Apart from Minics at Christmas 60+ years ago I've not had many for Christmas if ny in recent years. Family don't like to get the expensive wrong thing.

Changing the specification slightly my best ever, never to be beaten, presents of any sort were scratch built by my dad when I was in Isolation/fever Hospital in 1954 suffering from Scarlet Fever. About 1/600 scale War Emergency Destroyer and a Merchant ship.

Greatest Heartbrek, leaving them behind because I wasn't allowed to take anything out. My dad made replacements but they weren't the same.

The current situation with Strep A has revived a few long forgotten mmemories