3304-198 Comet Curtiss Jenny JN-4D - 24 inch Wingspan Flying Balsa Model Airplane
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
Large wingspan flying model can be powered by rubber, electric or made R/C with the modern tiny and lightweight servos and receivers. Features traditional wood/tissue construction, die-cut quality printwood, factory cut stripwood and spars, fully finished wheels and thrust button, clear material for windscreens, plastic prop, rubber motor, wire stock, covering tissue, decals for the box art aircraft and full size plans. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete. Please note that the box is only graded 'fair' to due age foxing and many repairs with clear tape. 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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