The Airfix De Havilland Mosquito, a 1/24 scale model of the World War II RAF light bomber, is not for the faint-hearted - or the trembly fingered.

An artist has saluted two painters who fired generations of youthful imaginations by creating art for Matchbox and Airfix model kit boxes. Mark Postlethwaite tipped his wings in tribute following ...

Christmas: peace on earth and an Airfix kit to all men. A spot of model-making on the big day is the perfect excuse to duck out of the Queen’s speech. After all, you can’t let the glue go off ...

Perhaps it is not surprising to find Airfix shot down in flames by a generation for whom the word dope has a meaning entirely distinct from the sticky substance that their forebears manipulated ...

Airfix models and their accompanying Humbrol paints are set to take off again as children's and modellers' favourites just three years after the company went bust.

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 ...

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 ...

Airfix had actually been going for 10 years, selling inflatable rubbber toys, when the first construction kit - a Ferguson Model T-20 tractor - hit the high street in 1949.

How your Airfix model could be a museum piece For any overgrown Airfix enthusiasts who have clung on to their prized collections, it is an opportunity to dig them out of the loft, dust them down ...

Model-making toy boxes depicting images from the Northern Ireland Troubles are being displayed in a new artistic exhibition aimed at stimulating debate on how the conflict is commemorated.

A collection of Airfix models, thought to be the largest assortment of its kind ever sold, could fetch £6,000 at auction.

Airfix, provider of plastic aircraft kits to generations of schoolboys, has been grounded by a combination of debt and supply chain failure. Its parent, Humbrol, is understood to have debts of ...