[2] He was mainly self-taught, learning his craft at the Camberwell School of Art and as a technical illustrator for training manuals for Fairey Aviation during the Second World War.
He progressed from there to producing advertising art for the aircraft industry and other companies.
Much of the Airfix artwork was destroyed but the lids of many millions of boxes remain.
[3] Cross was interviewed by James May in James May's Top Toys, discussing the changing tastes in box art and the airbrushing out of bombs and explosions from his pictures.
Cross died after a short illness on 24 April 2024, one day after his 100th birthday.