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Review: Airfix 1/48 P-40B/C Tomahawk II

It was hot on Don Muang Airport outside Bangkok on December 10, 1941, as the humidity increased with the rising tropic sun. The crews of the 60th, 62nd and 98th Sentais sweated to ready the 48 Mitsubishi Ki.21 Type 97 bombers (later to be [...]

Natty Gnat

Airfix's 1/72 Red Arrows Gnat Stater Set completed earlier this year (2016). Built pretty much out of box, except I discarded the paints that came with the set & opted for Vallejo acrylics, buffed and then layered with generous coats [...]

1/48 Airfix English Electric Lightning

1/48 Airfix Sepecat Jaguar

Review: Airfix 1/48 P-40B – some background notes in review

It's likely everyone will be doing this kit soon, so here are some notes on construction and some detail information on AVG airplanes. As the four assembly photos demonstrate, if you take care in assembly, you will not use any filler or [...]

Early Emil: Airfix’s 1/48 Bf.109E-1

If you want an accurate 'kerbside' representation of a Bf.109E you really can't go far wrong with Airfix's 1/48 scale offering released some five or six years ago. It's not a bad kit, not as well finessed as the Eduard kit, but a lot [...]

Mid Week Filler, Airfix Me 262 whatifer

Airfix's venerable Me 262 in US Navy scheme, did a few year's back.

Bristol Beaufighter, Airfix 1/72

Hello. This is a fine model from Airfix and I am satisfied with how it looks. I had no problems during assembly. Thanks everyone. Cheers mates

A Guilty Pleasure: Airfix's 1/72 Spitfire Mk.1a Starter Set

To keep with the theme of things Airfix this is a recent out of box build of their Spitfire Mk1a starter set: Purchased for the princely sum of $10 a year or so ago from my local Aldi Supermarket in the Northern Suburbs of Brisbane, this [...]

Airfix 1/48 Boulton-Paul Defiant.

Built as a NF Mk.II, AA404/VA-P, Nº 125 Squadron, Colterne 1942. All the parts for this version are included in the box but not mentioned in the instructions, Montex Masks were used for the insignia.