Which incidentally was more or less how they built most real airplanes ... balsa kits in 2019, he decided to recreate the concept with modern techniques. His model of the Supermarine Spitfire ...

In the depths of the pandemic, Moore remembered how as a teen he’d built a balsa ... of the model kits gave him an engrossing project. His first plane was a World War II British Spitfire.

Many readers may fondly recall building rubber-band-powered balsa wood model airplanes. While the things were kinda cool, they didn't fly for long, nor could they be remotely controlled.

A pensioner spent five years building a replica model of a Spitfire fighter plane before displaying it in his village garden. Ray Burden, 75, painstakingly built the stunning 1/4 scale model of the ...

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

Ray Burden, 75, painstakingly built the stunning 1/4 scale model of the iconic British war plane from scratch to honour the country's veterans ...

A man from a Warwickshire village spent five years constructing a quarter scale model of a Spitfire fighter plane to honour veterans. Ray Burden built the plane out of plywood, using aircraft ...

Mike Booth controlled his 1/4 scale model of a Spitfire from a light aircraft being flown alongside A Wiltshire man has crossed the English Channel while piloting a radio-controlled plane.