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
Airfix Model World April 2017
TACTICAL TRAINER: Embellishing Airfix’s re-issued 1/72 Jet Provost T.4
Latest articles from Airfix Model World
View the latest news and features from Airfix Model World Monthly magazine below.
Book Review: Land Craft volume on the HUMVEE
Arguably taking the mantle from the ubiquitous Willys Jeep, the HUMVEE is an instantly recognisable, rugged and dependable emblem of the western military, so is perfect material for Pen & Sword’s Land Craft volume.
Book Review: The Genesis of the Modern Destroyer from Pen & Sword
If there was any class of warships that could be considered ‘elite’ or as ‘special forces’, it is Britain’s Tribal-class destroyers - explored in this Pen & Sword volume.
Book Review: Osprey examines the Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9
While the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 is known for being the type that proved the radial engine as ‘inferior to none’, later models featured an inline powerplant from the ‘D’ series onwards, with this sub-type examined in this Osprey Dogfight title.
Bat out of Hell: new-tool 1/48 Messerschmitt Me 163 from GasPatch Models
Jay Blakemore discovers that building GasPatch Model’s new quarter-scale Komet is far from being rocket science... Discover the kit's contents and construction of this striking late-war interceptor in this full build feature.
VENTRAL PUNCH: Airfix re-issues 1/72 Blenheim Mk.IVf Fighter
Here's a return for a popular small-scale kit from Airfix: the 1/72 Bristol Blenheim Mk.IVf, armed with a ventral gun pack. JOHN FULLER takes a closer look at what this re-issued offering has to offer.
Falklands 40th & Cold War Call-Up event at Newark Air Museum
Newark Air Museum has announced its Falklands 40th and Cold War Call-Up event is approaching on April 30th and May 1st, 2022.
Eduard’s 1/72 Hurricane package whips up a storm
Has Eduard produced the ultimate 1/72 Hawker Hurricane model kit package? John Fuller examines the firm’s ProfiPACK, containing Arma Hobby-tooled styrene, photo-etched enhancements, pre-cut masks and decals to find out…
Bomber Nemesis: Arma Hobby's 1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
Arma Hobby's 2018-tooled Hurricanes - in both 'Junior' and 'Expert' editions - are examined in this double build by Jamie Haggo. Discover the differences between these iterations and the superb features apparent in both inside...
On the Wrong Track: RyeField Model's 1/35 Sherman Vc Firefly
Huw Morgan goes off the rails to give RyeField Model’s 1/35 Sherman Firefly a decidedly different setting... a custom diorama base featuring a length of same-scale railway track. Discover how these elements were constructed in this full-build feature.
de Havilland Museum announces modelling event
Hertfordshire's de Havilland Aviation Museum has announced it is to host a brand-new model show on the site on May 29, 2022.
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