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NEWS
- JUST IN: Airfix Messerschmitt Bf109G-5/6 1:24 kit review
- Do you like F 18 Super Hornet model kits?! We have 5 build reviews so take a look at them all to compare.
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TECHNIQUES BANK
- DSPIAE Reciprocating Sander – product review – Video Demos
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- Scale Modelling Photography Techniques – Part 3
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- Really simple pictures using your phone (or tablet) – Part 1
- AK Interactive Real Color Acrylic Marker pens for modelling
- How to paint metallic bodies – Video Demo
SUBSCRIBER GALLERY
- Mitsubishi A6M Zero by Richard Allen
- Douglas A-20G Havoc by Julian Seddon
- De Havilland D.H.2 by David Muscroft
- F-4C Phantom II U.S. Air Force 57th FIS Keflavik Air Base, Iceland 1976 by Jürgen Jaacks
- Boeing 737-200 Aer Lingus by Jonathan Francis
- Boeing 737-200 British Airways Landor livery, 1.144 by Jonathan Francis
- Bf 109G-2 by Andrew Johnson
- Short Stirling B.III by Thomas Probert
- DH.10 ‘Pensionable Age Model’ by David Muscroft
FINISHED NOW
- ICM Gotha Go 244B-2 1:48
- Airfix Fairey Gannet COD.4 1:48
- F 18 Super Hornet model kit reviews
- Airfix Eurofighter Typhoon FGR.4 – Starter Set 1:72
- Revell Boeing 737-800 1:144
- Airfix English Electric Lightning F.6, No 56 Squadron RAF 1:48
- Airfix Westland Wessex HC.2 1:72
- ICM Henschel Hs123A-1 1:32
- Tamiya Lockheed Martin F-35C Lightning II 1:48
HERE NOW VIDEO REVIEWS
- Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXe 1:48
- Airfix De Havilland Mosquito B.XVI/B.35/TT.35 1:72
- Airfix Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX (2025 release) 1:48
- JUST IN: Airfix Messerschmitt Bf109G-5/6 1:24 kit review
- Airfix Westland Lynx AH-7, (2025 release) 1:48
- Zoukei-Mura Messerschmitt Bf 109G-4 1:32
- Iliad Design Fighters of Operation Rutter 1:48
- Airifx Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc, Flying Dray 1:24
- ICM Hs 123A-1 (Late) WWII German Attack Aircraft 1:32
BUILD NOW
- Zoukei-Mura 1/32 Bf 109G-4 – NEW Update
- Sword English Electric Lightning T.Mk.4 1:48 – NEW update
- Airfix Supermarine Spitfire TR.9 1:48 – NEW Build
- Airfix McDonnell Douglas Phantom FGR-2 Double Build 1:72 – new update
- Airfix Avro Lancaster B.III ‘Dambuster’ 1:72 – new update
BOOK REVIEWS – all video reviews from Geoff Coughlin
- English Electric Lightning – Duke Hawkins series No.40 book review
- The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Airframe Miniature No.25
- Westland Whirlwind Walkaround
PHOTO REFERENCE LIBRARY
NEW! Civilian Aircaft Collection
A new section with a collection of our finished civilian aircraft models – I know civilian aircraft kits are popular with many modellers, including myself!
Discover a whole range of commerical aviation kits, spanning across decades of aviation history.
See our Finished Now civil aircraft builds
Geoff’s fantastic ‘Build the British Phantoms’ e-book series is now completed!
Essential reading for all aircraft modellers!
Building the British Phantoms Volume Three: The F-4J(UK) in RAF Service
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Geoff completes the Building the British Phantoms series with a detailed look at the F-4J(UK) in RAF service.
Building the British Phantoms Volume Two: The FGR.2 in RAF Service
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Including 11 kit builds and 26 colour profiles by Simon Hill
Building the British Phantoms Volume One
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Download this stunning 366 page eBook with colour illustrations from KLP Publishers
