RCSB Newbie here.  I am a 6-year RC flier and a member of Charlotte Aeromodelers Club. Been a model builder since 1952 and I have done rubber-, glow-, Jetex-, electric-, and insect-powered planes using control-line, free-flight, RC, and tether.  I build with balsa and other common modeling woods, bamboo, foam and foam board, carbon fiber, cardboard, and stuff that you can find laying around.  As a kid long ago, I even built a short-lived plane from spaghetti and linguini pasta (pre-cooked, of course). I have been designing planes for over 65 years, and now use AutoCAD instead of pencil, pen, and ink with triangles and T-square.

I haven't yet built a large, detailed, Scale model as my means are meager since retiring, but I dabble with smaller planes such as the Guillow's Giant Scale (31" wingspan) Vought F4U-4 Corsair that I'm currently building and converting to electric 4-channel RC.


I hope to learn a lot of new-to-me techniques, get leads on scale plans (which I collect in PDF files), and marvel at the hard work and ingenuity of the modelers here.

Welcome Doug,

Lots of friendly people and interesting builds and ideas on this website. Look to become a site supporter and it will open up a few more things to look at.

GT