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WING
SPAN
NOVEMBER
Luke is responsible for some of the
best paint jobs on aircraft around the
country and his name comes quickly
to themind of top flyers in our sport
Building hundreds of models, being
the President of the Queensland
Turbine Flyers Association and
working hands-on with aircraft for
many years, has taken Luke on an
interesting journey, which includes
compiling instructions and prototypes
for a Chinese jet company!
He shares his experience and pictures
of some of his topmodels with
Wingspan.
“I have always been very hands-
on with scratch building projects,
painting and engineering all sorts
of features. I have built hundreds of
models for myself and others as I
enjoy themateship and the friends
you fly with regularly themost.
“I fly warbirds, helicopters, aerobatic
models and jets and anything in
between.”
Luke has nine birds, four jets, one
warbird, one aerobatic model and
three helicopters all built from
scratch!
“My favouritemodel is my trusty Extra
260 that I painted in the Castrol Edge
scheme. It is eight years old this year
and I recently won the nationals again
with it in April.
pilot and expert model
aircraft
painter
LUKE CULLEN IS A MEMBER OF TOOWOOMBA AEROMODELLERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
OF THE QUEENSLAND TURBINE FLYERS (QTF). HE WAS INTRODUCED TO THE HOBBY BY A
FRIEND AND HAS BEEN FLYING SINCE HE WAS 12 YEARS OLD.