Yet, another vast commercial resource for model plans. This British site offers thousands of model plans from a number of sources. The interesting thing about this source for plans, is that there are many European aircraft not available from U.S. sources.
According to the site's introduction:
"Searching for that elusive model plan dropped from the well known MAP/ARGUS/NEXUS listings? Or from the well known, to older modellers at least, X Lists. A selection of the plans which formed the X List are included here plus many more which have not seen the light of day for many years. The total list approaches some 2500 plans and an un-illustrated list list is available as hard copy, or as a PDF file HERE. " (Note this file is huge and cumbersome. I have condensed and organized the scale aircraft plans list HERE.)
"If you have some of the old MAP/ARGUS/NEXUS Plans Handbooks in your possession then you will be able to identify many of the plans."
The company organizes the plans by categories. The useful ones for virtual modelers include:
Radio Scale
Powered Scale (Free Flight)
SCale Rubber (Free Flight)
The company's philosophy is to make available those hard-to-find plans no longer available from other commercial suppliers, and to get them to you within a reasonable period - usually no more than 35 days to UK addresses.
Unfortunately, these folks don't offer any examples of their plans.
X List Plans
22 Old Brewery Close
Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 7SH, England
Telephone 01296 424997
Email: Webmaster@xlistplans.demon.co.uk
http://www.xlistplans.demon.co.uk/
Apparently, many of the plans offered by X-List are taken from the NEXUS Planbooks series, of which are still available from Trans-Atlantic Publications. The volumes of interest to modelers include:
Flying Scale Rubber Models Vol. 1
Flying Scale Rubber Models Vol. 2
Peanut Scale Models
