It's that time of year again... but what to buy your loved ones for Christmas? Live has the answer - starting next week, we've got the ultimate gift guide, and this is one of the stars of the show, ...

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 challenge of turning hundreds of tiny plastic pieces into a spitfire, tank or classic car model has captivated children for decades. And the man they have to thank is German-born Ralph Mr Ehrmann, ...

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Biggest ever collection of Airfix models to be auctioned A collection of more than 1,200 model kits - many of them vintage Airfix - are to be sold today in the biggest auction of its kind. The vintage ...

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 ...

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 and finally give them the attention they deserve. A ...

It is a toy forever associated with Spitfire planes and boys in short trousers getting glue on their fingers. But exactly 60 years after its first model aeroplane went on sale for two shillings at ...

Thousands of Airfix and other model kits are expected to fetch up to £6,000 at auction in Newcastle. The collection, discovered in a house in South Shields in South Tyneside, is thought to be the ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Airfix models and their accompanying Humbrol paints are set to take off again as children's ...

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 ...