Blog Purpose and Vito Tomeo

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The first post on my RC WARBIRD PLANS Blog. The purpose of this blog is to creat a nest for information on rc warbird plans - especially the older plans whose designer may have passed on or is no longer advertising his plans or active in rc. I need to share what I know so that it's on the web before I too become too old for rc scale warbirds.

What a joy the internet is to us modellers - sharing warbird info with a few clicks of a mouse and key board.

I tend to focus on the 1/5 scale though with todays technology any good warbird plan can be scanned and plotted the the scale or wingspan you choose.

Vito Tomeo designed and built three warbirds in the 1/5 scale range, a Hawker Tempest, a Hawker Sea Fury and a Republic P-47. Mr. Tomeo passed away in 1996. I have his Hawker Sea Fury and Hawker Tempest plan. I would like to get his P-47 plan.

An ad from Scale RC Modeler magazine showing an ad for Tomeo plans.


Vito Tomeo with is Sea Fury.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               



Spec sheets for the three plans.




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