Vintage cars tend to be the go-to kits, but planes, trains, rockets and even snowplows are generating significant interest.
Add model cars, boats and planes to the hobbies making a comeback, another old-school activity, like baking and sewing, that has received a lightning bolt of life because of the coronavirus lockdown.
“We are definitely seeing an unbelievable increase in business across all segments but certainly in plastic modeling,” Alan Bates, an executive with Hobby Enterprises and MegaHobby, said last week by phone., said in an email, “I talked to a man today ... [who] is retired, lives in Central California and is returning to modeling after a 50-year hiatus due to the stay-at-home mandates.”
For many, it’s a throwback to their youth, when building GTOs and other muscle cars was a popular hobby. For others, it’s a chance to introduce sons and daughters to a craft that requires patience and persistence but offers a handsome payoff.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
12 Candles to Make You Forget You're Stuck at HomeSmells like: It's a mix of musk, amber, and violets.\r\nReally smells like: The Catbird Williamsburg location. Catbird also describes the smell as, 'a love letter to the early girls of Catbird, the Williamsburg kitten with her affinity for busted tees, ballet flats and jewels, sneaking a cigarette out of her apartment window (she's since quit).' That tracks.
Lire la suite »
12 Candles to Make You Forget You're Stuck at HomeSmells like: It's a mix of musk, amber, and violets.\r\nReally smells like: The Catbird Williamsburg location. Catbird also describes the smell as, 'a love letter to the early girls of Catbird, the Williamsburg kitten with her affinity for busted tees, ballet flats and jewels, sneaking a cigarette out of her apartment window (she's since quit).' That tracks.
Lire la suite »
Sam Hunt's ‘Hard To Forget’ Performance On ‘Colbert’Sam Hunt appeared on A Late Show with Stephen Colbert Monday evening (April 13) from the comfort of his studio to perform “Hard to Forget.”
Lire la suite »
Model predicts Covid-19 pandemic will 'peter out' by May, but experts are skepticalAn influential coronavirus model cited by the White House predicts the pandemic will 'peter out' in May, but experts are wary about its assumption that there will be no resurgence of the virus in the summer months.
Lire la suite »
Bella Hadid’s New Hand-Painted Jeans Were Created by a Fellow ModelBella Hadid turned her backyard into a mini photo shoot to model a pair of custom, hand-painted jeans.
Lire la suite »
An influential model projects coronavirus deaths will stop this summer, but experts are skepticalAn influential model cited by the White House predicts that coronavirus deaths will come to a halt this summer, with zero deaths projected in the United States after June 21. But experts say that's unlikely -- if not impossible.
Lire la suite »