[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by Steve Barcak

Mike, If you ( or anyone else ) would consider selling the Cox front engined dragster, I would be interested. Any Condition considered.

Yes, the Vega and Pinto funny cars, and probably others, did start by spinning the rear tires. I remember in 6th or 7th grade attending the AHRA Winternationals at Beeline Dragway. Hanging out in the nitro pits ( where else ?) I noticed all the enclosed trailers that were becoming popular. So, at wood shop in school, I built an enclosed trailer for my Cox Vega funny car. It had a hinged roof in the front to store my battery , fuel , tools, etc. Wish I still had it.

One of these days, want to get one of my old Cox control line planes running, or just buy another. I want to fly one again. They are a lot of fun.

On the Stuka- I forgot about the bomb but, do remember their wings made out of a blue, thin foam like substance? They were quite fragile and the life of mine was quite short.
I think the Mustang was the fastes, perhaps because it was the smallest. My fav is the P-40 Warhawk. Second is the Corsair. My complaint with the Corsair was the way the main landing gear was molded into the wing and quite fragile.

Now that you mention it...I had the P-40 too.

[MikeNoun]

Steve, that may have been a different version of the Stuka, as I remember mine was all black plastic. I found a pic on the web, and this was just what mine looked like. Note the red interior!



Many considered the Stuka an ugly bird, but I liked them. The gull wing just looked cool to me. The F4U Corsair was my other favorite back them.

[Steve Barcak]

Thanks for the pic. I forgot the Stuka had gull type wings. The German Cox plane I had was different than a Stuka. It did not look like a 190 or a 109, at least I do not think it did.
The plane I got had blue wings that were wide and flat. I do not remember them tapered either and it was larger than the Corsair. Just drawing a blank.

I never had a Stuka.