Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998. Scratch built Comet Phantom Fury.Plan by Robert Reder, 1917-2011 Co-founder of Monogram Models, renowned model hobby kit company. I then covered the plans with waxed paper and got started by laying out the fuselage sides. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). First I laid out the plans on the board (a piece of very straight 3/4' birch cabinet grade plywood covered with a 2' X4' sheet of Celotex (tm) ceiling tile turned upside down and covered with plastic). Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. Kit features traditional wood/tissue construction, detailed full size plans, building instructions, hardware, wheels and canopy material (if required), tissue and propeller. It was not uncommon for these models to fly for 45 minutes or more on rubber power alone - many flew out of site, and it became common practice to write your name, address and phone number on the covering tissue. These aircraft were common in the 1930s when the sport of free-flight model airplanes reached it's zenith. Comet is a female Night Fury with blue eyes, known as the last female Night Fury in RainPhees fanfiction series. COMET PHANTOM FURY SPAN 32' PLAN 11.00, PARTS 25.00 MODEL BY DALE WILSON NEW PLAN BY JIM O'TREILLY CAD DRAWN MAYFLY 11 BY C.S. ![]() 1970s two-piece box reissue of one of the more famous free-flight models of the 1930s. Still factory sealed and never opened but the seal has split at the right and also the bottom. Scratch built Comet Phantom Fury.Plan by Robert Reder, 1917-2011 Co-founder of Monogram Models, renowned model hobby kit company. Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+ Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.3207-98 Comet Phantom Fury - 32 inch Wingspan Endurance Competition Balsa Flying Model Airplane (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). ![]() ![]() ![]() Kit features traditional wood/tissue construction, quality printwood, stripwood and spars, fully formed wheels, nose block, clear window material, covering tissue, rubber motor, metal prop/rubber shaft, plastic propeller and detailed full size plans. These aircraft were common in the 1930s when the sport of free-flight model airplanes reached it's zenith. 5212-49 Comet Phantom Fury - 32 Inch Wingspan Endurance Competition Flying AirplaneĮarly 1960 issue of one of the more famous free-flight models of the 1930s.
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