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  1. 1Airfix Golden Hind 1:72 (A09258V)Airfix Golden Hind 1:72 (A09258V)The Golden Hind is where Airfix's kit story starts: a little bagged version of Drake's galleon, sold through Woolworths for two shillings, is generally counted as the company's first true kit. This box is not that tiny original but the larger 1:72 ship Airfix first catalogued in 1977, now back as a…0
  2. 2Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia 1:72 (A01071C)Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia 1:72 (A01071C)A Spitfire in 1:72 is the kit most people remember as their first Airfix, and this is the modern way back in. It comes from tooling first released in 2010 for the Battle of Britain's 70th anniversary, a world away from the early Spitfire that started Airfix's aircraft range in the 1950s, and just…0
  3. 3Airfix HMS Victory 1:180 (A09252V)Airfix HMS Victory 1:180 (A09252V)If one sailing ship deserves a place on a British modeller's shelf it is Nelson's flagship, and this 1:180 Vintage Classic shows her as she was at Trafalgar in 1805. At 353 parts it is a proper project rather than a weekend kit, though the Skill Level 3 rating is fair: the challenge is patience…0
  4. 4Airfix WWII British Infantry 1:32 (A02718V)Airfix WWII British Infantry 1:32 (A02718V)Not every Airfix memory has wings. Boxes of soft plastic soldiers were a playground staple, and this 1:32 set of 14 British infantrymen comes from moulds made in 1980, still sold behind William Stallion's 1978 box painting. There is no glue and no real assembly, so the appeal is painting: a good…0
  5. 5Airfix Matilda Tank 1:76 (A01318V)Airfix Matilda Tank 1:76 (A01318V)The cheapest way into Airfix armour, and a kit with real history behind it. The 1:76 Matilda first appeared in 1973 and was a fixture of Airfix catalogues for three decades; the Vintage Classics box brings it back at £6.99 with 65 parts and two paint options from different stages of the war. The…0
  6. 6Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I 1:48 (A05126B)Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I 1:48 (A05126B)The natural next step after a 1:72 Spitfire. At 1:48 this early Mk.I spans 232 mm and has 149 parts, enough for a properly busy cockpit and crisp panel lines, yet it is still rated Skill Level 2, so it rarely fights back. The three schemes make it more than another Battle of Britain fighter: a No.…0
  7. 7Airfix Avro Lancaster B.III (Special) The Dambusters 1:72 (A09007A)Airfix Avro Lancaster B.III (Special) The Dambusters 1:72 (A09007A)Few Airfix boxes carry more weight than this one. It is the Lancaster modified for the 1943 dams raid, with the bomb bay doors removed to carry Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb, and the two schemes are the aircraft flown on the night of 16/17 May by Guy Gibson and by Les Munro of No. 617…0
  8. 8Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 1:72 (A12011)Airfix Avro Vulcan B.2 1:72 (A12011)The big delta that used to rattle Lincolnshire windows, and the clearest example of how Airfix's new tooling has changed a favourite. This 1:72 B.2 replaced the long-serving older kit in 2021, and the most practical change is that the wings now come in two pieces instead of three, which makes the…0
  9. 9Airfix Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 RAF 1:48 (A12014)Airfix Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 RAF 1:48 (A12014)A modern 1:48 kit of the RAF's low-level Cold War strike aircraft, and one with an unusually generous spread of markings. Four schemes cover more than two decades: No. 15 Squadron in Germany in 1971, a No. 208 Squadron jet at Red Flag in 1977, a No. 12 Squadron aircraft at Lossiemouth in 1993, and…0
  10. 10Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc Flying Dray 1:24 (A17001A)Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc Flying Dray 1:24 (A17001A)The showpiece of the list and the most fun box Airfix makes. This 1:24 Spitfire Mk.IXc comes from tooling launched in 2022, with 448 plastic parts, a 469 mm wingspan and Skill Level 4, plus resin beer barrels for the underwing racks, recalling the Spitfires that ferried beer to the troops after…0