Airfix railway models from Hornby?

The history of Airfix, Palitoy, Dapol and Hornby will be something worth reading up on, but to summarize, the Airfix tooling was taken over by Palitoy to put in their Mainline range, which subsequently got split again when they ceased business and Dapol took some of the tooling (I believe Airfix toolings). Some of that is still produced by them (for instance, the railway plastic kits like the houses and such), but at some point Dapol' let it go' and Hornby took it over. So some of the ex-Airfix stuff was produced by them I believe, but little of it is around now. This is a very rough summary, and there are others who post here who have a far better knowledge of the history of the Airfix tooling.

Ian J.

Dapol still own the kit molds and the kits are in the 2008 catalogue.They sold the RTR stuff to Hornby.

Neil.

What Hornby have bought is the brand name from Humbrol The moulds where not owned by Humbrol The just sold the kits under the airfix name

The kits, or at least most of them, are now manufactured by Dapol:-

"mumbles" wrote

They sold SOME of the RTR stuff to Hornby, but I don't think all of it.

John.

"The Good Doctor" wrote

As others have said these are now owned by Dapol.

I'd question the statement that they are 'excellent', and would substitute 'good for their day'. Most of the tooling is now 40+ years old, and very much showing its age.

John.

Hornby already own the ex Airfix/Dapol Class 31 tooling. Bought from Dapol if I'm not mistaken in the mid 1990's.

Wilson

"Wilson Adams" wrote

I was referring to the Lineside Kit range Wilson.

John.

That sounds like a comment from my annual appraisal, John, except for being a bit generous on the age front. Brian

You can still get the Mk2Ds

"Martin" wrote

And the 4F, but I still assume that the original OP was referring to the kits for lineside accessories.

John.