Toys & Hobbies

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...

he Ford 3 litre GT was designed in late 1967 to Group 6 sports car regulations and was built to use the extremely successful Ford Cosworth 3 litre ...

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...

he Chrysler Corporation began producing the M4A3(76) in March 1944. Many of their first units arrived almost simultaneously in France Italy in A...

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 successor to the fabulously successful and potent Bugatti Veyron the Chiron is another masterpiece of engineering by Bugatti. First shown at th...

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 ...

In 1625, while Sweden was busy building an empire around the Baltic Sea, the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus ordered new warships. Among them was t...

A 'Cutty Sark' is a short chemise. It comes from a poem by Robbie Burns, Tam O'Shanter, when Tam, a young lad sees some witches dancing in the woo...

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...

The Willys MB Jeep, officially designated truck 1/2 ton, 4x4, is the best known of all the American vehicles of the Second World War. Originally in...

With the modern battlefield demanding mobility, the M7 Priest provided the British Army with an effective fully armoured self-propelled artiller...

The M36 tank destroyer, formally 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M36, was an American tank destroyer used during World War II. The M36 combined the hu...

On 3rd April 1944, M.A.N. reported that it had successfully completed trial production runs of the new Ausf.G chassis. M.A.N. built about 1143 P...

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...