A man has supersized his childhood hobby of making model Airfix kits by buying a full size Spitfire - that he keeps in his back garden. Aviation worker Ian Fox, 55, bought the fibreglass replica ...

And right now, in a boat shed on the edge of the Hobart's River Derwent, a new version of an old warrior is being brought to life. Rod McNeill's love affair with the legendary Spitfire began as a ...

It used to be that if you wanted to make a nice scale model of an airplane, you’d be building the frame out of thin balsa ribs and covering it all up with tissue paper. Which incidentally was more or ...

Sales of German tanks and ships have also outstripped those of the Allies. Analysis by the model maker Airfix has revealed that this year, German kits have made up around 55 per cent of the sales of ...

Ian Fox, 55, has turned his garden into a Spitfire display, owning a full-sized replica along with two more in his shed and a US Navy dive bomber. The aviation worker bought the fibreglass aircraft ...

For 60 years fathers have been taking their sons to Wellington's Modelcrafts and Hobbies store to bond over model planes and trains - a tradition the current owners hope will continue. The Victoria St ...