Great memories
Like others here,I can always remember straining my neck at Woolies to see the latest Airfix release (no t'internet then).I think when they introduced the 1/24 range I nearly fainted with excitement (I was only 10 after all).
I saved hard from my grocery round ( same bike as Granville) and got the Spitfire and Hurricane but never did get the Fw190/Stuka/Me109.
I got a Keilkraft Luscombe Silvaire for passing my 11-plus (remember that one?).I lovingly crafted it and covered it in silk with numerous coats of blue and silver dope and fuel proofer.It had a Allbon Dart up front which ran great on the bench but would not go after it had been permanently entombed in the airframe.Was miles too heavy-looked pretty though..
Have recently rekindled some model building with some indoor/outdoor flying and plastic scale-guess is's in the blood forever.
Great thread-nowt wrong wiv a bit of nostalgia
MM