An excuse to write.
If there's one hobby I have totally ceased to engage in, primarily due to time and budget constraints (well, what other constraints are there?), it's the classic "boy's hobby" called plastic scale modeling. (from wikipedia) Plastic models, often called scale models, are models manufactured as kits which are assembled by hobbyists, and intended for static display. The most popular subjects of plastic models by far are vehicles such as aircraft, ships, automobiles, and armored ...