Once upon a time, ordinary Americans felt that they had a prosperous future ahead of them. Ingenuity was valued and rewarded in the workplace. Young'uns were encouraged to use their head and their hands. Alas, no more. There are no jobs that pay excellent wages for folks that use their hands as well as their heads. No one will buy their products, saying that they are shoddily built and too expensive. Usually without checking to see if this is true before buying something from China or something with a Japanese name. Then they wonder why their kids can't leave home...

Enough politics.

Do yourself a favor. Find a model that you love and then produce three or four kits of that model by hand (yes, power tools allowed, but no CNC). If you are anything like me, you will discover that cutting kits (or templates) is loads of fun and you can also have the joy of sharing them with friends. I did. One of my best R/C experiences.


Ed Cregger