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๐ฌ Re: Graupner Elke/Kriegsfischkutter
8 days ago by Cashrc (
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Thanks for the pics JB. When I was 11 or so we moved to the country, right on the city limits at the time. We had 3 acres, a creek and a load of pecan trees, and plum trees on the north line. I voraciously read everything and anything that had to do with model aviation, and I loved the look of the Graupner models. Couldnโt afford rc back then (1972 or so) but I built a lot of free flight and control line. When I was stationed at Ramstein there were 5 or 6 good hobby shops within 20 klicks or so of the base, I was in heaven. I built Graupner, Robbe and Goldberg planes, and several Graupner and Robbe boats.
I had a friend and former employer, Jim Furlong, that had an old Commodore sitting in his rc shop window. It sat there for years, getting baked by the hot Texas sun. He gave it to me one day. I took it home, did a little paint and powered it with 2 geared Speed 400 motors. I had it a few years until the Seward side of the hull started coming apart. If I ever find a Commodore kit thatโs not priced like something hanging in the Louvre Iโm buying it!! Thanks again buddy, brought back some childhood dreams you did๐ Cash ๐ Like
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๐ฌ Re: Graupner Elke/Kriegsfischkutter
8 days ago by stevedownunder (
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Nice collection JB.
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๐ฌ Re: Graupner Elke/Kriegsfischkutter
9 days ago by jbkiwi (
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Hi Cash, all the old Graupner models came with great full scale construction plans, an electrical /gear layout sheet to go over them (the translucent sheet) and manuals in German and English, (and from memory some other languages as well) I still have the original plan sets from 1978 for a Graupner Cub, Terry, Taxi (planes) a Bell 47 heli a Commodore launch and Optimist One Ton Cup yacht. I've been able to 'reproduce' the cub and Terry from the plans and build them for electric.
Graupner was the best model making company back then, and everything in their kits was spot on. The Commodore and Optimist both have ABS hulls, the Optimist having an ABS cabin surround to which you applied the mahogany pre-cut pieces. The Commodore had a built up cabin from pre-cut ply and balsa. The radio gear in yours would most likely be Graupner Varioprop, as this is what the kits were designed for. I fitted Futaba gear in mine originally. In those days you could buy linear servos (like the rudder servo in your drawings) which were brilliant for tight spaces. Most RC manufacturers made them back then, but not common now unfortunately,- the ones that are available seem to be more like a ram than a servo, are only uni directional, -fwd and back (rather than one arm forward and one arm back.) The kits gave you enough actual building work to do to make the model 'personal' Shame they are not still making quality models. Your original radio gear was probably an earlier version of the stuff pictured. ๐ Like
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๐ฌ Re: Graupner Elke/Kriegsfischkutter
9 days ago by Cashrc (
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Hi JB. Took a good look at the pics you sent, verified that this is an OLD kit. Mine came with a separate plan looks as if itโs some sort of vellum paper, itโs almost translucent, and the old radio equipment is totally unknown to me. Thanks for the info, itโs very interesting!!
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๐ฌ Re: Graupner Elke/Kriegsfischkutter
17 days ago by Cashrc (
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Thanks for the pics JB. Weโre about to leave to see the new Dr Strange movie, but Iโll give them a look see when we return.
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๐ฌ Re: Graupner Elke/Kriegsfischkutter
18 days ago by pressonreguardless (
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Very Nice, Roy
Beautiful Boat! Trev ๐ Like
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๐ฌ Re: Graupner Elke/Kriegsfischkutter
18 days ago by jbkiwi (
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Hi Cash, not sure if you have these ? Thought you might like them to go with the kit info, (I know you're changing it). These are from my late 70s Graupner catalogue.
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๐ฌ Re: Graupner Elke/Kriegsfischkutter
1 month ago by Cashrc (
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Roy, thatโs really cool!! ๐
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๐ฌ Re: Graupner Elke/Kriegsfischkutter
1 month ago by roycv (
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Hello you are right the Graupner Elke kit hull is a good one. Just add a keel and the plans for Lilla Dan and Voila!
Look forward to your finish. Regards Roy ๐ Like
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