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Well, CNJ831 disagrees with me, imagine that! I don't think the modelers of the past spoke in terminology that wouldn't be understandable today. Basswood, balsa wood and strathmore are still available and in use. The old Ambroid, Duco and other glues or cements are also in use and the old materials would be usable with the new adhesives we use anyway. Some of you feel this would be a waste of space in the magazine and that certainly is your right! However, the way modelers used to build from scratch, the plans they drew up, the items they built and the ingenuity they used are as relevant and usable today, as they where back then, as are the layouts they built. Some of us may tend to believe that things were simple, crude and old fashioned, not as refined, elligant or cultivated in days gone past as they are now. I'm here to tell you that this country has lost her craftsmen and a revisiting of the craftsman's works is an education in what talent could bring forth with very simple tools.
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