The Little World

There are those in the world who would have me sand down the rivet detail of the 1967 Airfix Heinkel Greif, scribe lines between the panels, and re-mark sunken rivets.

There are also people who would have me eat rutabagas and ground cockroaches…and I am here to tell you that I am as likely to do the one thing as the other. If you wish to watch me while I scribe and chew you may stand by the window and peer in. Be patient – I may be some time…

I have a philosophy about scale model kits that you’ve read before; I build them to a standard that either I or they can attain. I do not ask either of us to be perfect nor better than our natures. Thus I am as ready to accept raised rivets and panel lines…much as I look in the mirror at where my hair used to be – it is all as it is.

I do reduce some of the toy-like excesses of the period by fixing and filling the working ailerons and tail surfaces. But I still value toys.