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Airfix scale model kits

Airfix 1/48 Canberra B.2

The English Electric Canberra was developed by English Electric in response to a 1944 Air Ministry requirement for a successor to the wartime de Havilland Mosquito fast-bomber. This requirement, the initial revision being E.3/45, sought a [...]

iModeler Review: Airfix 1/48 Bristol Blenheim Mk.IF

Airfix Bristol Blenheim Mk.IF Scale: 1/48 Kit No: A09186 Finally a new kit of this early-war fighter, with comprehensive interior detail and options for two different aircraft. Airfix’ surface detail is getting there, but could still be [...]

SAAB ViggenAirfix 1/72, 1971 kit + scratch

[21Nov2018] Build update: As the 1971 decals weren't tip-top shape, I had to make my own. The tail ones were missing and I put them yesterday. Now she seems like the depicted prototype. Hi, Another vintage kit (1971)... The plane [...]

Airfix Bf 109 E1, 1/48

A nice little model with few issues. More or less OOB apart from Eduard Brassin replacement wheels, etch seatbelts and Aeromaster decals.

Airfix 1:48 Bf 109 E-7

Here is my completed build of the airfix Bf109 E7. This kit was a pleasure to build despite a few minor issues. The detail is very nice but I did still add a few scratchbuilt details. It was my first time tackling a mottling camo scheme [...]

Review: Airfix 1/24 Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat – Visual review

So here is a detailed pictorial review of what Airfix is bringing us with their brand-new 1/24 scale Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat kit. The phographs contained herein have been taken at the 2018 Scale Modelworld and show a full set of 9 greay [...]

Review: Airfix new-tool 1/48 Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk. XIV – Visual review

Here is the kit many have been waiting for - the brand-new Airfix 1/48 Spitfire FR. Mk XIV. This is the pictorial tour of the pre-preduction kit sprues as presented at the 2018 Scale Modelworld show in Telford. The product itself is [...]

Telford kit news: Airfix 1/48 new releases – Blenheim Mk. I, Hawker Hunter

Reporting live from Telford: In 1/48 scale, Airfix has been presenting a new 1/48 scale Hawker Hunter F.6 and the long-awaited 1/48 Bristol Blenheim Mk. I. Both kits are completely ready and scheduled for release already this month.

Telford kit news: Airfix announces a 1/24 scale Grumman F6F Hellcat

Reporting live from IPMS Scale Modelworld in Telford, here is the newest announcement from Airfix, fresh from the show floor. We have been expecting something big and impressive, and the choice of 1/24 scale does not disappoint 🙂 [...]

RAF100: Airfix 1/72 Handley-Page Victor B. Mk. 2

Following the success of the wartime Halifax, Handley Page began looking at jet power for bombers; a tail-less swept wing design became their pet project, which got the interest of the Air Ministry and in early 1947 an official [...]