Archive for January, 2008

Modeling in a Vacuum

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

by Jan R. Bussie As a young boy I was fascinated by the WW2 war news coming out of Europe. The bravery of the bombers and fast fighters pilots made them my heroes both then and now. In an effort to emulate these men I would fly my balsa glider in ...

The HO Scale Model Railroading Revolution of the 1940s

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Late 1940s assembled wood/metal HO craftsman kit In the 1950s, “Consumerism” revolutionized the United States economy and social life. Two main items pushed the consumerist movement: discretionary income and free time. There had always been leisure time, but the activities that filled it varied. In the ...