Phil Warren spent 62 years to build this incredible fleet of 432 ships !!

[Gil Boyd]

I remember as a young soldier in Northern Ireland seeing the craftsmanship that went into the making of wooden weapons whilst both sides were incarserated.

The detail for stripping and assemble practice was outstanding. They even used boot polish to make them realistic. I often wonder where those wooden weapons ended up, probably in a musuem somewhere.
Taking it one step further, and going further back, I know they made false weapons when prisoners were held in Colditz.
The human imagination is amazing................its the patience needed and attention to detail that are the real winners and they all have my admiration as someone who found the assembly of "certain"AIRFIX models a real pain on occasion

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[browningautorifle]

certain"AIRFIX models

Those were a favorite of mine when I was a kid. I built lots, all WW2 aircraft. The hard ones were the smaller scale ones as they still had all the detailed small parts to add on...and paint them.