please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message humbrol industry paints founded kingston upon hull england uk products paints brushes glue aerosol spray paints owner hornby plc website www.humbrol.com humbrol limited was a british manufacturer of model kits toys and paints producing under its own brand and the airfix sky marks young scientist 1st gear high speed and w. britain brands . in 2006 the company entered administration but later the same year was acquired by hornby plc who have since re launched the brand . contents 1 history 2 notable people 3 references 4 external links history edit humbrol was founded in kingston upon hull as the humber oil company in 1919 . during the 1950s and 60s gerald barton turned humber oil company into humbrol which developed a range of model paints and other modelmaking paraphernalia . in 1976 humbrol became part of the hobby products group of the international borden inc. group . five years later borden also acquired the french kit manufacturer heller . the famous airfix model company joined the group in 1986 transferring its kit production to the heller factory in trun orne france . in 1994 the group was acquired by an irish investment company allen & mcguire and the business was restructured under the humbrol name . heller was sold off in 2005 but continued to manufacture kits for humbrol . on 31 august 2006 following the collapse of heller sa humbrol went into administration . it was announced on 10 november 2006 that hornby railways would acquire certain assets of humbrol comprising airfix humbrol paints and model accessories and the young scientist brand for 2.6 million . 1 humbrol is possibly best known for the enamel paints manufactured for use with plastic model kits . the archetypal container was a 14 ml tin with the lid coloured to illustrate the paint colour and an embossed reference number . humbrol did however sell 50 and 120ml tins and spray cans in some colours . the 50ml enamel paint tins and spray paints are still available . the tins are called humbrol diy . humbrol s main factory was located on hedon road marfleet in hull . in 1988 an acetone spill at the factory caused a fire resulting the death of an employee . 2 it closed c. 2006 and the site was completely redeveloped by 2014 . 3 notable people edit the british artist george shaw uses humbrol enamel paints to create highly realistic paintings on mdf board . most famously he uses as his subject a council estate in tile hill coventry . the british artist penny taylor beardow also uses humbrol enamel paints on board in her waterways themed paintings . frank norrie production manager and his colleagues for their bravery during the fire on 2nd nov 1988 . references edit home . hornby . retrieved 5 november 2009 . new memorial garden to 1988 humbrol fire in which teenage girl died hull daily mail 3 november 2011 humbrol development complete eight years after factory closed bbc news humberside 20 august 2014 external links edit official website article in the manufacturer including origin of name history of airfix humbrol enamel cross reference humbrol tin evolution 1 history of humbrol from hull webs retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title humbrol & oldid 714797196 categories model manufacturershornby railwayspaint manufacturersmanufacturing companies established in 1919hidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2010all articles needing additional referencesuse dmy dates from february 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano polski edit links this page was last modified on 11 april 2016 at 22 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view