AIRFIX...news from someone who knows..

[Radish]

On the IPMS(UK) Forum, there's an interesting comment from Jonathan Mock re.Airfix.
He's knowlrdgeable because he's involved!
Well worth a read.

http://ipmsuk.proboards20.com/index.cgi?bo...read=1157019463  

[Jennings]

On the IPMS(UK) Forum, there's an interesting comment from Jonathan Mock re.Airfix.
He's knowlrdgeable because he's involved!
Well worth a read.

http://ipmsuk.proboards20.com/index.cgi?bo...read=1157019463

I don't see anything at that link by Jonathan..

J

[nev]

Its page 2 and interesting and slightly hopeful

[Runway ? ...]

Ah! that makes more sense now. Cheers

[Jonathan Mock]

On the IPMS(UK) Forum, there's an interesting comment from Jonathan Mock re.Airfix.
He's knowlrdgeable because he's involved!
Well worth a read.

http://ipmsuk.proboards20.com/index.cgi?bo...read=1157019463

Glad to be of service!

There's a lot going on at the moment, which for confidentialilty reasons, I can't comment on, other than to say "stay tuned".

[AeroplaneDriver]

Welcome aboard Jonathan!

I know everyone here (like all teh other forums) has their fingers crossed for you guys.

[John Howling Mouse]

The truly sad part is the hints of potential new momentum and resulting products that were hoped for 2007....

Well, here's to continued hopes Airfix will pull through this and make them all a reality.

How are the people coping who lost their jobs?

[NARSES2]

Wellcome and thanks Johnathan - hope the Phoenix manages to rise from the ashes, best of luck

Chris

[Geoff_B]

Wellcome and thanks Johnathan - hope the Phoenix manages to rise from the ashes, best of luck

Chris

Hmmn - Not so sure abaout that, lots of inferance to the brand name not so much as a going concern . If Revell get it they will just want the back catalogue to fill out their range possibly using the Airfix name but miore than likely using their own.

Hornby would probably want Humbrol and may try and keep things going or may keep the brand name and use it on premade)either plastic or diecast) and sell the tooling on.

The chances of seeing the Airfix brand continuing as we lovingly know it are slim which is bad for the former staff and bad for the British Modeller in the long run.

We'll have to wait and see whilst hoping for the best and fearing fro the worst.

G

[Archibald]

What about Heller? any news?  

[Martin H]

No news on Heller from this side of the channal im afraid Archi.

[Jennings]

...and bad for the British Modeller in the long run.

No worse for the British modeller than any other modeller...  It's a small world nowadays.

J

[John Howling Mouse]

...and bad for the British Modeller in the long run.

No worse for the British modeller than any other modeller...  It's a small world nowadays.

J

But there is a distinctly British heritage about Airfix and I think I know how they feel.  I realize the founder, Nicholas Kove, was Hungarian, not British, but I can understand how the Airfix name is a household word in Britain.  I've heard that models are often generically refered to as simply "airfix" in the U.K.  You just don't get that with "Monogram" or "Revell" in North America.

Every guy in or from the U.K. to whom I have sent the Airfix news has quickly responded with their own warm memories of building Airfix kits as kids, even though none of them are currently modellers anymore.

That is a legacy that deserves maximum positive-minded optimism.
Even though much legal wrangling will yet ensue and we realize that the product itself will not simply disappear, nobody should be giving up on Airfix just yet.

I say: Best of luck to you and your colleagues, Mr. Mock!

[nev]

...and bad for the British Modeller in the long run.

No worse for the British modeller than any other modeller...

Modellers of anything used by the nazis excepted  (or not used for that matter).

Then again, if I was a modeller of 1/35 nazi armour, I don't think my wallet could stand it.

[Jonathan Mock]

Appreciate that John, and everyone else.