LotusEspritBill

Hi, I loved these models, especially the extra challlenge of the moving parts and lots of tiny springs! Lol. I'm not sure if these non-firing plastic kits were still being made or whether importing them was stopped by the VCRA, but they don't seem to be made any more. That said, there are similar kits that have metal parts and when completed will fire plug caps. However, we can't have those in the UK unless you have a defence, such as being a member of a reenactment society. What is odd, is that the VCRA stops us from buying plastic non-firing model kits, restricts metal blank firing kits, restricts Airsoft (plastic BB) guns, yet you can buy a more powerful airgun replica that fire metal BB or pellets! As said previously in the thread, if you already own the before VCRA then it's still ok to own them. It's just more difficult or impossible to buy them. Its a pity, I don't know what happened to my collection of L&S 1:1 scale guns, but I'd be collecting again if they were still available.

Hi, I'm Bill from London, I've been model kit making for 47 years. I started as many did in the early 70's, building airfix aircraft and hanging them from my bedroom ceiling! Then throughout my teens, I was hooked on tanks. Then during adult life, it's been more towards sci-fi kits. From TV shows such as Space 1999 and Star Trek, to vinyl kits from films such as Terminator and Alien. For a while in the 80's - 90's I also discovered 1:1 scale plastic gun kits, such as those produced by LS. I know the manufacturers were Japanese. I loved the challenge, these were quite fiddly to put together - as with real guns, there were lots of moving parts and tiny springs! BTW, if anyone has any of these kits, unmade or made, I'd be very interested in them if you wish to part with them. I don't know what happened to my over the years and they don't seem to make them anymore, otherwise I'd start up my collection again.