Looks like this thread has gone a bit off topic but what the heck, it's the 4th of July. We had it made while living on the Navy base in Argentia, Newfoundland. We had a fully stocked hobby shop and an awesome control line club in the basement of the library fully equipped with all the power tools you could ask for, airplane storage racks, personal lockers and dozens of 5 gallon cans of military issue clear and white dope and a great short grass flying field directly across the street. The hobby shop was next door with all the Flite Streaks and Ringmasters of all sizes and types for under $2.00 apiece. The Noblers and the more expensive Veco kits were a whopping $2.25. Can't remember what the Veco 29 and 35 engines cost at that shop as my dad would occasionally pick one or two up for me on the way home from work if I had been a good boy Oh yeah, and a bottle coke and a hershey bar were a nickle each for a grand total of 10 cents in the hobby shop vending machines. Candy, caffeine, Ambroid glue, clear dope fumes, model airplanes and great commraderie OH MY!!........ One more thing, upstairs in the library were all the Model Airplane News magazines you've ever seen!