{"id":1025,"date":"2013-10-31T12:37:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T12:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2013-10-24T19:56:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T19:56:40","slug":"when-you-build-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2013\/10\/31\/when-you-build-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"When you build&#8230; wrap-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The debate on whether to\u00a0build from plans or\u00a0buy an\u00a0ARF is\u00a0very current right now.\u00a0 Keep in mind, though, that it is not a new debate.\u00a0 In the \u201cModel Matters\u201d column in the December 1940 <em>Air Trails<\/em> the question was brought up that:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave improved kits reduced the number of boys who really have a thorough knowledge of model design, building and flying?\u00a0 In many cases, the beginner can get satisfactory results by assembling a kit without going through the painful learning stage so necessary in the kitless era a few years back.\u00a0 This pain had its reward in teaching answers to those who hung on- something the kit builder is apt to miss, since the company designer does much of his thinking for him.\u00a0 By following instructions with reasonable accuracy, the builder gets results without knowing why.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1026\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/10\/spook_ad_AirTrails_Dec40.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1026\" alt=\"This ad for the kit &quot;Spook&quot; advertises that the kit comes complete with cement, dope, covering and wheels.  It ends with a reminder to &quot;Get a Spook for Christmas!&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2013\/10\/spook_ad_AirTrails_Dec40-331x1024.jpg\" width=\"206\" height=\"712\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spook Advertisement. <em>Air Trails<\/em>, December 1940, pg. 52.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whether into building and designing a plane from your own\u00a0imagination, building from a\u00a0kit, or flying an ARF, modelers love model airplanes.\u00a0 And that\u2019s what brings us together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The debate on whether to\u00a0build from plans or\u00a0buy an\u00a0ARF is\u00a0very current right now.\u00a0 Keep in mind, though, that it is not a new debate.\u00a0 In the \u201cModel Matters\u201d column in the December 1940 Air Trails the question was brought up that: \u201cHave improved kits reduced the number of boys who [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,107,108],"tags":[110,50,109,249],"class_list":["post-1025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-museum","category-old-magazines","category-tips-from-the-past","tag-air-trails","tag-museum-2","tag-old-magazines-2","tag-tips-from-the-past"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1025"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1038,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025\/revisions\/1038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}