Model behaviour

Philip Segal, who produced the 1996 "Doctor Who" telemovie, has created an awesome website to celebrate his hobby of building (mostly sci-fi) models. Credit where credit's due: I learnt of its existence via the always-worthwhile "Radio Free Skaro" podcast.

https://sprueverse.com/

That mothership from "E.T." on Phil's site reminds me of when I saw the film at the Tower Cinemas in '82 or '83 with my rich pal MG. We'd visited a toy shop beforehand, where - always having spare cash - he'd purchased a little model kit of a red sports car.

In the cinema foyer, M. spotted a pair of girls about our age (~11) and insisted we go talk to them. But he was embarrassed about the model, so stuffed it into the back of his trousers. As we sat chatting to the gals, I could hear faint sounds of plastic cracking.

Apologies if I've told that story on here previously. Or used the same cliched pun of a heading.