OMG! Americans were shooting models beyond their prime? Like ailing horses! Another example how we will never be part of a gun-oriented society. I remember that certain kids in the 1960's would sometimes dispose of old models that they built before they actually acquired the necessary skills to build good models by blowing them up with firecrackers. Back then we had Canon crackers, which blow-up models real good. Of course, in later grades, we learned the evils of shrapnel, even plastic (Styrene) shrapnel, but we would continue to do it anyway. You can't tell a Heinz pickle nothing. No wonder no one builds models anymore ... it's the fear of inappropriate disposal. I know what you might be thinking? How did these kids manage the need for long fuses. That's a secret. I can't risk divulging the secret lest mahogany squirrels are listening.
