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The PIPE · 21 February 2009, 06:48 AM

Dear Mode One:

The PIPE here again...please do NOT forget to contact WW I AERO about your needed Alby D II info....

....and I've remembered a number of scratchbuilt WW I RC models being done in 1/5th scale by none other

than Tom Polapink !!!

Tom's favorite scale ratio size sure SEEMS to be 1/5th scale, as he's built a number of RC scale aircraft TO that scale.

I'd HAVE to agree with you that virtually nothing's available "so far" in the 1/5th scale size for accessories like dummy MGs, instruments, etc...

...and since Balsa USA seems to have already done up a number of different MGs in 1/6th, 1/4th and 1/3rd scales, perhaps they might be persuaded to make up at least their Vickers, Lewis and Spandau dummy MGs in that scale to start to help out the fans of 1/5th scale WW I aircraft.

There DOES seem to be a line of 1/5th scale dummy MG kits from Arizona Model Aircrafters, viewable online at Armament Sets , Model Airplane Kits RC Arizona Model Airplanes Aircrafters , but with the "questions"

that company seems to have had in the past, with the level of pre-fabrication IN their kit's materials, versus the price paid (the 1/5th dummy MG kits all seem to be $45 in price) for their products, you MIGHT want to ask around for advice before ordering from AZM.

That's all I can offer for now...but Tom Polapink IS a biig fan of 1/5th scale, so you MIGHT want to get in touch with him on the issue of 1/5 scale WW I detailing accessories...!

Yours Sincerely,

The PIPE!

21 February 2009, 06:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
The PIPE Two-seater Pilot Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 112	You COULD always ask Tom Polapink.... Dear Mode One: The PIPE here again...please do NOT forget to contact WW I AERO about your needed Alby D II info.... ....and I've remembered a number of scratchbuilt WW I RC models being done in 1/5th scale by none other than Tom Polapink !!! Tom's favorite scale ratio size sure SEEMS to be 1/5th scale, as he's built a number of RC scale aircraft TO that scale. I'd HAVE to agree with you that virtually nothing's available "so far" in the 1/5th scale size for accessories like dummy MGs, instruments, etc... ...and since Balsa USA seems to have already done up a number of different MGs in 1/6th, 1/4th and 1/3rd scales, perhaps they might be persuaded to make up at least their Vickers, Lewis and Spandau dummy MGs in that scale to start to help out the fans of 1/5th scale WW I aircraft. There DOES seem to be a line of 1/5th scale dummy MG kits from Arizona Model Aircrafters, viewable online at Armament Sets , Model Airplane Kits RC Arizona Model Airplanes Aircrafters , but with the "questions" that company seems to have had in the past, with the level of pre-fabrication IN their kit's materials, versus the price paid (the 1/5th dummy MG kits all seem to be $45 in price) for their products, you MIGHT want to ask around for advice before ordering from AZM. That's all I can offer for now...but Tom Polapink IS a biig fan of 1/5th scale, so you MIGHT want to get in touch with him on the issue of 1/5 scale WW I detailing accessories...! Yours Sincerely, The PIPE! __________________ "I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgment in all human affairs." -- Albert Einstein, 1950 Last edited by The PIPE; 21 February 2009 at 06:54 AM. Reason: More appropriate preposition needed...OOPS!