Last winter, I made an initial investment of about $400 in order to put together a well-stocked, well-tooled scale model corner, complete with desk, lighting, paint, brushes, glues, thinners, knives, sanding sticks, tweezers, part holders, tape and a cutting mat. As a pre-teen, I would spend hours assembling horror and comic book models – everything from Planet of the Apes to Batman – as well as classic cars, including everyone’s favourite, the ’57 Chevy. It’s a hobby that lends itself to the pandemic shutdowns and stay-at-home orders.”Ĭount this scribe amongst the many who have returned to the hobby. By and large you can get your supplies online, so you don’t need access to a (bricks and mortar) store. “Modelling is a solitary enterprise, something you can do at home,” added Skinner, who has assembled models since age 6. So when she passed away, I took two models and built them straight out of the box, and it was the best therapy in the world. She encouraged me, brought me into the hobby. “My mother died seven years ago and she was a big reason why I got into modelling. “It’s not only a good way to de-stress at the end of the day, but it’s also good therapy in that it gives you something to focus on instead of day-to-day issues,” Skinner said.
With the pandemic causing shutdowns and creating leisure time, many have turned to a hobby which offers peace of mind, according to Aaron Skinner, senior editor at FineScale Modeler (est. In fact, industry insiders believe the COVID-19 pandemic has helped shine a light on a hobby which baby boomers embraced in the 1960s.Īssembling, gluing, painting and detailing scale models – 1/24 and 1/25 scale plastic automobiles, for example – is once again one of the fastest-growing hobbies, with global interest amongst everyone from pre-teens to great-grandparents. With a return to normalcy, many diversions will disappear – but don’t expect a resurgence in assembling plastic model kits to take a nosedive. Thank the Pandemic for Surging Sales, and concurrently Supply and Demand Issuesīy Jeffrey Reed, Editor,
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