Unmade Airfix kits are a model collection. Thousands of Airfix and other model kits uncovered in a house in South Shields are expected to make up to £6000 at an auction by Anderson and Garland on 18 ...

Roy Cross, 90, of Kent, was the principal artist for Airfix during the Sixties and Seventies at the peak of the model kits' popularity.

The ultimate Airfix kit: For sale at £1.4m, ... Over the next 18 years, building a 1930s biplane in the same way generations of boys made Airfix models turned into an all-consuming passion.

The vintage plastic and metal models are expected to fetch in excess of £6,000 at the Anderson and Garland sale in Newcastle. "This is an unusually large collection of Airfix model kits.

Airfix specialised in model planes, ships and tanks of World War II Thousands of Airfix and other model kits are expected to fetch up to £6,000 at auction in Newcastle. The collection, discovered ...

1947 - Airfix becomes the largest producer of injection moulded combs in Britain 1952 - First Airfix kit, the Golden Hind, Francis Drake's flagship, on sale in Woolworths, for two shillings (10p ...

Hornby Plc, the U.K. maker of model trains, said sales of its Airfix model kits doubled after a British Broadcasting Corp. television program featured a life-size model of a Supermarine Spitfire ...

Plastic modelling is a relaxing pastime and provided you take your time, no special skills are needed in order to achieve a satisfying result.Many adults will remember getting sticky fingers from ...

Model train maker Hornby is to buy fellow UK collectibles business Airfix for £2.6m ($5m). Hornby will take control of the Airfix model kit company from administrators at Airfix's parent firm Humbrol.

Airfix is to release a series of models featuring animated children’s TV character Shaun the Sheep. The kits, to go on sale in June, will feature Shaun and other characters from the show, including ...

London: Model train-maker Hornby said sales of its Airfix model kits doubled after a BBC programme featured a life-size model of a Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft.