1/72 Plastic Model Airplanes

This is a plastic 1/72 Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina USN Patrol Airplane from Academy Plastics. It's for experienced modelers. The PBY-5A was the first version of this famous aircraft equipped with with landing gear, which made it a true amphibian plane. Painted black and armed with bombs and radar, the PBY-5A was used effectively against ships.

This is a 1/72 Plastic Sopwith Camel WWI Fighter from Academy Plastics. It's for ages 10 and up.

This is a 1/72 SR-71A Blackbird Plastic Model Aircraft Kit. Skill Level 2 for ages 10 to Adult, Intermediate to Advanced Modelers.

This is the 1/72 Scale C-47 Skytrain Plastic Model Airplane Kit from Italeri. Suitable for Ages 14 & Up.

Assemble a Fokker DR.1 with this 1:72 Scale Plastic Model Kit from Revell. Skill Level 3 Kit Suitable for Ages 10 & Older.

This is a 1/72 Plastic F-4E Phantom II U.S. Air Force Fighter-Bomber Model Kit from Hasegawa. It's for ages 10 and up.

This is the 1/72 Scale P-3C Orion Plastic Model Kit from Hasegawa.

This is a 1/72 Plastic Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat US Navy Fighter from Academy Plastics. It's for ages 10 and up. When the Japanese attacked the United States in 1941, the most modern fighter in the Navy was the Grumman F4F Wildcat. Although the Wildcat was small, it was not as fast or maneuverable as the Japanese Zero Fighter, but it was a very durable machine. However, in the hands of an experienced pilot, the Wildcat could best the feared Zero. Thankfully, the Grumman fighter was able to fend off the enemy until the more powerful Hellcat was available about one year later.

This is the 1/72 Scale A-6E Intruder Plastic Model Kit from Hasegawa.

This is the Academy SPAD XIII WWI Fighter 1/72 scale plastic model airplane kit.

This is a 1/72 F6F-3/5 Hellcat Airplane from Academy Plastics. The Grumman Hellcat was designed from the beginning to take back the skies over the Pacific from the Japanese Zero. Though not as maneuverable as the smaller Zero, the Hellcat's speed and firepower usually won the day.

This is the 1/72 scale Hawker Hurricane Mk I Aircraft (New Tool) plastic model airplane kit by Airfix.

This is a 1/72 Spitfire Mk.XIV-C Airplane from Academy Plastics. It's for experienced modelers. The Spitfire Mk.XIV was the first mass produced Spitfire with the 35 liter Griffon engine in place of the smaller Merlin. The aircraft was used extensively in Europe after D-Day, and to shoot down V-1 "buzz bombs".

This is a Horten Go 229 Plastic Model Kit from Revell Suitable for Ages 10 & Older.

This is a 1/72 Plastic TBF-1 Avenger US Navy Torpedo Bomber from Academy Plastics. It's for ages 10 and up. The TBF-1 Avenger was available in sufficient numbers to be present for the outbreak of WWII despite the fact that it only made its first flight on 1 August 1941. The Avenger was especially popular because it could carry a full size submarine torpedo. This requires a weapons bay capable of carrying up to 2,000 pounds of bombs or other weapons. The Avenger also carried more defensive armament than many craft. The Avenger remained in use both during and after World War II.

This is the 1/72 Scale Lockheed Martin AC-130G "Spectre" Plastic Model Airplane Kit from Italeri. Suitable for Ages 14 & Up.

Assemble an A-10A "Operation Iraqi Freedom" with this 1:72 Scale Plastic Model Kit from Academy. Suitable for Ages 10 & Older.

This is the 1/72 Scale B-52G Stratofortress Plastic Model Kit from Italeri. _ Suitable for Ages 14 & Older.

This is the 1/72 Scale F-106A Delta Dart Plastic Model Kit from Hasegawa.

This is a 1/72 Plastic F-20 Tigershark U.S. Air Force Fighter Model Kit from Hasegawa. For ages 10 and up.