Meet Our Newsletter Editor

As posted in our November Newsletter, Scott Anderson will be serving as SFM's Newsletter Editor.  He is a master scale modeler, an excellent writer and photographer as well as a frequent contributor to the Twin Cities Radio Controllers newsletter.

During the winter the Scale Flyers of Minnesota hold monthly meetings at the Southtown Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. During these meetings we discuss building, finishing, detailing, documentation and flying techniques unique to scale modeling.

Our SFM Newsletter Editor shares this information in his monthly seasonal newsletters for all to use as a resource and reference for your individual scale projects. Products and techniques discussed in his newsletters are not meant as an endorsement but to allow you to take advantage of these techniques and apply them where you feel they are appropriate. Please feel free to contact David Andersen with questions regarding content here: andersonscotte@hotmail.com

It is truly a ‘Builder’s Kit’ requiring a lot of experience to assemble and rig for operation.  Fortunately Roy has been communicating with other He 162 builders in Europe and they have been collaborating on the build.

Roy has equipped it with electromagnetic brakes and electric retracts. He says the best part is the cockpit kit that came with the kit is very well detailed. He’s powering it with a Jets Munt Merlin 140 turbine www.jets-munt.com  that has an expected thrust of 31#.

He expects the finished aircraft to weigh about 35-36# so it should be quick.  He plans to paint the He-162 this summer using Klaskote Paints and will be controlling it with his JETI radio system with onboard airspeed telemetry!  This looks like a Toledo 2016 contender!

Ahmed had molded several wings before he was satisfied with the results as shown here. It will be powered by a King-Tech K-100G turbine www.kingtechturbines.com

He designed a composite spar so the wings could be plugged in to the fuselage and still be strong. Ahmed demonstrated its strength by sitting is across two chairs and sat on it while bouncing up & down.

Cal Branton brought his Bates Curtis P-40 Tomahawk IIB (the small mouthed P-40). It is about 20 years old and is accurately painted for the original AVG Flying Tigers.

The full size aircraft had been originally built and sold for use by the RAF but were redirected to Burma for use by the AVG’s Flying Tigers.

The camouflage on the top of the wings had left space for the RAF roundels but they were never painted on.

Instead the Chinese Blue & White Sun roundels were added outboard of those locations on the wing. The landing gear is from Sierra Giant Scale.

The aircraft has been re-engined to a 3W-55i. The cockpit has been nicely detailed as well. We look forward to seeing it fly once warm weather gets here!