Airfix kits
The Airfix Database at iModeler
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Vampire T11 Airfix 1/72
Airfix's Little Gem, This is a really neat little kit no vices at all, the only thing that is a little odd is one of the joint/panel lines on the underside is slightly wide and there's not a lot you can do about it as it is on a natural [...]
Airfix Hurricane Hurricane MkIIc
Hi All, Here's another of my early efforts this is probably one of only a hand full of kits since being a kid that i have built as soon as i picked one up and got it home great little kit i think the only let down is the under sized [...]
Spitfire Mk22 and the curse of eBay
Hi All,
This is my Airfix 1/72 Spitfire Mk22 New Tooling.
This model was a Dream to build absolutely no problems at all i didn't add anything but paint its straight OOB i built it as bit of a experiment really to firstly see how quickly i [...]
Review: iModeler Review – Airfix 1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk 1
Presenting the "new" 1/72 Airfix (early) Mk 1 Hurricane. This is an upgraded release of the first mark 1 that was made available at the end of 2013. The main difference with this release is you have the dehaviland 3 blade prop [...]
Airfix English Electric Lightning F.1 in 1/48…
This is my 2nd posting of an Airfix 1/48 English Electric Lightning. To put my Lightning model postings in the right order, this should have been the first, but I had the photos already for the F.6, so it became the first. I just took some [...]
Airfix 1/72 Harvard II
This is the old Airfix Harvard II (T-6 Texan) kit of years gone by. It's a simple, nice fitting kit which I did OOB, without a lot of hassle. As old as it was, I was still able to use the kit decals. The story of "why" is [...]
Airfix 1/48 English Electric Lightning F.6…
The Lightning, one of my all time favorite aircraft, was designed by W. E. “Teddy” Petter, English Electric’s chief designer, after he had created the evergreen Canberra. And it was an absolute home run. In terms of flight [...]
Airfix Seafire F.R.47 with Cooper Details upgrade
The Seafire F.R.47 was the last of the line that began in 1935 with K5054, the Spitfire prototype. It was twice the weight of the original, with two and a half times the power and an additional 100mph in top speed, not to mention a cannon [...]
Seafire F.45 – Aeroclub conversion of Airfix kit
Throughout the development of the carrier-based Sea Spitfire, which was known as the Seafire, developments in the land-based series of fighters were reflected in approximate naval equivalents. The first of the Griffon-powered Seafires was [...]
The Unforgettable Airfix Box art by Roy Cross (video)
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Something for Valentine Day - a selection of pictures from a book that will transport you to those glory days...
