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New paperback edition of this highly detailed, gorgeously illustrated history and celebration of Airfix models. 50 years of Airfix designs are brought to life with comprehensive text and extraordinary photos of models and ads.
Airfix models have now celebrated their 50th birthday. Only a very sad minority of men aged 30-50 did not make Airfix kits when they were boys. This book enables everyone to relive the glory days of these superb plastic air forces (or tank fleets) and perhaps to pass the torch to their children.
Superbly executed studio photographs show all the rare and highly 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. It’s a jolly read, a nostalgic reminder of kits long vanished, and with a happy ending: Airfix are now re-releasing 40 kits a year, bringing back some not seen for twenty years.
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A trip down memory lane -- Boys Toys
A unique souvenir from years gone by. -- Collect It
Better looking models than Kate Moss....building Airfix models was a rite of passage for millions the world over. -- Jack Magazine
This volume is highly recommended to young and old -- Aircraft Illustrated
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A unique souvenir from years gone by. -- Collect It
Better looking models than Kate Moss....building Airfix models was a rite of passage for millions the world over. -- Jack Magazine
This volume is highly recommended to young and old -- Aircraft Illustrated
A celebration of one of the biggest names in boys' hobbies
For men of 'a certain age' the name Airfix conjures up fond memories of rainy afternoons spent gluing wings to fuselages of 1/72nd scale plastic Spitfires; or daubing matt enamel 'Dark Earth' camouflage paint to 'HO-OO' minature tanks during the 1960's and 1970's. Though still going strong, Airfix was once perhaps Britain's biggest name in boys' hobbies. I wrote this book to celebrate this period. Illustrated with dozens of colour photographs of, now rare, classic kits, and featuring interviews with the masterminds behind the firms commercial success - and the engineering draughtsmen who designed individual scale model replicas - this book is a trip down memory lane.
For men of 'a certain age' the name Airfix conjures up fond memories of rainy afternoons spent gluing wings to fuselages of 1/72nd scale plastic Spitfires; or daubing matt enamel 'Dark Earth' camouflage paint to 'HO-OO' minature tanks during the 1960's and 1970's. Though still going strong, Airfix was once perhaps Britain's biggest name in boys' hobbies. I wrote this book to celebrate this period. Illustrated with dozens of colour photographs of, now rare, classic kits, and featuring interviews with the masterminds behind the firms commercial success - and the engineering draughtsmen who designed individual scale model replicas - this book is a trip down memory lane.
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- PublisherCollins
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0007163703
- ISBN 13 9780007163700
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages192
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