The Official Airfix
Modelling Magazine
Welcome to Airfix Model World (AMW). We hope you will be pleasantly surprised by the contents, not just in terms of actual builds, but also the high-quality photography (all by contributors) and explanatory text. Both have been trademarks of this magazine since its inception, with the former crucial to creating an easily understandable article – after all, model-making is a visual hobby, so we have always strived to show readers just how the end result is achieved.
Airfix Model World Magazine Features
While we feature Airfix products in every issue, we also cover those from other major manufacturers, such as Eduard, Hasegawa, Revell, Special Hobby, IBG Models, Italeri, Tamiya and Kinetic, as well as those from limited-run and ‘cottage industry’ firms. It means we cover every genre of the hobby, from figures and aircraft to armour, maritime and sci-fi/real space, with the aim of providing the broadest selection of content.
Furthermore, AMW has strived to include informative history/background articles with certain build features, often providing a different take on an otherwise familiar topic. These are written by renowned historians or people involved intimately with a subject. If you are seeking something more in-depth, then we occasionally publish special supplements, dedicated sections or bookazines, which focus on either a theme or a newly-tooled kit, along with valuable reference material on the real subject where feasible. No other monthly scale modelling magazine offers this much variety and quality.
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Latest articles from Airfix Model World
View the latest news and features from Airfix Model World Monthly magazine below.
BOWL-TOPPED TRAINER
The impressive quality of Special Hobby’s recent toolings – notably its small-scale offerings – has helped shake off the firm’s reputation for just limited-run kits, and its 1/72 SIAI-Marchetti SF.260 is another gem.
UNMANNED SPOTTER
Brengun’s MQ-8C is a re-boxing of the Attack Squadron kit and comprises 39 resin components (including an impressive single-piece fuselage), an exquisite 3D-printed rotor hub and a busy photo-etched brass fret.
EAGLE-EYED PATROLLER
It’s great to see the return of Revell’s Breguet Atlantic in Italian markings, which feature arguably one of the most striking schemes worn by the type.
PHOENIX IN THE FALKLANDS
As the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict approaches there have been several books released and arguably the pick of the bunch is this examination of the campaign through the eyes of 809 Naval Air Squadron (NAS), which was re-formed and deployed at short notice.
URBAN CHARIOT
The third instalment of Desert Eagle’s IDF Armor Series devoted to the Merkava 2 charts the type’s later years in service, and focuses on the changes between the earlier 2B variant and the final 2D machines, notably the modular armour ‘packs’.
LATE-WAR PANZERS
Fans of Kagero’s publications will want to check out the firm’s new In Combat series, which combines elements of its image-based references with a historical section.
POST-WAR POLES
The Polish Wings series has been bolstered by this 28th title, which covers the Tupolev Tu-2 bomber, Sukhoi UTB-2 trainer and Shcherbakov Shche-2 cargo/training aircraft.
REVELL’S ALL-NEW 1/24 ‘NEUNELFER’
Revell has a new 1/24 Porsche 911 kit due very soon, and the detail looks superb. Here we describe what's on offer and provide various test-shot parts photos.
JARHEAD PLAYBOYS: Kinetic's 1/48 scale Prowler
Richard Spreckley tackles Kinetic's re-boxed 1/48 EA-6B Prowler in a striking VMAQ-2 'Playboys' livery, adding an Aires cockpit set as part of the project.
EIN, DOPPEL AND DRIEDECKERS
Modelling has long enabled the examination of various machines’ constructions, and with such a process undergoing a renaissance with the likes of Zoukei-Mura offerings, this guide to World War One German fighters will interest many.
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