I am in my late 60 having been in the U.K. for 50 years. When I was a kid in HK I spent most of my time on Airfix & Revell models. Matchbox, Corgi & Dinky Toys were also my passion. I would alway lose myself in one of those model shops. I remember there was one in Causeway Bay. I think.
The 1st time I buy Airfix military figure was more than 40 years ago in HK Wing On shop & very impressive its scale up to 1/32 different from the Japan company which always make 1/35.
My first model was bought in the old Wing On Department Stall in Central. It was an Airfix 1/76 Sherman tank. The next Year I bought the Panther tank. At that time the models were glued using home brew glue.
Well . interesting ! 60 年代開始 model hobby. Back then 以油麻地 康田 最好. 尖沙嘴 德誠街口 有一間街店 , I mean 所有模型掛在高牆上 ( young generations probably won't believe it ) . 附近的大厦 有一間叫海记的 士多 . But funny that 這 store 竟然有很多模型買, 尤其是 初代的 Airfix ! Wow .另外普庆戏院旁亦是一間賣 Model 的玩具店. 香港最早的 火车 hobby 店 是尖沙嘴 新樂酒店对面的一間商店 , long gone ! 经营德国品牌 Marklin 火车 . Great store !! 另外亦是高级釣鱼工具店. Back then, 只有家景富裕的華人和。洋人才光顯顧. 甚至是现在, Marklin火车仍是極之昂贵的, 不过 玩火车, Marklin 真的是最佳选择. 跟 英国的 Hornby 高幾级了! .........Too much to say about those good old memories . Wow !!
