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.
CORVETTE CANNON
Modellers with a 1/350 Bathurst- or Castle-class corvette will appreciate this superb set of four single-mount 4in (100mm) 40 calibre QF Mk,XIX guns – sufficient for four models.
ANCIENT WHIRLYBIRD
Here’s something completely different from Revell, in the form of a wooden replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s theoretical aerial screw, which existed as just a series of sketches.
ROCKET MEN
Comprising 14 wonderfully detailed components, these 1/24 figures from BarracudaCast depict a pair of RAF armourers constructing an RP-3 unguided rocket prior to fitting it on an aircraft.
POCKET ROCKET
Brengun has scaled down its well-received 1/48 P.1103 and the result is a beautifully moulded little kit, with parts presented on two styrene runners.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
Alongside the weapons in this set for the 1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4, Eduard’s Brassin offering also includes the rear of the type’s BMW 801 powerplant, firewall, upper cowling sections and windscreen enhancements.
MARITIME ATTACKER
Revell’s 1/32 Westland Lynx HMA.8 receives a comprehensive photo-etched (PE) brass upgrade.
AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT
Being one of Airfix’s later offerings of this type, components on the three styrene runners feature restrained, yet well-defined detail, notably on the decking and life rings, although several heavy seams will require cleaning up prior to assembly.
NIGHT-FIGHTING STREAK
The first of Special Hobby’s new-tool 1/72 Meteors has arrived, depicting the first night-fighting variant developed and produced by Armstrong Whitworth, rather than the type’s original manufacturer, Gloster.
Airfix Model World May 2020
Welcome to the May 2020 issue of Airfix Model World. Subscribers can login in to the view the full issue as PDFs in this brand-new online service. Highlights include a first look at Airfix's 1/48 scale Walrus, top tips to remove blemishes and seams, a full guide to adding rigging to Airfix's 1/72 Gladiator Mk. 1 plus 90 reviews, inspirational projects and more. Don't miss it!
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