Hi Craig,
Very many thanks for posting the photo of my display at Lydden. Very good of you (I'm OK at making models but shocking at taking photographs to post on the Forum!
and thank you for your kind words. Apologies for not thanking you sooner - I thought I had but perhaps some posts have been removed?!
You are not wrong about the prices of kits - but then they apear to be better produced, more accurately to scale and more detailed than the Tamiyas of old. Then again, I build very few kits from scratch - most of my creations start out as complete road or rally cars. There have been several times I've started with a perfectly lovely £50 model and taken it apart! That's a bit stomach-churning, I can tell you!!
Thanks again and hope to see you at another meeting. Cheers, Steve