The
Royal Air Force Museum London will be launching in Summer 2013 a signature exhibition c
ommemorating and celebrating the
national institution that is
Airfix. This will
chart the history of this Great British
Institution by displaying
original Box Art as
well as Airfix’s most
popular models from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s in the Museum’s Art
Gallery.
In
preparation, this
post will focus
upon the history* of
the company, its founding in the late 1940s by a
Hungarian immigrant, through its boom years in the 1960s, the later
years of decline and under investment, and
finally its current resurgence in the market place.
Look at the ways in which Airfix products
are developed, including the
painstaking research
and the cutting edge technology used
to design and manufacture modern kits. (
text inspired by numerous sources)
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posted by infini
on Dec 26, 2012 -
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If you have kids, you almost certainly have at least one of the
'I Spy' books, or something from the
'Can You See What I See?' series on your home bookshelf. Created by artist/photographer Walter Wick, the books have page after page of images filled with astonishing amounts of detail, including any number of objects for the kids to find.
Wick's website has
dozens of pages taking us behind the scenes, showing us how many of these wonderful photos were created, many involving the construction of
incredibly detailed models that are used for just a single shot. The
Impossible Columns is perhaps my favourite.
posted by woodblock100
on Dec 10, 2009 -
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