Model Building - Aircraft

Designed initially to replace the Hawker Hurricane as the complementary high-altitude fighter to the Supermarine Spitfire, the Tphoon instead found...

Curtiss Tomahawk IIB Gift Set The P40, in its various incarnations, served in the United States Army Air Force throughout the Second World War, fig...

The Mustang came into its own when fitted with the Merlin Engine Its long range enabled it to escort bombers deep into enemy territory. The Royal A...

An aircraft which has to be considered one of the finest aeroplanes of the Second World War, the Hawker Tempest V could trace its design lineage ...

The F4F Wildcat was the US Navy's primary carrier borne fighter aircraft at the start of the Second World War. Characterised by its stubby appeara...

Sharing the same RAF airfield as the Typhoons which provide Britains Southern sector QRA cover, the historic aircraft of the Battle of Britain ...

As Britain looked to strike back at the start of WWII, the Vickers Wellington was arguably their most important aircraft and they needed to ensure...

With the de Havilland designed Tiger Moth biplane proving to be such an important pilot training aircraft during the Second World War, it is no...

As a much-valued and one of the most well-known fighting aircraft designs of the Second World War, the Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress will look as ey...

One of the finest fighting aeroplanes in military history, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 series was developed continually throughout the Second World Wa...

Airfix QUICKBUILD is an exciting range of simple, snap together models suitable as an introduction to modelling for kids (ages 5 and up), or as a b...

Junkers Ju87 B-1 Stuka Tech Specs Item Length - Without Packaging (cm) 15.2 Item Height - Without Packaging (cm) 5.6 Item Width - Without Pack...

Even though the classic de Havilland Tiger Moth has to be considered one of the most important aircraft in the history of British aviation, it ra...

As the third of Britain's four engined heavy bombers to enter RAF service during WWII, the Avro Lancaster proved to be an exceptional aircraft, ...

Representing two iconic British aircraft designs of the 20th century, the Supermarine Spitfire and BAe Hawk may have been developed during diff...

After the fall of France in 1940, the two great air arms of the day, Great Britain's RAF and Germany's Luftwaffe, faced each other in large numbe...

Building on the success of de Havillands earlier twin engined Dove small passe aircraft, the company's attempt to produce a slightly larger airlin...

The GR9A entered service in October 2006 as an updated and improved version of the already very successful Harrier GR7. Boasting an improved avion...

Continuing the wartime development of the famous Supermarine Spitfire, the Mk.XIV saw the classic shape of Mitchells celebrated fighter paired with...

The immortal Spitfire was the most famous fighter of theSecond World War and one of the greatest warplanes of all time. When the Battle of Britain ...

The most numerous fighter in service with the RAF at the start of the Battle of Britain, the Hawker Hurricane went on to prove itself a vital and e...

Officially Licensed P-51D Mustang Sweet Arlene Is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the K...

Mitsubishi Zero The Mitsubishi Zero is a long-range fighter aircraft operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. When first introduced earl...

F4U Corsair The most capable carrier based fighter-bomber of World War II featured the largest engine available at the time: the 2,000 hp, 18-cylin...

Officially Licensed Boeing F-15 Eagle This twin engine tactical fighter was designed for the U.S. Air Force to gain and maintain air superiority in...

The mighty Blackburn Buccaneer was one of the most capable low-level strike aircraft of the Cold War period, originally entering Royal Navy service...

Wright Brothers Airplane On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above a wind-swept beach in North Carolina...

In the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor Raid, America embarked on an audacious plan to strike at the very heart of the Japanese nation and post clea...

Scheme 1: XK624 CFS Little Rissington September 1972 Scheme 2: Vampire J-28C Swedish Historic Flight  First entering RAF service in 1952, the De ...

Airfix - 1:72 Fieseler Storch One of the great Luftwaffe aircraft of the Second World War, the ungainly looking Fieseler Storch may not have comman...

Messerschmitt Bf109e was a fighter aircraft that could excel in speed just as fast as the Spitfire! Complete your final model with the Balkenkreuz ...

The iconic Spitfire not only helped to defend the skies of Britain during the Battle of Britain, but carried on to take the war to the enemy leadin...

Scheme: E.III 105/15 Ernst Udet KeK Habsheim March 1916 The E.III variant of this historically important fighter aircraft began to arrive on the We...

A thoroughbred fighting aeroplane, the P-51D Mustang was produced in greater numbers than any other variant and introduced a number of improvement...

The Bristol Blenheim bomber was ordered "off the drawing board", and first deliveries to No 114 Sqn began in 1937. By the time of the Munich crisi...

The Dambusters raid, as it has since become known, was one the most famous operations of the war. Led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, the 19 speciall...

Airfix: 1:72 Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB By 1943 the RAF needed a dedicated ground attack fighter, and the Typhoon was suited to the role. The powerful en...

The Bristol Blenheim was originally conceived as a privately funded high-speed civilian aircraft, intended to wrestle the record for the fastest c...

As the North American Mustang was developed as a direct result of a British Air Ministry requirement, it is somehow fitting that the RAF and Commo...

Airfix 1/72 De Havilland Vampire T11 medium starter set. The de Havilland Vampire was the second jet fighter to enter RAF service, coming after th...

The A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft designed for the US Navy and Marine Corps. Skyhawks were the Navy's primary light bomb...

 The stable flight characteristics of the government designed Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c made it an ideal choice for use as a home defence night ...

Known affectionately as the "Jump Jet" the Harrier GR1 was the first vertical take-off and landing aircraft flown operationally by the RAF, coming ...

Championed by Hermann Goering, the Messerschmitt Bf 110 Destroyer, (or Heavy Fighter) concept was certainly sound in theory, giving these slight...

The Bristol Blenheim light bomber was one of the most important aircraft available to the RAF at the start of WWII and more Squadrons than any othe...

Overcoming a challenging service introduction due to its relatively high landing speed, the Martin B-26 Marauder went on to be regarded by many as ...

Junkers Ju87 B-1 Stuka 1:72 Item code: A03087   The Junkers Ju87 Stuka quickly became one of the most infamous, and feared weapons of the Second...