Airfix - R.M.S. Titanic 1:700 (A50104)

RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class passenger liner owner by the White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland. On the night of 14th April 1912, during her maiden voyage, Titanic hit an iceberg, and sank two hours and forty minutes later, early on 15 April 1912, with the loss of 1,517 lives. At the time of her launching in 1912, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world.

(This Gift set includes paints, brushes and glue)

Airfix - HMS Illustrious Gift Set 1:350 (A50059)

Illustrious is an impressive 209m long, with a beam of 36m and a displacement of 22,000 tonnes. She has 1400 compartments and 15 lifts, and is powered by 4 Gas Turbines Olympus engines (a marinised version of Concorde`s), giving her a top speed in excess of 30 knots. She has a full complement of over 1000 people, and can opate with a range of both rotary and fixed wing aircraft from the Harrier GR9 to troop- carrying Chinooks. This collection comes with extra unique information supplied exclusively by the Royal Navy.

(This Gift set includes paints, brushes and glue) 

Airfix - HMS Illustrious (A14201)

HMS Illustrious is the second of three Invincible Class Aircraft carriers, and the fifth ship to bear her proud name.  Illustrious, or ‘Lusty’ as she is known fondly by all on board, was built at Swan Hunters Ship Builders Yard on the Tyne, and subsequently commissioned in her base port of Portsmouth in 1982.

Paints required but not included: 27, 33, 70, 64, 54, 130, 165, 127, 164, 163, 156.

Airfix - HMS Belfast 1:600 (A50069)

HMS Belfast is an ex-Royal Navy Town-class cruiser and now a museum ship operated by the Imperial War Museum. In June 1944 she took part in Operation Neptune, the naval assault on D Day in support of Operation Overlord

(This Gift set includes paints, brushes and glue)

Airfix - HMS Hood 1:600 (A50071)

Royal Navy HMS Hood, the then pride of the Royal Navy, was tragically sunk with the loss of all but three of its crew by the Bismarck in 1941. The set includes exclusive photographs that can be displayed with the finished model.

(This Gift set includes paints, brushes and glue)

Airfix - HMS Victorious 1:600 (A04201)

HMS Victorious joined the Home Fleet in May 1941. Just nine days later her inexperienced pilots encountered and attacked the Bismarck. She also escorted convoys to Russia, took part in the North African landings in 1942 and had a spell with the US Navy (being re-named as the USS Robin). After returning to the Royal Navy in early 1944, her aircraft participated in the attack on the Tirpitz. She then returned to the Pacific War.
The box illustration shows HMS Victorious in the 1960s.

Paints required but not included: 15, 24, 27, 33, 34, 55, 64, 73, 117

Airfix - HMS Suffolk 1:600 (A03203)

During May 1941 HMS Suffolk played a vital role in the Battle of the Denmark Strait and the sinking of Bismarck.
She had engaged the battleship twice during the battle and using her radar she was able to track the Bismarck through the Denmark Strait and maintained contact for other units to vector into Bismarck’s path.

Paints required but not included: (A)(B) 27, 33, 34, 55, 64, 73, (A) 11, 71, (B) 31, 87, 90

Airfix - HNoMS St. Albans 1:400 (A03252)

The Royal Navy obtained the St. Albans under lease lend from US & on the 14th April 1941 she was transferred to the Royal Norwegion Navy-in-exle. Serving until 1944 to then be passed to the Russian Navy until 1949.

Paints required but not included: 30, 33, 53, 55, 56, 64, 66, 70, 77, 110, 144

Airfix - HMS King George V - 1:600 (A06205)

HMS King George V was made the flagship of the Home Fleet under the command of Admiral Sir John Tovey after the destruction of HMS Hood, and was involved in the chase and the sinking of Hood’s opponent, the German battleship Bismarck. In the Mediterranean, KGV covered the Operation Husky landings at Sicily.

Paints required but not included: 11, 27, 33, 31, 34, 55, 73, 90, 145

Airfix - HMS Repulse - 1:600 (A06206)

Operating with the Home Fleet in the North Sea and Atlantic during the first two years of World War II, taking part in the pursuit of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941. Later in the year she was sent to the Far East, accompanying the new battleship Prince of Wales.

Paints required but not included:  27, 31, 33, 34, 55, 64, 71, 73, 79, 90

Airfix - Prinz Eugen 1:600 (A05203)

Prinz Eugen was despatched into the North Atlantic with the Bismarck to attack convoys making for Great Britain. During the Battle of the Denmark Strait, she damaged both HMS Hood (then sunk by Bismarck) and HMS Prince of Wales, before escaping to Brest in occupied France.

Paints required but not included: (A)(B) 27, 31, 33, 34, 71, 64, 65, 55, 73, (A) 24, 60, 123

Airfix - Bismarck or Tirpitz - 1:400 (A08205)

Paints required but not included: (Both) 33,34,64, 73, 102 (Bismarck only) 103 (Tirpitz only) 27, 56, 98

Airfix - Trafalgar Submarine - 1:350 (A03260)

The Fleet Submarines of the Trafalgar Class are extremely sophisticated, deep diving, high-speed submarines, capable of fulfilling a range of maritime military tasks undreamed of by the strategists of previous generations. Their most important role is to seek out and destroy other submarines that may pose a threat to any friendly force of which they have an unrivalled capability.

Paints Required but not included: 11, 33, 54, 80.

Airfix - Trafalgar Submarine Gift Set - 1:350 (A50021)

The Fleet Submarines of the Trafalgar Class are extremely sophisticated, deep diving, high-speed submarines, capable of fulfilling a range of maritime military tasks undreamed of by the strategists of previous generations. Their most important role is to seek out and destroy other submarines that may pose a threat to any friendly force of which they have an unrivalled capability.

(This Gift set includes paints, brushes and glue)

Airfix - Golden Hind Gift set - 1:72 (A50046)

The Golden Hind was an English galleon best known for its global circumnavigation between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake, who on his return with a haul of Spanish gold and other treasures was knighted by Queen Elizabeth.

This set also includes 8 Humbrol Acrylic Paints, 2 X Poly Cements Glue and Paint Brushes. (Requires Painting)

Airfix - HMS Victory Gift Set - 1:180 (A50049)

HMS Victory was Admiral Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and the ship where he lost his life, bringing him and the vessel immortality. She still serves as a Royal Navy ship and is in permanent dry dock at Portsmouth.

This set also includes 8 Humbrol Acrylic Paints, 2 X Poly Cements Glue and Paint Brushes. (Requires Painting)

Airfix - WASA Gift Set - 1:144 (A50044)

The Wasa (Vasa) sank within one nautical mile of the start of her maiden voyage in 1628 before she even left the Stockholm archipelago. She was raised in 1961 and is permanent display in the city. 

This set also includes 12 Humbrol Acrylic Paints, 2 X Poly Cements Glue (not precision poly as pictured) and Paint Brushes. (Requires Painting)

Airfix - Cutty Sark Gift Set - 1:130 (A50045)

The Cutty Sark, built in Dumbarton is the best known of all the clippers and in her hey-day was the fastest of them all. She could carry 32,000 square feet of sail giving her a maximum speed of over 17 knots. Employed in the tea trade, she was used to speed the new seasons crop from China to London where the crews hoped to gain the prestige of being the first back. Since 1957 she has been in dry-dock in Greenwich, London, attracting visitors from all around the world. This much loved ship was almost destroyed by fire on May 21st 2007.

This set also includes 8 Humbrol Acrylic Paints, Poly Cements Glue (not precision poly as pictured) and Paint Brushes. (Requires Painting)

Airfix - Endeavour Bark 1768 - 1:120 (A07251)

In 1768 Captain James Cook set off on a voyage to the Pacific Ocean. The expedition's main purpose was to study and observe the 1769 transit of Venus across the sun (in conjunction with several other observations to be made from different locations). However, a more pragmatic reason was to be relayed to her captain by the Admiralty in additional instructions; namely, to search out the southern Pacific for signs of the yet to be discovered continent, we now know to be Australasia.

Paints Required but not included: 16, 22, 26, 33, 70

Airfix - HMS Victory 1765 - 1:180 (A09252)

Paints Required but not included: 10, 12, 14, 16, 19, 22, 33, 71, 74

Airfix - Cutty Sark 1869 - 1:130 (A09253)

A "cutty sark" is a short chemise. It comes from a poem by Robbie Burns, Tam O'Shanter, when Tam, a young lad sees some witches dancing in the wood, ne of whom is wearing a very revealing Cutty Sark. The Cutty Sark, built in Dumbarton is the best known of all the clippers and in her hey-day was the fastest of them all. She could carry 32,000 square feet of sail giving her a maximum speed of over 17 knots. Employed in the tea trade, she was used to speed the new seasons crop from China to London where the crews hoped to gain the prestige of being the first back. Since 1957 she has been in dry-dock in Greenwich, London, attracting visitors from all around the world. This much loved ship was almost destroyed by fire on May 21st 2007.

Model Scale; 1:130	Dimensions (mm); L520 W140
Number of Parts: 220
Skill Level: 4	Flying Hours: 4

Paints Required but not included: 10, 12, 16, 22, 33, 63, 103