Model making company Airfix under threat!

Konovalov · 08-31-2006, 08:20 AM

Possibly bad news for any model airplane enthusiasts as British modelling company Airfix faces a possible closure if things don't improve dramatically.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5301438.stm

Quote:

Jeremy Brook, of the Airfix Collectors Club, said it was a sad day for those with fond memories of having sticky fingers as they struggled with often intricate kit arrangements.

"When you think of construction kits, you think of Airfix," he said.
"All the schoolboys of the 50s, 60s and 70s remember them, being covered in glue and cutting your fingers as you assembled them.

"It's a great shame if Airfix is going to languish or go completely."

joea · 08-31-2006, 08:23 AM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

STEED · 08-31-2006, 09:26 AM

The End of a ere R.I.P

We hope not.

bradclark1 · 08-31-2006, 10:26 AM

Another victim of computer games and consoles. I used to love doing them. When I got tired of that particular one I'd make it go boom with a banger.
It really is sad. Another era gone or going down the tubes.

Skybird · 08-31-2006, 10:28 AM

Revell. Airfix. Phantom. The latter I must have glued together five or six times, in diffrent scales. And aircraft carriers.

Konovalov · 09-05-2006, 07:11 AM

A nice nostalgic story about an English woman and her passion for Airfix here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5311802.stm

Quote:

"On Friday evenings during my childhood I would receive my pocket money. A half crown from Mum and a half crown from Dad giving me a princely total of five shillings - that's 25 pence to you decimal types!

Then on Saturday morning I'd walk down to the high street. Sometimes I'd take just my pocket money and head for the stationers to see if they had a new Biggles story. If they did, that was 2/6d (12½ pence) spent and the other half crown to save.

Other times I'd raid my 'piggybank' and make a beeline for the toy shop with its shelves full of Airfix model kits. Those long lines of colourful boxes with their exciting pictures were an Aladdin's cave to me and I'd go straight to the WWI and WWII airplanes."

Sigh. Whilst I wasn't quite around in those early days it was the 80's for me when I would ruin mum's kitchen table with model glue.

Kapitan · 09-05-2006, 07:28 AM

Sadly i heard its already gone bust.

I dont normaly buy airfix zevezda models mainly and a few others find air fix a tad too expencive.

STEED · 09-05-2006, 01:34 PM

Electronic games have replaced a lot of things.

08-31-2006, 09:26 AM	#3
STEED Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Republic of STEED Posts: 15,863 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 36	The End of a ere R.I.P We hope not. __________________ STEEDS U-BOAT SKINS & LITTLE MODS New Link> http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/STEED1984 *My U-Boat Skins now on SubSims.* Trust nothing Central Banks the IMF & Bank of England & your local Bank say. Question everything they say..Don't sit back and go along with it, Ponzi is the name & Ponzi is the game.

08-31-2006, 10:28 AM	#5
Skybird One Who Soars Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Germany Posts: 23,046 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Revell. Airfix. Phantom. The latter I must have glued together five or six times, in diffrent scales. And aircraft carriers. __________________ The Secret of Happiness is Freedom. The Secret of Freedom is Courage. -Thucydides

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Kapitan The Ruskie Husky Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In my kennel Posts: 7,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 1	Sadly i heard its already gone bust. I dont normaly buy airfix zevezda models mainly and a few others find air fix a tad too expencive. __________________ "Better is the enemy of good enough" Admiral Sergey Gorshkov http://www.commanders-academy.com http://www.seawolves.org

09-05-2006, 01:34 PM	#8
STEED Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Republic of STEED Posts: 15,863 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 36	Electronic games have replaced a lot of things. __________________ STEEDS U-BOAT SKINS & LITTLE MODS New Link> http://www.gamefront.com/files/user/STEED1984 *My U-Boat Skins now on SubSims.* Trust nothing Central Banks the IMF & Bank of England & your local Bank say. Question everything they say..Don't sit back and go along with it, Ponzi is the name & Ponzi is the game.

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joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 4,396 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

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bradclark1 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Connecticut, USA. Posts: 3,360 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Another victim of computer games and consoles. I used to love doing them. When I got tired of that particular one I'd make it go boom with a banger. It really is sad. Another era gone or going down the tubes.