New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- This write up is about twin brothers Alak and Palak Bhattacharyya retired professional engineering graduates, who have a fascination for building model aircraft both static and flying ones as a thrilling and rewarding pursuit that combine creativity, technical skills, and excitement.
The story began in the 1960's with a desire to build their own toys to suit the play themes in their childhood. The lack of scale, variety and size that they wanted was perhaps the beginning of this adventure. Readymade kits or dicast toys were either too expensive, disproportionately scaled or out of the family budget. The Indian Hobby Centre provided some solace in middle school where they flew some light flying model kits and later cr...