LONDON (Reuters) — Model train maker Hornby sped to the rescue of Airfix model planes on Friday, buying the brand from its stricken owner in a $2.6 million ($5 million) deal that unites two of Britain ...

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 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Model train maker Hornby sped to the rescue of Airfix model planes on Friday, buying the brand from its stricken owner in a 2.6 million pound deal that unites two of Britain's best ...

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 ...

Model Mania will take place on Sunday, February 27, when hangars will be filled with large models nestled amongst the real aircraft. Visitors will be treated to hands-on Airfix model-making activities ...

One of the most famous names in toys is back, after going bust. Airfix has been bought by model train giant Hornby, which plans to rebuild the brand. But will today's Playstation generation even ...

Back in my era boys fell into two categories - those whose fingers were glue-encrusted from building Airfix model planes and those who were into bolting and unbolting Meccano. It's the Meccano brigade ...

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 ...

LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Model train maker Hornby sped to the rescue of Airfix model planes on Friday, buying the brand from its stricken owner in a 2.6 million pound ($5 million) deal that unites ...