The beat goes on, part two. The other side.

[Ty Marcucci]

Here is the rebuttal to the anti prefab article in the Nov 51 MAN. It is from the Dec 51 MAN. Sounds very, very familiar as did the first part. 

[EddyR]

Ty you are correct same old thing over again. Ham radio has gone through the same thing and now most of them are gone. I built all my own equipment in the 5o's for ham radio and it was junk compaired to the factory built equipment. In model building nothing stops some one from doing it the old way and many do in still do CL.
Ed

[Andrew Hathaway]

Fabrication?  I just want my Super Cyclone for $12.95

[Leo Mehl]

This is a really good article. It brings to mind the modeling I used to do during World War 2. The formers were pressed paper and the stringers were basewood And the glue was junk, but we built models anyway and some of us even designed and scratch built ours. Balsa wood was obtainable but the selection left a lot to be desired. When they started making kits it got better but because of the die cutting a lot of the balsa was very hard and tough to bend and cut. There were a few kits during the war that were quite good such as Jasco gliders.We carved a lot of solid models from wooden boxes that had straitgrain wood that was eiesier to carve. Motors were not very good in those days but there were some that would run very well. The problem was a lot of us didn't have a clue about running them and if they fired a ran a little it scared us half to death. You could call these the good old days but I like today better.