The Little World

Whenever I look at what I am doing and wonder whether I have slipped the surly bonds of sanity, I compare myself to others in the same position. At the plastic model club Christmas BBQ I fell into conversation with a man who…

Has 38 plastic model kits of 1:72 Feisler Storch aircraft. Because he once saw a picture of someone else who had a dozen Feisler kits built up in different liveries.

Let me make it clear – this modeller builds a lovely model of a Storch. I’ve seen several examples of his work at model exhibitions and he has definitely got the gas on and turned up to “9”. I should desire no better Storch than one of his. They are so good that I am really put off buying a kit and trying my hand – it would be so inadequate…but 38 kits?

He is fine. He is normal. He is a mere infant in the class. Apparently he is close friends with a man who has 160 kits of MiG 21 aircraft to build…

The word ” intervention” has been breathed but I will not go further with it.

Note: I have 30 models in my stash and 125 of them at my two airfields. I’m fine. Fine. Fine, I tell you…