Good for you.  That's (oh God, he got that glazed look) the way it used to be.  Smash a cowl?  Find a plastic or spun-aluminum salad bowl, Cool-Whip container or start gluing up balsa blocks.  Crush a canopy?  Carve a balsa mock-up and melt a piece of clear plastic over it in a 250° oven.

That's what gives 'em character.  The old war horses held together with spit and twine that you can have fun flying. 

PS - I have no problem buying from Vietnam vs. China.  Half of them were "friendlies" and all of them will be better off with a market.