Yard of the corn mill which backed on to their house. That she had been playing in the backyard, and had seen a red and white model glide down to land in the When I confirmed that I had, she went on to say 'Have you lost one of your models?' she asked. Later in the afternoon, there was a knock at the door, and one of the girls in our class at school stood
I was speechless,Īs the only active interest he'd ever shown in my models before was the day he sat on my newly He put his hand in his pocket and gave me a ten-bob note. Trees at the edge of the park, my dad was so impressed that he immediately asked, 'how much was it, son?' Off it went, the hole making no difference to the towing,īut this time when it came off the line it started to go up, and up.When it finally disappeared over the 'Do you want to see my new modelįly?' - of course they did! (they got no choice!). The park on their way to catch a 'bus to Blackpool for the afternoon. We decided that it might be wise to pack up at that point, as refreshments suddenly seemed like a good idea,īut we'd only just started to wind up the towline when I spotted my mum and dad walking towards us across With only a small hole in the left wingtip. Finally, the luck ran out and we 'tree'd' it, although it was easily retrieved Taking turns to tow it up, straight as an arrow, top of the line every time, for a long wide glideĬircle back to earth. In Preston on a balmy Sunday morning with just enough breeze to make it easy to tow the model on aĥ0 foot reel of button thread 'borrowed' from mum's sewing basket. With no blobs, lumps or strings to spoil the covering, and I even sanded it!Īlong with two school friends, we took the newly finished model (still smelling of dope!) to the local park What a contrast to the rock-hard printed sheet wood in the other brands - beautiful white wood,Ĭleanly die-cut, and everything fitted! I was suitably inspired to a new high of neatness in building,
In case you are wondering how well the model can fly, here are some great reminiscences from Peter Redhead:Īt the tender age of 11 in summer '55, I built my first FROG kit, the 'Wren'. Sheets to tape together to create the plan, or you can download the whole thing and chop it up yourself! 3 sheets of parts patterns are also provided. I think this 25 inch span glider is one of the prettiest Frog models, and it should be a very simple build. Welcome to the House of Frog Frog Gliders
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