Model Building - Aircraft

The rugged and effective Junkers Ju87B Stuka was designed specifically to be a highly effective airborne artillery piece, capable of supporting fas...

Airfix: 1:72 Fokker E.II Eindecker The Fokker Eindecker was the first purpose built German WWI fighter aircraft and the first to be fitted with gun...

Airfix: 1:72 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Va Without doubt, the Supermarine Spitfire was one of the most important aircraft of WWII, with more being pro...

Airfix: 1:72 Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.IIB With the Hurricanes and Spitfires of the RAF being needed for home defence duties, the arrival of large number...

Airfix Starter Set: 1:72 Supermarine Spitfire Mkla Probably the best known fighter aircraft ever, and arguably the best looking too, with its sleek...

The F22 Raptor is a superior fighter aeroplane! With trapezoid shaped wings, this plane is able to maintain control even at supersonic speeds. Add ...

|DescriptionThe BAe Hawk is a superior jet trainer aircraft! This will be a striking addition to your collection. The model sports an all-black ext...

One of the most rugged aircraft ever built, the DHC Beaver was designed to operate in the vast and often inhospitable expanses of the Canadian nor...

An aircraft which has often been described as 'Australia's panic fighter', the decision to build the indigenous Commonwealth Aircraft Corporati...

As helicopter technology continued to advance apace following the end of the Second World War, the operational flexibility offered by rotary pow...

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

The F2 introduced in 1962 was much modified in 1968 producing the F2A with square cut fin, kinked leading edges and enlarged ventral tank which g...

Eighty years ago, six Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers flew from RAF Manston to attack the three German capital ships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and ...

Representing the primary production variant of the Messerschmitt Me262 jet, the A-1A was the fighter-bomber version of the aircraft desired by Hitl...

About the Aircraft: Building on the incredible success of the RAFs British Aerospace Hawk trainer, the 100 series was a significant development of ...

This version of the Sea Harrier is best known for its successful campaign in the war of 1982 in the South Atlantic, where it suffered no air-to-air...

Taking just 1.5 minutes to deploy, the Tank Bridge No.2 provided a Class 60 tracked load and a Class 40 wheeled load over a 30ft gap. The bridge wa...

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

Airfix - 1:72 North American F-51D Mustang The North American P-51 Mustang is regarded by many as one of the most iconic American fighters of the S...

Airfix - 1:72 Supermarine Spitfire F.Mk.22 Considered by many to be the ultimate Spitfire, the F Mk.22 shared only a very passing resemblance to it...

Airfix - 1:72 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat The F4F Wildcat was the US Navy's primary carrier borne fighter aircraft at the start of the Second World War....

Airfix - 1:72 Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I The Boulton-Paul Defiant was the only 'turret fighter' to enter service with the RAF. The Defiant used the...

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

As the US Navy fought back in the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, the diminutive F4F-4 Wildcat was forced into combat against the Mitsubis...

The Mk XII was the first production version of the Spitfire to use the Rolls-Royce Griffon engine. The Griffon was a devlopment of the 'R' sprint e...

Ordered straight from the drawing board in 1935 the Bristol Type 142, later called the Blenheim was, for its time, a very advanced aircraft but by ...

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 ...

TAs a two-seater trainer, the Vampire T11 excelled. The side by side seating ensured both pilots had good visibility. The aircraft's inherent stabi...

Held in extremely high regard by the British public, the distinctive yellow Search and Rescue Sea King HAR.3 helicopters of the Royal Air Force alw...

The English Electric Lightning was a supersonic jet fighter aircraft of the Cold War era, noted for its great speed. It is the only all-British Mac...

An aircraft which was a real triumph for the British aviation industry and one which can claim to be arguably the most advanced jetliner in the w...

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 ...

An elegant four engined biplane airliner from the early days of passenger air travel, the Handley Page H.P 42 was designed to serve the Empire ai...

As arguably the finest fighter aircraft of WWII, the Mustang went on to be selected as the USAF primary piston engined fighter after the war, with...

The rugged and reliable Hawker Hurricane was arguably the most important fighter aircraft available to the Royal Air Force at the beginning of WWI...

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...

Without doubt one of the most famous aircraft in the history of aviation, the Anglo-French BAC/SUD (later BAe/Aerospatiale) Concorde was a supe...

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

Designed by Professor Willy Messerschmitt, a director of the manufacturers Bayerische Flugzeuwerke AG, the prototype Bf109A first flew in 1935. The...

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 1978...

Over 12,000 of the 'Gustav' G-6 were built from 1943 to 1944 and were armed with two formidable 13mm machine guns, enabling the top Luftwaffe aces ...

The Royal Navy's primary torpedo bomber of the Second World War, the Swordfish, despite its obsolescence, proved to be an effective anti-submarin...

As the Royal Air Force were looking to update their strike and close air support capabilities in the 1950s and 60s, they were initially expecting ...