ASK 18 from the cliff charlesworthplans

Hi all

I have just come into the possession of one of the above 1/4 scale gliders, built by a club mate some years ago, and now sadly no longer with us, as said he built it some years ago and it has not seen air for some time, i am going to refurb and fly it from the slopes he flew it from, the mermaid area above Leek, what i need is a new canopy the one on it is so brittle and yellow, that even just opening the long closed canopy catches and twisting it slightly :banghead: caused it to crack and fall apart, so the question is can i get one anywhere, i know the plans are still available so does anyone supply a canopy,

i will assemble it, actually them, as i went to look at one glider and came back with three :'' also a Pic 20 / 21 i,m not entirely sure which, at 1/4, scale and a small unidentified one that no one wanted and was in danger of being binned, so i will endeavor to get some photo.s and post em here for help with ID of the small one and general interest in the others if indeed there is any.

cheers and merry christmas

chris

Me got one of these Chris, canopies from SARIK VACFORMS,

www.sarik-vacform.com/aircraft.html

lets have a piccy of the gliders, me likes a nice scale glider

Then you may be interested in a set of laser cut parts,

flyingscalemodels.com/

sorry

cheers Al

will order one after xmas, i will also be looking for one for the Pik 20 as it has a repair and is also very yellow, both have been in the sunlight for many years in brians shed, pics as soon as i clean up the wing joiners they are a bit surface rusty and wont go together so wire wool and WD 40 soon!!

chris

use emery Chris, wire wool embeds in the surface and goes rusty a lot quicker, is the deceased the arado chap? very sorry for the loss,

no not he, Brian was a very very accomplished modeler and retired engineer, i first met him some 20+ years ago when i only flew gliders off slopes, and "met" him again when i joined ashbourne, he was claimed by the evil that is big C after only a very short time,

chris

Still a sad loss, at least his models are in good hands, any pictures coming our way Chris??

Models seem to outlast their builders so often ,but what an excellent legacy to leave..One of our club members enjoys seeing other members fly the models he helped his father build when he was a lad.

They certainly do, i fly, now and again, and enlarged Kwik Fli, built by my mentor to model flying when i was 19, i am 59 now, beat that!!! mind you, he didnt leave it to me, i sought it out, and paid a premium for it, but the guy who i bought it off was a good mate if his, and he cannot, and never will be, a good model flyer, so, its safe with me, ( i hope)