Intrigued with Sterling 'C' series planform

In 1975, I did a quick build on a Sterling Mr. Mulligan. I liked the layout so well (central platform with split bulkheads upper & lower) that I rough-drafted a Gee Bee R-1 fuse along the same parameters.
I liked the strong base of the fuse, which would be stringered-and-partially planked, (like the real R-1s) lending rigidity to an already over-powered plane.
Sterling really should have made this one! Fast builder, especially with the Mr. Mulligan wing! (tips had to be reshaped, otherwise it was close, even with its Clark-Y airfoil! "Cheap" scale!)
Anyway, I ran across its container and got re-ignited. I also have an aluminum cowl.
This is strictly nostalgic, for a 'Lark'!

Do it, Mike! You are not alone in your preference for Sterling's 'C'-Series designs....though they could all use some re-engineering to reduce weight.

Please keep us posted on this one.

Mike Keville

The "crutch" with split bulkheads is the only way to go with a round or nearly round fuselage. Many rubber power model kits from around the WWII time frame were set up that way.

Although Palmer didn't indicate, his Venus C/L stunter lended itself nicely to that type of fuselage construction. At least, that's how I did mine, and it seemed to go together with ease (but time fades the agony- which came from all that planking with little strips of balsa).

Floyd in OR (where summer has finally arrived)