NOOOOOOOooo! Airfix goes into receivership... - SV650.org

01-09-06, 03:14 AM

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Humbrol, Airfix's owner, went into adminstration due to "severe cash flow pressures" and a disruption in supplies from its main manufacturer in France.

Clicky

I used to love these things...

01-09-06, 07:10 AM

I think this is only 1/26th of the overall problem. Perhaps the whole operation needs to be scaled down and a plan to move forward cemented together?

Red ones · 01-09-06, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by philipMac

I used to love these things...

And therein lies the problem. Loads of us used to love them!

01-09-06, 08:19 AM

<shamlessly>....

It's a shame, they were a model company. You would of thought they would of stuck with it.

Dan

Red ones · 01-09-06, 08:33 AM

I heard that they had spent years just touching things up and sprue-cing things to no avail.

01-09-06, 08:40 AM

As an avid model builder myself, I see this as a sad time.. but it has been brought on by themselves sadly.

These days, there are far more high quality manufacturers than what there use to be... Revell, Tamyia, Hawegasa and many more are now producing models of much higher quality than airfix can, and are cheaper. well, appart from Tamyia.. they cost a fortune!

And the thing is, they still use some of the same moulds which are OLD by now for some of their lines..... if you are like me, you want a model of very high quality to build, Airfix have dropped right down the pecking order on that side of things... and now are sadly paying the price for not updating a lot of their kits

01-09-06, 08:45 AM

VB...You haven't got all manner of aircraft hanging from wires from your bedroom ceiling have you? :P

01-09-06, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter Henry

VB...You haven't got all manner of aircraft hanging from wires from your bedroom ceiling have you? :P

Nope...

I never get the chance to finish them off.... I have a few Tanks on my shelves.... and one or two model Enterprises from star trek

all my aircraft are still in their boxes.... I must have about a grands worth of kits along with detail kits etc of aircraft in my attic

I have a model of a B-1B in 1/48th scale... which is about 4 foot long when constructed... and a shed load of brass detail etched parts to fit too it.. its currently in a semi- constructed scale.. as I have no room to do anything with it

Red ones · 01-09-06, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by valleyboy

I have a few Tommy Tanks in my bedroom
... and a shed load of brass etchings too :

01-09-06, 09:39 AM

Valleyboy wrote:

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I have a few Tommy Tanks in my bedroom
... and a shed load of brass etchings too I find them a relaxing distraction from my basket weaving:

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01-09-06, 07:10 AM	#2
Peter Henry Guest Posts: n/a	I think this is only 1/26th of the overall problem. Perhaps the whole operation needs to be scaled down and a plan to move forward cemented together?

01-09-06, 08:19 AM	#4
Sudoxe Guest Posts: n/a	<shamlessly>.... It's a shame, they were a model company. You would of thought they would of stuck with it. Dan

01-09-06, 08:33 AM	#5
Red ones Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 1,422	I heard that they had spent years just touching things up and sprue-cing things to no avail.

01-09-06, 08:40 AM	#6
valleyboy Guest Posts: n/a	As an avid model builder myself, I see this as a sad time.. but it has been brought on by themselves sadly. These days, there are far more high quality manufacturers than what there use to be... Revell, Tamyia, Hawegasa and many more are now producing models of much higher quality than airfix can, and are cheaper. well, appart from Tamyia.. they cost a fortune! And the thing is, they still use some of the same moulds which are OLD by now for some of their lines..... if you are like me, you want a model of very high quality to build, Airfix have dropped right down the pecking order on that side of things... and now are sadly paying the price for not updating a lot of their kits

01-09-06, 08:45 AM	#7
Peter Henry Guest Posts: n/a	VB...You haven't got all manner of aircraft hanging from wires from your bedroom ceiling have you? :P