‘The vintage years of Airfix’, showcases the superb artwork of Roy Cross who was responsible for much of the box lid artwork during Airfix’s heyday in the 60’s and early 70’s.
This large format 128pp book contains well over 100 paintings depicting aircraft from all periods plus a few warships, armoured vehicles, cars and even a couple of motorbikes!
I found it to be an absolute joy to see these paintings as the artist had originally prepared them showing all the meticulous detail that was often lost when printed on a kit box lid or ‘header’ on the plastic bag packaged Series 1 kits.
If you only buy one book this year, this is the one to buy, you wont be disappointed.
Nearly forgot, here's an interview with the great artist himself by Top Gear's 'Captain slow' James May.
