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Buying guides for kits and sets across plastic kits, miniatures, brick builds, terrain and other materials. Every entry here is researched from the sources listed on each page.
Plastic kits
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Airfix Hawker Hurricane Mk.I (A01010A), 1:72
Airfix's 2014-tooled 1:72 fabric-wing Hurricane Mk.I: 51 parts, skill level 1, one marking scheme, 133 mm long with a 171 mm wingspan.
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Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia (A01071C)
Airfix's 1:72 Spitfire Mk.Ia: 36 parts, skill level 1, one marking scheme, 127 mm long with a 155 mm wingspan.
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Airfix T-34 (A01316V)
A Vintage Classics reissue of Airfix's 1:76 T-34, from mould tools made in 1968: 58 parts, skill level 2, one marking scheme. Note it is 1:76, not 1:72.
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Airfix Wellington Mk.IA/C (A08019A)
Airfix's 1:72 Wellington Mk.IA/C: 141 parts, skill level 3, two marking schemes, 364 mm wingspan.
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Revell Churchill A.V.R.E. (03297), 1:76
Revell's reissue of the 1983 Matchbox 1:76 Churchill AVRE bridgelayer: 87 parts, three Royal Engineers schemes, rated advanced by Revell for its bridge rigging.
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Rubicon Models M4A4 Sherman / Firefly VC (280088), 1:56
A 105-part, four-sprue 1:56 (28mm wargames scale) plastic kit that builds an M4A4 Sherman or a Firefly VC, with crew figures and open or closed hatches.
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Tamiya M4 Sherman, Early Production
A 1995 rebox of an older Tamiya Sherman hull with new early-production parts. Published reviews describe it as a simple, well-fitting build, though it is closer to a mid-production tank than its name suggests.
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Tamiya M4A3E8 Sherman "Easy Eight" European Theater (35346)
Tamiya's new-tool 1:35 Easy Eight from 2015: 214 mm long, single-pin T66 tracks as belt parts, a commander torso figure and markings for two units.
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Miniatures and wargaming
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Airfix WWII British Infantry N. Europe (A00763V)
48 unpainted 1:76 plastic figures of British infantry in North West Europe from 1944, skill level 1. Airfix lists it out of stock at £5.99 (31 Oct 2026).
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Plastic Soldier Company Late War British Infantry 1944-45 (WW2020002), 1:72
66 hard plastic 1:72 British infantry figures in 22 poses, released 2011, about half needing assembly.
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Rubicon Models M4A4 Sherman / Firefly VC (280088), 1:56
A 105-part, four-sprue 1:56 (28mm wargames scale) plastic kit that builds an M4A4 Sherman or a Firefly VC, with crew figures and open or closed hatches.
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Warlord Games Bolt Action Starter Set: Band of Brothers (Third Edition)
The D-Day themed Bolt Action Third Edition starter: 12 US Airborne and 12 German Grenadiers in 28mm hard plastic, two 1/56 half-tracks, a ruined farmhouse, mat, dice and the A5 rulebook.
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Warlord Games British & Canadian Army Infantry 1943-45 (402011020), 28mm
30 hard plastic 28mm late-war British and Canadian infantry for Bolt Action, with bases, an assembly guide and decals for both armies.
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Warlord Games US Infantry Platoon, WWII American GIs (402013012), 28mm
30 hard plastic 28mm (1/56) US Army infantry for Bolt Action, from Warlord's 2018 retool: five six-man sprues with weapons moulded to arms, bases, decals and a construction leaflet.
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