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| Carl is a member of the Beaver
Dam Radio Flyers or BARF for short. There are about 45 members in their club and
they fly at a leased farm field in the Southeastern part of Wisconsin a few miles
from Beaver Dam and Mayville. Carl's goal in modeling life is to build and fly
every airplane he ever liked. Carl also enjoys building from scratch including
drawing his own plans, and as you can see from the following pictures Carl is
very good at both. | 
| Heinkel HE-111 h6 |
| 150" wingspan, powered by 3W-24's, 54lbs,
homemade retracts, flaps, bomb drop. Balsa and ply covered with .6 oz glass cloth
and epoxy, enamel paint. My own plans. Flying since 1996. Very underpowered(like
full scale), slow and lumbering. Actually is quite fun to fly. |
| Martin B-10b |
| 120" wingspan, powered by G-23's, 28 lbs.
homemade retracts, flaps, bomb drop. Balsa and ply covered with .6 oz glass cloth
and epoxy, enamel paint. Flying since 1993. | 
| Consolidated B-32 Dominator |
| 182" wingspan, powered by 4 G-23's, 78 lbs.,
homemade retracts, Fowler flaps, bomb drop. Balsa and ply construction covered
with .6oz glass cloth and epoxy. A burnished polyester mylar tape is used to simulate
aluminum skin. Privets are done with a wood burning tool with a special tip. My
own plans. Flying since 1999. Fairly easy to fly. Landing gear and gear maintenance
have been a pain. | 
| Consolidated B-24j Liberator |
| 165" wingspan, powered by 4 Saito .91 four
cycle's, 43lbs, homemade retracts, Fowler flaps, bomb drop. Balsa and ply construction
covered with .6 oz glass cloth and epoxy. A burnished polyester mylar tape is
used to simulate aluminum skin. From highly modified Palmer Plans. Flying since
1997. Easy to fly. It's like flying a 4 engine Piper Cub except when it's windy. |
| Avro Lancaster |
| Carl drew up his own plans. Balsa,
ply construction covered with epoxy, cloth and finished with silver polyester
mylar tape scuffed for effect. Scratch built retracts and brakes. 170" wingspan
with G-23s for power. The bomber has large flaps and an enormous bomb bay. |
| CNorthrup A17A |
| The A17a Fighter Bomber was made
from scratch plans developed by using Modelcad and a scanned in 3-view. It turns
out to be a real timesaver as you are able to do a number of what ifs(engine cowl
fit, etc.) before you set the final dimensions. The wingspan in this case is 114",
or about 1/5 scale. Power is a G-62 turning a 22-10 3bladed prop, scratch built
retracts, flaps. Standard balsa and ply construction. Covered with epoxy and .7oz
cloth. After sanding and priming a silver polyester mylar tape is applied to give
it a polished aluminum look just like the full scale in the Air Force Museum at
Dayton. |
Carl has another big one finished. Carl say's "Just
completed my latest project. Not sure if it qualifies as a warbird or a
politicalbird. It's a replica (stand way off) of Harry Truman's Douglas
DC-6(VC-118) "The Independence" which resides in the Presidential
Hanger in Dayton. It is about 13% of scale with a WS of 180" and a
weight of about 95lbs. The plane is powered by G-26's with scratch built
retracts and Robart brakes. Attempt at first flight should be April or May....whenever
we come out of hibernation. Attached pics should give some idea of the size." |
To
Carl's Grumman Mohawk OV-1b.
Here 
To
Carl's Grumman S2F Tracker Here Go
Here to learn how Carl gets that great metallic
finish You can email Carl at
carlb@mayvl.com You
can see more of Carl's work at his website Here
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