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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 then checked by eye are the frames known as sprews. they hold the parts ready to be removed and assembl...

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 1/2a scale mk9 supermarine spitfire, a new kit created by airfix and in painstaking detail. the spitfir...

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.