YOU can tell that Christmas is over when the television advertisements for bit-part model magazines start.

There is one on at the moment for a build-it-yourself Flying Scotsman.

Has anyone worked out how much this will cost to build? It comprises of an introductory copy at 50p, followed by 124 copies at £4.99 making a total of £619.26 to build.

You could buy several days out on the real Flying Scotsman for that money.

Geoff Howe, Darlington.