The Little World

I am a solid fan of the Airfix company’s plastic model kits.

I cannot remember ever having a really bad, unbuildable one from them. Some of their offerings could be a little crude, but they were of their time and reasonably priced withal. They did concentrate on British marques and that was fine – they gave us what others did not. If the old Matchbox company still made their kits I could confine myself to them and not grieve over the Czechered offerings from the land of short runs.

But they were slightly blind about some of their more famous prototypes. I should hammer the piggy bank apart instantly if they would announce 1:72 models of the Avro Manchester or Avro Lincoln. Also included in the desire list is the Gloster Javelin. I know I can get the dregs of an old FROG mould from the Poles but I also know it would be a chore.

I don’t really think we need another Spitfire or Bf 109. There are any number of British machines still to be moulded.