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Airfix

Introduction

Arifix kits were present in all phases of my modelling in my youth. Airfix were the first kits I built between the mid to late 1950's and were among the last kits I bought in the late 1960's but which I did not built anymore. Among the five most important brands I remember to have built in my youth, Airfix had the lead with about 50 kits. Next came Revell with about 35 kits .

In the recollection of my memories of my early 1960's modelling  the brand Airfix is firmly associated with the Superfreighter, Dakota,  Friendship, Heron, and Bristol 192 in silver plastic, the  British bombers Wellington and Lancaster in black and the  Sunderland in white plastic. Being larger aircraft the fuselage interior generated a feeling of space which was somehow pleasant for me. Even today I get sweet showers when I hold the fuselages halves of these kits together.

I have fond memories of some smaller types, too. My first kits, the Ferguson tractor, the Westland S-55, Supermarine S6b and Westland Lysander. From the mid 1960's  the Auster Antarctic, the Grumman Gosling, the Avro Anson , the Walrus , the Roland C II, the B-17, Liberator, the Lockheed Hudson, and the Douglas Boston.

I  had 5 warships from Airfix, too. My favorites were the H.M.S Nelson, which carried  all the main armament of three triple  turrets forward of the superstructure and the slim H.M.S. Hood. I would never heard of these ships until today had I not have them from Airfix.

I had some small historical ships, too but cannot remember the name. I must also had antique cars, but cannot remember if I had them myself or helped my younger brothers building and painting them.

Additonal memories about Airfix in context with other brands see the subpage How it all Began.

Lists of Airfix Kits
Packaging Styles

I will not discuss package styles here, they are well researched , and  are explained in detail in the highly recommended website Collecting Airfix Kits. But I will use them in my lists.

Plasty   

Plasty repacked Airfix kits for distribution in Germany and added German language instruction sheets. Naturally most Airfix kits I had in my youth were from Plasty and the specific packaging will be shown here.

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Started: 2004 ? Revised : 08.07.2006 / March 2015 Author: cjk  © cjk