[WWI] Building the old kits

[Michael Robinson]

Well said John. I enjoy taking the perceived "unbuildable" oldies and
bringing them up to today's standards. I take this view on it... The kit is
only a raw material for a piece of art. Nobody ever said Michelangelo or
Davinci used great paint. It's the finished model that is remembered, not
the kit or materials used in making it.

Cheers
Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "john isn't eddie anymore" <druvnik at yahoo.com>
To: <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:40 AM
Subject: [WWI] Building the old kits


> If you have 'em, build 'em. I agree-with a lil TLC the Aurora (for the
most part) make nice models, same for Lindberg and SMER/Merit. I've also
stripped and re-built the survivors of my younger days with some good
results-Revell type S proves it's strength after 40+ years!!! Same
philosophy applies to my electric trains-I prefer the beaters, re-paints
done accurately look so much nicer and degradation of percieved value are
moot because I believe in running as well as building-posterity can't really
appreciate a box of un-attached parts any more than it can understand the
charm of battered, inert tinplate. BTW a Q-as in Quentin Roosevelt-I've got
a little, dated info that his Nie was #14, no s/n on tail, yellow cowl and
wheel fabric with red spiral-Ive been told it should be a B&W cowl/wheels.
Any comment??-John Marganski
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