Airfix Model World encompasses a wide range of skill levels and we do the same here on KeyModelWorld. In this section you will find a growing collection of Basic Builds features from the latest and past issues of the magazine, all fully searchable and covering a wide range of subjects. Each build has been reformatted to suit the site so you can get the most from it.
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SLOW BUT DEADLY: FLYHAWK’S NEW-TOOL 1/72 DAUNTLESS
Mike Williams celebrates 80 years since the Douglas SBD Dauntless delivered a decisive blow at the Battle of Midway, by building Flyhawk’s superb new 1/72 kit.
EXCLUSIVE: SUYATA TITANIC DIORAMA
Key Model World's CHRIS CLIFFORD builds Suyata's Titanic Port Scene & Vehicle package - finding it a refreshingly different and satisfying project.
AMIENS RAIDER: CSM’S CANADIAN ARMOURED MG CARRIER
Toni Canfora builds Copper State Models' Canadian Armoured MG Carrier from World War One.
EXCLUSIVE BUILD: Airfix's new-tool 1/72 Gloster Meteor F.8
EXCLUSIVE FULL-BUILD FEATURE: Kev Baxter was delighted to preview the latest and arguably the greatest Airfix release in 1/72 scale to date, a newly tooled Gloster Meteor F.8.
DAYGLO PINOCCHIO: SPECIAL HOBBY'S SWISS VAMPIRE
Mike Grant finishes Special Hobby's 1/72 Swiss Air Force de Havilland Vampire in a stunning colour scheme.
Airfix's Little Trainer: 1/72 Jet Provost T.4 FULL BUILD
Young modeller Ethan Williams builds the 2019 release of Airfix’s 1/72 Hunting Percival Jet Provost T.4 with a lovely kit-supplied camouflage scheme.
Phantom Twilight
Huw Morgan builds FineMolds' stunning 1/72 US Air National Guard F-4C Phantom II straight from the box.... and loves it!
Fancy Fishbed: Eduard's 1/72 MiG-21PFM full build!
If striking colour schemes catch your eye, Niklas Knutzén's build of Eduard's 1/72 MiG-21PFM Fishbed-F in Czech Air Force colours is well worth examining...
RECCE THOROUGHBRED
Garry Tobiss builds what's arguably the best P-51B/C Mustang in 1/72 scale... Arma Hobby's newly tooled offering.
DESERT DELIGHTS
Eduard's limited-edition dual combo 'Afrika' package allowed Jay Blakemore to complete a stunning pair of desert-based Bf 109 Luftwaffe fighters.