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Airfix Model Kits

Airfix Model Airplane Kits

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Airfix model kits are manufactured by a UK manufacturer of plastic scale model airplanes war-birds and commercial airliners. The name “Airfix Kit” has gained such popularity that a scale model airplane of another manufacture is referred to as an “Airfix Kit”. In Great Britain, the name Airfix and hobby kind of go together.

Airfix has quite a history founded in 1939 by Nicholas Kove a Hungarian businessman, today Airfix is owned by Hornby since 2007. The name Airfix was chosen so it would be first in any toy catalogue. Plastic models began with their first injection molding being plastic combs. Their first model started in 1949 with a promotional model of the Ferguson Tractor. The first distribution was via Ferguson sales and later sold in kit form via F.W. Woolworth’s stores.

One of the buyers from the Woolworth team a Jim Russon ask Airfix to manufacture a model of the Sir Francis Drake’s Golden Hine. Later they would sell them in America as the famous “Ship in a Bottle”.

1955 Airfix manufactured the Supermarine Spitfire their very first airplane model. Hardheaded Kove would not buy into the idea that the product would sell. So he raved and ranted that he would bill the designers for the retooling.

In the 60s and 70s modeling grew leaps and bounds that pushed Airfix into a number of different areas of modeling. That included everything from vintage model cars, motorcycles, model ship kits, war-birds, rockets and spaceships.