I was restoring order to the workshop and when done I decided to see if the balsa wood needed reorganization.
Even better it was all premium and light. I always bought contest wood and accumulated a lot of it over a long career building models.
Ok so how much was there. about 400+ sheets, To justify it I used to build 6/7 models in a year and always looked to replace what was used.
It didn't help matters when Walt Umland was ordering wood and I put a large order in with his. And I got the advantage of mostly light wood.
So remember when most of the kits were average/ Remember Sterling?Jetco etc.. You can make a good flying model even if it's a 'pig if you discard the bad stuff and replace it with good wood
To move forward. I was building designs done by Pat King and he had his kits cut at RSM so it made my balsa collection a hobby. He is also finiky about wood. So it's a hobby .I still can't walk away from a good piece of wood.
I can/t really fly c/L much anymore as my neck and right arm is useless most of the time. I can however fly RC very well.
Remember that there are still enough building to appreciate a really nicely built model, done with the right stuff
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