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Advertisement Looking like the largest Airfix model you could possibly imagine, parts of a World War Two Lancaster bomber are laid-out in a hangar waiting to be assembled. But this is not a toy.  The pieces of wing, fuselage, bombs, machine guns and propeller blades are all real. The famous aircraft is three years into a ten-year restoration at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre in East Kirkby, Lincolnshire, which will see it return to the skies to add to the two remaining bombers which are still flying. Before it can fly again, each part of the four-engined plane, which is called 'Ju...

Submitting... The Hawker Hunter XF509, which started out with 54 Squadron in 1957, came to Hull in 2005 where it was fixed on a pole outside the former Humbrol factory on Hedon Road, once famous for making Airfix model kits. The dining car was built in 1967 by Wegmann in Kassel, Germany, for use as a British military train between Braunschweig and Berlin Charlottenburg. Auctioneer Andew Baitson said the restaurant car would make a "great bar or cafe/bistro". He said "It has a fully equipped kitchen - albeit the equipment isn't modern - and is really quite good inside. "The Hawker Hunter is an...

Top 10 weird and wonderful F1 car launches Date published: February 14 2021 It’s that time of year again, we’re counting down the never-ending days until Formula 1 returns… but at least we have the upcoming car launches to look forward to… As we wait to see what stunning machines the teams unveil for their 2021 campaign, we’re taking a look back at some of the most weird and wonderful car launches throughout F1’s history. Starting with… Honda – 2007 A car launch is an F1 team’s ultimate first impression, an opportunity to impress the world and perhaps even intimidate your r...

What has led to the huge variety of model cars? Let’s take a quick tour through the history of diminutive automobiles.

The old-school pastimes of making scale models and playing with miniature trains are making a comeback as a form of plastic therapy against the pandemic blues.