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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Latest articles from Airfix Model World

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

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MOOSE METAL

IBG Models has produced a two-fret photo-etched metal (PE) upgrade set to add internal and external improvements to its 1/72 PZL.37 Łoś (moose) kits.

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LONG-LIVED CRUISER

Arguably one of Airfix’s most detailed 1/600 ship kits, its HMS Belfast is presented on four ‘open-style’ styrene runners, plus vertically split hull halves and individual main and upper deck sections.

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TULSA-BUILT TWIN

This version of ICM’s 1/48 Douglas Invader depicts World War Two machinery with the designation A-26, as opposed to the B-26 classification applied from 1948 onwards.

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Smooth building

One of the first steps taken by a modeller when advancing from ‘building for fun’ to more complex projects is the elimination of joins/seams. Here we examine how to achieve this.

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BOTHNIAN U-BOAT

Special Hobby offshoot Special Navy’s Type II U-Boat is back, with different parts and markings to depict a Finnish vessel.

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FLYING RIVERS

Modellers seeking improvements for MikroMir’s 1/144 Vickers Valiant will appreciate Shelf Oddity's upgrade, which utilises photo-etched (PE) and turned brass parts to bring extra refinement to the type’s four Rolls-Royce Avon powerplants.

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FIRING BRACE

Polish firm ToRo Model has added to its ‘September 1939’ series with a pair of 1/35 gunners.

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TREMBLERS' 'TOOM

Fujimi’s lovely 1/72 Phantom is back, albeit in Italeri packaging with new decals.

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DELTA QUADRANT DELIGHT

Star Trek fans have another chance to build Revell’s 1/670 USS Voyager.

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AS RARE AS...

Some wartime innovations are delightfully simple, and these 1/48 ‘Dragon’s Teeth’ anti-tank fortifications from Hauler are a fine example.

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Editor

Stu Fone 

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Group Editor Modelling

Mike Wild

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