A Case for Smaller FF Models

By Tom Hallman | maxfliart@hallmanstudio.comAs seen in the November 2024 issue of Model Aviation. IN COMPLETE CONTRAST to an earlier column that I wrote this year, I’m going to flip the canvas and point the way toward a beloved segment of the hobby: Peanut Scale, or models with a wingspan of less than 13 inches. How can something so small bring such joy? When it’s made of light balsa sticks and tissue, the answer is simple because the possibilities become endless. The 12-inch wingspan Heath Parasol, built by Tom Hallman from the 1931 National kit, was the first known mass-produced…