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Model Airplane International Magazine

12 issues per year   |  English
179 Reviews   •  English   •   Hobbies & Crafts (Scale Modelling)
Model Airplane International issue

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Always packed with the latest kit previews, full kit builds and how-to features Model Airplane sets the standard for modelling excellence and photography. Every issue has superb kit builds with how-to sections to help improve your modelling skills. The very latest releases and industry insider news on accessories and upcoming releases keep the reader up to date with the latest info.

Regular features include:
Latest kit releases and builds
Up coming industry insider news
Full size reference material
Original exclusive artwork (some suitable for home decals production)
How-to step by step features
Masses of accessories, add-on parts and decals
Competitions to win model stuff
Event reports from around the World

If you want the very latest news on kit releases and to be shown how to improve your modelling skills - Model Airplane International is a must read.
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Model Airplane International

249 REGULARS P04 NEWSLINE P06 COMMENT P65 NEXT ISSUE P66 FINAL THOUGHTS… REVIEWS P08 TRANSFER LIST Decal related releases across the scales P10 IN PRINT The latest in reference and modelling books P12 FIGURES New figure releases across the scales FEATURES P14 REFINING THE SPITFIRE Brett Green builds Kotare’s brand new 1:32 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Vb P32 EYES IN THE SKY PART ONE Revell 1:32 Meteor F.8/FR.9 by Spencer Pollard P44 KIT PREVIEW Eduard’s 1:48 Avia S-199 Bubble Canopy P46 A BIG ZERO PART TWO Mark Casiglia continues his build of Tamiya’s 1:32 A6M5 Zero P58 IT’S SHOWTIME! Marcus Nicholls reports from the 2026 Nuremberg Spielwarenmesse


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REGULARS
P04 NEWSLINE
P06 COMMENT
P65 NEXT ISSUE
P66 FINAL THOUGHTS…

REVIEWS
P08 TRANSFER LIST
Decal related releases across the scales
P10 IN PRINT
The latest in reference and modelling
books
P12 FIGURES
New figure releases across the scales

FEATURES
P14 REFINING THE SPITFIRE
Brett Green builds Kotare’s brand new 1:32 Supermarine
Spitfire Mk.Vb
P32 EYES IN THE SKY PART ONE
Revell 1:32 Meteor F.8/FR.9 by Spencer Pollard
P44 KIT PREVIEW
Eduard’s 1:48 Avia S-199 Bubble Canopy
P46 A BIG ZERO PART TWO
Mark Casiglia continues his build of Tamiya’s 1:32 A6M5 Zero
P58 IT’S SHOWTIME!
Marcus Nicholls reports from the 2026 Nuremberg
Spielwarenmesse
read more read less
Always packed with the latest kit previews, full kit builds and how-to features Model Airplane sets the standard for modelling excellence and photography. Every issue has superb kit builds with how-to sections to help improve your modelling skills. The very latest releases and industry insider news on accessories and upcoming releases keep the reader up to date with the latest info.

Regular features include:
Latest kit releases and builds
Up coming industry insider news
Full size reference material
Original exclusive artwork (some suitable for home decals production)
How-to step by step features
Masses of accessories, add-on parts and decals
Competitions to win model stuff
Event reports from around the World

If you want the very latest news on kit releases and to be shown how to improve your modelling skills - Model Airplane International is a must read.

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Very nice Reviewed 24 April 2025

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one if not the best Reviewed 21 March 2025

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I like that you cater for smaller scales as well. Not all of us have enough space for displaying even mainly 1/48 scale! Reviewed 26 March 2020

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Model Airplane International is a good mag for airplane modellers full of ideas. Reviewed 26 October 2018

if you only subscribe to one scale model aircraft mag, this is arguably the one to pick Reviewed 21 August 2012

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