Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Model Kit of the Week #2
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Hi,
ReplyDeleteI thought you might like to know I designed the box for this a looong time ago, when Airfix was based in Haldane Place, South London.
I commissioned the illustrator Terry Hadler to do the art from my concept sketch.
Background to the linkup with Airfix was that I drew a weekly strip-adventure of the same name, for the children's ITV publication, Look-In.
Think I still have an unbuilt kit, lurking in storage somewhere…
Best regards, David Jefferis.