This is where you will find our most comprehensive and challenging model builds. Ranging from super-detailed aircraft to formidable models of tanks and ships, our experts have all the skills and connections to show you how to make the very best of the most detailed kits on the market.
Advanced build
AFV Club 1/35 M548 to XM45E1 Conversion
Having detailed Dragon’s 1/35 M132 Flamethrower, John Paulding turns his attention to modifying AFV Club’s M548A1 into the type’s XM45E1 refueller
John PauldingDANISH ‘HUN’: ESCI’S F-100D SUPER SABRE
Kev Baxter completes the Tamiya boxing of ESCI's old 1/72 F-100D as a Danish Air Force machine at the point of touchdown.
KEV BAXTERFor Vendel! ICM’s 1/16 Viking Figure FULL BUILD!
Johan Augustsson boards the longship into the mists of past days to build the 1/16 Viking (IX Century) from ICM.
Johan Augustsson‘LION FISH’ AGGRESSOR F-15DJ BUILD
Kev Baxter provides his 1/72 Hasegawa Japanese F-15DJ with a stunning one-off identity, and adds structural improvements along the way.
KEV BAXTERBUILDING TAKOM’S EKRANOPLAN
Andy Davies completes Takom's fascinating Ekranoplan and poses it on superb scratch-built dry-dock base.
Andy DaviesIMPROVING ITALERI’S PUMA
Juanjo Dominguez Calvo breathes extra life into Italeri's 1/48 Puma armoured car... and provides sage weathering advice.
Juanjo DominguezBUILDING REVELL’S TYPE IIB U-BOAT
Mike Verier completes Revell's reissue of ICM's 1/144 Type IIB U-boat, and shows how to achieve a highly realistic seascape.
Mike VerierFLOATING FORTRESS: BUILDING REVELL’S BISMARCK
Andy Davies does a terrific job of completing Revell's 1/350 Platinum Edition Bismarck... a superb package brimming with aftermarket upgrades.
FIGHTING ROTHESAY: ATLANTIC MODELS' HMS YARMOUTH
Toby Knight takes on a multi-media challenge with Atlantic Models' splendid 1/350 HMS Yarmouth, built as HMS Plymouth.
Cypriot Sunbather: Airfix 1/72 Avro Shackleton AEW.2 aftermarket build
Jen Wright depicts an expat retiree with Airfix’s 1/72 Shackleton AEW.2 and a selection of aftermarket upgrade parts in an advanced modelling project.