| There is no more exciting experience than having a | | | | wood kits and they may require some additional work |
| bunch of parts built together into a flying remote | | | | on your side before you can assemble the plane. |
| control airplane - especially if you do it all yourself. Of | | | | The tools required |
| course building an RC model is more involved than | | | | Some easy laser-cut plastic kits do not require any |
| building most of the other types of model airplanes - | | | | tools except a turnscrew and some glue. You may |
| probably only the scale models can beat them. | | | | need quite small and precious turnscrew however, |
| Most hobbyists don't really build remote control | | | | especially for the electronics and the engine. |
| airplanes from scratch. It's too hard because of the | | | | If you work with machine-cut or die-cut wooden parts |
| electronics needed. Of course if you are a radio | | | | you will need sandpaper to fine the corpse, wings and |
| enthusiast or an engineer you may have the chance | | | | other parts. |
| to create the remote control system yourself, but | | | | The glue is often included in the kits but if it is not or if |
| most people won't do it. | | | | you have to buy additional, pick appropriate glue for |
| That's why there are kits. In fact before | | | | your materials. The carpenter's yellow glue is best for |
| almost-ready-to-fly and ready-to-fly model airplanes | | | | wood, while silicone or canopy glue are better for |
| appeared, all the RC models were sold only like that - | | | | plastic and fibreglass kits. |
| in kit form. | | | | At the end you will want to paint your remote control |
| Types of Kits | | | | airplane. The plastic kits often come already painted, |
| All kits are similar - they contain parts which you should | | | | but that's never the case with wood. Before painting |
| build together. What is different is the material of the | | | | you may want to apply a technique called dry-brushing. |
| parts. One of the best choices is wood - usually balsa | | | | It creates a realistically looking model airplanes. |
| which is light and strong. | | | | Sometimes dry brushing and painting are the most |
| Nowadays materials like plastic, fibreglass and foam | | | | important things to do if you want your airplane to look |
| are getting more popular. I have yet to see a kit with | | | | good. |
| metal parts, but some very light metal could be a good | | | | Of course the most important characteristic of the |
| option. | | | | remote controlled airplanes is that they can fly and that |
| When choosing a kit, check out how it is cut. The | | | | you can control their flight. So when finishing your kit |
| laser-cut kits are easy to assemble and the models | | | | you must be careful not to disturb some of the fine |
| created from them are precious. Other types of kits | | | | details of the electronics or the engine. |
| are machine cut and die cut. Such are usually the | | | | |