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Ou. you might think the days of spending the christmas holidays building your new model plane are well and truly over, but the classic hobby is alive and kicking. lockdowns and social media have fuelled a boom in sales, as john maguire reports. before you build a model aeroplane, the kit you use is built here in a factory in east sussex. it marks a return to uk production. molten plastic is pumped into a high pressure press which contains an intricately detailed mould. what comes out and are the...

But the classic hobby is alive and kicking. lockdowns and social media have fuelled a boom in sales, as john maguire reports. before you build a model aeroplane, the kit you use is built here in a factory in east sussex. it marks a return to uk production. molten plastic is pumped into a high pressure press which contains an intricately detailed mould. what comes out and are then checked by eye are the frames known as sprews. they hold the parts ready to be removed and assembled. this is the 1/2...

Japan strengthens ties with its Western allies beyond the United States, merging its next-gen combat jet program with Britain and Italy.

Nostalgia is fuelling demand this Christmas for traditional classic toys. It is not just the early classic toys that are increasing in price.

Nostalgia is fuelling demand this Christmas for traditional classic toys. It is not just the early classic toys that are increasing in price.

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As the UK’s leading plastics exhibition and conference turns 75 in 2023, Rapid News Group, the organiser of the event, opens nominations for the Interplas 75 @ 75 — the most influential figures in the UK plastics industry during the 75-year history of the event.

A new exhibition at IWM Duxford this winter will unite half the worlds airworthy Hurricanes under one roof from December 27, 2022 to February 19,…

Last year Hornby had a bleak Christmas period as supply chain problems meant that products arrived after the holiday season.

Last year Hornby had a bleak Christmas period as supply chain problems meant that products arrived after the holiday season.