Plastic modelling is a relaxing pastime ... "It's a completely different way of gaining a model since you build it yourself," says Berse who edits German model magazine Modellfahrzeug.

Fortunately, I've found a way for my Gunpla building ... of plastic apart, possibly snapping them because you misread the instructions. Which I've never had to do with any of my models.

Celebrating a half-century of building intricate plastic models, the Victoria chapter of the International Plastic Modellers ...