I'm pretty certain that my earliest aviation memory is seeing my brothers building the Airfix Saunders Roe SR53 and HP Halifax. Shortly after having learned that aircraft with two fins were bombers, I saw a Beverley from the back garden and dashed into the house, convinced that we were going to be bombed...
While I have the greatest respect for those with the patience to build such immaculate, detailed models as those posted earlier on this thread, in my dayif it wasn't assembled, painted, transfers stuck on, played with and broken by lunchtime, it wasn't worth doing!