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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.

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HENSCHEL HS-P75 (1941/42)
- ALLIANCE MODELS -
1:72
LOCKHEED L-133 (1942)
- SHARKIT -
1:72
BMW "FLUGELRAD" V.2 (1944)
- PLANET MODELS -
1:72
FOCKE-WULF TRIEBFLUGEL (1944)   
- HUMA -
1:72
LIPPISCH Li.P-13A (1944) 
- MAUVE MODELS -
1:48

LIPPISCH Li.P-13B (1944) 

- ANIGRAND CRAFTSWORK -
1:72

DAIMLER-BENZ PROJECT B (1944/45)

- HBM MODELS -
1:200

BLOHM & VOSS BVP.192.01 (1944)

- PLANET MODELS -
1:72
HEINKEL HE-P.1078B (1944)
- TAKARA -
1:144

HEINKEL HE-P.1079-A (1944)

- PLANET MODELS -
1:72

MESSERSCHMITT ME-262 HGIII (1944)

- TAKARA -
1:144

HEINKEL P.1080 (1944)

- KAMPFFLIEGER -
1:144

TREMULIS ZERO FIGHTER (1944)

- FANTASTIC PLASTIC MODELS - 
1:48

HORTEN Ho-229-V7 (1945)

- PM MODEL -
1:72

BLOHM & VOSS P-212.03 "STRAHLJAGER" (1945)

- SPECIAL HOBBY -
1:72

He162-A MISTEL 5 w/ARADO E377A FLYING BOMB (1945)
 DRAGON MODELS -
1:48

MESSERSCHMITT ME-262 LORIN (1945)

 TAMIYA ,MODELS -
1:48

KYUSHU J7W2 SHINDENKAI (1945)

- HASEGAWA -
1:72

RHEINMETAL-BORSIG VTOL (1945)

- FANTASTIC PLASTIC MODELS - 
1:72

HORTEN ROCKET WING (1945)

-- FANTASTIC PLASTIC MODELS -
1:72

HEINKEL 60-TONNE LONG-RANGE BOMBER (1945)

 - FANTASTIC PLASTIC MODELS -
1:144

KUGISHO OKHA 43 "Otsu" (1945)

- UNICRAFT MODELS -
1:72

Yurjev KIT-1 (1946)

- UNICRAFT MODELS --
1:72

CONVAIR XB-53 (1949)

 - FANTASTIC PLASTIC MODELS -
1:144

 

 
 

 

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