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 ...

After decades out of production, the 1:24 scale model plane that thrilled generations of children is back. And it’s being made in Britain! Name: The Spitfire. Age: Born 1959. Appearance: ...

Video: Airfix model fan supersizes his boyhood hobby to buy enormous replica Spitfire for his garden Aviation worker Ian Fox bought the fibreglass replica aircraft from a fellow enthusiast after the ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a bid to show that old toys such as Meccano and Lego are still relevant, James May gets a class of schoolchildren to help him build a life-size Airfix model of a Spitfire.

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Airfix, provider of plastic aircraft kits to generations of schoolboys, has been grounded by a combination of debt and supply… Airfix, provider of plastic aircraft kits to generations of schoolboys, ...

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 ...