Useful Links

This page lists some useful modelling web pages and references.

Sadly, many of the modelling sites that I used to visit regularly have now fallen silent, through a combination of increased private hosting costs (leading IMHO to the dumbing down and commercialisation of the internet), advancing ages of owners and the ubiquity of easy access pages such as Facebook.

Suffice to say that I am still here (for the foreseeable future!) and I will try to update this page regularly to reflect what is still available and to add anything new that catches my eye.

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/ Definitely the best forum for UK aircraft modellers (and modellers of UK aircraft!). British bias and flavour. Active and interesting

https://www.scalemates.com/ A superb rand comprehensive eference for all modellers, listing most available kits.

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/ Sadly, this one has not now been updated since 2023 (when, worryingly, the owner posted that he was ill, probably with COVID - let’s hope he is OK) although the linked forums are still active (although very quiet)

http://whatifmodellers.com/ Seems to be still active and lively. Some superbly inventive modellers on this speculative modelling site.

Unofficial Airfix Modellers Forum . Still active, welcoming and interesting although relatively quiet. Strong British Classic Kit bias!

http://modelstories.free.fr/ Owner “retired” the main site in 2022, but past pages are still there and there is an active linked forum. In French, but there is a link to an English version.

http://www.fanakit.fr/ Another superb French site. No English version this time, but it is fairly self explanatory and contains lots of superb reference photographs.

http://www.internetmodeler.com/ Monthly updates, good quality articles and reviews, if a bit staid.

http://www.hyperscale.com/ Good daily (yes daily !)updates, kit reviews and articles, Site owner well respected and produces some superb video reports from shows, plus informative modelling technique tutorials. Strong US bias.

http://modelingmadness.com/ A great review site, although the owner seems to have had an accident a few months ago that is preventing him doing detailed updates - I wish him a swift recovery. Very much US oriented even though the site owner/editor has a definite soft spot for Brit aircraft. Remains the best source of well written model reviews and previews.

http://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/contents.html An essential reference for British Cold War aircraft modellers.

http://www.airliners.net/ Photos of everything you ever wanted.

http://www.naval-history.net/NAVAL1982FALKLANDS.htm A superb reference on the Falklands war, amongst others.

https://retromodels.org/gb/frog/ A comprehensive Russian site, listing and pictures of FROG and successor ( e.g. NOVO)) kits.

https://www.cybermodeler.com/index.shtml A large and activ e US-biased website with some very good references

https://www.kgwings.com/new.html Not updated since 2021, but the SSL was renewed in late 2025 - so the site should be there for a while yet

Useful Modelling Links…..

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