Mark Postlethwaite tipped his wings in tribute following the death of 84-year-old Roy Huxley, who was born in Dunstable, ...

Anyone who follows her can easily reel off her fixations: codebreaking, poetry, and, of course, her beloved Spitfire (who else could achieve the first music artist-inspired Airfix collaboration?).

The excellent Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, which powered the Spitfire and Hurricane ... which were then pieced together like giant Airfix kits at Woodford. In its best month, June 1944, the quarter-mile ...

The excellent Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, which powered the Spitfire and Hurricane ... which were then pieced together like giant Airfix kits at Woodford. In its best month, June 1944, the quarter ...

"Revell and Airfix are probably the two best-known manufacturers of model kits, and both will be joining us at the show in January. "By the time of the show, both companies should have revealed ...

Roy Cross, who created box art for Airfix and had a family link to Smallford, Hertfordshire, died in 2024. Postlethwaite, who is also an aviation artist, said Huxley's death marked the end of an era.

The Spitfire is the most famous plane of World War Two. Its groundbreaking design and superior specifications gave the British a decisive advantage fighting the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain.