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My Balsa & Glass Workshop
My Balsa & Glass Workshop documents scratch-built balsa radio-controlled models and workshop projects.
About My Balsa & Glass Workshop
My Balsa & Glass Workshop is a personal website by a radio-controlled (RC) model aircraft builder. Its main content is build documentation for scratch-built balsa RC aircraft, including project descriptions, photos, and notes on mistakes the author made along the way. The author states more than 37 years of RC modeling experience and says most of their recent aircraft were built from scratch rather than from kits. The homepage also lists sections for stained glass projects and 3D modeling and printing.
The site points readers to outside resources for building. These include plan collections on other websites, a centre of gravity (CG) calculator on RCPlanes.Online, a balsa-building resource called Airfield Models, and several video series on reading and printing plans. Project pages cover both completed and in-progress builds, such as a semi-scale USAF OA-1K Skyraider II and a Douglas A-26 Invader that is listed as on hold. The homepage does not state any pricing, and the excerpt gives little detail about the stained glass and 3D printing sections.
Key features
- Build descriptions for scratch-built balsa RC aircraft, with photo galleries
- Semi-scale scratch build of the USAF OA-1K Skyraider II from an AT-802 plan
- Lists the plan modifications and power system components used in a specific build
- Links to outside plan sources and a centre of gravity calculator page
- Recommended video series on downloading, printing, and reading model plans
- Build of the Month series and a future projects planning page
Best for: Hobbyists who build balsa RC model aircraft from plans and want documented examples of scratch-building methods.
Good for
- Documents specific builds in detail, including modifications and mistakes the author encountered
- Collects outside resources for plans, calculations, and building techniques in one place
- Author reports more than 37 years of RC modeling experience
Watch out for
- Pricing is not stated on the homepage
- Many resources and plan sources are on third-party websites outside the author's control
- Some projects are listed as in progress or on hold
My Balsa & Glass Workshop at a glance
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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My Balsa & Glass Workshop FAQ
Which software does the site recommend for checking centre of gravity?
The site points to RCPlanes.Online, which it describes as having a CG calculator and other calculation programs for building RC models.
What software does the site recommend for viewing and printing plans?
The author recommends PDF X for viewing, editing, and printing RC model plans.
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