ShankRC (AviationStation.net)

Custom Built R/C Aircraft and Laser Cutting Service

Giant Aeromaster Re-cover

| February 21, 2013

Started the re-cover job on the Giant Aeromaster this week.  Original was built in 2006 with an electric conversion and painted fabric finish but ended up too heavy due to the light yellow paint taking way to many coats to cover.  Check out the gallery links on the left sidebar.

Top Flite P-47 Completed

| February 19, 2013

The P-47 has been delivered to the owner for him to glass and paint. Additional pictures have been posted to the gallery.

P-47 Moving Along

| January 13, 2013

Joined the wings and started bottom sheeting on the P-47 this weekend.  Hoping to have it back in the owners hands by end of January so he can glass and paint it for the upcoming flying season.  Check out the gallery link at the left.

Update to Top Flite Giant Scale P-47

| December 24, 2012

Framed up the bottom half of the fuselage and got it ready for sheeting this weekend….she’s becoming a beast!  As always, updated gallery link to the left.

Top Flite Giant Scale P-47 continues

| December 19, 2012

More work completed on the P-47 tonight.  Fuselage top framed up and ready for sheeting.  Check out the updated gallery.

Top Flite P-47 underway

| December 16, 2012

Waiting on a few parts to finish up the Cub restoration so Ive started on the Top Flite Giant Scale P-47. Check out the construction photos under current projects at the left. This aircraft belongs to the owner of Nexgen Hobby in Funkstown, MD. You can check out their website by clicking the link to […]

Great Planes Yak-54 3D EP

| February 22, 2011

Next project to be featured will be a rather simple ARF… The Great Planes Yak-54 3D. I will be building this ARF for myself so I can get some long overdue (about 3 years) flying time in this spring/summer. Tower Hobbies delivery should be Thursday of this week so stay tuned for the first AviationStation.net […]

2007 – Balsa USA Fokker DR1

| February 20, 2011

The Fokker DR1 construction photos are posted…captions will follow at a later time.

2007 – Great Planes PT40 Revisited

| February 20, 2011

The Great Planes PT40 page is now live. This was another project that was done during some down building time. It turned out to be a nice aileron trainer just as it would have if it had been built 4-channel the first time. The Great Planes PT40 is an excellent trainer airplane for anyone who […]

2006 – Great Planes Giant Aeromaster Bipe

| February 20, 2011

The Aeromaster page is up but without captions…Ill get back to those at a later date. This is an electric conversion that ended up a little on the heavy side due to the amount of paint that was required to cover. This airplane is coming back to the shop as I have agreed to strip […]