Kent-based toy firm Airfix has revealed it is to launch a new range of models aimed at girls to encourage a new generation of female scientists from an early age.

Airfix is to release a series of models featuring animated children’s TV character Shaun the Sheep. The kits, to go on sale in June, will feature Shaun and other characters from the show, including ...

The Royal Airforce Museum, London, is appealing to members of the public to contribute their Airfix models to complete an exhibition of the popular toy series.

Airfix - the firm whose scale models have fascinated and frustrated boys for more than 50 years - has gone into administration.

Airfix, provider of plastic aircraft kits to generations of schoolboys, has been grounded by a combination of debt and supply chain failure. Its parent, Humbrol, is understood to have debts of ...

Model train maker Hornby is to buy fellow UK collectibles business Airfix for £2.6m, as it unveils a drop in profits.