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Humbrol is possibly best known for the enamel paints manufactured for use with plastic model kits, such as Airfix, Tamiya and Revell kits. The paints are manufactured in multiple finishes: matt, satin, gloss, metallic and metalcote. The archetypal container was a 14 ml tin with the lid illustrating the paint colour and an embossed reference number.
Humbrol (UK) - Airfix/Heller partnership to build models with common sprues paints and glues, brand kept by Airfix for paints and glues; IBG Models (Poland) ICM Holding (Ukraine) Ideal Toy Company (USA) Ilovekit (China) Imai Kagaku (Japan) Imex Model (USA) Imperial Hobby Productions [1] (USA) Italeri (Italy) Jo-Han (USA) Kaiyodo (Japan) Kawai ...
Following is a list of RLM (Reichsluftfahrt Ministerium) paint designations used by the German Ministry of Aviation from 1933 through 1945. List
Airfix manufactured a wide range of plastic model products such as cars, aircraft, ships, commercial vehicles, military vehicles, railways, and figures. Founded in 1939, Airfix was owned by Humbrol from 1986 until the latter's financial collapse on 31 August 2006. [2] Since 2007, both Humbrol and Airfix have been owned by Hornby.
Humbrol had manufactured paints for Heller since 1977. Heller also moulded Airfix kits for Humbrol from 1986 to 2006. 1994-2005: Allen & Maguire, Ireland via Humbrol Ltd, UK: Allen & Maguire were venture capitalists. The purchase of Humbrol included a lot of debt and Allen & Maguire lost control to the Bank of Scotland in 2003. 2005-2006
Airfix particularly wanted people to buy 1:76 scale soldiers and tanks to go with "00" gauge train equipment. Roco offered 1:87 scale styrene military vehicles to go with "HO" gauge model houses. However, although there is no 1:72 scale model railroad, more toy soldiers are now offered in this scale because it is the same as the popular ...
The residual tooling of the Airfix company was taken over by Humbrol in 1986, but the company went down in August 2006. [2] Hornby then acquired the Humbrol and Airfix brand names. Dapol Model Railways have subsequently re-introduced the Kitmaster name for their range of plastic construction kits and their "completely knocked down" range of ...
In November 2006, Hornby Hobbies acquired Airfix and Humbrol paints for the sum of £2.6 million. [14] The parent company, Humbrol, had gone into administration earlier that year after cashflow problems. Airfix fans had been concerned that it could be the end of the brand, but just as the name Hornby was once a tradename of Meccano, Airfix is ...