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Old 26-11-2005   #22 (permalink)
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Keep on scrimping-Thin wood sources.

As a young boy with pocket money at a low ebb,I was always on the lookout for pieces of timber that could be used for model building,one of my favourite sources was the local greengrocer,who would always have a plentiful supply of those thin wooden boxes stabled together at the joins that transported fruit,if you are selective then you can pull them apart and keep the best bits for modelling.
Never look a gift horse in the face and this once again is a good example of being thrifty,the money so saved can go towards things that are not possible to scrimp.
Also at the greengrocers was a plentifull supply of coloured tissue paper for my small rubber powered airplanes,use mums best iron and out come the creases !
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