LightSheet doesn’t have a web site, but as David points out, you can e-mail Mike Emery at the TrekFX@aol.com address and he’ll send you a .pdf version of the catalog/info sheet.
Mike’s a great guy and very knowledgeable about the product. When I built my Falcon, I called the company and told him what I was thinking about doing. He helped me set up a LightSheet system that was exactly right for the project. I love lighting models, but I’m no electronics expert, so that really helped. All I had to do was pull the components out of the solder them together – everything worked perfectly.
If you drop him a note, tell him the folks at FSM sent you!
One thing I love about this board is seeing stuff I’ve never seen before. For example, the Curtiss XP-55 Ascender. Was that real? A prototype or hypothetical? Would it or did it actually fly? That is so weird. If I didn’t know better, I would swear that’s how my attempt at a regular plane would end up looking. [;)]
Until now, I never knew what the XP-55 looked like. Thank you so much for the enlightenment, Matt. My life has new meaning, knowing that there is a kit of that plane to match my Kyushu Shinden.
Great job, all around!
Isn’t it cool? I love off-beat experimental stuff like this.
The XP-55 was real, but never got past the experimental stage. Making its first flights in 1943, the aircraft was dangerously unstable at low speeds and had vicious stall characteristics. Two of the three Ascender prototypes were destroyed in crashes; the only surviving example is in storage at the Smithsonian’s Paul Garber Facility in Silver Hill, Maryland.
If you’re interested in building this kit, I reviewed it in the January 2001 FSM, and this review’s online if you don’t have back issues handy.
Matt, very nice XP-55. Experimental fighters are my modeling niche and I always love to see them built up. Once again very nice and thank you for sharing.
Love them, Matt… Cool models, interesting subjects. The Komet must be the airplane I’ve modeled most. How was the Academy kit? I have it, but haven’t started it yet. My Komet experience is still with Airfix, Hasegawa, Heller, Tamiya, Lindberg and Italeri…
