We're a Chester-le-Street model aeroplane builder but a £100k project for a US filmmaker was our hardest job
Published 16th Jan 2026, 06:00 BST
A radio-controlled model aeroplane builder, based in Chester-Le-Street, has completed its most ambitious model to date for an American filmmaker.
Fighteraces spent more than two years on the £100,000 project designing and constructing a bespoke Fokker 70 airliner for the filmmaker, based in Atlanta. Built predominantly from carbon and glass fibre, the model measures 5 m long, with a 4.5 m wingspan.
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The client has now commissioned a second model, twice the size.
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Phil Clark, owner of Fighteraces, said: "The scale and complexity of this project was unlike anything we’ve ever done. It challenged us, but seeing the finished model ready to fly to the US makes it all worthwhile."