Comet Curtiss Jenny JN-4D - 24 Inch Wingspan Flying Balsa Model Airplane, 3304

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Comet Curtiss Jenny JN-4D - 24 Inch Wingspan Flying Balsa Model Airplane, 3304 plastic model kit

3304 Comet Curtiss Jenny JN-4D - 24 Inch Wingspan Flying Balsa Model Airplane

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

Large 24" wingspan flying kit can be powered by rubber, electric and made into RC with today's tiny and lightweight servos and receivers. This kit features traditional wood & covering tissue construction, quality die-cut balsa wood parts, factory-cut spars and stringers, detailed full size plans with numerous assembly notes, hardware, rubber motor, fully formed and finished thrust button, fully finished wheels, canopy material, covering tissue, plastic propeller and even color insignia for Williams Air Circus. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and plans present. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.

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