Deep in concentration, he keeps his hand steady as he works to make the scaled-down plastic model look as realistic as possible. When you are building a kit or a scene, you really plunge into it," Fannoy says. Sales are booming as families shorn of their social lives keep idle hands and minds busy by making models and dusting off train sets. British brand Airfix saw a run on plastic kits for Spitfires, the iconic World War II fighter plane. The activity helped Warein, a former educator and municipal councilor, tune out the pandemic and its anxieties.

Source: ABC News February 06, 2021 07:52 UTC