Italian Ansaldo: One quater scale, scratch built.

by John Lafonte
(14 hunter road white plains N.Y. zip 10603 usa)

In 1985 a fellow by the name of Flyfield (He was a secound world war pilot),started to restore old full scale planes.

About five miles from my house he discovered a full scale Ansaldo, a plane made by the Italians during the first world war.
I learned this from an article in an aeroplane magazine. It was unbelieveable but true!
I managed to get a set of plans from Milan Italy. The scale of the plans was one and a half inches to the foot. I enlarged the plans to one quarter scale and also got photos from Flyfield and Milan.
After three years of building I entered it in the Toledo,Ohio scale nationals in 1991 and took third place.
The following year I had a fire in my work shop and lost the wings and tail section. Now I am rebuilding the plane but cannot find the right covering material for the wings and tail section. I origially used an iron on fabric naterial but now I cannot find it. Can you help?

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May 21, 2014
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by: Bob Bishop

Great story! Congratulations on your success at Toledo!

The covering material I use is Coverite or Solartex.
This should be available at your local hobby shop.
Take a look here for more details-https://www.rc-airplanes-simplified.com/model-airplane-covering.html

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