Airfix Aircraft

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 ...

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 crisis...

As the first operational jet fighter in the world, initial Messerschmitt Me262s combat operations were flown by single seat aircraft, piloted by so...

As the battle hardened Bf109 fighter pilots of the Luftwaffe began operations against Britain following the Dunkirk evacuation, they would be at a ...

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

In May 1965, the Defence Ministries of France and the UK agreed on a joint programme to develop a supersonic trainer and tactical strike air...

By 1943, the RAF needed a dedicated ground attack fighter and the Typhoon was suited to the role. The powerful engine allowed the aircraft to carr...

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' spri...

The second of America's great four-engined heavy bombers of the Second World War, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator began development after th...

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-Briti...

An aircraft that must surely be considered one of the most distinctive types to have ever seen Fleet Air Arm service, the Fairey Gannet was as capa...

One of the most capable piston-engine fighter aircraft ever produced and the last to enter service with Britain’s Fleet Air Arm, the Hawker ...

At 21.39 on 16th May 1943, Gibson and Lancaster ED932 took off from RAF Scampton at the head of the first attack wave of nine Lancasters hea...

Since the early days of powered flight, the aeroplane and the intrepid individuals who flew them have captivated the imagination of the worl...

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 b...

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

This Vintage Classics Sopwith Pup kit is perfect for beginner modellers, with 26 pieces to put together and a single scheme making for a sim...

First flying in 1939, the Focke-Wulf FW190 was an immediate threat to RAF fighters when introduced in late 1941, being faster and more manoe...

Historically positioned as Britain's first jet-powered fighter to enter service, the Gloster Meteor played a significant role in the air defe...

In what would often be a very personal dual fought in the skies above Europe between airmen from Allied and Axis air forces, the struggle for ...

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

Entering RAF service some seven years after it had with the Royal Navy, the Blackburn Company received an initial order for 26 new aircraft, ...

The most capable medium bomber of the day was the twin-engine Vickers Wellington, which first flew in 1936 and entered RAF service with No.99...

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