| Many years ago I entered a Junkers Ju.88 Mistal into a local IPMS competition,it won,however that is not the end of the story,during the teabreak someone asked me what the mounting posts for the FW.190 were made from ? I said wire,in horror he fled the room and reported me to the Camp Commadant,the said Commadant summoned me to behind the kitchen where he was making the tea,you are immediately disqualified he said clicking his heels,you will pay for this ! in disbelief I left that day never to return to another IPMS meeting for some 20 years by which time white metal propellers,etched brass parts,resin mouldings had entered the scene and were widely used,we even now have mixed media kits that are snapped up at high prices,I know that Nigel has had similar experiences along my lines so I am not alone in this thinking.
When I build in card,sometimes I use balsa spars,make cockpits from vac formed parts and generally make the most of the most suitable material to do the best job,that is why I cannot understand why someone will assemble umpteen thousand matchsticks to make up one windmill sail !? why not make it like the real thing from several laths ?
What I am really saying is that I am not a purist,and never will be,as long as the end result looks good then I will use it,sorry if I have upset the diehard purists but that is the way that I personally make my models,every one to their own,if the material works then use it by all means.
That to me is the fun of model building,seeing what has its very best uses to produce the shape.
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