The artist whose iconic work adorned Airfix model aeroplane boxes has put the final batch of his orginal sketches and drawings up for sale for £20,000. Roy Cross, 90, of Kent, was the principal artist ...

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 ...

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, ...

The collection, discovered in a house in South Shields in South Tyneside, is thought to be the largest collection of its kind ever sold. The plastic scale model kits, which have been collected over ...

Biggest ever collection of Airfix models to be auctioned A collection of more than 1,200 model kits - many of them vintage Airfix - are to be sold today in the biggest auction of its kind. The vintage ...

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 ...

A collection of airfix model kits have been put up for auction in Newcastle, fetching just under £9,000. The collection, was discovered in a house in South Shields and thought to be one of the largest ...

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 ...

Airfix specialised in model planes, ships and tanks of World War II Thousands of Airfix and other model kits are expected to fetch up to £6,000 at auction in Newcastle. The collection, discovered in a ...

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 ...