<p>Welcome to this first edition of our Workbench blog for 2026, and all the news, updates, and modelling exclusives from the fascinating world of Airfix.</p><p> </p><p>Having just completed another year of bringing our loyal readers weekly Workbench development updates, and with our latest range launch now just days away, we thought that we might try something just that little bit different for this latest edition of our blog, particularly as new models and new model tooling projects are going to be dominating our attention over the coming weeks. With a full year of numbers and statistics now available for evaluation, we thought it might be an interesting exercise to discover which kits proved to be the most popular releases over the previous twelve months, and whether new toolings totally dominated this chart, or if the re-introduction of some updated classics managed to muscle their way in there.</p><p> </p><p>Taking this final opportunity to reflect before we embark on our 2026 modelling voyage of discovery, we will be looking at TEN of the most popular kits from 2025, featuring box artwork, built kit photography and details behind at least one of the scheme options available with each kit release. For those of us who have one, or several of these kits either in our stashes, or already in our display cabinets, this will serve as clear confirmation that we really do have our fingers on the pulse when it comes to modelling matters, and for those yet to sample these scale delights, what on earth have you been doing all year?</p>