British men over 30 do NOT read this thread

[mystic brew]

and yet somehow, life goes on.

smaller, poorer, but life does go on.

for this generation, is it going to be when games workshop goes out of business?

[Prodigal]

Oddly enough I bought a model tank to put together just yesterday...Why? RTW killed my PC. Anybody recommend a good base primer?

[doc_bean]

for this generation, is it going to be when games workshop goes out of business?

They're using their IP for videogames now, a good move probably. OTOH mainland Europe is probably still an expanding market for them (a shop in leuven carrying a lot of there stuff has recently opened), figures aren't a traditional big thing, but with influence from the internet (and general globalization) they might still gain popularity. Board game popularity is also on the rise, so this might have a positive impact too.

Of course, it won't mean a thing if they can produce is overpriced reissues...

/end economic analysis

[Al Khalifah]

I am hurt by this. In my opinion, a boy is not a British boy unless at some point in his life he has constructed an Airfix model Spitfire and then painted it (or if you were clever, painted it first and then glued it together). It's a sad day.

I was never a "sad kid" but I still remember having a ceiling covered with the things. They were cheap addictive fun. Except the helicopters which were too difficult. The cutaway submarines were the best.

[yesdachi]

But the company making the next generation’s favorite war model, the suicide bomber, is making a killing.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

How depressing. I've still got the E.E. Lightning I painted as a kid.

It is worth noting, however, that several Japanese companies sell scale models of far superior quality.

[edyzmedieval]

Lol, I thought it was about hardcore porn not modelling.

[Byzantine Prince]

So I was hoping too, edyz.

What's this modelling then?

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Lol, I thought it was about hardcore porn not modelling.

Clearly you've never spoken to a dedicated modeler. Those chaps get just as much of an endorfin rush from modelling [more?] as others might from perusing "calisthenics and fluid exchange" materials.

I never quite understood that, but....

[Somebody Else]

I am hurt by this. In my opinion, a boy is not a British boy unless at some point in his life he has constructed an Airfix model Spitfire and then painted it (or if you were clever, painted it first and then glued it together). It's a sad day.

I haven't got a Spitfire, but I've got a Victory... Do I count as a real (British) boy?

[Captain Fishpants]

No Airfix kits?

No Humbrol paints?

Another chunk of my childhood has died. And just when I was getting ready to revisit it.

We're in mourning at the CA design corner, I can tell you.

[Somebody Else]

I used to have pretend wars with little plastic models... (Usually involving something daft like the USS Arizona being strafed by a Hurricane, and the HMS Victory coming in to support).

Now how do I play my little war games...

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

...with a mouse...

[edyzmedieval]

Ok, when I was a little kiddie, I used to play with Bburago(assemble the cars) and about modelling kits, I used to buy Italeri and Revell kits.