Balsa wood was a rationed war material during World War II. This hit modelers and kit companies hard, forcing them to turn to other materials, like hard wood and cardboard. This H.F. Auler Company Army Jeep kit shows that it wasn’t only model airplane kits that had to make do. Thanks to Don Hartshorn for the kit, which he donated in Memory of Col. Fred & Helen Tress.
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