Best Stitch Painting Kits in 2026

Scheme 1: Vickers Wellington Mk carrying convenience no 75 (new Zealand squadron) aircraft, royal air force felt well, Norfolk, England, July 7, 1941.

Scheme 2: Vickers Wellington Mk Ia "R" Robert no 20 operational training unit, royal air force lossiemouth, Scotland December 1940

Part of the air fix classic kit range, the 1: 72 scale is a smaller scale and is perfect for those models where you want a more simple and faster construction.

Part of the Airfix Classic Kit Range, the 1:72 scale is a smaller scale and is perfect for those models where you want a more simple and faster construction.

Cushman Model 39 Package Car, Chevrolet M6 Bomb Service Truck, M5 Bomb Trailer, Autocrat U-7144-T 4x4 Tractor Unit and F-1 Fuel Trailer

Skill Level: 2 Number of Parts:

1:72nd Scale Military Helicopter Plastic Model Kit

Skill Level: 2

Number of Parts: 133

Scheme 1: Messerschmitt bf109e-4, aircraft flown by oberleutnant Franz von Werra, gruppen-adjutant 1/JG 3, samer, France August 1940

Scheme 2: Messerschmitt bf109e-3, aircraft flown oblt. Josef 'pips' Priller, staffelkapitan, 6./JG 51 France autumn-winter 1940-1941

Scheme 3: Messerschmitt bf109e-3, aircraft flown by kap. Milutin grozdanovic, vazduhoplovstvo vojske kraljevine jugoslavije, zemun, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, July 1940

Part of the Airfix Classic Kit Range, the 1:72 scale is a smaller scale and is perfect for those models where you want a more simple and faster construction.

Skill Level 1

Number of parts: 70

1:48th Scale WWII Military Aircraft Plastic Model Kit

Livery A: F H Dean, No. 274 Squadron RAF, Sidi Barrani, Egypt 1941 Livery B: Rhodesian Air Training Group, Rhodesia 1941

Skill Level: 2 Number of Parts: 127

1: 72nd scale WWII military aircraft plastic model kits

Skill level: 1 number of parts: 36

Scheme: supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia N3290 gr-u 92 squadron 1940

Part of the Airfix Classic Kit Range, the 1:72 scale is a smaller scale and is perfect for those models where you want a more simple and faster construction.

Skill Level: 2

Number of Parts: 58

Scheme 1: de havilland Vampire T. 11, Central flying school, royal air force little rissington, gloucestershire, England 1970

Scheme 2: de havilland Vampire j-28c se-dxu (order Austrian air force) now flown and maintained by the Swedish air force historic flight, Sweden 2006

Part of the air fix classic kit range, the 1: 72 scale is a smaller scale and is perfect for those models where you want a more simple and faster construction.

Scheme 1: de havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth royal Naval air station abbots inch, paisley, Scotland, 1962

Scheme 2: de havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth no, 12 local air supply unit (lasu), kiarivu airfield, Papua new Guinea, August 1945

Part of the airfix classic kit range, the 1: 72 scale is a smaller scale and is perfect for those models where you want a more simple and faster construction.

1: 48th scale WWII military aircraft plastic A05131 kits

Scheme 1- North American P-51D Mustang, 'Little Indian', 2nd Air Commando Group, 10th Air Force, United States Army Air Force, Kalaikunda, India 1945.

Skill level: 2 number of parts: 147

Being a slightly larger scale, 1: 48 allows Modelers to add those intricate details that is absent from smaller scales.

Skill level: 3 Dimensions of completed kit: length 205mm x width 236mm Number of parts: 147

Scheme 1: North American Mustang Mk IV, "Dooley bird" Aircraft flown by flight Lieutenant Arthur "Joe" Dooley, no. 19 Squadron, RAF acklington, England late 1945 scheme 2: North American P-51 Mustang, no. 3 Squadron, royal Australian air Force, lavariano, Italy July 1945.

Classic 1: 35 Armor model scaled tank. Includes some interior details and includes link and length tracks.

Skill level: 3. A great plastic model kit for the intermediate to experienced modeler.

Primary Scheme: Gun Motor Carriage M12 The Persuader, B Battery, 557th Armoured Field Artillery Battalion, US 9th Army, Linnich, Germany, Late February 1945. Secondary Scheme: Gun Motor Carriage M12 Choo-Choo-Bam, C Battery, 557th Armoured Field Artillery Battalion, US 9th Army, Echternach, Luxemberg, early February 1945.

1:72nd Scale Cold War V-Bomber Military Aircraft Plastic Model Kit

Livery A: No 139 Squadron, RAF Watering, Lincolnshire, England, 1963-64 Livery B: Victor Training Flight, RAF Watering, Lincolnshire, England 1968

Skill Level: 3 Number of Parts: 228

Being a slightly larger scale, 1:48 allows modelers to add those intricate details that is absent from smaller scales.

Scheme 1- Meteor F8 A77-851 flown Sergeant George Spaulding Hale, No 77 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Kimpo, Korea, March 1953.

Skill level: 3 number of parts: 190

Plastic scale model kit

1:48 Scale

Series: 5 (where 1 is for the beginner and 25 is for the more experienced modeller)

Airfix is the oldest UK manufacturer of scale model plastic kits and has been producing kits for the mass market since 1952. Airfix produce a wide range of kits aimed at all types of scale modelers with subjects such as; military aircraft, ships, space, cars, dioramas and military vehicles.

Enjoy the nostalgia with the revival of this classic plastic model. The boxes feature original paintings by an impressive range of artists. Since the early 1950s, Airfix has produced hundreds of fantastic models, across many different categories and the majority of these tools still exist, and using these tools are how the Vintage Classics are made.

Skill level: 3. Dimensions of completed kit: length 26.6 cm x width 4 cm x height 9 cm. Total Pieces: 121. A great plastic model kit for the intermediate or advanced modeler.