Comet Piper Cub Cruiser - 30 Inch Wingspan Flying Balsa Aircraft, 5902-198

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Comet Piper Cub Cruiser - 30 Inch Wingspan Flying Balsa Aircraft, 5902-198 plastic model kit

5902-198 Comet Piper Cub Cruiser - 30 Inch Wingspan Flying Balsa Aircraft

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good+

1960s issue for rubber or 1/4 to 1/2A gas power. Could be made RC with modern small and light servos and receivers. Features traditional wood/tissue construction, detailed full size plans, building instructions, hardware, wheels and canopy material, rubber, decal sheet (rare for Comet), yellow tissue and propeller. The kit has not been started. The small parts that Comet factory sealed are still factory sealed. All other parts have been inventoried complete with the plans. 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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