But although we’ve all heard of Airfix, hands up anyone who knows where the company is based? No, not Hull: that plant closed in 2008. In fact, it’s in Margate, on the Kent coast. These days, Airfix ...

Model maker Hornby has launched an in-house crowdfunding platform with the aim of relaunching old lines of products. The historic company, currently undergoing a move from its site in Margate to ...

Britain looks to have won the battle of the model aircraft skies, as Airfix announces a plan to bring production back to the UK. Parent firm Hornby says it will return to local manufacturing as a way ...

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