For Flyers Who Like to Fly, not Build!

Welcome to Model Aircraft Building Services Web site,  We hope this page is a helpful resource for both the beginner and experienced R/C pilot who hates building, but loves flying. 

  You will find pictures of model planes which we have built for customers, and other helpful information to enhance your experience in model flight.

We offer a complete building service from airframes to completed aircraft, ready to fly. Model Aircraft Building Services is a small company dedicated to the manufacture of high quality radio controlled aircraft. It is ran by Andy Lee who has been modeling since 1970.   

All the models incorporate a very high build quality and manufacture to our customers requirements. You can visit our work shop to view your model being built at anytime during the process for your complete piece of mine.    

We thank you for stopping by and hope you enjoy your visit. 

For sales enquiries and service, please telephone, write or email us at: andrewlee@willenhall49.fsnet.co.uk 

17 Davis Road, New Invention, Willenhall, West Midlands, WV12 5HA

Tel: 01922- 497495

Mobile: 07761-284967   

Click on the photo's above to enlarge the images and to view more details on the examples we have build 

I Want To Fly An R/C Model Airplane! How Do I Start?
Find out if there are any Clubs in your area and where they fly. HOBBY SHOPS are a good place to start asking questions. Your local hobby dealer will know about the R/C activity in your area and can get you in touch with the local flyers and model clubs. Check in the yellow pages Of Your telephone book for the name of a dealer near you.

R/C MODEL CLUBS can also be of great help to the newcomer. Go to their flying field and talk with the club members. Don't be shy! Tell them that you are thinking about getting started in R/C and ask for advice on a suitable first model for yourself. Learn from their experience! For the name of a club in your area, write to the British Model Flying Association, see there web site at www.bmfa.org, for more details.

MODEL AIRPLANE MAGAZINES are also excellent sources of information. R/C has its own language of terms and nicknames, and reading model magazines will help you learn the terminology.

How Much Does It Cost, for the Beginner?
Like any leisure time activity, R/C has some one-time start up costs. The initial investment might seem high to the newcomer, but once you are established with a model, engine, and radio, the costs stabilize and can be as much or as little as you want to spend.

 Engines and radios last for many years. With a little maintenance they rarely wear out. In fact, you can build and fly several different models and use the same engine and radio in them all. So the question "How Much Does it Cost?" will depend on your future goals in the hobby. To start, let's take a look at the cost of a typical beginners package. You will need:

Which Airplane Should I Buy First?
By all means, get a specially designed TRAINER airplane! A boxy looking trainer may not be beautiful to look at, it may not be exciting to dream about, but it will have the flight characteristics that you need for learning to fly R/C. Most people starting in the hobby have visions of themselves piloting a sleek, fast fighter plane with retractable landing gear and dropping bombs. But that is exactly what they don't need! Here's a true story that explains why-as told by Claude McCullough, one of the model designers at SIG MFG. CO.:

"Not long ago, I was called to the Sig retail department to talk to an R/C customer who wanted some advice. Already selected on the counter was a scale P-51 Mustang kit, retractable landing gear units, and the most expensive high-power .60 in the store. He was looking at 7-channel duo sets and wanted to know what frequency would be best. The conversation soon turned up the fact that he had never flown any kind of model airplane before, but he had seen some R/C models flying at an airport dedication show over the past weekend and was instantly hooked. As tactfully as possible, I told him that he should not try to fly the P-51 without some previous experience with an R/C trainer. "I'm not interested in those funny looking trainers,' he said, 'I want a scale model of a real airplane. Besides, I won't need a trainer. I've got 3,000 hours in full-size aircraft!' I tried to explain to him that no amount of logbook time, even in actual P-51s could adequately prepare him for the totally unique requirements of a fast and responsive advanced R/C model. The reactions and reflexes are not the same. Nothing except R/C flight time on a trainer could prepare him to fly the P-51. But he wasn't persuaded. 'I'll throttle down for the first flights, that'll slower down,' he said. At this point, tact was abandoned and I flatly predicted that there was no way he could fly the P-51 by himself-the model would eat him alive? All to no avail, his mind was made up. My parting recommendation was that, by all means, he find a skilled R/C flier to help him and that if he could not find one in his area then bring the model back when finished and we'd help him."

"Several months passed before the customer was heard from again. When he finally came back, it was to pick up some accessories for a new trainer he was building. He sheepishly admitted that his P-51 had been destroyed on the first attempt. Out of control from the moment he opened the throttle, the P-51 had risen into the air, rolled over and crashed into the ground before he could decide which stick to move on the transmitter. In a few seconds his new airplane was completely destroyed. After learning this expensive lesson, he bad located an experienced R/C flier to help him start over and he would soon have his new trainer in the air."

This story is not intended as a put-down of the beginner involved. Many others have made the same mistake with the exact same result--a costly, heartbreaking crash on the first flight. So resist the temptation to build your "dream ship" fight away, save it for later! The U.S. Air Force doesn't start its flying cadets in F-15s and you should take the same approach to learning to fly R/C.

Your first R/C model should be an airplane that is designed to be a trainer. It should be a "high-wing" airplane (wing mounted on top of the fuselage) for best stability in flight. A high-wing airplane is more forgiving of pilot errors than any other type. Your trainer should also have a flat-bottom wing "airfoil" (the cross-section shape of the wing) so it can fly slow enough for you to keep up with it. A generous amount of "dihedral" (the upward "V" angle of the wings when viewed from the front) is another characteristic to look for in a good trainer design.