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 future of Airfix is looking as fragile as one of its model Spitfires after its parent company went into administration. The plastic kits of Lancaster bombers and Hurricanes have been painstakingly ...

Britain's last model-maker, Airfix, today went out of business as its parent manufacturer, Humbrol, called in the administrators. Following an emergency review of Humbrol, based in Hull, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hornby, the UK company best known for its model train sets, has come to the rescue of Airfix, maker of the ...

Supporters of a North East RNLI team can now bring home a piece of lifeboat history thanks to an 'incredible' Airfix model kit. The Seahouses RNLI branch is offering enthusiasts a chance to own a ...

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 the ...