The question of die and lazer cutting is extremely interesting. Dies can in fact cut even light wood without crunching, but they have to be fabulously sharp....
Hi gang: I'm submitting a couple more challenge times that were emailed to me directly a few days ago and officially declaring the second Guillow challenge to...
Thanks Bruce, for the updates on the Guillows Challenge 2. We'll post them to the 'challenge page' and also our P-40 times. Our P-40 times were just test...
Hi, As we begin the new year we would like to wish all of you the best for a successful new year. As we think about the end of one year and look the start of...
Hi Listmates Thanks for the considered responses to my thoughts about die cutting versus laser cutting. What triggered this off on my part was my sheet 8-6...
Hey, you just gave me a great idea. My son was accepted to an art college in Boston and I'll be taking him there in mid-January. I may just have to swing up...
I concur that the Guillows personel are very friendly on the phone. I think that we will be very pleased with the quality of the Guillows kits as they move to...
Just got back from the King Orange 3 day outdoor freeflight meet in Palm Bay FL. My Hellcat did a 127 sec and was a spec in the sky, a wonderful sight. I won...
King Orange Palm Bay Fl 2003 see George's album l to r ? Ta-152, J.Miller Heinkel, Mclellon P-51B, J.Nunez Dauntless, G.Nunez Hellcat, Houck Sturmovik...
After a long delay, my Spitfire is ready for final assembly and painting. I'm at the critical juncture of deciding exactly which color scheme I want to use....
WOW 127 seconds!!!Congratulations!!! How do you get >1600 turns in such a small model without breaking the rubber? how long is the rubber (when one loop)? and...
FYI 2 loops 22 inches long of 1/16 Tan II rubber ....I like 2 loops rather than say 1 loop of 1/8 because its more forgiving. Lube with Armor-All, stretch it...
Woohoo! Good show, George! Was this the same "ringer" you entered into our first Guillow's challenge? ;-) Jim (not ashamed to be whupped by the King Orange...
Ok guys, here we go! As I stated a few weeks ago, I was going to make a "guillows" BF109 Z. (Z for "zwilling" the german word for twin) well the prototype is...
Friends, In the files section you'll find the rules to the Guillows Sheetwood Challenge, a postal contest opening *now* and ending September 1st that gives...
Jim, I hope it will be fun... For me the fun started today with an unmodified Starfire - not much of a flyer as it turns out!!! Times: 6,4,6,6,3 4+6+6+ (bonus...
This should be a lot of fun. You can start un-modified and then start modifying to see if you can improve anything. Tom Barker, from Guillows, gave me a tip...
... Great idea, thanks for sharing! Sometimes I bend them to get a similar effect. Luckily I was able to get some of the wide-blade Igra props in CZ. Andy...
Flew the Sky Streak (12", with a little wood cut away from the tail) Very windy! Days like this one discovers there is something good about heavy planes. Even...
In case anyone hasn't heard about it there is a Stuka Challenge in the "other" Guillows builders group. It's for 500 series Stukas. I started an overflow...
Had to stay home with a sick daughter today, and I figured it is as good a day as any to start a 500-Series P-40 I had around. Any words of wisdom from anyone...
If you can, replace the wood! If not, cut formers back to outlines, they don't need to be that strong. Reduce most of the tail feathers to (a much more sparse)...
Hi gang, this is my first post. A number of years ago, on a visit to LA, I needed something to fly with the folks who gathered at the Sepulveda Basin on Sunday...
... Awesome! You now lead the rubber-powered category. Thanks for participating and for sharing the modification ideas with us. Clearly they worked well. Hope...
The full-size #401 BF109Z is going well, I put some progress photos in mad-duk's folder- lemmie know what ya'all think........ I added a hair more dihedral...
