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 ...

Airfix model fan buys enormous replica of Spitfire for his garden Posted: 16 February 2025 | Last updated: 19 March 2025 Aviation worker Ian Fox bought the fibreglass replica aircraft from a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hornby Plc, the U.K. maker of model trains, said sales of its Airfix model kits doubled after a British Broadcasting Corp. television program featured a life-size model of a Supermarine Spitfire ...

And for the millions of men like me who once had the frustrating pleasure of building a 1:72 scale Airfix Spitfire, it is as though a muchloved relative has passed away. Another link with boyhood ...

Now available for pre-order, Hornby has added the 1:24 scale Supermarine Spitfire Mk.VIII to the 2024 Airfix range, the first ever variant in this scale. Featuring the original tooling from the Mk ...

The singer-songwriter and NME 100 alumni, who is signed to cult indie label Speedy Wunderground, announced the collaboration earlier today (February 13) on Instagram. “CONFIDANTES! I was lucky ...

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.

A remote-controlled model can costs £399, while an Airfix 1:24 Spitfire kit is £43.95. To sit in a real Spitfire costs £79 and it is £419 for a 20-minute flight alongside one. Hachette ...

Fans of Airfix will be able to go back in time and ... to garden birds such as robins and woodpeckers The World War 11 Spitfire plane is expected to be one of the models most requested to be ...