Looked way too involved, and expensive. So far as models, my specialty was WWI biplanes (I was in the fourth grade when Snoopy vs. the Red Baron was all the rage). When rotisserie baseball was invented, man, I was on that like a flash. Of course, in the mid 80's it too way way too involved as well. :-)
Reading John's missive on DaddyO, I couldn't help but play Brian Wilson's In My Room in my head.
I'm going to check out Steely Dan's IGY, Diderot. That's the great thing about Pandora/Apple/etc. - the music world is your oyster and there is a world of great music always waiting to be discovered.
Hey Diderot, remember when Maynard was heading toward a boxing championship? All you had to do was get his opponent to diss his hero Mighty Mouse, and he's go into a rage. Actually, that idea was borrowed by the Dobie Gillis writers from the Three Stooges.
Funny how much the lack of money and the role of class played an important role in that show. Dobie was always figuring out a way to compete with the super rich through pluck and ingenuity.