Model Madness

Edric reveals his guilty pleasure – model cars.

MODEL cars have fascinated me since I was a kid. I’m told that as a toddler, I was never without a Matchbox car or two in hand, even in bed or at mealtimes.

On a trip to England when I was five, my parents took me to visit Shakespeare’s house, and I EDRIC PAN promptly got us almost expelled from the premises when I whipped out my toy cars and proceeded to run them over the Bard’s centuries-old dining table.

Through my school days, I would save up my allowance to buy a new Tomica model every few weeks. This indulgence, plus the weekly Beano comic and monthly car magazines, left me with almost nothing for recess.