1/72 Scale Aircraft Kits for Modellers

1/72 Scale Aircraft Model Kits

Build historic aircraft, modern jets and helicopters with 1/72 scale model aircraft kits from established manufacturers. This popular scale combines compact finished dimensions with enough surface and cockpit detail for careful painting, decals and weathering.

The range includes kits from Airfix, Tamiya, Italeri, Academy, Eduard, Arma Hobby, Dora Wings, IBG Models, ICM, Special Hobby, Hobby 2000 and PM Model. With varied aircraft types, nations and periods represented, 1/72 is well suited to individual builds, themed collections and multi-aircraft displays.

Historic 1/72 Aircraft Models

Historic military subjects include recognisable fighters and attack aircraft such as the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, Mitsubishi A6M2b Zero, Boulton Paul Defiant and Messerschmitt Me 410A-1. Other represented subjects include the Westland Lysander and Hawker Sea Fury.

Several kits provide a choice of format as well as aircraft. Airfix offers standard releases and starter sets, while Arma Hobby’s Hurricane Mk I is represented as an Expert Set. IBG Models also offers a Spitfire Mk.I and Mk.II Black Box edition.

Cold War and Modern Aircraft Kits

The 1/72 scale also covers later aircraft, including the English Electric Lightning F2A, Avro Vulcan B.2 Black Buck, Jaguar GR.1/GR.3 RAF and Grumman F-14D Tomcat. Contemporary subjects include the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II and a Ukrainian Air Forces MiG-29.

This breadth makes it possible to build aircraft with very different roles and outlines at a consistent scale, from compact fighters to larger bombers and modern combat aircraft.

1/72 Helicopter Model Kits

Rotary-wing subjects are represented alongside fixed-wing aircraft. Examples include the Boeing Chinook HC.1 and Westland Wessex HC.2, adding another aircraft type to a 1/72 collection while retaining the same scale relationship.

Browse the wider aircraft model kit range to compare subjects across other scales, or explore 1/72 plastic kits for vehicles and other model types at this scale.

Choosing a 1/72 Aircraft Kit

Begin by selecting the period, nation or aircraft role that interests you, then compare the kit format and included subject. Starter sets provide one route into the scale, while standard and specialist editions offer further choices for established aircraft modellers.

The compact nature of 1/72 makes it practical to display several related aircraft together. A collection can be organised around a particular air force, theatre, manufacturer, aircraft family or historical period while keeping every completed model at a consistent scale.

1/72 Sukhoi Su-15UM Flagon PM Model 403

1/72 North American F-100C Super Sabre PM Model 402

1/72 Sukhoi Su-15TM Flagon PM Model 401

1/72 Beech C-45 Expeditor PM Model 308

1/72 Focke Wulf Ta-154 Moskito PM Model 307

1/72 Beechcraft D-18S PM Model 306

1/72 Beechcraft SNB 4/5 Benibato PM Model 305

1/72 Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor PM Model 304

1/72 Lockheed-Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon PM Model 301

1/72 Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter (3-408) PM Model 229

1/72 IAI Dagger PM Model 225

1/72 Lippisch P.13a (includes towing trolley) PM Model 224

1/72 Me 328 V1/V2 (includes stand) PM Model 223

1/72 IAI Nesher PM Model 222

1/72 Gotha Go-229 A7 PM Model 220

1/72 Messerschmitt Me P.1111 PM Model 217

1/72 Supermarine Spitfire Floatplane PM Model 216

1/72 DFS-194 (with digital decal) PM Model 215

1/72 Focke Wulf Ta-183 Huckebein PM Model 213

1/72 Hawker Sea Fury T-20 PM Model 212

1/72 Hawker Sea Fury FB-11 PM Model 211

1/72 Gotha Go-229 A1 PM Model 210

1/72 Fokker D-XXI (FR-98) PM Model 209

1/72 North American F-86E White Swans PM Model 208

1/72 Dassault Mirage III PM Model 207

1/72 Northrop T-38A Talon PM Model 205

1/72 Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter (5-449) PM Model 204

1/72 Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter PM203 PM Model

1/72 Fokker D-XXI (White 214) PM Model 201

1/72 Yakovlev YAK-15 PM Model 102

1/72 Supermarine Spitfire VB/VC Tropical PM Model 101

1/72 British Wyvern S.4 Trumpeter 01619

Italeri Me 410 Hornisse (1/72) 074

Academy USMC F-35B Lightning II VMFA-121 “Green Knights” (1/72) 12569

Academy U.S. M977 8×8 Cargo Truck (1/72) 13412

Academy Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB (1/72) 12462

Academy North American P-51B Mustang (1/72) 12464

Academy P-47D & F-86E Gabreski (1/72) 12530

Academy P-47D Razorback (1/72) 12492

Academy Ju87G-2 Stuka “Kanonen Vogel” (1/72) 12404

Academy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat (1/72) 12451

Academy Focke-Wulf Fw190A-6/8 (1/72) 12480

Academy F-117A Stealth Attack-Bomber “Ghost of Baghdad” (1/72) 12475

Academy AH-64A Apache Attack Helicopter (1/72) 12488

Arma Hobby FM-2 Wildcat Set (1/72) 70033

Arma Hobby FM-2 Wildcat Expert Set (1/72) 70031

Arma Hobby Hurricane Mk I Navy Colours Set (1/72) 70022

Arma Hobby PZL P.7a Expert Set (1/72) 70006

Arma Hobby TS‑11 Iskra Bis DF Junior Set (1/72) 70004

Arma Hobby TS‑11 Iskra bis DF Deluxe set 70001