Four campaign routes for World War II aircraft modellers: Battle of Britain, Mediterranean, Eastern Front and Pacific. Each route links history, aircraft choices, paint logic, weathering and kit-building decisions.
This page is the site’s map-room: pick a theatre, inspect an operating area, and jump directly into the aircraft, paint and story routes that fit that campaign.
Use the theatre selector, map stage and intel panel together to connect aircraft, squadrons, bases, paint schemes and campaign context.
Pick a theatre through real history first: actual campaigns, famous operations, aircraft roles, paint logic and build ideas.
A real campaign route through Fighter Command, Luftwaffe daylight raids, Biggin Hill, Kenley, Adlertag, the Hardest Day and 15 September 1940.
Adlertag — 13 August 1940: Adlertag, or Eagle Day, was the Luftwaffe’s major attempt to begin a decisive air offensive against RAF Fighter Command. It is a good modelling hook because it bring...
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A real theatre route through Malta, Operation Pedestal, the Desert Air Force, El Alamein, Sicily and Italy.
Malta and the convoy war: Malta was central because it threatened Axis supply routes to North Africa. The island was heavily bombed, supplied under pressure and defended by fighters that ofte...
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A real route through Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kursk, winter whitewash, Soviet ground attack and hard-used Luftwaffe aircraft.
Operation Barbarossa — 1941: The opening of the German invasion created a fast-moving air war. Luftwaffe aircraft operated over huge distances while Soviet air units suffered and adapted. Early ...
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A real route through Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guadalcanal, carrier warfare, island airstrips and late-war US Navy dominance.
Pearl Harbor and early-war Japanese air power: The opening Japanese carrier attacks make the Zero, Kate and Val central subjects. Early-war Japanese aircraft need careful colour thinking, because IJN and IJAAF co...
Read full history routeJump from the map to RAF Day Fighter Scheme, RLM colours, USAAF olive drab, IJN/IJAAF colours and Soviet VVS references.
Comparison routeCompare aircraft rolesMove from campaign context to fighter, bomber, attack and maritime roles.
Reading routeStories and build articlesUse the theatre page as a front door into stories, paint guides and modelling features.
Useful entry routes into kits, paints, techniques and theatre-led WW2 aircraft builds.
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