My Kit Collection | |
Throughout the years, I have collected a number of vintage and recent RC kits, Control Line kits and Rubber Power kits. These are mostly kits of which I could only dream when I was young and when I didn't have the money to acquire them... The great names of aeromodelling were Svenson, Goldberg, Sig, Top Flite and Graupner along with Pica and many others. The kits in my possession and shown below are all unassembled unless mentioned otherwise. My kits are normally not for sale, but if you're interested in a particular one, we can always talk about it... Furthermore, I have a nice collection vintage RC engines, an extensive collection of old transmitters and finally, a large collection of plastic kits for static display. If you own a vintage kit you'd like to sell, I may be interested. I'm most interested in Svenson RC kits. |
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Svenson | |
This is a tribute to the Belgian made Svenson kits. Svenson had a good reputation and was our national pride. They had some very nice designs, see below... |
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Svenson Fly-Boy (early kit) |
Svenson Sundancer Link to CAD redesigned and built model |
Svenson Pinto (original Svenson kit packed in a neutral carton, see this photo) |
Svenson Westerly |
Svenson Wayfarer HO-BO |
Svenson N°1 |
Svenson Prima |
Svenson Super Prima |
Svenson Sly-Cat |
Svenson Seychelle (Sean Bannister design) |
Svenson Blue Pants first edition (control line) |
Svenson Blue Pants (control line) (incomplete) |
Svenson Bristol Scout |
Svenson Vicomte 1915 |
Svenson Azizo (predecessor of the Sunny) |
Svenson Sunny (developed from the Azizo) |
Svenson Eyeball (Art Schroeder design) |
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Goldberg | |
Carl Goldberg made some beautiful designs. How can one not like the graceful lines of the Falcon, Skylark and Skylane series? Sadly, their later Sky Tiger and Eaglet series were not as nice anymore. |
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Goldberg Sr. Falcon (wing kit only, complete CNC kit from Weibel see here) |
Goldberg Falcon 56 Mark II |
Goldberg Jr. Skylark |
Goldberg Skylark 56 Mark II sadly no longer in my possession |
Goldberg 1/2A Skylane 42 |
Goldberg Skylane 62 being built |
Goldberg Super Chipmunk |
Goldberg Sky Tiger |
Sig | |
Sig's 1/6th scale version of the J-3 Cub must be one of the most popular scale kits ever. Along the Cub, they also had the beautiful Zlin and some nice sports models. |
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Sig Astro-Hog |
Sig 1/6th scale Clipped Wing Cub |
Sig 1/5th scale J-3 Cub Complete with matching NIB Saito FA-90TS twin four stroke engine, Robart landing gear, Dubro Cub wheels, Coverite Cub Yellow covering material, fuel tank, pilot figure, 3 ea. 14 x 6 propellers, prop nut etc. |
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Sig Zlin Akrobat Z526AS |
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Sig Super Chipmunk Control Line |
Sig Zlin Akrobat Control Line |
Top Flite | |
Top Flite was the company who manufactured one of the most beautiful RC models ever, the Taurus by Ed Kazmirski |
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Top Flite P-51D Mustang (control line) (incomplete) |
Top Flite Taurus wing kit only |
Top Flite Hellcat (control line kit) BUILT in 2019 The model was built and finished as a birthday present for a friend. It was very nostalgic for him as he had built the model some 45 years before. Below some photographs of the build progress, the finished model and as presented in the gift box. finished Hellcat in the gift box with the kit box presented as well |
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Graupner | |
Graupner really had the nicest kits around. German quality at it's best. |
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Graupner Kwik Fly Mark III I sold this original kit but I do have a Jeff Petroski replica, a replica kit from Aumann RC and the latest excellent new edition from Stefan Graupner (SG--Modellbau) |
Graupner Cessna 150 G (rubber)
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Graupner Amigo III glider |
Graupner Amigo V glider |
Middle Stick replica kit from Aumann RC
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Kwik Fly MK3 replica kit from Aumann RC |
Topsy replica kit from Aumann RC |
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Taxi replica kit from Ratzo Modellbau |
Maxi replica kit from Ratzo Modellbau |
Excellent Kwik Fly MK3 reissue from Stefan Graupner (SG-Modellbau) Built & flown (in flight picture here) |
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Pica | |
Dave Platt will remain a monument in the scale model aeroplane world. Pica manufactured some of his designs like the ones below. | |
Pica T-28B 1/6th scale |
Pica T-28B 1/5th scale |
Pica Duellist 240 Built & flown in 2022 (in flight picture here) |
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Jeff Petroski kits (Classic RC hobby) | |
Jeff has successfully reproduced some of the classic RC pattern kits with modern manufacturing techniques (CAD, laser cutting etc.). I own(ed) all of his excellent kits... | |
Jeff Petroski King Altair Built & flown in 2021 Link to more photographs of built model |
Jeff Petroski Qwic-Fly (Kwik Fly) |
Kits from other manufacturers | |
Veron Deacon (glow power free flight) |
Veron Velox (glow power free flight) |
Robbe Charter |
Robbe Puma II with parts for twin engined version |
Airalma Lancier |
DB models Bi-Stormer full kit |
Great Planes Super Aeromaster |
Baron Models Baron 1914 (similar to Svenson Vicomte 1915) |
Curare 40 replica kit from Ratzo Modellbau |
Blue Angel 60 replica kit from Ratzo Modellbau |
Great Plane Lil Poke |
Great Planes Learjet |
Modellbau Weibel Senior Falcon |
EasyCNC Galaxy |
Bauer Modelle Kessy |
Aviomodelli Radar (kit has been started and has some flaws) |
Aeronaut Komet (control line) |
Aeronaut Meteor (control line) |
Aeronaut Matador (control line) |
Aeronaut SkyMAXX |
Hegi Elektra |
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Lazer Works Senior Skylark (photo of model built by Dave Platt) |
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Mercury Monitor (control line) |
Schneider Modellbau Nemere 1/4 scale kit with all CNC cut wood parts, plans, canopy etc. (photo by Michel Leroyer) |
Balsa Products Playboy Senior 80" span |
Midwest Pitts Special |
Proctor Enterprises Antic Bipe |
Robbe Rasant (reissue 2022) |
Guillow's Piper Super Cub 95 (rubber) |
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Scientific Sky-Master (rubber) |
Sterling Piper Cub J-3 (rubber) |
Herr Engineering Gee Bee R2 (rubber) |
Guillows Aeronca Champion (rubber) |
Lanzo Stick (rubber) |
Comet Sparky (rubber) |
COX plastic control line models | |
COX PT-19 Flight Trainer (control line) No longer in my possession, donated to my cousin Guy |
COX P-51 Mustang (control line) |
COX E-Z Flyer (control line P-39, originally in a fantasy scheme, but repainted in 2021 in a more attractive but genuine military scheme as sold by COX at an earlier stage) |
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COX Spitfire (control line model acquired in this state and in need of a restoration job) |
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and yes, I do own a few ARF's... | |
Kyosho Oxalys 50 ARF |
Robbe Maexi (built and flown, see photo here) |
Graupner Amigo IV glider ARF |
Graupner Taxi Sport II |
Schweighofer Curare 60 |
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RC Transmitter collection | |
Part of my transmitter collection. The complete collection can be found here |
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RC engine collection | |
Below are some photos of my engine collection, consisting of mostly of vintage 70's and 80's engines of 44 different brands. The collecton consists of 250+ engines. Most of these are two strokes, but I do own a small number of four strokes as well and two Wankels! A dedicated webpage on my engine collection can be found here |
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Saito FA-90TS twin and Merco 120 flat twin
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Wankel, special editions and four strokes
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Left half of my display cabinet
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Right half of my display cabinet
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More engines in another cabinet
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Axiflo 049 ducted fan unit with COX TD049 engine |
JPX T-240 vintage turbine
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Plastic modelling | |
From time to time, I build a static display model from plastic or resin kits. My preferred scale is 1/72 for military aircraft and 1/144 for airliners. Unfortunately, like so many other modellers, I tend to buy more kits than I can build, so now I have a collection of 800+ kits... I'm a member of the scalemates community, so you can find me there. Meanwhile, I let you enjoy some of the 150+ models in my display cabinet with the photographs shown below. |
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1/72 models of USAF military aircraft |
1/144 models of SABENA airliners |
1/72 models of US NAVY and Russian military aircraft (together with a scale model of my own design, the Interceptor...) |
1/144 models of airliners |
1/72 models of BAF military aircraft I flew during my Belgian Air Force career |
1/144 models of airliners |
1/72 models of BAF military aircraft |
pair of 1/200 Boeing SST models, one in landing configuration and the other in supersonic flight configuration |
a small part of my stash... |
and another small part of my stash... |
Fouga Magister plastic kits | |
I was involved in the development of several Fouga Magister plastic kits. Read more... | |
Philip Avonds Scale Jets |
Doornhofstraat 6 |
B-8670 Koksijde |
Belgium |
Phone: +32-58-514451 |
e-mail: info@avonds.com |