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Sixty Years Of Airfix Models
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Author : Jeremy Brook
language : en
Publisher: Crowood
Release Date : 2015-06-30
Sixty Years Of Airfix Models written by Jeremy Brook and has been published by Crowood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-30 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
The best-known and most important manufacturer of plastic model kits in the UK, Airfix has been at the forefront of the industry since 1955 when the first Airfix aircraft kit appeared in UK branches of Woolworth's. The kits were made to a constant scale and covered a wide variety of subjects, from aircraft to birds and from tanks to dinosaurs. In 1981 the famous London-based company closed down and only the kits survived intact. For the next twenty-five years Airfix was run by Palitoy and later Humbrol, but suffered from a lack of investment. In 2006, Hornby Hobbies Ltd, the train and Scalextric manufacturer, bought the ailing company and transformed it. Money and resources were ploughed into the range, and today Airfix releases around twenty new kits per year, designed to an incredibly high standard. The old kits of the 1950s and 1960s are gradually being replaced by new state-of-the-art tooling, all bearing that most prestigious name - Airfix. Published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the first Airfix aircraft kit, Sixty Years of Airfix Models, tells the full story, year by year, of the company and its products. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs.of kits, box art and completed models.
Airfix Kits
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Author : Trevor Pask
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2011-08-20
Airfix Kits written by Trevor Pask and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-20 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
With the aid of stringy glue and scalpel-sliced fingers, young and old have turned display cabinets and bedrooms into mini-museums, or tiny battlefields. This book looks at the fascinating tale of this British company a pioneer in the world of modelling as well as its products, its changing fortunes over the years, and its links with popular culture. Using colour images, Trevor Pask explores this thriving pastime, allowing Airfix kit lovers to indulge in a nostalgic journey and those new to the hobby an intriguing insight into its history.
More Vintage Years Of Airfix Box Art
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Author : Roy Cross
language : en
Publisher: Crowood
Release Date : 2014-10-31
More Vintage Years Of Airfix Box Art written by Roy Cross and has been published by Crowood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-31 with Art categories.
The Airfix company was formed in 1939 and, since it produced its first plastic kit in 1949, grew to be the United Kingdom's leading model kit manufacturer. Several generations of young and young-at-heart modellers have made Airfix kits and, despite turbulent times in the 1970s and 1980s when the company changed ownership several times, in the twenty-first century it goes from strength to strength under the wing of Hornby Hobbies. The 1960s and early 1970s might be called the vintage years of Airfix, when some of their best and most popular kits were produced. For ten years up to 1974, renowned artist Roy Cross produced some of the stunning paintings that appear on the boxes of Airfix kits of the era. Roy set the standard for such artwork, to the extent that many are still used today, four decades later. Roy Cross's earlier book, The Vintage Years of Airfix Box Art, contained a host of the paintings he prepared for Airfix, but the unearthing of many more images in old Airfix files has enabled this entirely fresh look at Roy's work to be presented, coinciding with the seventy-fifth anniversary of the first Airfix kit. Thus the remainder of Roy's ten years' work for Airfix is reproduced here. This new compilation features many rare illustrations as well as studies and sketches that were not accepted at the time, and is beautifully illustrated with 180 colour artworks.
Airfix New Releases
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Author : Airfix Products Ltd
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Airfix New Releases written by Airfix Products Ltd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with categories.
Forty Years Of Airfix Toys
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Author : Jeremy Brook
language : en
Publisher: The Crowood Press
Release Date : 2019-04-09
Forty Years Of Airfix Toys written by Jeremy Brook and has been published by The Crowood Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-09 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Airfix acquired the first plastic injection moulding machine in the U.K. in the mid 1940's and was soon manufacturing vast numbers of plastic toys. By 1981, when Airfix's financial woes led to takeover and the end of all production save for plastic model kits, it had made a wide variety of toys, games, arts, crafts, building sets, racing sets, model trains and even Meccano and Dinky toys. Profusely illustrated with over three hundred photographs, Forty Years of Airfix Toys gives the full history of the Airfix toy range including year-by-year listings of all the toys sold by Airfix; logs and packaging; Airfix's magazines and a full listing of Airfix pattern numbers. It is a comprehensive guide to the history of the toys produced by the iconic brand Airfix.
The Boys Book Of Airfix
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Author : Arthur Ward
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2009
The Boys Book Of Airfix written by Arthur Ward and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Modelmaking industry categories.
Airfix is the most famous plastic model construction kit company in the world. This title packs with photos of the kits from the 1950s. It provides the story of the dramatic twists and turns of the Airfix saga.
The Other Side Of Airfix
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Author : Arthur Ward
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2013-02-18
The Other Side Of Airfix written by Arthur Ward and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-18 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Airfix is synonymous with plastic model kits. The brand name has virtually become a noun, occupying a special place in that lexicon of trade names alongside Hoover, Sellotape, Perspex and Aqua-Lung.Throughout the war years Airfix survived on government contracts for a whole range of plastic items and by virtue of Kove's tenancious apetitie for business and doing a deal. By the war's end Airfix was the market leader in plastic injection moulded combs in Britain. By the time Airfix had released its first proper construction kit, a tiny model of Drake's flagship Golden Hind, in 1952, the firm was well established as a leading toy brand. Indeed throughout the 1950s, 60s and 70s Airfix invested heavily in developing new toys or manufacturing them under license for large US toy companies such as Hasbro. Very soon Airfix extended its activities beyond toys into games and arts and crafts and in short time famous names.Indeed so successful was Airfix at diversifying that by the 1970s the company had grown to such an extent that it had acquired other famous toy brands including Dinky Toys, Tri-ang, Meccano, and Romper Room. With its subsidiary Crayonne Airfix even harnessed the design talents of the then Terence Conranne in attempt to elevate plastic products to the rarified atmosphere of designer chic.So there's a lot more to Airfix than many might think and this book is the first attempt to document the myriad successful lines, outside of plastic kits, which contributed to the company's dramatic growth before a combination of factors forced it into brief liquidation in 1981. Written by someone with a lifetime's fascination for Airfix and who has written other books about the better known construction kit side of the business, The Other Airfix is a nostalgic trip down memory lane.
The Airfix Book Of Scale Modelling
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Author : Jonathan Mock
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-02-06
The Airfix Book Of Scale Modelling written by Jonathan Mock and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-06 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
The Airfix Book of Scale Modelling is the essential guide to getting the most out of this fascinating and rewarding hobby, explaining how to build scale models to suit all levels of modelling skill. With full colour photography throughout, the book covers the history of modelling and of the Airfix company, and shows how injection moulded kits are made. It then describes and reviews the major modelling scales, as well as outlining the range of paints, tools and accessories that are available. Chapters include guides to choosing a kit, tools for the job, painting, decals, conversions, figure-painting, dioramas and more. Common problems and how to solve them are addressed, and there is also a series of step-by-step construction projects, including expert builds of the F86 Sabre jet, the Aston Martin DBR9, a Panzer IV tank, the Airfix yeoman figure (reissued for the London 2012 Olympics), a Trafalgar class submarine and a scenic diorama.
Airfix
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Author : Arthur Ward
language : en
Publisher: Collins
Release Date : 2003
Airfix written by Arthur Ward and has been published by Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Airplanes categories.
This title aims to enable everyone to relive the glory days of the Airfix plastic air forces (or tank fleets) and perhaps to pass the torch to their children. Photographs show the rare and collectible kits as well as the best sellers, with illustrations of the packets, box art, adverts in 1960s and 1970s magazines, and a mass of period ephemera. The accompanying text charts the rise, fall and rise again of Airfix models. are now re-releasing 40 kits a year, bringing back some not seen for 20 years.
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Author : Arthur Ward
language : en
Publisher: HarperPB
Release Date : 2005-10-25
Airfix written by Arthur Ward and has been published by HarperPB this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-25 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
This handsomely illustrated, large-format volume celebrates fifty years of Airfix plastic modeling kits. Hundreds of superb color photos show all the more obscure and highly collectible kits, as well as the best-sellers, with pictures of packaging, box art, advertisements, and a mass of period ephemera. The text charts the rise, fall, and rise again of Airfix models and includes all the information important to collectors, from complete range listings to production dates. But this book is not just for collectors. Packed with color photos of every model Airfix ever built, this is for anyone who has ever stuck their fingers together with model cement or watched as an Airfix Messerschmitt plummeted to its fiery end from a bedroom window.