Tank s Hangar Aircraft Modeling
I dedicate this part of the web site to the builder of the model rule.
There is a culture in modelers, a group of individuals who love the hobby on the ground as much as in the air. The skill of the craftsman model builder, that thinker, that problem solver, that improviser who takes a box of sticks and sheeting, silk and dope, then turns it into a flying machine that can then fly the pattern; there is an awe about it, and I have a sense of reverence about it. That is the same spirit that brought about the technology we have today!
Maybe I?m a simpleton to some. Frankly, I do not care what others think regarding what is a passion in my heart; there is what matters to me, the inside me. This hobby brings back my youth in every drop of paint I spray and every stroke of the sanding block.
I recall my grandfather sitting down with me teaching me, bonding with me, showing me life lessons in the simplest of things and many of them revolving around model airplanes. It reminds me of a time I could slow down and enjoy life, and it allows me to do the same as well today. It puts into a model a sense of appreciation that defies the coldness of mass production and carries an element that cannot be replaced by a dollar a day wage earner who does not even fly.
There is that spirit of the builder in the B.O.M. rule that keeps the delight and satisfaction of accomplishment on more than just the one tier of flying. I really feel sorry for those who cannot feel the joy I do in building. It is like passing up a chefs fillet mignon for a cheese burger prepared by a teenager who waits for the timer, uses the spatula and a premixed shaker, and usually gets the order wrong .
I embrace this heritage and it s traditions and salute those who would carry on this tradition, valuing the people who do this rather than just valuing the dollars associated with it.
From Tanks Hangar web site. I agree!