Old School RC SIG Catalog 25R 1971

[@andrewpicard2476]

My brother had the same catalog that I spent lots of time memorizing. This brings back some memories. I just purchased from Ebay the first Flying Models magazine I'd ever seen, I can't get over the joy that I found that issue. And the fact that I remembered what the cover looked like. Had two pictures of a Jenny bipe on it. April 1977 was the issue. You got me back to the Glow power side of the hobby and now seeking classic pattern aircraft. Thanks so much Dave!

[@johngriecosr8723]

I remember those great catalogs, I may still have a couple and one may be the one you are showing. I have built a couple Jetco glider kits in my teens, I still have a couple Jetco kits, a Mooney Mite I started many years ago, the fuse has a tin fuel tank buried in the nose. The wing and tail feathers are still in the box unassembled. The other kit is a Rearwin Speedster combo, control line, freeflight or early RC. I bought it on Evilbay about 10 years ago. They are nice kits crude diecut balsa and ply parts being careful cutting them out from the sheets the fit is very good with some light sanding. Plans are excellent and very clear and well done. It is well worth it to find a aircraft you like and purchase one just for the fun of it. Another one I bought as a kid was the award winning Scott Mc Closkey control line P-51D that I was going to convert to RC but I was talked into giving it away to my neighbor across the street when I lived in Westchester, California next to LAX. However I kept the box and plans which i still have. I could on and on. My first RC trainer was a Goldberg Falcon 56 Mk II powered by a K& B 40 and a Kraft 4 channel, I still have all of it in storage. Great fun, I love all the old memories, I hope to retrieve all of it soon. John from Hayden, Idaho BTW, back in the 70's when I started RC my go to place was Tower Hobbies which is still in business. I recently in the last 5 years I purchased a tower hobbies own brand Ryan STA 50" + I believe and some monokote. From Sig I purchased the german 117, beautiful lazer cut kit. Comet, stearling, Cox 049. 051 and others, plans up the ying/yang. Do you know about: The Plan Page, check it out, Stick and Tissue Plans you can blow up and construct some nice RC park flyer's. I have printed all of them 100 to 200%. Building two Ryan/North American Navion's. Have fun and I hope all of you get something out of my 70 years of modeling knowledge. Plastic too. Rare plane detective.

[@sebastianryan8429]

I have a Komet sitting in my cupboard waiting to be restored and for my Enya 60 X III to go back on it! Man i love that plane!

[@billjones3071]

Can’t see this anywhere else, thanks for sharing, I wish the hobby today was about modeling

[@duainrothman7930]

Ahhhhhh nice walk thru memory lane. If it is `71 I'm 11 and jst doing C/L with Testers blister pack planes, but I knew where to get my R/C fix jst up the road on my bike to Grumman fields, what grt summers I had back in the day. The Sig Komet is the one I hv that i bought at swap meet on LI for $20 a steal back then in`95 Thks again see ya on the nxt

[@enginecrzy]

Wow... I'm stuck in the wrong century, That was absolutely Gobsmacking! I once had a reproduction Cl Golden Hawk from blackhawk models I built (now out of business) and also another finished model from ebay called a Zig-Zag, but the cg was wrong & it wouldn't fly for me. I saw both of them under the scientific model section in your catalog & very cool to see! What I would give to find a Real Hobby Shop this day & age... Very neat, thank you for sharing Sir.

[@mauricioalves8860]

Thanks for sharing again this kind of content, Mr. McIntire. Please, keep it coming and don´t care about pool results. It is your channel.

[@michaelcasella4774]

My 1997 sig catalog just showed up. Your video doesn’t even close to doing it justice to how great it actually is in person. Sig truly was amazing. Not knocking your video! They are just amazing books

[@dmrcflyr2]

Yes, the 1997 catalog is a work of art!

[@calvinharned6421]

Another great history lesson.

[@Laser100man]

Very enlightening being able to glance through stuff that was produced way before I was even born (1988). Thank you David! Wow. Makes you really wonder on the direction our illustrious, glorious hobby has taken today with these "fly out of the box" half baked pieces of recycled materials (electric foamies to you and me). Unbelievable. I believe the best era of R/C modelling was up until 2010 or so - then it literally took a plunge. So grateful having entered this magnificent hobby in the very late '90s - very early '00s. An era when our hobby actually made you think, use your brain... Regards Harry

[@perkyplanesrc9363]

Wow that was another neat time piece. Stuff was before my time too but still neat to see. I had seen the name Jetco before... In fact i have an old kit of there's that i bought off someone online.

[@red7fifty]

I used to read the later Catalogs, 42, 44, 46 etc, around the early 80's as a kid. I memorized all the pages. You should look for one in that era, mid 80's. The ads of the Kougar, Beechcraft Bonanza, Super Chipmunk, P-51, Komander. Well worth the purchase. And, spend a few hours going over the pages. Don't worry if pages fall out, it is to be expected, and really won't effect the value, unless it's MINT. So, enjoy it. Yes, Hazel Sig's airplane was the one featured as a kit, 1/6th scale. The larger kits didn't come out till much later.

[@ashleyobrien4937]

well, I was only 2 in 71, so yeah. But at around 9 I did manage to get a O.S. Max 40 for a silly swap with some kid , and I had a lot of fun with that thing. getting hold of ether was so much easier back then...but now it's methanol and nitromethane of course.

[@davennysouthern8717]

Thank you David brings back a lot of memories.could i have that pdf of the first few pages really appreciate what your doing thanks

[@dmrcflyr2]

Yes but you must email me to get it.

[@michaelschindele5484]

Companies like Sig and Tower Hobbies absolutely put companies like Motion Rc , Whoreizon , and Hobby Queen to complete shame . Hobby Queen has only two pages of planes offered for sale at this time . Two words can describe the modern day hobby suppliers in this day and age . Overpriced and really poor selection . Airplanes priced so young modelers can afford them are nothing but cheap crap that would discourage any young modeler. Just like everything else in this country . things were better fifty years than they are now . Yes I do own my share of foamies , but it`s the planes that I build that are the closest to my heart and the hobby I love . Real men fly planes with real engines .

[@DonDegidio]

Hi Dave, I saw a page for Top-Flite kits. Could you check and see if the Headmaster was listed? I ordered mine from Sig and 1971 was about the correct time frame.

[@dmrcflyr2]

Yes I will. It is there! Kit RC-11 Headmaster "Galloping Ghost and proportional gear. Includes T.A.C.- Ready made fuselage, Span 48” Engine : .09 - .35.

[@red7fifty]

I have an Autographed copy by Hazel Sig. Btw, David, have you ever had a tach go through the prop in any of your engine videos?

[@dmrcflyr2]

That is an interesting question. Why do you ask? Yes.

[@red7fifty]

@@dmrcflyr2 It pops into my mind on occasion, when I see the 13K rpms and the tach inching closer and closer. BTW, you can also take a reading from the BACK of the prop just fine too. That's how I always took my readings.

[@dmrcflyr2]

@ Older videos i had a tripod that I used for making videos. I no longer have that. You obviously have not seen my run videos for the last 2 years. BTW I have been using tachometers for 30+ years so I know exactly how they work. Due to making videos, the positioning needs to be a certain way for best viewing.