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Airfix Box Top Roughs - IL-28. 'The Soviet Ca… Author: Arthur Ward
Synopsis: The Airfix 1/72nd scale construction kit of the Soviet’s equivalent to the RAF’s Canberra first appeared in 1968. Since then it has appeared in a variety of alternative packaging styles. In the 1970s, for example, Artist Ron Jobson painted a version and this article is illustrated with some of his very rare original box top roughs. A treat for the Airfix enthusiast
Last updated: Monday 10 November 2008 21:27:39The Airfix Nimrod takes to the air at last. Author: Arthur Ward
Synopsis: After years of speculation about it, in November the all-new Airfix Nimrod will finally arrive in the shops. Collecting friends' members get an an exclusive peak to this fabulous new 1/72nd scale kit.
Last updated: Thursday 25 October 2007 11:48:42Mat has lift-off… again! Author: Arthur Ward
Synopsis: Mat Irvine's new book, Scale Spacecraft Modelling, is a tour-de-force of technique.
Last updated: Tuesday 15 May 2007 19:07:55Hornby Saves The Day! Author: Arthur Ward
Synopsis: As all patriotic British modellers know, Airfix has been rescued from receivership – the second time in its almost 70-year history (Nicholas Kove founded the firm in 1939) that Airfix has been saved from the brink of disaster. CollectingFriends was granted an exclusive interview with Hornby's MD Frank Martin…
Last updated: Wednesday 29 November 2006 15:48:27Airfix lives to fight another day! Author: Arthur Ward
Synopsis: Fans of Airfix can breath a sigh of relief happy in the knowledge that the veteran British plastic construction kit manufacturer seems to have found a saviour in the form of Hornby, the equally famous British manufacturer of toy trains and Scalextric cars.
Last updated: Friday 10 November 2006 15:55:49“It’s a model kit Jim, but not as we know it…… Author: Mat Irvine
Synopsis: One of the most distinctive fictional spaceships ever designed has to be the USS Enterprise from Star Trek. Star Trek started on American television in 1965.
Last updated: Thursday 02 November 2006 12:23:55Tony Teiger – The First Screen Blofeld! Author: Arthur Ward
Synopsis: In a career spanning more than 40 years Tony Teiger has established an enviable reputation as the doyen of Property Masters. His association with 007 dates back to his work as a Stand By Propman on 1967’s You Only Live Twice.
Last updated: Saturday 30 September 2006 20:13:32It's happened to my favorite brand again! Author: Arthur Ward
Synopsis: Blow me down. Twice in my admittedly not so young life Airfix has hit the rails. What's happening with my favourite brand - the kit manufacturer whose products fill me with warm nostalgia when ever I see them?
Last updated: Monday 18 September 2006 22:17:44
