Airfix - RNLI Severn Class Lifeboat - 1:72

Product Code: A07280

he Severn class lifeboat is the largest lifeboat in the RNLI fleet introduced in 1995. As an all-weather vessel, she can take on the worst sea conditions and comes into her own on long offshore searches and rescues. When lives are at risk out at sea, time is of the essence.

Airfix - Starter Set - RNLI Shannon Class Lifeboat - 1:72

Product Code: A55015

In the serious business of saving lives at sea, the brave volunteer crews of Britain's RNLI service need access to the most capable craft to safely effect rescues in some of the most challenging conditions. In the Shannon Class Lifeboat, they have a cutting-edge vessel which is as capable as it is versatile, able to be launched and recovered from a beach using a mobile slipway and powered by waterjets, which provide it with both speed and incredible controllability.  RNLI crews in continuing their proud lifesaving tradition which spans almost 200 years. A minimum of £0.90 from the sale of this product will be paid in support of the RNLI.

(This Gift Set includes Acrylic Paints, Poly-Cement Glue and a Brush)

Airfix - SR.N4 Hovercraft - 1:144

Product Code: A09171V

Produced at a time when British engineering was the envy of the world, the Saunders Roe/British Hovercraft Corporation SR.N4 was impressive in every respect of the word; a mighty craft heralding a new era in high speed, high comfort, cross-Channel travel for the masses. Entering service in 1969, these Mountbatten Class Hovercraft were able to cruise at speeds in excess of 60 knots, allowing operators to complete 14 return trips each day during the busy summer schedule.

Powered by four marine variants of the Rolls Royce Proteus turboprop engine, each unit drove a massive 5.8 metre diameter variable Dowty Rotol propeller mounted-on pylons, which moved to provide the hovercraft with directional control, along with powered fins and rudders. At the time the SR.N4 entered service, this floating leviathan was the largest passenger hovercraft ever built, equipped with the largest propellers ever produced. Allowing these fully amphibious craft to use terminals away from existing busy seaports, but close enough to still be convenient for passengers, you definitely knew when one of these mighty craft were inbound, because of the incredible noise produced by its Proteus engines.

Everything about this hovercraft was spectacular, which also made it one of the most impressive Airfix model kits ever produced, one making a welcome return to our 2026 Vintage Classics range in 1:144 scale.

Scheme A: SR.N4 Mountbatten Class, Hoverlloyd, Ramsgate, England, 1970.(A)

Scheme B: SR.N4 Mountbatten Class, Seaspeed (British Rail Hovercraft Ltd.) Dover, England, 1970. (B)

Paints required but not included: (Scheme A and B) 11, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 29, 33, 64, 70, 73, 103, 78 (Scheme A) 19 (Scheme B) 40

Airfix - R.M.S. Titanic Gift Set - 1:1000 (A55314)

This smaller scale Titanic is a perfect way to build this iconic subject if your modelling skills are in the early stages. Coming in less parts that the larger scale versions on this page and with some pre-coloured, it gives the opportunity for anyone to create a lovely model.

(This Airfix starter set includes paints, brushes and glue)

Airfix - R.M.S. Titanic Gift Set - 1:700 (A50164A)

RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class passenger liner owned by the White Star Lineand built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, NI. On the night of 14 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 1,514 lives. She was the largest passenger steamship in the world at launch.

(This Airfix starter set includes paints, brushes and glue)

Airfix - R.M.S. Titanic Gift Set - 1:400 (A50146A)

RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class passenger liner owned by the White Star Lineand built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, NI. On the night of 14 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 1514 luves. At the time of her launching in 1912, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world.

(This Airfix starter set includes paints, brushes and glue)

Airfix - Sink The Bismarck! Gift Set - 1:1200

Product Code: A50120

(Pre-Order Due May 2026)

As one of the most powerful battleships to have ever taken to sea, Bismarck posed a huge threat to the Royal Navy and Britain’s vital sea lanes, a threat which had to be neutralised. With the loss of HMS Hood, the Admiralty were determined to destroy Bismarck, and a mighty task force was sent to hunt her down. The scene was set for a mighty clash of warships in the North Atlantic, and the demise of one of the world’s great battleships.

(This Airfix Starter Set includes paints, brushes and glue)

Airfix - HMS Cossack - 1:600

Product Code: A01202V

(Pre-Order Due April 2026)

One of the 16 famous British Tribal Class destroyers, HMS Cossack was an advanced and heavily armed vessel in service by the beginning of the Second World War. It was built for battle and provided the Royal Navy with a significant capability upgrade. She was famous for her crew boarding the German supply ship Altmark in February 1940, where they rescued more than 300 Allied sailors captured during the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee’s earlier commerce raiding successes.

Paints required but not included: TBA

Airfix - Higgins LCVP - 1:72 (A02340)

The Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was used extensively in amphibious landings in World War II. The craft was designed by Andrew Higgins of Louisiana, United States, based on boats made for operating in swamps and marshes. More than 20,000 were built by Higgins Industries and licensees.

Paints Required but not included: 33, 34, 70, 96, 32

Manufacturers Age Restriction: 8 Years+

Airfix Vintage Classics - LCM3 & Sherman - 1:76 (A03301V)

The Landing Craft Mechanised (LCM) Mk.III was the most widely used of the LCMs during World War II, with more than 8,600 being built in yards in the USA. They were employed by both the US Navy and the Royal Navy. The LCM Mk.III was extensively used in operations in the European and Pacific theatres from 1942, with many hundreds taking part in the "D-Day" landings in Normandy in June 1944. The Sherman M4A2 Tank was the best-known of all American medium tanks. The Sherman was designed in 1941 as an improvement on the earlier M3 Lee and Grant series: after initial production in 1942, large numbers of Shermans were issued to the British Army, and the type became the standard Allied medium tank.

Paints Required but not included: TBA

Revell - Assault Ship USS Tarawa LHA-1 - 1:720 (05170)

Model kit of an amphibious attack ship of the US Navy. The ships are a combination of a helicopter carrier and a floating port for landing craft.

hoisting crane, Gun turrets, Landing boats, Helicopters, Display stand, Decals for 5 ships of the Tarawa class.

Paints required but not included: (Humbrol Main Paints:): 33, 154, 160, 145, 91, 32, 12  (Revell Main Paints): 36108, 36115, 36137, 36157, 36167, 36177, 36193

Airfix - HMS Suffolk - 1:600

Product Code: A03203V

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.

Scheme A: HMS Suffolk, Royal Navy, China Station, 1930s. (A)

Scheme B: HMS Suffolk, Royal Navy, May 1941. (B)

Paints required but not included: (Scheme A and B) 27, 33, 34, 55, 73, (Scheme A) 11, 24, 106,  (Scheme B) 31, 64, 87, 90, 123

Airfix - HMS Ajax - 1:600

Product Code: A03204V

HMS Ajax was a British Leander-class light cruiser first launched in March 1934. It was a vessel with an illustrious career. Perhaps her most famous action came at the beginning of the Second World War when she led an engagement against the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the South Atlantic, which led to the scuttling of the mighty Kriegsmarine surface raider.

Paints required but not included: 11, 27, 33, 34, 55, 64, 70, 71

Airfix Vintage Classics - HMS Victorious - 1:600 (A04201V)

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 Vintage Classics - HMS Hood - 1:600 (A04202V)

One of four Admiral class battlecruisers ordered in mid-1916, HMS Hood was the largest of the her class and the largest warship in the world when launched in 1918. After the battle of Jutland the design of Hood was modified. However, as she still had limitations work on her sister ship was halted in 1917, leaving Hood as Britain’s last completed purpose-built battlecruiser. She was named after the 18th-century Admiral Samuel Hood. She was the pride of the Royal Navy on sailing to intercept the Bismarck in May 1941. After making contact with the German battleship, she, with HMS Prince of Wales, opened fire. The Bismarck returned fire and with the fifth salvo hit the Hood a fatal blow and she sunk within two minutes. Only three crew from her total of 1,500 survived.

Paints required but not included: 11, 27, 33, 34, 71, 64, 55, 73, 113

Airfix - HMS Nelson - 1:600

Product Code: A04203V

(Pre-Order Due April 2026)

Built for the Royal Navy after the First World War and completed in 1927, HMS Nelson saw active service from the outbreak of the Second World War, and was present at the surrender of the Japanese in Singapore in 1945.

Paints required but not included: TBA

Airfix Vintage Classics - Bismarck - 1:600 (A04204V)

The most powerful battleship in the world in 1941 when she sailed to raid Allied shipping in the North Atlantic with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen. After being spotted by the Royal Navy she was shadowed and then engaged. In this engagement the Bismarck sank HMS Hood. She was then damaged by at least one torpedo from attacking Swordfish, slowing her down. She was eventually sunk by torpedoes fired from Royal Naval ships with the loss of almost 1,900 crew.

A) - March/May 1941

B) - May 1941

Paints required but not included: (A, B) 24, 27, 31, 33, 34, 55, 56, 60, 64, 65, 71, 73, 123

Airfix - Scharnhorst - 1:600

Product Code: A04206V

(Pre-Order Due May 2026)

One of the powerful new Battleships produced for the German Kriegsmarine during the mid 1930s, Scharnhorst was equipped with nine 11-inch main guns which made her a capable commerce raider, but unable to compete with the many more heavily armed Battleships of the Royal Navy.

Paints required but not included: TBA

Airfix Vintage Classics - HMS Ark Royal - 1:600 (A04208V)

Airfix Vintage Classics - HMS Ark Royal - 1:600

Paints Required but not included: TBA

Airfix - HMS Iron Duke - 1:600

Product Code: A04210V

The mighty British warship HMS Iron Duke was a dreadnought battleship which represented the pinnacle of naval power when she entered service in late 1913. During the Great War, she served as the flagship of the British Grand Fleet under the command of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe and took part in the Battle of Jutland actions at the end of May 1916.

Paints required but not included: 27, 33, 55, 71, 73

Airfix Vintage Classics - Graf Spee - 1:600 (A04211V)

The Battle of River Plate was fought on 13 December 1939 between the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and the Allied Naval task force. The location of the battle was off the South American River Plate. The Graf Spee, captained by Hans Langsdorff, had proved an effective battleship. It had left Germany at the start of the war accompanied by the supply ship Altmark, and succeeded in sinking nine Allied ships in the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean.

Paints Required but not included: 30, 33, 55, 64, 65, 73, 74, 87

Airfix Vintage Classics - HMS Belfast - 1:600 (A04212V)

HMS Belfast saw action at the Battle of the North Cape in World War II, as well as protecting the Arctic convoys and taking a major role during the D-Day landings. After being refitted and seeing action in other conflicts, she is now preserved and anchored in the River Thames near Tower Bridge in London.

Paints required but not included: 11, 27, 30, 33, 34, 55, 64, 70, 71, 96

Airfix - HMS Belfast Gift Set - 1:600 (A50069)

During the Second World War HMS Belfast saw action at the Battle of the North Cape in 1943 and played a major role during the D-Day landings in 1944. After a well-earned refit Belfast also played an active role in the Korean War from 1950-1952. One of only three surviving bombardment vessels from D-Day, HMS Belfast is now preserved by IWM and anchored in the River Thames near to Tower Bridge in London.

(This gift set includes paints, brushes and glue)

Airfix - Prinz Eugen - 1:600

Product Code: A05203V

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.

Scheme A: Admiral Hipper-Class Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen, December 1940. (A)

Scheme B: Admiral Hipper-Class Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen, May 1941. (B)

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

Airfix - Vosper M.T.B - 1:72

Product Code: A05280V

Despite having one of the strongest navies in the world, the Royal Navy knew they needed a fleet of high-speed fighting ships to challenge enemy warships and to take a heavy toll of enemy merchant vessels. Mainly relying on stealth, speed and manoeuvrability, the Vosper company had been designing such craft since the early 1930s, with the Vosper 73ft Motor Torpedo Boat being a later development of those earlier vessels. Powered by three Packard engines, the Vosper was capable of speeds over 40 knots and in this variant, featured four 18-inch deck-mounted torpedo tubes, an Oerlikon 20mm cannon and up to four Vickers machine guns.

Paints required but not included: 12, 22, 27, 33, 53, 54, 64, 123

Airfix - RAF Rescue Launch - 1:72

Product Code: A05281V

During the Second World War, the danger of losing large numbers of aircrew forced to ditch in the seas around the British Isles was very real, resulting in the creation of the Royal Air Force Sea Rescue Service, operating under the motto ‘The sea shall not have them’. Using vessels designed by the British Powerboat Company and utilising racing boat technology, this service was all about speed, with the Type Two 63ft HSL ‘Whaleback’ being arguably their most distinctive craft. Powered by three 24ltr Napier Sea Lion engines, these boats must have sounded magnificent and it’s no wonder they were known as the ‘Spitfires of the sea’.

Scheme A: Type Two "Whaleback" Air Sea Rescue Launch, Royal Air Force Marine Branch, English Channel, 1944. (A)

Scheme B: Type Two "Whaleback" Air Sea Rescue Launch, Royal Air Force Marine Branch, English Channel, 1941. (B)

Paints required but not included: (Scheme A and B) 19, 26, 27, 33, 34, 53, 54, 70, 81.

Airfix - HMS King George V - 1:600

Product Code: A06205V

(Pre-Order Due May 2026)

KGV 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: TBA

Airfix - German E-Boat - 1:72

Product Code: A10280V

Restricted by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the German Kriegsmarine exploited a loophole by designing a fleet of fast, wooden-hulled attack craft they referred to as Schnellboots. Expertly designed, these vessels were perfected over time and by the outbreak of the Second World War, they had become a devastatingly effective part of Germany’s naval strength. Powered by three diesel engines and featuring a triple rudder arrangement, Germany’s E Boats were some of the fastest warships in the world. With their low profile, high manoeuvrability and torpedo armament, if they penetrated any Allied convoy, they could destroy several vessels and make their escape before coming under return fire.

Paints required but not included: 3, 16, 19, 26, 27, 33, 34, 53, 54, 64, 74, (Crew) 61, 77, 98

Airfix - Mary Rose Starter Set - 1:400 (A55114)

The Mary Rose was a carrack-type warship of the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. After serving for 33 years in several wars against France, Scotland and Brittany she saw her last action on 19th July 1545. While leading the attack on the galleys of a French invasion fleet, she sank in the Solent. She now resides in a superb new exhibition site in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard. Paint Scheme - Mary Rose

Contents:

Set includes glue, brush and four acrylic paints - all that is needed to complete a fabulous first kit!

(This gift set includes paints, brush and glue)

Airfix - Small Starter Set NEW Mary Rose - 1:400

Product Code: A55114A

The Mary Rose was a carrack-type warship of the English Tudor Navy of King Henry VIII. After serving for 33 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany she saw her last action on 19 July 1545. While leading the attack on the galleys of a French invasion fleet, she sank in the Solent. She now resides in a superb new exhibition site in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard.Copyright Mary Rose Trust. 

(This Gift set includes paints, brushes and glue)

Revell - Model Set Admiral Nelson Flagship - 1:450 (65819)

A model construction kit of the famous HMS Victory, Admiral Nelson's Flagship during the Battle of Trafalgar in the year 1805.
- Easy to build model, - Single piece masts, - Shrouds,- Adhesive sails,- Finely detailed hull, - Structured deck, - Canons,- Life boats,- Authentic decal set.

(This 'Model Set' includes paints, brushes and glue)

ATTENTION! Read (construction) instructions before use, follow and keep ready for reading. Not suitable for children under 8 years! Use under the supervision of adults. ATTENTION! Contains solvent-based adhesive and water-soluble paints.

Airfix Vintage Classics - HMS Victory 1765 - 1:180 (A09252V)

Launched on May 7th 1765, HMS Victory gained its fame by becoming Admiral Nelson flagship during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The victory at this battle ended Napoleons bid for mastery of the sea, but cost Admiral Nelson his life. She had previously taken part in many other major actions against the Spanish and French fleets, and is now the oldest serving Royal Naval ship stil in service, being the flagship of the Portsmouth Command. After being restored to the same condition and appearance as she was at Trafalgar, she can now be seen in all her glory at her home in Portsmouth by visitors from all over the world.

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

Airfix Vintage Classics - Cutty Sark 1869 - 1:130 (A09253V)

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.

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

Airfix - HMS Prince - 1:180

Product Code: A09254V

(Pre-Order Due November 2026)

One of the most powerful fighting ships of her day, HMS Prince, or the Royal Prince as she was sometimes referred to, was a 100-gun ‘first rate’ ship of the line and the initial flagship of the Lord High Admiral of the Royal Navy, the Duke of York. Launched in December 1670, she was never too far away from significant naval actions, suffering damage on several occasions and having to undergo rebuild at least twice.

Paints required but not included: TBA

Airfix Vintage Classics - WASA - 1:144 (A09256V)

In 1625 while Sweden was busy building an empire around the Baltic Sea, the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus ordered new warships. Among them the Wasa. On its maiden voyage in 1628 the Wasa set sail and fired a salute. But only after a few minutes of sailing the ship began to heel over. She righted herself slightly - and heeled over again and, to everyones horror and disbelief, the glorious and mighty warship suddenly sank. 

Paints Required but not included: TBA