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Airfix Collectors’ Club pays tribute to artist Roy Cross

The latest Constant Scale, the magazine of tge Airfix Collectors’ Club’s journal, pays tribute to Airfix box artist, and Club President, Roy Cross, who passed away in April, aged 100

Constant Scale issue 90, the latest issue of the Airfix Collectors’ Club’s journal, pays tribute to Airfix box artist, and Club President, Roy Cross, who passed away the day after his 100th birthday in April. The issue cover features box art from the Airfix Dornier Do 217E-2 Roy had worked on British comics prior to Airfix, including covers and cutaways for the original Eagle and covers for its…

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New Airfix Collectors' Club's “Constant Scale” features… Cosey Fanni Tutti! (Wait, what?)

Issue 84 of the Airfix Collectors' Club's Constant Scale journal is out now and includes another article by downthetubes contributor Jeremy Briggs

Issue 84 of the Airfix Collectors’ Club‘s Constant Scale journal is out now and includes another article by downthetubes contributor Jeremy Briggs, on the history of Humbrol, once an Airfix competitor, but now a sibling company. “This time, I have used quotes from two visit articles from the February 1975 issues of the MAP magazines, Scale Models and Aeromodeller, to give a flavour of Humbrol’s…

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Constant Scale Issue 93, the magazine of the Airfix Collectors' Club, was released last month, offering a wide range of features about the model range, including an item by Jeremy Briggs on the rare "Ginger Nutt" push along toy produced by Airfix in 1949

G-B Animation's "Animaland" rarity recalled in latest Constant Scale

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New Airfix Collectors’ Club journal offers a look at Bullet comic's "Fireball's Modelling Page"

The latest issue of the Airfix Collectors’ Club journal, Constant Scale, is available completing the twenty-third year of the club, and includes another article from downthetubes contributor Jeremy Briggs focused on plastic kits featured in comics

New Airfix Collectors’ Club journal offers a look at Bullet comic's "Fireball's Modelling Page"

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New issue of Airfix Collectors' Club “Constant Scale” available now

Constant Scale ends its twenty-second volume, and 2023, with issue 88 now available from the Airfix Collectors' Club

Constant Scale ends its twenty-second volume, and 2023, with issue 88 now available from the Airfix Collectors’ Club. Offering 32 A4 pages with 12 in colour behind a cover featuring Adam Tooby’s artwork for the A04066 Messerschmitt Me410A-1/U2 & U4 box Hornby Hobbies Airfix kit, issue 86 includes an article by longtime downthetubes contributor Jeremy Briggs on the history of the Humber Oil…

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Latest Airfix Collectors’ Club “Constant Scale” delves into T-Rex mystery!

The new issue of the Airfix Collectors’ Club‘s “Constant Scale” is dinosaur friendly!

Issue 83 of Constant Scale, the journal of the Airfix Collectors’ Club, is out now and has two articles by downthetubes contributor Jeremy Briggs, both featuring Airfix badges. The first is a short piece on the mystery surrounding the three different ‘Airfix Monster Competition’ badges that feature their T-Rex head – which are a mystery, because no one remembers them, or the competition that…

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Airfix Collectors' Club's latest Constant Scale offers untold history of Humbrol, and a look at the new “Vulcan” kit

Airfix Collectors’ Club’s latest Constant Scale offers untold history of Humbrol, and a look at the new “Vulcan” kit

The latest issue of Airfix Collectors’ Club‘s Constant Scale journal (No. 79, Vol. 20 No. 3), featuring Roy Cross’ smashing Fairey Rotodyne box art on its cover, is out now, and includes downthetubes contributor Jeremy Briggs’ history of Humbrol. Founded in 1919, Humbrol Limited is a British manufacturer of model kits, toys and paints, producing under its own brand and the Airfix, Sky Marks,…

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Latest issue of Constant Scale Gerry Anderson Airfix model rarities

Latest issue of Constant Scale Gerry Anderson Airfix model rarities

The reaches its 20th year of (constant) publication with Issue 77. The latest issue of The Airfix Collectors Club’s journal Constant Scale – Issue 77, which marks the start of 20 years of publication – features Jeremy Briggs article on the advertising for the various Airfix Gerry Anderson kits through the decades. This feature enabled him to cover the Lyons Maid Fireball XL5 and Stingray kits…

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