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.
SNAKE CHARMER
Massimo Santarossa takes on a Cobra with Special Hobby's re-issued 1/72 AH-1G gunship.
OLD-SCHOOL ‘ECHO’
We re-visit this classic Airfix Model World build, whereby José Pires applies a convincing period metal finish to Kinetic's 1/48 Mirage III.
VISION IN BLUE
The French Air Force always paints its aircraft in very attractive schemes for unit/type anniversaries; one of the simplest yet eye-catching was that worn by Mirage IIIE 426 13-QG of EC 1/13 ‘Artois’ in 1990 to celebrate 25 years’ service of this delta-winged fighter.
POST-TORCH TANKS
Star Decals’ first foray into vehicles operated by the US 1st Armored Division offers a collection of early and mid-production Sherman tanks used in North Africa between 1942 and 1943.
FEATHERED FINNISH FIGHTERS
Brazilian firm LPS Hobby is something of a Curtiss P-36/H-75 Hawk specialist, having produced a range of aftermarket decals for the type in 1/72 – this is one of several to cover Finnish airframes.
CANADIAN SHORT-HAULER
These Decales Global markings are ideal for Airfix or Eastern Express 1/144 Boeing 737-200 kits, replicating the livery of one of Canadian airline Pacific Western’s airframes.
NIGHT PROWLER
One of the Luftwaffe's most capable night-fighters is completed by José Pires, who builds Platz's re-issue of the original Dragon Heinkel He 219.
THUNDER GOD 'VIPER'
Toby Page builds Hasegawa's seasoned 1/48 F-16C kit, producing a display aircraft with a distinctly Greek flavour.
CYLON NEMESIS
Moebius Models has produced a 1/32 replica of Battlestar Galactica’s Raptor, which Steve Budd garnished with Greenstrawberry’s FruitPACK.
BOMBS AND FLAMETHROWER
Here’s another great modelling/wargaming cross-over from Zvezda in the form of a four-man, body armour-clad Soviet sapper team, comprising one soldier armed with a flamethrower, two wielding PPS-43 sub-machine guns (including one about to throw a grenade), while the final trooper carries a Degtyaryov machine gun.
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