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Sixty Years of Airfix Models
Jeremy Brook
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Description for Sixty Years of Airfix Models
Hardcover. Airfix has been at the forefront of the industry since 1955, when the first Airfix aircraft kit appeared in UK branches of Woolworth's. This book is published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the first Airfix aircraft kit, and tells the full story, year by year, of the company and its products. Num Pages: 176 pages, 350 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; KJZ; WCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1078.
The best-known and most important manufacturer of plastic model kits in the UK, Airfix has been at the forefront of the industry since 1955 when the first Airfix aircraft kit appeared in UK branches of Woolworth's. The kits were made to a constant scale and covered a wide variety of subjects, from aircraft to birds and from tanks to dinosaurs. In 1981 the famous London-based company closed down and only the kits survived intact. For the next twenty-five years Airfix was run by Palitoy and later Humbrol, but suffered from a lack of investment. In ... Read more
The best-known and most important manufacturer of plastic model kits in the UK, Airfix has been at the forefront of the industry since 1955 when the first Airfix aircraft kit appeared in UK branches of Woolworth's. The kits were made to a constant scale and covered a wide variety of subjects, from aircraft to birds and from tanks to dinosaurs. In 1981 the famous London-based company closed down and only the kits survived intact. For the next twenty-five years Airfix was run by Palitoy and later Humbrol, but suffered from a lack of investment. In ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Crowood Press UK
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Ramsbury, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847979759
SKU
V9781847979759
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Jeremy Brook
Jeremy Brook was born in 1950 and made his first Airfix kit about eight years later. Passionate about Airfix, he lives in Wiltshire where he now runs the Airfix Collectors' Club and produces the Club's journal, Constant Scale. Details of the club can be found at www.airfixcollectorsclub.co.uk. He is also Honorary Archivist for Airfix at Hornby Hobbies ... Read more
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