Μοdellers born in the 70s, and even before, certainly remember that brands like Frog in UK and Hawk, Aurora and Revell in USA, were the pioneers of scale plastic models in the history of our beloved hobby...
Airfix had released its first 1/72 scale kit of the Blenheim Mk.IV back in 1968. The same kit has been released eight more times over the years, each time the manufacturer changing only the box cover.