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Kiwi · 17-12-2004

Waterplanes are alive and well down here in the colonies too. Every year, on the last weekend in August, A local club hosts a "Field and Float fly" at a artificial water skiing lake about 1/2 hours drive south of Christchurch, here in the South Island. (That gives you 8 months to save up the cash and make your holiday plans) This years event was a bit of a wash out, you can read about here.http://russram.tripod.com/id12.html
I have a OS 25 powered "Seamaster" nearly finished and I also have a set of floats for my GWS Beaver. I am building a Speed 400 "Champ" (the vintage French one from December 85 Radio Modeller) and when that is completed that will become my "land" electric model and I will then put the floats on the Beaver. Living on a farm, not only do I have 600 acres to fly on but also the farmers irrigation dam as well! (Ain't life hell!)
I had at one stage considered a Vought Kingfisher for my Wankel, but have decided to sell it instead and concentrate more on the electric side.
However I am still very tempted by the idea of the Sopwith Baby on floats for my OS 26FS (the 38" one out of RC Scale Aircraft) I'm also very keen on doing the old APS F/F Loening OL9 for electric R/C. So many aircraft, so little time! Just as well I don't have to go to work as well!
See you all at Lake Chrichton next August!

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Kiwi Scale Model Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Zealand Real Name: Neville Visit Kiwi's Gallery Posts: 519	Waterplanes are alive and well down here in the colonies too. Every year, on the last weekend in August, A local club hosts a "Field and Float fly" at a artificial water skiing lake about 1/2 hours drive south of Christchurch, here in the South Island. (That gives you 8 months to save up the cash and make your holiday plans) This years event was a bit of a wash out, you can read about here.http://russram.tripod.com/id12.html I have a OS 25 powered "Seamaster" nearly finished and I also have a set of floats for my GWS Beaver. I am building a Speed 400 "Champ" (the vintage French one from December 85 Radio Modeller) and when that is completed that will become my "land" electric model and I will then put the floats on the Beaver. Living on a farm, not only do I have 600 acres to fly on but also the farmers irrigation dam as well! (Ain't life hell!) I had at one stage considered a Vought Kingfisher for my Wankel, but have decided to sell it instead and concentrate more on the electric side. However I am still very tempted by the idea of the Sopwith Baby on floats for my OS 26FS (the 38" one out of RC Scale Aircraft) I'm also very keen on doing the old APS F/F Loening OL9 for electric R/C. So many aircraft, so little time! Just as well I don't have to go to work as well! See you all at Lake Chrichton next August! Last edited by Kiwi; 17-12-2004 at 05:48..