304 Guillows Fieseler Fi-156 Storch - 24 inch Wingspan Control Line / Rubber Powered Aircraft
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
From the 1960s. Large-scale, well designed model that can be flown rubber free flight, gas free flight or converted to electric RC using modern small and light servos and receivers. Features large, extensive decal sheet, quality die-cut balsa parts, stripwood and spars, die-cut plywood firewall, light-weight plastic full engine cowl, finished wood wheels and thrust button, rubber motor, plastic prop, metal stock for the prop shaft and other metal parts, clear window material, colored tissue and more. The instructions are superb with full size plans and detailed building information. Never started and inventoried 100% complete. The plans and large decal sheet are both in 'Excellent+' condition. Guillow's founder, Paul K. Guillow, was a WWI naval aviator. In 1926 he began producing wooden model airplane kits. His 'Shelf Models' were some of the earlier non-flying models in production. Guillow's grew during the model boom of the 1930s, and when the Depression hit the hardest, Guillow's responded with lower prices and became one of the low price leaders, frequently advertising in Model Airplane News and other leading publications. During the war, like most manufacturers, Guillow's was forced to alternative materials such as cardboard and pine. Guillow's survived the post WWII slump by creating many inexpensive profile flying rubber powered aircraft and gliders in the 1950s (along with North Pacific) which became famous - some are still available today. The stick and tissue lines have been updated with laser cut parts and are still in production as of 2009.
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