What is Airfix?
{{Infobox company | company_logo = | company_type = | foundation = 1939 | location = [[United Kingdom]] | key_people = | industry = Hobbies | products = [[Model kit]]s | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent =Hornby | subsid = | homepage = http://www.airfix.com/ | footnotes = }} '''Airfix''' is a [[United Kingdom|UK]] manufacturer of plastic [[scale model]] kits.<ref name=air1>{{cite web|url=http://www.airfix.com/about-airfix/|title=About Airfix|publisher=Airfix|access-date=2011-07-12|archive-date=2011-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716031154/http://www.airfix.com/about-airfix|url-status=dead}}</ref> Airfix was founded in 1939 by Nicholas Kove.<ref name=air1 /> Airfix is currently owned by [[Hornby]]. During the 1960s and 1970s, the [[company]] grew much bigger as the kit modelling hobby became more popular. The range of models expanded at this time too. == References == {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:Modelling]] [[Category:1930s establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:1939 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:Manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom]]