The wheels are real – cast-offs from an original Spitfire. So is the fully functional Perspex canopy. The old black dials in the cockpit are genuine too, straight out of brown boxes stamped Air ...

A man has supersized his childhood hobby of making model Airfix kits by buying a full size Spitfire - that he keeps in his back garden. Aviation worker Ian Fox, 55, bought the fibreglass replica ...

A pensioner devoted five years to constructing a replica model of a Spitfire fighter plane, which now takes pride of place in his village garden. Ray Burden, 75, meticulously crafted the stunning ...

A man from Torquay has taken model aircraft building to sky high levels by constructing a nearly full size Spitfire fighter. Rikki Scott has spent two years skilfully crafting the aircraft in his ...

John Lloyd said he had made a "generous donation" to the museum A model Spitfire which has stood in the garden of a Shropshire village home for four decades has been restored. Apprentices at the ...

Squadron Leader Allan Scott, of Wem, was presented with the model Spitfire by Bravo Delta Models’ CEO Edward Martin. The Devon-based model-making firm wanted to honour the 96-year-old, who served in ...

A remarkable collection of aviation heritage, including a full-scale replica Spitfire, is set to go under the hammer at auction. The haul, worth tens of thousands of pounds, also includes a boxed set ...