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 ...

It may look like the ultimate boy's toy but this scale model - pictured here for the first time - represents the future of the Royal Navy. As work begins on two 65,000-ton aircraft carriers, Live ...

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 ...

It was meant to be a ‘modest little project’ to keep Squadron Leader Howell Davies occupied when he retired from the RAF. Over the next 18 years, building a 1930s biplane in the same way generations ...

Ken Atkinson, naval fighter pilot whose Sea Hurricane became the model for an Airfix kit – obituary Atkinson crashed his Sea Hurricane NF 672, nicknamed Nicki, into the barrier of HMS Nairana and was ...