The Little World

Or will it remain on the nose, politically speaking?

Eventually the Russo-Ukrainian war will end. I cannot say how or who will gain from it, and this is not the column space to debate politics. However, I did note that Zvezda and other Russian kits were disappearing from the Australian market back a few years ago when it started.

So were Ukrainian kits like ICM, MiniArt, and Roden and we are largely mopping up their remains from the shelves. There are still a few leftovers from each nation at my local shop, but they are practically the unsalables.

When it is over, will we start to see supplies come to Australia? They may be too expensive to send to the USA due to the Robber Baron’s tariff tolls. But we are not Trumpland, and we have money to pay for fresh kits.

The lives of people caught in the European grinder are difficult and they have a lot more to worry about than plastic models, but if they can start up again, our money can do some good in trade.