length from Ground RC. Of course also there are several channels to use to have more than one plane flying...
Might I suggest you build a model of your choice at first for Rubber Power... SAVE the PLANS, then by buying replacement parts you can build another one for less than 20 dollars... I made a post on this last year and built another Bf109!

Mitch

[Wildpig]

Welcome to the forum.
I'm really surprised that Guillow did not produce an Antonov AN-2 kit. I think that would make for a nice free flight model.

If you are thinking of making a Guillow kit radio control, I think that might be a bit of a leap. It certainly can be done, Bill Gaylord on this forum is quite prolific with building Guillow R/C with electric motor propulsion. But the installation is completely custom and requires a fair amount of modeling skill.
There are many ready made R/C aircraft that probably would do the job. Radio interference shouldn't be a problem, ground and air R/C are completely different bands.

If you want to try out building a Guillow kit, I agree with MItch, buy one of the laser cut 400 series.

By the way, I used to play board games such as Panzer Leader and Panzer General.

[Coryphodon]

Hey guys,
thanks for kindly receiving me on this forum

I am also considering the MIG 3, even if a FW 190 would be easier to find
since there are very few retailers here.
Hopefully the airplane model hobby will take off (sorry for the lame pun).

So rubber it is, anyways I am not requiring
too many acrobatics from my models such as the Immelmann turn - at least now.
BTW, great model, Mitch.
Wildpig, if you wish to play a game by PBEM, send me a private message.

Cheers

[Mitch]

Being lazer cut, these are very easy to build...



Don't expect any Immelman Turns with rubber power... just try to get it to fly. They say the Guillow FW 190 is a very good representation of that type! It has been raining here in the NW USA but I plan to go to SoCal in a few weeks for WESTFAC IV and I will give you a flight report!
Mitch

[ADW 123]

I wouldn't worry about radio interference. As long as the transmitters and receivers run on different frequencies there wont be any problems with it FYI

[Coryphodon]

Hello guys,
I was watching some airplane model videos on a well -known website
and it seems to me that some users crank up the rubber bands to death,
So, I wonder whether the flying time
on a rubber band powered airplane can be calibrated
to last approximately 20 seconds
Thanks again for your input

[ADW 123]

yes it can. just takes some experimenting. assuming that your model is capable of flying for that long or longer, you can experiment with how many winds you put into the rubber to hit a target flight time. of course, the number of winds will vary from model to model based on a number of variables, so each plane will be different. good luck.