Those of us who are of a certain age will recall trips to the hobby store in town in order to purchase the latest plastic model of a famous airplane, or ship, or army vehicle. If you were so inclined, after putting the model together you could paint it and show it off to your awe-struck friends. It was a source of tremendous satisfaction putting those models together not to mention a fun way to learn.That satisfaction is apparently disappearing thanks to the greed of gigantic military corporations and their lawyers:In the U.S., Congress is being called on to prevent defense corporations from shutting down production of model kits, films or games that use images of military equipment. Over the last decade, the weapons manufacturers have increasingly demanded payments to allow such depictions. For over half a century, model kits have been sold that enable military history buffs to assemble scale models of military ships, aircraft and vehicles. But that era is coming to an end, as the...(Read Full Post)