{"id":1009,"date":"2013-10-18T15:01:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T15:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2013-10-18T15:01:07","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T15:01:07","slug":"when-you-build-tips-from-the-past-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2013\/10\/18\/when-you-build-tips-from-the-past-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"When you build\u2026 tips from the past pt. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is surprisingly difficult to get good building tips from the older model building manuals.\u00a0 Primarily because the models discussed in those sources are generally A-frame pushers, tractor monoplanes or non-flying scale models.\u00a0 Some basic wisdom survives the decades, though.<\/p>\n

Cutting Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n

\""Model<\/a>
Allen, Elmer. Model Airplanes: How to Build and Fly Them<\/em>. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1928, pg. 19.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Elmer Allen in the 1928 book, Model Airplanes: How to Build and Fly Them<\/em> notes, \u201cmodel airplane building has been said by some humorist to solve the problem of what to do with old razor blades, because they are certainly are about the handiest things possible for much of the delicate cutting necessary.\u00a0 By securing one of the holders obtainable for these blades, a very useful tool will be obtained.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Edwin Hamilton in the Complete Model Aircraft Manual<\/em>, published in 1933, didn\u2019t even advise spending the money to buy a handle, and instead instructs on how to create handles and cutter of one\u2019s own.<\/p>\n

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Hamilton, Edwin T. Complete Model Aircraft Manual<\/em>. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1933, pg. 13.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Edwin ends the chapter on tools with sound advice:\u00a0 \u201ckeep your tools sharp, clean and in good order, so that when they are needed they will be in condition to give you the required service.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Landing Gear (Very) Basics<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\u201cDon\u2019t<\/a>
Hamburg, Merrill. \u201cBeginning to Fly: The Book of Model Airplanes<\/em>.\u201d Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928, pg. 116.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t glue the wheels on.\u00a0 Naturally they will not turn if you do!\u201d\u00a0 This piece of advice comes from author, Merrill Hamburg<\/a>, a well-known model aviation designer and competitor in the book Beginning to Fly: The Book of Model Airplanes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\"A Source: National Model Aviation Museum Collection, Found in Collection, 2009.01.171.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This Baby ROG rubber-powered FF model was designed by Merrill Hamberg in 1927 and sold as a kit by American Boy<\/em> magazine.\u00a0 Note that he followed his own advice, as the wheels are not glued on!\u00a0 There is a small drop of glue on the end of the wire, though, to prevent the wheels from falling off, a tip he had shared earlier in the publication.<\/p>\n

These tips are presented honoring Model Aviation<\/em>\u2019s October issue<\/a> on scratch building.\u00a0 More tips from the past will be shared next Friday.\u00a0 In the meantime, if you have some tried and tried and true building advice to share, feel free to do so in the comments or on the museum\u2019s Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is surprisingly difficult to get good building tips from the older model building manuals.\u00a0 Primarily because the models discussed in those sources are generally A-frame pushers, tractor monoplanes or non-flying scale models.\u00a0 Some basic wisdom survives the decades, though. Cutting Tools Elmer Allen in the 1928 book, Model Airplanes: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,47,108],"tags":[56,48,49,50,249],"class_list":["post-1009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-early-model-aviation","category-museum","category-tips-from-the-past","tag-artifact","tag-book","tag-library-2","tag-museum-2","tag-tips-from-the-past"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1009"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1018,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions\/1018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}