Comet Sikorsky R-6 Helicopter - 21 Inch Rotor Span - Coke Bottle Issue, N9-29

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Comet Sikorsky R-6 Helicopter - 21 Inch Rotor Span - Coke Bottle Issue, N9-29 plastic model kit

N9-29 Comet Sikorsky R-6 Helicopter - 21 Inch Rotor Span - Coke Bottle Issue

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

Rare. 1950s/early 1960s stick-and-tissue static model (non-flying, regardless of what the box says). Features 19 inch fuselage length, 21.25 rotor diameter, quality balsa printwood, strip stock, formed wheels, covering material and full plans. The kit has never been started and is complete. The entire Comet 1950s "N" line included the following (gaps mean there is no kit, at least at that time): N1 Tiger Shark P-40, N2 F-86D Sabre Jet, N4 Globe Swift, N6 Taylorcraft, N8 F-51 Mustang, N9 Helicopter, N11 Ryan Navion, N12 Firefly, N15 Piper Cub, N16 Fokker DVII, N17 Spad, N24 Phantom Fury, N25 Aeronca K (floats) and N26 Stinson SR-7. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.

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