Hi f

rom North Idaho, USA

My name is Leroy, I'm a native of the great North West born and raised in Spokane, WA. My love of planes started at an early age, 7 if I remember right, building and painting plastic models of WW11, went to stick and silk span models at around 11. I remember hours spent at a friends house building models together, rubber power first, gliders and then the free flights with those Cox .049 engines, I thought those were the days back then.

As the story goes there comes the time to further your education, I chose Airframe & Engine school in 1959 and certified in 2 years along with learning to fly, it was a blast. I worked with mostly small craft and many old military conversions to civilian planes and got to fly a lot of them trading labor for hours in the plane. For 4.5 yrs. I worked in aircraft but there wasn't much money in it so I took up steel and aluminum fabrication, I was a very good welder of both. My uncle was big in the EAA and I built frame work for his designs, loved doing that.

Long story short I got a lot of training along the years and certified in several fields in the fabrication and repair trades all of which has helped me getting back in RC 10 yrs. ago. I started with an Eagle11 trainer and then jumped in with both feet with the TF 1/5 scale P-51 gold kit, I went the limit for a sport scale mustang and was tagged as a master builder by those who have seen it. I don't buy anything I can build myself, scale prop, sliding canopy. cockpit interior and a base coat clear coat automotive polished paint job. I built it just to prove to myself I could. It was followed with a fully modified Tiger 60 and a fuselage modified Sig 1/4 scale spacewalker 11.

I'm presently building a BALSA USA 1/4 scale J3 into a super cub here on RCSB, it has turned into quite the project for these old hands of mine, I should go resize a couple of pictures of the mustang and spacewalker.

Leroy

This is how I spend my winter months these days.

Thank you Jeff, I'm in good company over here, already learning things from others.

Willem I too feel comfortable here, a lot of great builds all over the place. I noticed on your post your interest in glues. As a wood worker I have used these glues for years, Elmer's aliphatic glue has been around a long time, Gorilla makes the aliphatic glue also and of course Titebond & Titebond 11 which is water resistant and a favorite to many a builder. If it says Aliphatic on the label of glue bottles over there you have the right stuff.

My Super Cub build is in Kits under Balsa USA, thread name is, Balsa USA 1/4 scale J3 turns super cub, happy to have you join me if you like. I will watch for yours also.

Leroy

One thing is clear, there is a great bunch of guys found here, thank you all for the welcome. What surprised me is this a world wide web site with some incredible builders and their skills not to be found on RCU & RCG, with few exceptions, got to give them a little credit.

I like the way things are done here posting wise and the $20 is the best investment I've made for some time.

Leroy