3208 Comet Aeronca K Floatplane - 25 Inch Wingspan Flying Balsa Airplane Model
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
Early to mid 1970s reissue of the original 1945 kit. Features traditional wood/tissue construction, quality printwood sheets, pre-cut balsa stringers and spars, plastic propeller, wooden propeller, rubber motor, fully formed wooden thrust button, formed metal rubber/prop shaft, clear window material, covering tissue and detailed full size plans with building notes. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions. 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.
$39.00
