A man has supersized his childhood hobby of making model Airfix kits by buying a full size Spitfire - that he keeps in his back garden. Aviation worker Ian Fox, 55, bought the fibreglass replica ...

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 ...

Heartworms, AKA Jojo Orme, has linked up with Airfix to produce a limited edition set of Spitfire models as merchandise. The collaboration is the first between Airfix and a musician, and the models ...

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 ...

MODEL plane fans hoping to build a magazine’s Spitfire replica face paying out £1,200 over two years. Hachette Partwork tempt readers with a £1.99 first edition and £5.99 for the second. To complete ...

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 ...

Airfix - the firm whose scale models have fascinated and frustrated boys for more than 50 years - has gone into administration. Its warships, tanks and planes have proved popular through the decades ...