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Rolladen-Schneider LS-8t (with engine)
Manufacturer: Revell Germany

Scale: 1:32
Plastic Model Kit
Wing Span of Full Size Glider: 15 m (49.22 feet) or 18 m (59.06 feet)
Wing Span (18 m configuration): 563 mm (22.2 inches)
Length: 208 mm (8.2 inches)
Skill Level: 3 (out of 5) = "more demanding models with up to 100 parts"
Number of Parts: 49

With a total production of over 500 units, the LS-8 is the single-seat glider that has been built in greatest numbers over the past 15 years and is still the front runner in international contests. The uniqueness of the concept and the superior flying capabilities of the LS-8 have gained for it numerous medals in national and international championships in the standard and also the 18m class. With a view to increasing mobility, the LS-8 was equipped with an auxiliary motor that could be switched on. In the meantime over 2/3 of glider production has been power-assisted in this way as the concept offers enormous advantages. The very detailed model kit has a detailed reproduction of this motor with propeller. Naturally the wing tips are optional on both the 15 m and the 18 m versions.

Features:

• Highly detailed fuselage and wings
• Detailed SOLO engine
• Rotating Propellor
• A choice of winglets for the 15m version or extensions for the 18m version
• Detailed main undercarriage
• Rotating wheels
• Moving cockpit canopy
• Cockpit with controls
• Monocoque seat with imitation harness
• Detailed control panel
• Levers and microphone unit
• Super decal set including registrations for 4 German versions as well as Austrian, Swiss and French versions

This model is extremely well done.  It is very accurate and detailed.  The decals are incredible and offer 12 different marking schemes for actual aircraft.

From the box cover: "The LS-8t is a glider equipped with "get-you-home" help in the form of a retractable engine.  When required it can be deployed in flight in order to increase the glider's range.  With a production run of 500 units the LS8 is currently the most produced single seat glider of the last 15 years and today still guarantees high placings in competition flying.  Many results in national and international Standard Class Competitions as well as the 18 m Class confirm the uniqueness of this concept and the superior in-flight performance of the LS8.  The glider's harmonic flight characteristics and the excellent co-ordination of the controls reaps praise from all pilots."

The excellent book Sailplanes 1965 - 2000 by Martin Simons includes an excellent write-up and photo of this glider.  A quote from the book, "In appearance the LS-8, a new Standard Class aircraft, was almost an LS-6, with the characteristic LS curved winglets.  The wing profiles are virtually the same as those of the LS-6 but with no flaps." ... "The LS-8-18/LS8-B was developed with wing tip extensions raising the span to 18 meters if the pilot chose." ... "More than 450 of the LS-8 had been sold before the takeover of Rolladen Schneider by DG Flugzeugbau in 2003."

Manufacturer: Revell/Monogram North America

Scale: 1:32
Plastic Model Kit
Wing Span of Full Size Airplane: 10.74 m (35.24 feet)
Length of Full Size Airplane: 6.88 m (22.57 feet)
Wing Span of Model: 338 mm (13.31 inches)
Length: 222 mm (8.75 inches)
Skill Level: 2 (out of 3) ("Moderate, age 10+, gluing and painting required")
Number of Parts: 94

The Piper PA-18 Super Cub was introduced in 1949 and production ceased completely during the 90’s.Even so the Piper Super Cub is still available today, as a pre-fabricated kit for private construction. The L-18C Super Cub was the well known military version of the PA-18 and was used for instructing trainee pilots.

Kit features highly detailed tandem cockpit, optional open cockpit doors, engine with mount, optional open engine cowlings, separately molded rudder and upper ailerons, plus rigging diagram. Decals and painting guide for 2 aircraft: N83359 and US Army 51-5339.

The Piper PA-18 Super Cub is commonly used as a towplane.

Details at Revell.com

Note: The model kit below is of the same aircraft, but with paint schemes and decals for aircraft in Germany and the U.K.  The parts are probably identical.

Manufacturer: Revell Germany

Scale: 1:32
Plastic Model Kit
Wing Span of Full Size Airplane: 10.74 m (35.24 feet)
Length of Full Size Airplane: 6.88 m (22.57 feet)
Wing Span of Model: 338 mm (13.31 inches)
Length: 220 mm (8.66 inches)
Skill Level: 4 (out of 5)
Number of Parts: 92

The Super Cub is without doubt the best known aircraft from the Piper Corporation, the name of which became synonymous with the desire to fly sporting planes. The PA-18 was introduced in 1949 and for decades it determined the image of the Piper Aircraft Corporation. To this day, this immortal aircraft continues to be its own successor. Its simple, robust construction was continually developed and upgraded with more powerful engines. The Super Cub is a strutted high-wing monoplane with tubular steel airframe and fabric cover. Production finally came to an end in the 1990s. In total over 40,000 of the Cub and Super Cub versions were built, which makes it the most numerous aircraft of its class. In addition to civil versions, due to the interest shown by various air forces, military versions were also produced, the best known being the L-18C. This aircraft was also used by the German Air Force for selecting and training aspiring pilots.

Legendary and long running Piper 2-seat light utility aircraft. Kit features highly detailed tandem cockpit, optional open cockpit doors, engine with mount, optional open engine cowlings, separately molded rudder and optional spinner.

Decals and painting guide for 3 aircraft:

• PA-18-95 D-EHAP, Berlin-Tempelhof, Germany 2007
• PA-18-95 G-LCUB, owned by the Tiger Club, UK, 2007
• L-18C AC+518, Luftwaffe Fluganwärterreriment, Germany, 1958

Includes stencils and instruments

Model-details:

• New tool
• Detailed surfaces with recessed panel lines and fabric texture
• Detailed 4-cylinder engine
• Movable propeller
• Detailed cockpit with 2 seats
• Separate access hatch
• Detailed undercarriage
• Wire mesh structure in cockpit area
• True-to-original representation of panoramic glazed cockpit canopy
• Optional tail wheel
• Separate navigation lights
• Super decals with markings for one German and one British civil version and one Federal German armed forces version

Revell Colors: 9 31 91 371 374

The Piper PA-18 Super Cub is commonly used as a towplane.

Links
Details at Revell.de
360º degree view and photos at Revell.de
Great Photos and Review at HyperScale.com by Diedrich Wiegmann
Review at Cybermodeler
Review at Modelingmadness.com

Note: The model kit above is of the same aircraft, but with paint schemes and decals for aircraft in the USA.  The parts are probably identical.

Paul E. Remde

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