Brought back so many good memories of my. Early teens I built 2 One with Fox 35 And the other oOS 35 the Fox Was my favorite. At that time was another Bob Palmer design Thunderbird which have not seen the Nobler seems to have come through well. To get a new kit so lucky. Real skill to build not like these A R F which one gets today. A Great posting Thanks.
Very nice job. Brings back memories....my first control line stunt plane after 4 or 5 Cox RDF's back in the 60's. Think I built about 8 to 10 Noblers. Silk & dope. Johnson 35's. I ended up flying control line speed for years. Then RC. Now Multi Rotors. No flying sites left in reasonable driving distance in SoCal.....
I know this is an old video but that's a nice building job, looks like it flies great too. I'm just getting back into control line, I guess I'm gonna have to build a Nobler, but like a previous poster, it won't be blue.
Tenho um Fox .35 comprado em 1978 e um O.S. comprado ja ha uns 25 anos... I own a .35 Fox Stunt without muffler I bought late 1978 and an O.S .35 c/l with muffler I bought some 25 years ago brand new... Hi from Brazil.
The last control line plane I ever built was a Nobler powered with a Fox 36X. That was back in 1963 when I was still in high school. It came to an unfortunate end when the wing tip weight broke loose and it became uncontrollable and it became a pile of parts on the grass. At least I still have a picture of it.
T bird was my favorite. Built one and bought one already built from my mentor. His was far superior to mine. Just a great stunt ship with a Fox 35 !!! Those were the days !!!
It becomes impossible to run diesel model engines here in Brazil, since sulphuric ether is no more sold to personal use, due to regulations on federal police to contain drug production...
Ya I built that green box Nobler. On Okinawa. Was flying my S-1 Ringmaster. And got the itch for a bigger bird. Never flew it at yomitonson. Was Transfered to Hawaii. Hitched a ride on a 124 globemaster. To Hickham. Just so I could carry my two U Control. Planes. Flew them at Hickam circle. It was off base at a park. It was wrecked the Nobler. When a guy tripped and fell on my plane. I used thinned Ambroad. To seal fuel areas. My S-1 ringmaster I sold it at a yard sale.
Our model club President would change the nose moments by 5/8 of an inch and replace middle spare in wings with a pine yard stick for less wing warpage.
Bravo, really nice job. You brought that kit to life. Nice color scheme, sharp with classic looks. Did you use silkspan or was that iron on material. Cheers
I used to really get into that building when I was younger now its order the arf on MON it arrives Fri I assemble it Fri and Sat and Sun I'm punching holes in the sky or carrying a brown paper sack out to the crash site ….Im talkin rc of course c/l is most definitely for sissy's
Should have revised the landing gear from the body to wing mounts. Those "inverted V" landing gear always look too simple and cheap for an airplane of the Nobler's noble pedigree.
Duke im sorry but your fox 35 was a piece of shit. Now your first Combat Special was a honking engine if you run it pressure. Hell with a 8 x 8 prop I know I was turnin close to 15 or 16 thou RPM. I aint trippin.
Damn Sterling Ruffy,they musta named that SOB after the wood Sterling kitted it with. Dense and hard as a rock you could build a housing development with it. The diecut parts are not cut all the way through and they don't mesh together correctly. I curse Sterling model airplane company for packing that piece of shit model distributing it to Slap Jack hobbies and then that shyster selling it to me 42 years ago.I'd puch em right in the mouth if they were all still alive RIP.
IN THE LATE 60'S I don't see what all the hype was about that Ringmaster....first of all it was kitted by Sterling and you might as well just take everything out of the box stoop and take a shit in the box you'd have the same thing. second it was ugly and about as aerodynamic as a cinder brick. sterling kitted the absolute cheapest hardware known to man . Although I built one over 40 years ago and the man that owned Sterling is dead...nothing would have given me greater pleasure when he was alive then to take my size 12's and kick him square in his ass.
