Model making is something I'll do when I've won the lottery. I have a house full of unmade stuff which James and I were going to do before he discovered the bass guitar and I started to lose my eyesight.
We also collected Minitanks and 1/87 scale mvs, Infact, auntie Rifles, I have four partially completed BMP1s in 1/87 from sdv.
My love has always been diecast - but have run out of room and impetus. My favourite recent discovery is Authenticast of the USA who made solid cast recognition models for the US government. Ships, plans and mvs - in various scales.. I got a Pershing, a Panther and a Centurion from a shop in Rye - £8 the lot.. When I checked them up I think the Panther might be £400 on it's own - but there are many remakes as the dies were sold on. Don't care - because I love them and that's that.