I agree with you Lawrence.

I read all his articles in ME and even went to the extent of copying them and sticking them in a plastic folder (which I've just been looking for without too much success). There were lots of very good ideas contained within Don's writings but his underlying argument was that simple methods, executed with care could yeild excellent results for anyone engaged in small scale modelling.

I think Don was the first person I read to recommend the use of small section (1/8" ) tooling – a practice i adopted as my 'norm' then and still routinely use (unless i have a very good reason/need to use larger section tooling). As Don states – it is much easier and quicker to sharpen small tooling and to keep them in tip-top condition (than larger tooling) and that generally they are more than adequate for most jobs (and certainly for much of the work I do).

I'm not aware that his work was ever published per se but I do agree that it is a very useful read – not only for rhe examples Don gives but also as a simple approach to getting good results.

Regards,

IanT

Edited By IanT on 22/02/2013 10:11:21