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I'm pretty much in the same camp as that other old codger, Old Troll.
I have the greatest respect for the purists, but I also like multi-media models and my modeling skills are so modest that I take pride in anything that looks passably like the prototype regardless of whatever shortcuts I might have taken.
I, too, preferred Comets and the pleasures of cutting out the parts from balsa, but that was because the Comets actually made up into more flyable models and I rarely got good results from the die-crunched parts, not because I was a purist.
The real issue to me, personally, is, do the laser-cut parts fit accurately? If so, I am happy to use them (haven't done so yet).
My admiration for a model is undiminished if it has wooden spars, wire undercarriage bracing, photo-etched brass parts, a blown plastic canopy, thread for rigging, and laser-cut frames.
But my hat's also off to Bomarc and Gil and the others who can exercise a higher level of art and craft and produce amazing work without the helping hand of laser cutting and non-paper materials.
Don
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