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We live in an age when the majority of people will not take the time to cook and assemble a hamburger sandwich. Why is it a surprise to anyone that lots of folks will not build models from scratch or kits?

Model building is a separate hobby from flying today. We are at the cusp of a new age in modeling.

Remember when if you wanted a faster car than your neighbor's, you had to build your own? I loved hotrodding in those days. Then it got to the point where anyone with enough money could buy a brand new car that was very much faster than my highly modified small block Chevy coupes. I lost interest and quit hotrodding. I'm doing my best to hang in there in modeling even though I'm faced with similar circumstances. We builders are dinosaurs. We are no longer, "The Main Event". If you can live with that, you can continue to build models/kits and have a great time. Of course, you will have to endure the stares and smirks of the unenlightened crowd when you show up at the field with your latest creation. So what?

I'm going to continue to do my thing, regardless of how others view it. I still listen to Grand Funk Railroad, Yes and Eric Clapton, just to name a few. I am a geezer and I've earned the privilege of living in Geezer World. When the young'uns become too interolerable, I put on Wilson Pickett, The Four Tops and The Coasters. Most of them young'uns disappear quickly when that happens. <G>


Ed Cregger