Airfix scale model kits
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Airfix 1/48 Curtis H81-A3 (P-40B Tomahawk)
This is a nice kit but my problems started when I decided to put the Aires cockpit in it. It was not that great of an improvement to the kit parts and it was too wide. I sealed the fuselage and inserted it as a unit up through the wing [...]
Airfix 1/48 Spitfire F XIVe
It's a strange but interesting fact that the only "built for that specific powerplant" Spitfire to achieve a large production run was the Mk.I; while there were several other Marks specifically designed to make maximum benefit of [...]
April 2019 random draw winner
I've just returned from my vacation celebrating my 70th birthday and my 30th wedding anniversary, yes I actually got married 30 years ago on my birthday, and a wonderful surprise of the 1/48 Airfix Spitfire MK XIV was waiting for me. [...]
FW190A-5 Airfix 1/24
Hello friends!
I present to you my work that I did in 2017.
A huge red box with a beautiful pattern of the prototype model contained very old details!
Perhaps set released in the mid-1980s. The low quality of the set and poor detailing [...]
Yellow Nose Airfix Spitfire 1/48
This is a kit I built a couple of years back. It is the 2015 release (2nd pressing) of the 1/48 Airfix Spitfire Mk I. It is mostly OOB with the exception of some Eduard RAF early style harnesses. I learned the hard way that unless the [...]
Cat out of hell! 1/24 Airfix F6F-5 Hellcat Mk.II
Here she is! Totally OOB, I’ll have a full write up soon.
Airfix 1/48 Spitfire I – the first successful Spitfire in combat
The first Spitfire is immortal as “the plane that saved Britain” (even if Britain was really saved by the Hurricane) in the Battle of Britain. A delicate blend of aerodynamic excellence, the Spitfire I almost wasn’t there to do its [...]
Airfix P-51D and the 23rd Fighter Group Yokahama Yardbird
When most people think of the 23rd fighter group they are thinking of the extensive use of the various P-40 types during the campaign in China. Conversely it is thought that the P-51 is an aircraft of the European theaters or escorting [...]
