Scientific Miss America Gas 40 Inch Wingspan Free Flight Model

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Scientific Miss America Gas 40 Inch Wingspan Free Flight Model plastic model kit

Scientific Miss America Gas 40 Inch Wingspan Free Flight Model

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

From 1938. Very, very rare first issue with the big wingspan. A very deluxe kit with numerous extras- Scientific pulled out all the stops for this rubber powered 'Gas Type' model kit. In the late '30s almost every boy's dream was a gas powered aircraft model; however, the engines were prohibitively expensive and hard to operate; the kits for them were even more costly. This model 'contains everything' and that was no idle boast. Features dummy engine, quality printwood, stripwood and spars, balsa blocks and wood stock as required, metal hardware and stock, fully formed main and nose wheels, big machine carved prop, hardwood thrust button, color red covering tissue, two glass bottles with cork stoppers) bottle of liquids (cement and dope), rubber motor (which is amazingly intact) and full size plans with very detailed instructions. The kit has never been started. NOTE: the original air tires rotted off the hubs; I have replaced them with properly sized wooden wheels. NOTE: inventoried and missing the following: round wooden dowel for the engine cylinder, rubber lubricant, small round aluminum 'noise maker' pieces and small metal washers for the prop shaft. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts and plans included.

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