[WWI] Building the old kits

[Shane Weier]

Candice says

>Now that I think of it, I can't remember the last Eduard or Roden kit I
>have built...mmmm...perhaps I am falling behind.

This has happened to me too.  For a long time I kept buying the Eduard kits 
despite finding that I wasn't actually interested in building them. Now I 
don't even buy them - probably a sign that I believe that Eduard is here to 
stay and no longer needs my unwavering support!

IMO there is a spectrum of modellers with those who value process at one end 
and those who value product at the other. The extremes are scratchbuilders 
and die cast collectors, with all of us strung out along the line in between 
(and sometimes moving to the left or right as mood takes us)

I figure that I sit closer to the scratchbuilding end, and Eduard kits are 
smoothly and elegantly moving closer and closer to the ready assembled end 
of the spectrum leaving me less to enjoy in each expensive box.

Which, incidentally, I don't mind since it favours the bulk of modellers who 
prefer trouble free, or even effortless assembly.

Shane

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