The first day of the invasion of Normandy in World War II, immortalised in films such as Saving Private Ryan and The Longest Day, is the inspiration for British model-maker Kevin Nunn's 1/72 scale ...

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 ...

The imaginations of several generations of schoolboys were inspired by Airfix kits but the hobby has been shot down by computer gaming The engine is on fire, the nose is pointing straight down and, ...

Model Mania will take place on Sunday, February 27, when hangars will be filled with large models nestled amongst the real aircraft. Visitors will be treated to hands-on Airfix model-making activities ...

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 ...