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Concept Aircraft - 1940s

Fantastic Plastic model builders inevitably approach the 1940s era with a high degree of ambivalence.  On one hand, Nazi Germany was inarguably one of the most evil, despicable and horrific empires ever to befoul this planet.  On the other hand, German's "project" aircraft -- planes that only got as far as the drawing board -- were some of the coolest designs to come out of any decade...ever.

Interest in WWII-era "project" planes really took off in the 1990s, developing into a sub-culture known as "Luft '46." (e.g. What might the Luftwaffe been flying if the War had continued until 1946 -- or beyond?)  Numerous model companies -- primarily those from Eastern Europe -- jumped on the Luft '46 bandwagon and began pumping out an ever-expanding catalog of these kits, a trend which continues to this day.  This section features just a few of these aggressively radical German and, in a few cases, American and Japanese aircraft designs, as well as immediate Post World War II military aircraft concepts.
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HENSCHEL H.S.P.75 (1941/42)
Alliance Models
1:72

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JUNKERS JU-187 "Super Stuka" (1942)
Unicraft
1:72

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VICKERS TYPE C GIANT BOMBER
(1942)

Fantastic Plastic
1:144

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LOCKHEED L-133
(1942)
Sharkit
1:72

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BMW "FLUGELRAD" V.2
(1944)
Planet Models
1:72

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BLOHM & VOSS BVP.192.01   
(1944)
Planet
1:72

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DAIMLER-BENZ PROJECT B
(1944/45)
HBM
1:200

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FOCKE-WULF TRIEBFLUGEL
(1944)
Huma
1:72

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HEINKEL He.P.1078B (1944)
Takara
1:144

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HEINKEL He.P.1079A
(1944)
Planet
1:72

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HEINKEL He.P.1080
(1944)
Kampfflieger
1:144

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LIPPISCH Li.P.13A
(1944)
Mauve
1:48

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LIPPISCH Li.P.13B
(1944)
Anigrand
1:72

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MESSERSCHMITT ME-262 HGIII
(1944)
Takara
1:144


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TREMULIS ZERO FIGHTER
(1944)
Fantastic Plastic
1:48

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BLOHM & VOSS BV.P.212.03 "Strahljager"
(1945)
Special Hobby
1:72

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HEINKEL He.162A MISTEL 5 w/ARADO E377A FLYING BOMB
(1945)
Dragon
1:48

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HEINKEL 60-TONNE LONG-RANGE BOMBER
(1945)
Fantastic Plastic
1:144

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HORTEN Ho.229.V7
(1945)
PM
1:72

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HORTEN ROCKET WING
(1945)
Fantastic Plastic
1:72

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KUGISHO OKHA 43 "OTSU"
(1945)
Unicraft
1:72

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KYUSHU J7W2 SHINDENKAI
(1945)
Hasegawa
1:72

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MESSERSCHMITT Me.262 LORIN
(1945)
Tamiya
1:48

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RHIENMETALL-BORSIG VTOL
(1945)
Fantastic Plastic
1:72

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HORTEN XVIIIB-2 "PROJEKT AMERIKA" BOMBER
(1945)
1:144

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YURJEV KIT-1
(1945)
Unicraft
1:72

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LIPPISCH P.15-06
(1945)

Unicraft
​1:72
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CONVAIR XB-53
(1949)
Fantastic Plastic
1:72

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