WETM Elmira on MSN

Curtiss Museum to showcase 75% scale hand built reproduction of aircraft

HAMMONDSPORT, N.Y. (WETM) – The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum will showcase a ¾-scale model of a Curtiss aircraft hand-built by a ...
Hackaday

Building A Giant Remote Controlled Model Airbus A380 In A Year

A year ago [Ramy RC] set out on a momentous challenge: to build a 1:21 scale Airbus A380-800 RC model with functional engines, landing gear and all other details. Recently he finished the project and ...
Julius Perdana on MSN

Building a foam RC model aircraft from scratch

Follow the first stage of building a foam C-17 Globemaster III RC aircraft, focusing on the 3D modeling process and design techniques used to create an accurate scale model. #RCPlane #C17 #ScaleModel ...
Polygon

3 things I learned about the 40K hobby by building a scale model airplane

Over the summer last year I took my daughters out to Bong State Recreation Area in Wisconsin. The massive park offers miles and miles of walking and riding trails, large camping areas, a place to ride ...
Flying

The Timeless Joy of Scale Model Building

A model of a Lockheed Constellation built from a non-standard scales nearly 60 years old. Back then, most models were designed to fit a very specific box size. [Courtesy: Terry Moore] Scale modeling ...
Julius Perdana on MSN

Shaping a foam Globemaster into an RC aircraft

Continue the foam C-17 Globemaster RC aircraft build as the project moves from design into construction. See the techniques, materials, and assembly process used to bring the scale model closer to ...
Hackaday

Building A Truss-Braced Model Airplane: Sense Or Nonsense?

Following NASA’s recent results with truss-braced wing airplanes and the benefits this could bring to full-sized airplanes, [Think Flight] figured that if it helps with those airplanes, perhaps it may ...