R.I.P airfix
boycar
09-01-2006, 08:38 AM
I don't know if anyone has heard but airfix and heller have closed down!
neither will make kits anymore.:disappoin
neither will make kits anymore.:disappoin
voyageur
09-01-2006, 08:47 AM
Yeah, I've heard it on the radio when I was in France last week :-(
Khier
09-01-2006, 09:48 AM
No one is going to take over the two?
W.
W.
gasman03
09-01-2006, 10:17 AM
although Airfix is dead, I doubt there tooling is. odds are someone is going to buy them, they won't just destroy them
2.2 Straight six
09-01-2006, 10:23 AM
yes, they've gone bust. lack of money brought the company's downfall. i don't think they were rivalling the quality of the other kits out there, or the selection.
i doubt the tollings will go to waste, i'd imagine they'll be bought by someone else and will get re-used.
i doubt the tollings will go to waste, i'd imagine they'll be bought by someone else and will get re-used.
phase5
09-01-2006, 03:08 PM
i was told by the distributors in Australia not to worry as they will be picked up by someone as Humbrol has just brought out a new line of acrylic paint.
And it was Heller that brought down Arfix a Humbrol.And for selling of the kits i seem to sell more of the small 1/72 kit than any of the other kits in our store even if they are bad molding
And it was Heller that brought down Arfix a Humbrol.And for selling of the kits i seem to sell more of the small 1/72 kit than any of the other kits in our store even if they are bad molding
cfcrules
09-01-2006, 03:11 PM
I heard on the news today it said that Hornby had saved Airfix by purchasing it today.
Jay!
09-01-2006, 03:31 PM
Several news outlets are running pretty nostalgic pieces on this, and not all of them are about how video games are destroying the modeling industry...
http://news.google.com/news?q=airfix
http://news.google.com/news?q=airfix
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