One of the most famous names in toys is back, after going bust. Airfix has been bought by model train giant Hornby, which plans to rebuild the brand. But will today's Playstation generation even ...

TOY firm Hornby yesterday predicted a sales surge for Airfix kits this year as it builds on the success of new models such as the Mosquito fighter bomber. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...

Avi-8 has launched a new collection of special edition timepieces in collaboration with Airfix, the UK’s oldest manufacturer of scale model kits. If, like me, you have fond memories of making Airfix ...

The artist whose iconic work adorned Airfix model aeroplane boxes has put the final batch of his orginal sketches and drawings up for sale for £20,000. Roy Cross, 90, of Kent, was the principal artist ...

Model railway maker Hornby is launching its own crowdfunding platform, purely to fund small plastic models of airplanes, historical figures, birds, and more. KitStarter will let model enthusiasts ...

In 2021, Red Kite published a collection of Roy Huxley's Matchbox paintings An artist has saluted two painters who fired generations of youthful imaginations by creating art for Matchbox and Airfix ...

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 July. Compiled over decades, the fine art ...

A man has supersized his childhood hobby of making model Airfix kits by buying a full size Spitfire - that he keeps in his back garden. Aviation worker Ian Fox, 55, bought the fibreglass replica ...

The Margate headquarters includes a visitor centre where modellers young and old can admire finished Airfix and Pocher models. That’s impressive enough, but I was fortunate enough to be given a tour ...

They were notoriously fiddly to glue together... and took hours to paint. But generations of children spent their precious pocket money on Airfix plastic scale model kits. And as the firm celebrates ...