The Other Side Of Airfix : Sixty Years of Toys, Games & Crafts

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ward, Authur.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airfix Products Limited.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Remember When, 2013.

Summary:

Airfix is synonymous with plastic model kits. The brand name has virtually become a noun, occupying a special place in that lexicon of trade names alongside Hoover, Sellotape, Perspex and Aqua-Lung.Throughout the war years Airfix survived on government contracts for a whole range of plastic items and by virtue of Kove's tenancious apetitie for business and doing a deal. By the war's end Airfix was the market leader in plastic injection moulded combs in Britain. By the time Airfix had released its first proper construction kit, a tiny model of Drake's flagship Golden Hind, in 1952, the firm was

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction: Sixty Years of Airfix Toys, Games, Arts & Crafts; Chapter 1: The Right Place at the Right Time; Chapter 2: Boom and Bust 1971-1981; Chapter 3: At the Sharp End: Tales from the Troops; Chapter 4: When I became a man, I put away childish things ... The End of Toys at Airfix; Appendix

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-4738-2231-9

OCLC:

880826357