I understand your sentiment there, but you also have to admit that hammerd's seat has an excellent, museum quality look. You'd have to inspect with a strong magnifying glass to tell the difference. And every single piece of his BE2C is outstanding. I am in awe of you craftsmen and your ingenuity to replicate these aircraft in smaller scale with such high fidelity using a variety of techniques. No 2 modelers would build the aircraft in exactly the same way. In fact, the techniques and tricks and tools used would be wildly different. I think a common thread is that you "masters" all use all the tools and skills available to you to do the very best you can. And to we onlookers watching masters at work, the "very best you can" standard often results in pure art. I believe hammerd's model qualifies as pure art. It is absolutely museum quality.

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Those were the days just between Love Field,Dallas and Hobby in Houston.

Flew that many times.