Eagle-eyed Luciano Satornetti has spotted more exciting news from Airfix. Fans of Post War British jets will relish the announcement of a 1:48 Meteor F.8, and there are updates on the forthcoming 1:72 Wildcat and Ju-87B.

Airfix 1/48th scale range increases again with RAF jet fighter!
For modellers with an interest in classic British jets, we have some spectacular news for you - in 2016 Airfix will be releasing the Gloster Meteor F.8 in 1/48th scale. In this larger scale, the Meteor will look absolutely magnificent and will allow the Airfix development team to incorporate an impressive level of detail into the new kit. The new manufacturing processes adopted by the Airfix design team allow them to incorporate high levels of detail into their new generation of kits. As with some of the impressive models that have been announced recently, the new 1/48th scale Gloster Meteor will benefit from utilising laser scanned data, using a process known as LIDAR scanning.

The new Meteor will benefit from highly detailed Rolls-Royce Derwent engines, including an engine stand and fully detailed nose cannons and ammunition drums. Interestingly, the new model will also show the full nose wheel assembly structure, which will allow the modeller to display their Meteor with the nose cone removed.

This is a very exciting new model indeed, which we are proud to announce today and we look forward to bringing you more Meteor information as the project progresses - the new Gloster Meteor F.8 is available to pre-order now with an expected release date of April 2016.

New Grumman F-4F Wildcat Update
The new 1/72nd scale Wildcat was announced some months ago, so this latest news is a final update before the model begins to appear in model stores all across the country. The new model is due to appear in three different guises in the Airfix range – a medium starter set, complete with cement, paint and paint brushes; a ‘Dogfight Double’ set, complete with the newly tooled Nakajima B5N2 Kate in a classic Pacific air war duel; and finally as a stand-alone kit release. All three kits are due for release in September and can be pre-ordered now.

This standard edition (A02070) features decal options for an aircraft that was flown by Capt. Marion Eugene Carl, of VMF-223 – Carl was the first US Marine Corps ace of WWII and his Wildcat carries an impressive tally of victory flags on the side of the fuselage. Serving through the air battles at Midway and Guadalcanal, Carl ended the war with 18.5 aerial victories against the Japanese. As 2016 will see the 75th Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack and America’s entry into World War II, this impressive new model is destined to find itself on many a modeller’s workbench.

New 1/72nd scale Stuka ready for action
The new model has been produced incorporating all the impressive design technologies now used at Airfix, which should see this new model as one of the most accurate Stuka kits available to the modeller today. With decal options for either the famous Battle of Britain scheme displayed above, or an attractive Spanish Civil War scheme for one of the handful of machines to take part in this conflict, the new 1/72nd scale Stuka is due for a December release. The picture shows... the impressively clean test shots of the new model, which illustrates just how close this model is to release.

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