Toy company Airfix, famous for making models of toy planes and tanks, is targeting a new generation of female scientists by creating a new line for girls. For many the name of the company brings back ...

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. Dublin ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A former MP has called on model-kit company Airfix to withdraw a “tasteless” toy of a bombed Afghan house. Ex-Canterbury MP Julian Brazier, who sat on the Commons Defence Select Committee for nine ...

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 ...

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-MAKER Airfix faced the end of its life today after its parent company collapsed with huge debts. Airfix's plastic kits of Spitfires, Hurricanes and Lancaster bombers have been painstakingly ...

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 ...

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 ...