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Free Flight Fanatic


Oct 27, 2019

John sits down and talks old-school modeling with control line and free flight modeler Bill Darkow and his son. Bill designed and published three control line profile scale models; The Texas Wildcat, Curtiss Seahawk and Kayaba. The Kayaba was a WWII carrier based autogyro!

 

 

This podcast explores the history and...


Oct 14, 2019

In this episode, John delves into the details of and differences between two kits. The first is Sal Taibi's 1941 Brooklyn Dodger, the second being Guillow's 1966 P-40 Warhawk.

The Brooklyn Dodger was kitted by H & F Model Airplane Co., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Guillow's still produces their P-40, kit 405 LC:


Oct 6, 2019

I'm calling this first episode "Diving Into the Fire" but it could be called Frankenstein or "Podcast by Next Year". I have put a few different and older recordings together.

In this podcast I discuss fate and history of my local hobby shops, basic modelling needs and how the means and methods of acquiring kits, plans...