Review: Airfix Kits

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Review: Airfix Kits

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Title: Airfix Kits
Author: Treavor Pask
Publisher: Shire Library

In 2010 it seems like you couldn't go a month or two without a new book on Airfix hitting the shelves. This little book is simply a short history of Airfix. While not nearly as detailed as the Ward books, it is much better edited. There are many pictures of built kits and box art with lots of images from Airfix catalogues of the past. While there are some mentions of other Airfix related lines, the book solely covers Airfix's plastic kits.

Outside of the overly 70s cover...those are some dodgy haircuts...this is a really nice short history of the famous manufacturer.

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Is that Diddy David Hamilton on the right??!! :shock:
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Those dodgy 70's haircuts are back in vogue. I had to laugh at my 13 year old nephew's school class photo recently. The haircuts were exactly the same as in my school photos from the 70's
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That picture appeared in the 1974 catalogue - which I still have.
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