The Little World

And if you can’t get something, you have to build it…

The principle of the scratch-builder. Also of the realistic builder – a person who may not know their own limitations but can list those of the local hobby shops in detail. This is not just snarkiness – the realistic builder knows that not every wonder-toy that appears in magazines or on the internet will make it to Western Australia. What arrives can be welcomed but what doesn’t need not be grieved.

I visit the Aisles Of The Unsold regularly and recognise kits that have stayed with us through thick and thin. The ones that have already been built are less attractive than fresh ones, but fresh is not a word you can apply to some of the re-boxes. In many cases the newest thing about them is the price tag.