AeroModeller – June 2018

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Keil Kraft Relaunch


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Invaders, Senators and Gipsys...


...not a week in Westminster but along with Caprices, Aces and Ajax, new production of these classic KK kits by Ripmax


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sk any mature
aeromodeller to name
the brands of fl ying
model kits they built in
their youth and top of
that list would be Keil Kraft. They were
the pre-eminent British manufacturer
of kits, engines and accessories,
as well as a distributor for products
such as O.S. Engines, from the late
1940’s in to the 1980’s. (See January
2018 AeroModeller for David Rawlins

memories of working for Keil Kraft).
For many years the Keil Kraft brand
has been dormant but Ripmax the
present owner is changing that with
the relaunch of 6 classic designs
from the balsa ‘stick and tissue’ era:
Senator, Gipsy, Ace and Ajax rubber
powered models, along with the
Caprice and Invader gliders. Ripmax
are no ‘new kid on the block’ as they
will celebrate their 70th anniversary
next year, so they are well placed

The Caprice still has a reputation for great glide performance. The new Caprice kit will be
the subject of a future kit review in AeroModeller.

...not a week in Westminster but along with Caprices, Aces and Ajax, new production of these classic KK kits by Ripmax


Keil Kraft are back! Some of the Keil Kraft Handbooks
collected by Ripmax along with a new build Senator.

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Free download pdf