His model of the Supermarine Spitfire, the vanguard of the British RAF during the Second World War, recreates the look of those early model kits but substitutes 3D printed or laser cut components ...

The first, designated as F36/34, resulted in the Hawker Hurricane, while the second, called F10/35, created the Supermarine Spitfire. The Rolls-Royce Merlin engine became the perfect fit ...

Analysis by the model maker Airfix has ... "Sales of German kits have really started to grow in the last ten years. In the UK, sales of the Spitfire – with around 45,000 kits sold – only ...