Your old Aifix might be worth something!
Discussion
Airfix have been requesting the missing items for quite a while.
They already have examples of their original Ferguson Tractor and Golden Hind (the first kits they ever produced). So, for the purposes of this RAF Museum, exhibition I think they have what they want regarding those two models. In fact, I know one individual who has unbuilt examples of both in his collection. The original (and woefully inaccurate) 1/72 Spitfire is not as rare as the article suggests.
Airfix kits, on the whole (like the vast bulk of kits) do NOT fetch massive amounts. There are a few exceptions. I would think one of the rarest "missing" Airfix kits is their "Boy Scout" model which I have never seen.
The original artwork is a problem. But that is either in the hands of people like Roy Cross (the artist who painted most of their box art from the mid 1960s to about 1980) or was taken by employees as the company went through various owners - or is lost.
They already have examples of their original Ferguson Tractor and Golden Hind (the first kits they ever produced). So, for the purposes of this RAF Museum, exhibition I think they have what they want regarding those two models. In fact, I know one individual who has unbuilt examples of both in his collection. The original (and woefully inaccurate) 1/72 Spitfire is not as rare as the article suggests.
Airfix kits, on the whole (like the vast bulk of kits) do NOT fetch massive amounts. There are a few exceptions. I would think one of the rarest "missing" Airfix kits is their "Boy Scout" model which I have never seen.
The original artwork is a problem. But that is either in the hands of people like Roy Cross (the artist who painted most of their box art from the mid 1960s to about 1980) or was taken by employees as the company went through various owners - or is lost.
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