Airfix Collectors Guide -
Volume 1 : the Early Years (1949-1980)
Volume 2 - the Palitoy and Humbrol 80s (1981-1990)

The complete Airfix kit listing covering the first Airfix era, from their very first commercial plastic kit up to 1990.

Highlights:

• Included on this CD-ROM will be this complete web site plus 1500+ extra images
• February 2002, Volume 1 includes an Airfix Motor Racing listing
• available in PC format as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
• lists the kits, catalogue number and year of first release - over 800 kits!
• lists all Airfix kits, sets and figures from 1949 to 1990 (up to and including the 1990 Edition Catalogue)
• lists re-releases and catalogue re-numberings (with dates)
• for the new collector - an estimate of scarcity or rarity is provided for each kit
• believed to be more complete and accurate than other well known sources of Airfix kit information (see Sources of Information page)
• many comments provided on individual kits
• pictures are provided for the vast majority of the kits listed in Volume 1 of the Guide
• divided into sections - planes, trains, ships, space, AFVs, buildings, cars & bikes, figures, etc etc
• also lists presentation sets and promotional offerings
• each section has a brief overview describing packaging styles, for example
• space is provided in the spreadsheet for collectors to add their own comments and "tick-off" kits within their collections
• online format allows printing and sorting to suite any user
• see also addition description and pictures on eBay (see below)

Technical notes:

• the Collectors Guide is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet (Excel 2000 format), see picture below of a sample screen
• unfortunately the spreadsheets are not compatible with Lotus 123 or Microsoft Works. If you have either of these programs you will need to download the free Excel Viewer program from the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com)
• built and tested with Windows 95, 98, ME, XP and 2000
• usage is designed for 1024x768 screen resolutions. Greater amounts of scrolling may be necessary with lower resolution screens
• the spreadsheet is designed for PC use only - MAC users beware!
• a CD-ROM will be mailed with a hardcopy letter describing installation and usage details

Sample screen shot :

This is just the beginning of what is planned to be an expanding series of Collectors Guides. Already in plan:

• more information on packaging and box styles
• the addition of Airfix Railway System and GMR ranges - summer 2002 - now added !
• the addition of Airfix Motor Racing and MotorAce ranges - October 2001 - now added !
• Airfix Toy ranges - August 2006 - scans of all pages of many Toy catalogues now added !
• new Guides will be announced as they become available