Umland Magician 35 is coming along

I am making some progress on the Magician 35 I got from Walter Umland. See photos below. This is a really nice kit. It is an all lazer cut kit and everything practically just snaps together. I am planning to put a good running McCoy 35 Red Head on it....Boooo...HISS....I like the old McCoy Red Heads.

Beautiful work John. I really like seeing what all of you guys are up to. Thanks for the pics.

>...Boooo...HISS....I like the old
>McCoy Red Heads.

I like the old McCoys too. Besides, you should use whatever you like as long as you are happy with it. As someone on this forum says; "There is no wrong way to enjoy a hobby".

Thanks again for the pics...

God bless!

>Beautiful work John. I really like seeing what all of you
>guys are up to. Thanks for the pics.
>
>>...Boooo...HISS....I like the old
>>McCoy Red Heads.
>
>I like the old McCoys too. Besides, you should use whatever
>you like as long as you are happy with it. As someone on
>this forum says; "There is no wrong way to enjoy a hobby".
>
>Thanks again for the pics...
>
>God bless!
>
>Mike

Very pretty work.
The Testors "McCoys" make excellent Stunt motors- it isn't the design that is the problem, it was the execution of it. GMA told me that they ran off over 100,000 of the .35s alone and never test ran a single one of them. I can well believe it. The late "lightning bolt" case models are the best of the breed, and the .40 is king of the hill- reflected in current prices for nice used examples.
The NVA is excellent...
I will point out that GMA thought so much of the .40 that he tried at one point to buy the tooling for it from Testors- only to find out it had been destroyed...
If you can find one of his special edition McGAS .40s that he built in the late '80s, you have a prize of the first order- grab it and run with it...

Anyone that knows what a Bultaco is can run any motor that he wants!

>Anyone that knows what a Bultaco is can run any motor that
>he wants!

I noticed that too- it sometimes amazes me at how many of the C/L dudes share hobbies that "overlap"- firearms, motorcycles, boats, etc., etc.
Bare (aka Barry Baxter) is another Taco guy, so is Dan Vincent and so am I.
Still looking to get a '67 Metralla someday...

John

Your magician is looking great so far. You should like it, I really enjoy mine and fly it alot. I have an FP 40 in mine. My dad has a couple of McCoys from when he flew when he was a kid, but they are tight and "gumbed up" but they could easily be ran again.
He is a pic of mine with Jim Sihavy

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>>Anyone that knows what a Bultaco is can run any motor that
>>he wants!
>
>
>I noticed that too- it sometimes amazes me at how many of
>the C/L dudes share hobbies that "overlap"- firearms,
>motorcycles, boats, etc., etc.
>Bare (aka Barry Baxter) is another Taco guy, so is Dan
>Vincent and so am I.
>Still looking to get a '67 Metralla someday...
>
>John
>
>

Jas, me too John...Back in my MC roadracing days I was running a
Soozook X-6 in the 250 production class...I saw a few Metrallas..
very pretty, but a bit slow by the middle 70's..Yes I would have
loved to have had one to run back then..very, very classy machines..
Another Bike that you might like is the Montessa Impala, another
two-stroke single road Bike..the early version was very much like
the Metralla; My brother had one, and like the Bull, it had a 250cc
motocross engine in it. My tuner ran (very successfuly) the 1975
version of the Montessa Impala, which deviated considerably from the the
older style Impala and Metralla..it now looked like what it in fact it
was..a Motocross Bike with road wheels..the blasted thing was fast
and seized often..it dyno'd 10 rear-wheel HP more than my Suz...
That Montessa was running away from the RD350 Yam's ...My Suzook
was equal to the RD250 Yam's...Too bad my riding ability wasn't
up to my Bike.....Look in Cycle Trader...I see Metrallas now and
then.....As a frightening note; Our Buddy Bare is seriously thinking
about getting one of those Indian Enfields....Really...!
Okay, Okay, back to the Magician thread...... Tony

Bultaco! Hadn't heard that one in a while, speaking of motorcycles, I've had the urge lately to buy a Honda Dream, even been keeping my eye's open at the swaps I attend. I kinda hope the urge goes away before I find one that shakes me loose of my money. Hopefully soon I'll come back to my senses.

>Bultaco! Hadn't heard that one in a while, speaking of
>motorcycles, I've had the urge lately to buy a Honda Dream,
>even been keeping my eye's open at the swaps I attend. I
>kinda hope the urge goes away before I find one that shakes
>me loose of my money. Hopefully soon I'll come back to my
>senses.

I'd buy it if I were you- life is short, best enjoy what you can, while you can.
I always loved the Honda "Minitrail" aka Z-50KO thru K2 (the hardtails) or "Monkeybike" to the rest of the world. This was the most popular motorcycle Honda ever sold in North America (still to date) they sold more of these than any other bike they ever marketed here- as much as that amazes people, it is true, Today, it is VERY hard to find a decent one and the restored ones bring big $s...

Your ship looks great, Ryan! Hope mine comes out as well. I am planning on using a mostly clear finish, too. Love those cloth hinges. The plan, right now, is for colored tissue. Walter's kit makes it easy to build.

Many Many years ago, I used to race a Pursang in flat track AMA class C. This was before all of the crazy stuff kids are doning today on the mototcross tracks. Mine was a 1968 model, just before the Astro version. And get this, brakes were illegal the first year or two I raced. The theroy went something like...if you got time to use the brakes, you got time to miss whatever it was you were going to hit. The Pursang was very fast for it's time....Koni shocks and it handled great. Haven't had a bike in 20 years and to tell you the truth, I'd be afraid to ride one on the street today. At least on the race track most everybody knows what they are doing, everyone is going the same direction and most important...no cars!

I've started collectiing the Red Heads. Got some runners, too. Still looking for a few of the early versions. I've got one on a Flite Streak that starts right up and runs rock solid.

Cheers,

John

My lighter, unflapped OS 35-S M. outflies the heavier flapped Fox Stunt one.

Tail moment is pretty short for a flap.

Another factor: vibes are pretty much a non-factor with the OS. With the Fox, you get those vibe periods at certain rpms on a long nosed design such as the M.

Looking forward to Walter's surely lighter, more authentic version, compared to the Midwest one!

John, Jake et al...I'm with you on the McCoys. Some that I have are way too fast on a 10-6, on a "typical" 350-400 square area profile ship. And the early ones are as good, running wise, as the Bolt jobs. They 4-2-4 right with the Foxes, too.

I have them on Busters, TF Hurricane, more.

Collector McCoy alert...get the first ones, without the bosses on the venturi sides. And watch out for "mistake" heads with the glow plug hole in a funny spot, like on the bypass side.

And these are just the .35s. The .40s are terrific baffle stunt engines. Just keep feeding them the proper fuel. Have one on a Cougar right now.

I've been flying a flapped Magician with the 35RH, 36SS and 40RH Mccoys. Best of course is the 40RH with an 11-5 SuperM. Next best is the 35RH with a 10-6 SuperM. I get plenty of line tension in the overheads with the 35 on 5% nitro Sig and needled for a 4-2-4 run. I never ran McCoys in my earlier days but really enjoy them now and several of the 35RHs have a few cases of fuel through them with no apparent compression or starting issues. All tach a few hundred rpms faster than my Fox Stunts.

Hey, you guys failed to mention that anyone who rides a Bultaco also knows how to rebuild transmissions. My wife raced Bulls back in Sacramento during her "youth". I never raced but spent plenty of time on all types...last was an 1100 Zuki with a 4/1 Kerker.

Yesterday I saw a nice Zuki 250 sitting in a guy's driveway with a for sale sign on it. It looked like an X6 but I didn't see the stripes...but otherwise appeared mint and collectable. These were rockets and are rare now. I didn't stop because I was afraid I'd buy it!

I've got an old "monkeybike", but it is pretty well stripped, only + is it runs and rides. I have 2 of the mini trail 70's, waiting for some attention, complete but they need a lot of attention, one gold and one red, early '70 models I think. I need to get the titles. And I have a '65 model Honda that looks like a dream, but it is only 65cc.

Just so I can stay on topic here, my dad told me the other day that he found my old McCoy redhead .35 in a box. I thought it was lost in a move, I used to have it on a goldberg shoestring. The last time I ran it, you had to use a pretty good prime to get it started, very low on compression. I may just clean it up real good, paint the head, and mount it on a stand for my bookshelf.

By the way, what type of paint are you guys using to repaint the heads on these? My .40 had a run last year that went a little lean, and now the head looks darker, I'd like to repaint it. Runs real good, but the spring needle valve seems to make it a little hard to adjust, sometimes it will "unload" and twist about 3 clicks. What needle valve if any, will fit without redrilling, and restricting the intake too much? Maybe I should repost this as a new topic?

HI John. My question is how do you get anything done with a work bench that neat, clean and organized?? Not at all like mine. I know I put it here somewhere!! Good looking model and I got to get busy and build mine.

Hey hey hey!

I had no idea I'd start such a ruckus with the Bultaco patch in the background of my pictures. I keep it around as kind of a memento of kind ah sort ah what I am trying to achieve by getting back into control line modeling.

Auston,

I use Dupli-color DE 1605 Ford Red heat proof paint to repaint the McCoy red heads. It is a very near perfect match. I am pretty sure you can get it at most any automotive supply.

Currell,

I have all but the first two RH 35s (without casting marks on the back plate, one with the round venturi and one without and the 1958 19 and 1961 40. Got a real good deal recently on some parts and ended up able to put together two of the 1965 40 versions complete. Seems the round venturi 35s are kind of rare.

BillP,

You are right about rebuilding Bultaco transmission, but it's been a long long time, though. I remember that you don't dare leave off the little flat washer on the kick start shaft, unless you like bump starting. Rebulit a few cranks back then too.

Tony G,

Also raced a X-5 Suzuki flat track. Punched out and put X-6 pistions in it. Not much low end, but that baby would sure go like stink down the straight aways. The local Suzuki shop ran an X-6 at Daytona. Plenty of power, but kept braking crankshafts.

Jake,

Ahhhh the Metralla...I had one of those that I rode on the street for a while. I raced it at Dannville Virginia in the cafe rode racer class and won against all those big bad Jap twins. Only good for about 95 mph on the long striaghts, but the handling in the corners more than made up for the power edge the twins had.

Ty,

I spent the whole afternoon cleaning up the shop the day before I took those pictures. I usually go until I just can't stand it anymore and then clean up for a while. Give me a couple of weeks and it will loo more "normal"

Maybe not such a bad thing to have stirred up some comments on the bulls and days gone by. Now back to reality.

I have plans for the George Aldrich profile "Peacemaker" that I intend to put a McCoy 19 on. Anyway, that's the next project, once I get the Magician finished.

Cheers to all,

I've been inspired by the above to begin work on my Umland All-American Senior, which I did this evening. So far I've made the cutout for the stab and glued the doublers on. Doesn't sound like much, but it's exciting to get started. I, too, spent some time cleaning up the workbench prior to starting - I even replaced the wallboard top (which I've been using for 2 years and at least 3 planes - it's been flipped already), because I'll be taking pictures as I go...