Model Building - Aircraft

Brace yourself for a stealthily guarded FAA revelation! A masterpiece of the skies, and now your Airfix workbench, the Supermarine Seafire returns...

The Armstrong Whitworth Whitley saw action right from the first night of the Second World War when it dropped leaflets over Germany. It then took p...

An aircraft which possibly underlines the capabilities of the modern helicopter more effectively than any other type, the mighty Boeing CH-47 Chino...

The handsome Beagle B.206 Basset was a twin-engined light executive transport and military communications aircraft built by the Beagle Aircraft ...

The development of the Shooting Star leant heavily on early jet technology supplied by the British, as the Americans were lagging behind both Bri...

The Boulton-Paul Defiant was the only 'turret fighter' to enter service with the RAF. The Defiant used the philosophy that a fighter air...

Airfix - 1:72 Gloster Gladiator Mk.I/II The Gloster Gladiator was developed from the Gloster Gauntlet as a private venture and represented both th...

The Valiant was the first of the RAF’s V Bomber trio to enter service. The most conventional of the three designs, it was also the first to drop ...

Minicraft Model Kits: 1/48 Beechcraft Bonanza V35 The Beechcraft Bonanza V-35 is known as the Cadillac of private aircraft because it provided the ...

As one of the most successful post war Soviet jet fighter designs, the MiG 17 was coveted by other Warsaw Pact nations, who were keen to upgrade ...

Spirit of Sain Louis The Spirit of Saint Louis was the first airplane to be flown solo, non-stop across the Atlantic. On May 20th 1927, at 7:52 a.m...

Possessing grace, beautifully clean lines and lots of power, several Spitfires would survive the war to become highly distinctive aircraft on the c...

Supermarine Spitfire The most widely produced and strategically important British single-seat fighter of World War II. The Spitfire, renowned for w...

Officially Licensed P-51 Mustang The P-51 Mustang was a long-range World War II fighter aircraft that flew as a bomber escort over Germany. Powered...

APOLLO LUNAR MODULE Was a two part spacecraft used to carry a crew of two from lunar orbit to the surface of the moon and back. The descent stage...

The end of the Second World War saw the victorious Allied nations desperately attempting to secure details of German jet technology and high speed ...

With the RAF already operating Phantoms initially intended for the Royal Navy at Leuchars air base in Fife, the withdrawal of HMS Ark Royal in 197...