I realise that with such great kits around these days, the art of scratch-building may no longer be forefront in many minds-nevertheless I would be interested to have your thoughts guys...
Ray R.
I'm in, and here's why. (Apologies for my long-windiness.)
When I moved up here to Kentucky, I started working at construction. After a couple of years, an opportunity came along for a dream job: interpretive historian at a mid-19th c. working farm/living history site. For the next two years, much of my days was spent hauling logs with teams of oxen, splitting said logs into fence rails, and working with axe, handsaws, and other period hand tools to turn same into roof boards/shakes/shingles, timbers for timber-framing, and other period construction projects. I still did some construction on the side, and back to it full time after a lay-off. My boss remarked on how much my construction skills had improved after working at the historic site.
What does this have to do with Sir Harry's book? Practicing these skills, scratch-building, even if it is only a small side project, makes up better "kit assemblers" of WNW kits, etc. Now that's just my opinion, but I think the analogy holds up.
BTW, I'm in for a copy too.
Warren
