INTERMEDIATE BUILDS
Step up to the next level of scale modelling and learn new skills from experts in their field. The Intermediate Builds section brings together the latest and past features from Airfix Model World in one place - and it's fully searchable too using the drop-down menus below. Discover how to get the best from aircraft, military, maritime and auto kits right here.
A LIGHT IN THE DARK
Polish firm IBG Models’ recent 1/700 ships are a splendid way of transitioning from basic styrene kits to the use of photo-etched brass enhancements, as evidenced in its HMS Glowworm - built here by AMW's Stu Fone.
COMMEMORATIVE VIPER ZERO
Duncan Cooke examines the extra refinement available in Hasegawa’s limited-edition 1/48 Mitsubishi F-2A ‘Detail Up Version’.
SPITTING IMAGE
EXTRA IMAGES INSIDE: A delighted Chris Jones gets stuck into Eduard’s hotly anticipated 1/48 Spitfire Mk.I, not once, but twice!
TITCHY TANKETTE
Joe Turner tackles Bronco Models’ diminutive 1/35 Carro Armato L35/c, as fitted with the Swiss-designed Solothurn gun for North African operations.
ACHTUNG, PANZERKNACKER!
EXTRA IMAGES INSIDE: Garry Tobiss puts Zoukei-Mura’s superb new-tool 1/32 Henschel Hs 129 centre stage -and raises the curtain on a production fit for a Bard.
BIRTH OF THE RAVEN
Hasegawa’s ageing 1/72 EF-111A Raven still earns its stripes, as Massimo Santarossa discovers.
AVIATION LEGEND
Dean Large tackles Dora Wings' newly tooled 1/48 Lockheed Vega 5B, which represents the record-setting aircraft flown by Amelia Earhart.
BOMBER IN DISGUISE
Junior modeller Adam Haven adds scratch-built detail to Tamiya’s 1/48 Mosquito FB.VI.
PROP-POWERED PUPPY
What do Hobbits, Gnomes and puppies all have in common? Jay Blakemore finds out when he builds a 1/32 Sopwith Pup from New Zealand-based firm Wingnut Wings.
TO BOLDLY GO
Massimo Santarossa embarks on an out-of-this-world voyage aboard the USS Franklin – replicated in 1/350 scale by Moebius Models.
HORIKOSHI’S HOT ROD
Andy Davies enjoys a successful carrier ‘launch’ with Clear Prop Models’ superb late-version 1/72 Mitsubishi A5M2b Claude.
DESERT DUELLIST
Chris Jones uses ICM’s brand-new 1/32 Gloster Gladiator Mk.I to continue a theme of representing the type as flown by Marmaduke ‘Pat’ Pattle.
T’RIFFIC TINY TANKS
Mike Verier finds that Brengun’s diminutive Soviet T-62 and BTR-60 offerings in 1/144 scale offer some very specific challenges, but that the results are worth the time and effort.
TIGER ON THE RAILS
Garry Tobiss enjoys the moulded Zimmerit found on Dragon’s 1/35 early-production Tiger II, and provides suitable transport with his previous build of Sabre Model’s SSymS plattformwagen.
CENTURION TYPHOON
Using Revell’s 1/48 Eurofighter kit, Chris Jones builds Typhoon ZK340 – the aircraft in which Roger Cruickshank won the Distinguished Flying Cross on Operation Shader.
TACTICAL SUPPORT DOG
Christian Lupu takes a ‘desert dog’ into the woods, as he applies a camouflage green livery to Meng Model’s 1/35 Husky TSV.
Blockade runner
Massimo Santarossa finds out if Special Hobby’s newly tooled 1/72 Short Sunderland Mk.V sinks or swims.
Transport Workhorse
Garry Tobiss builds the heavy-lift version of Sabre’s 1/35 Schwerer Plattformwagen armoured vehicle transport railcar, and creates a diorama for display.
Summer Storm
Chris Jones ‘scrambles’ for aftermarket accessories to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with the return of Airfix’s superb 1/48 Hurricane Mk.I.
New to the Fold
In his inaugural AMW build, Dean Large tackles Revell’s 1/32 Arado Ar 196 floatplane.
Scandinavian Stallion
KP’s 1/72 P-51B Mustang receives close examination from Anders Isaksson, who finishes it in Swedish markings.
PROTECTOR OF THE NILE
Andrew Terrell tackles Eduard’s classic 1/48 MiG-21MF, finishing it as a weather-worn Egyptian Air Force machine in this full build feature.
Britain’s Defender
Editor Stu Fone rediscovers the model desk with an aftermarket build of Airfix’s re-released 1/48 Spitfire Mk.Ia.
A Whittle Faster
Mike Grant ‘whittles’ styrene as he builds Clear Prop’s 1/72 Gloster Pioneer – the first British jet aircraft.
Heller Toucan Van
Chris Clay adds an Irish touch to Heller’s recently tooled 1/24 kit of the classic French Fourgon van.
America's Tiger
Dave Oliver builds Tamiya’s 1/35 M26 Pershing to represent machinery that provided the US military with a much-needed tank to take on the cutting edge of German armour.
SUPER TWEET
Trumpeter’s 1/48 Dragonfly receives a war-weary finish from Wayne Dippold, who builds it as a South Vietnamese Air Force airframe.