Airfix Model World


Your complete guide to the world of scale modelling.

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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Back Issues

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Airfix Model World October 2024

October 2024 issue of Airfix Model World in page-turning format features a first look at Airfix’s 1/72 Beaufort. It is soon to be released as a Mk.Ia variant and Editor Stu Fone used it as an ideal canvas to trial a new method for a white finish.

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Airfix Model World September 2024

September 2024 issue of Airfix Model World in page-turning format features another exclusive build. Editor Stu Fone takes the time to see what changes are afoot in Airfix's 1/24 Spitfire Mk.VIII.

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Airfix Model World August 2024

August 2024 issue of Airfix Model World in page-turning format features Airfix’s re-released 1/48 Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.II as its cover star

Latest articles from Airfix Model World

View the latest news and features from Airfix Model World Monthly magazine below.

BORDER’S 1/35 AKAGI DECK Feature Premium

BORDER’S 1/35 AKAGI DECK

In the first of a two-part feature, David Holmes completes Border Model's imposing 1/35 'Akagi' bridge with flight deck.

HASEGAWA’S 1/72 A-1H ‘TOILET BOMBER’ Feature Premium

HASEGAWA’S 1/72 A-1H ‘TOILET BOMBER’

Peter Fearon completes Hasegawa's 1/72 A-1H Skyraider in US Navy Vietnam War 'Toilet Bomber' guise.

IMPROVING AIRFIX’S BRISTOL BEAUFORT Feature Premium

IMPROVING AIRFIX’S BRISTOL BEAUFORT

Airfix Model World editor Stu Fone uses various aftermarket items to add more refinement and extra detail to Airfix's pending 1/72 Bristol Beaufort Mk.Ia.

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Airfix Model World October 2024

October 2024 issue of Airfix Model World in page-turning format features a first look at Airfix’s 1/72 Beaufort. It is soon to be released as a Mk.Ia variant and Editor Stu Fone used it as an ideal canvas to trial a new method for a white finish.

PLATZ 1/72 F-15J EAGLE IN FLIGHT Feature Premium

PLATZ 1/72 F-15J EAGLE IN FLIGHT

Learn useful tips for making smart display stands with Jack Homewood's neat build of Platz's 1/72 F-15J Eagle.

MINIART REISSUES 1/48 P-47D IN RAF BOXING

MiniArt's stunning 1/48 new-tool P-47D has now been reissued in Advanced Kit format and Royal Air Force packaging, offering markings for three RAF Thunderbolt Mk.IIs.

COMPLETING ICM’S B-26B MARAUDER Feature Premium

COMPLETING ICM’S B-26B MARAUDER

ICM's 1/48 B-26B Marauder has been hotly anticipated. Here, Mike Williams builds it straight from the box.

MAGIC FACTORY F4U-1A/2 CORSAIR Feature Premium

MAGIC FACTORY F4U-1A/2 CORSAIR

Chris Jones completes both kits in Magic Factory's 1/48 dual F4U Corsair package.

AIRFIX 1/24 SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE Mk.VIII Feature Premium

AIRFIX 1/24 SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE Mk.VIII

Airfix Model World Editor Stu Fone completes Airfix's new 1/24 Spitfire Mk.VIII - and explains the changes from its Mk.IX predecessor.

PILOT REPLICAS DE HAVILLAND VAMPIRE T.11 Feature Premium

PILOT REPLICAS DE HAVILLAND VAMPIRE T.11

The new-tool 1/48 Vampire T.11 from Sweden's Pilot Replicas is completed as an RAF Cranwell-based machine, by Niklas Knutzén.

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Editor

Stu Fone 

stuart.fone@keypublishing.com

Group Editor Modelling

Mike Wild

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