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Diecast WW2 Aircraft Models
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items I have been fascinated by aircraft since my parents took me to airshows as a kid, now where ever i travel in the world i got to visit airshows or museums to see old ww2 aircraft. Here is an awesome selection of Diecast model aircraft for WW2 enthusiasts, categorized by country.
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USA
Great Britain
Germany
Japan
USSR
New Zealand
USA
Diecast models of Aircraft that served for USA in ww2
The Boeing P-26 "Peashooter" is the first American production all-metal fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane to enter squadron service with the United States Army Air Corps. Designed and built by Boeing, the prototype first flew in 1932, ...
Daron Postage Stamp P26 Peashooter 1/63 PS5560-2
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter-bomber that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into ...
NUOTIE 1/72 P-40B Tomahawk Fighter Model
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter-bomber that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into ...
HANGHANG 1/72 P40-68 Warhawk Alloy Model
The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet.[2] First used by the British in the North Atlantic...
NUOTIE 1/72 F4F Wild Cat USA Fighter Model
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engine fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) by the Lockheed Corporation, the P-38 incorporated a distinctive twi...
Daron Postage Stamp Lockheed P-38 Lightning
The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United States Navy's dominant fighter in the second half of...
Busyflies Model 1/72 Scale Grumman F6F Hellcat
The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts were giv...
NUOTIE 1/72 USA F-4U Corsair Diecast Model
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by a team headed by James H. Kindelberger ...
The Mustang was designed to use the Allison V-1710 engine without an export-sensitive turbosupercharger[6] or a multi-stage supercharger, resulting in limited high-altitude performance. The aircraft was first flown operationally and very successfully...
The Mustang was designed to use the Allison V-1710 engine without an export-sensitive turbosupercharger[6] or a multi-stage supercharger, resulting in limited high-altitude performance. The aircraft was first flown operationally and very successfully...
NUOTIE P51-D Mustang 1/72 Diecast Model Kit
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. It was a successful high-altitude fighter, and it also served as the foremost American fighter-bomber in t...
Daron P-47 Thunderbolt Snafu 1/100 PS5359-3
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. It was a successful high-altitude fighter, and it also served as the foremost American fighter-bomber in t...
P47 Thunder Bolt 1944 1/72 Diecast Model
The Northrop P-61 Black Widow is a twin-engine United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft of World War II. It was the first operational U.S. warplane designed as a night fighter.[1] Named for the North American spider Latrodectus mactans, it was ...
Daron P-61 Black Widow 1/120 Model Plane
The Grumman TBF Avenger (designated TBM[1] for aircraft manufactured by General Motors) is an American World War II-era torpedo bomber developed initially for the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and eventually used by several air and naval aviat...
Hobby Master 1/72 Grumman TBF Avenger Model
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). A fast and high-flying bomber, the B-17 was used primarily in the European Theater of Operations an...
Daron B17F Memphis Belle Postage Stamp
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. Named in allusion to its predecessor, the B-17 Flying Fortres...
Daron B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay 1:200
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial production aircraft were laid down as export models designated ...
Daron B-24J Liberator Witchcraft Jet Model
The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Brigadier General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation.[2] Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in eve...
TANG DYNASTY 1:144 B-25 Mitchell Bomber
The North American Aviation T-6 Texan is an American single-engined advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), United States Air Force (USAF), United States Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air F...
NATEFEMIN 1:72 LT-6G Texan Fighter Model
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II. During the war the C-47 was used for troop transport,...
Daron C47 1/144 Tico Belle Postage Stamp, Plane
Great Britain
Diecast models of Aircraft that served for Great Britain in ww2
The Gloster Gladiator is a British biplane fighter. It was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) (as the Sea Gladiator variant) and was exported to a number of other air forces during the late 1930s. Developed privately as the...
Oxford Diecast Gloster Gladiator 1/72 Model
The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company. Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag", was principally operated by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. It was also used by the... The swordfish became famous for sinking the German Battleship Bismark
1/72 WWII British Fairey Swordfish Model
The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was overshadowed in the public consciousness by the Supe...
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB 1:72 Diecast Model
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. It was the only British fighter produced continuously throughout the war. The Spitfire r...
HANGHANG 1/72 UK Spitfire Fighter Model
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. It was the only British fighter produced continuously throughout the war. The Spitfire r... This model is in the scheme of the personal aircraft flown by famous ace Douglas Bader during the battle of Britain,
Daron RAF Spitfire Mkii Battle of Britain
The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engine, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its airframe was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", or "Mossie". Lord Beaverbr...
DeHavilland Mosquito MKVI 1/72 Diecast Model
The Avro Lancaster, commonly known as the Lancaster Bomber, is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specificati...
Daron RAF Lancaster 1/150 Just Jane Model
The Vickers Wellington is a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber. It was designed during the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey. Led by Vickers-Armstrongs' chief designer Rex Pierson, a key feature of the aircraft is its geodetic ...
WWII Vickers Wellington Bomber 1/144 Model
The Short S.25 Sunderland is a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft took its service name from the town (latterly, city) and port of Sunderland in North East Englan...
Corgi 1/144 Sunderland V RAF Diecast Model
The Hawker Typhoon is a British single-seat fighter-bomber, produced by Hawker Aircraft. It was intended to be a medium-high altitude interceptor, as a replacement for the Hawker Hurricane, but several design problems were encountered and it never co...
Corgi Hawker Typhoon IB 1/72 Diecast Model
Germany
Diecast models of Aircraft that served for Germany in ww2
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force. The Bf 109 first saw operational service in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. It was still ...
Easy Model WWII German BF109E 1/72 Plane
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force. The Bf 109 first saw operational service in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. It was still ...
1/100 Scale BF-109F Diecast Fighter Model
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force. The Bf 109 first saw operational service in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. It was still ...
NUOTIE BF-109G 1/72 Metal Airplane Model
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German World War II fighter aircraft that was, along with the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, the backbone of the Luftwaffe's fighter force. The Bf 109 first saw operational service in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. It was still ... This particular model is in the scheme of famous German ace Adolf Galland who survived the war and advised in the film “Battle of Britain”
Daron Bf109 Adolf Galland 1/87 PS5336-5
The Junkers Ju 87, popularly known as the "Stuka", is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann, it first flew in 1935. The Ju 87 made its combat debut in 1937 with the Luftwaffe's Condor Legion during the Spanish ...
1/72 Scale German Junkers Stuka JU-87 Model
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, nicknamed Würger[b] (Shrike) is a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank at Focke-Wulf in the late 1930s and widely used during World War II. Along with its well-known counterpart, the Messersc...
1:72 Diecast FW 190A-8 Luftwaffe JG26
The Fw 190 D (nicknamed Dora; or Long-Nose Dora ("Langnasen-Dora") was intended as the high-altitude performance version of the A-series.
Focke-Wulf Fw-190D Würger Shrike 1/72 Model
The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often known unofficially as the Me 110, is a twin-engine Zerstörer (destroyer, heavy fighter), fighter-bomber (Jagdbomber or Jabo), and night fighter (Nachtjäger) designed by the German aircraft company Bayerische Flugzeugwe...
The Messerschmitt Bf 110 1/100 DIECAST Model
Perhaps the best-recognised German bomber of World War II due to the distinctive, extensively glazed "greenhouse" nose of the later versions, the Heinkel He 111 was the most numerous Luftwaffe bomber during the early stages of the war. It fared well ...
OPO 10 Heinkel He 111 Bomber 1/144
The Messerschmitt Me 262, nicknamed Schwalbe (German: "Swallow") in fighter versions, or Sturmvogel (German: "Storm Bird") in fighter-bomber versions, is a fighter aircraft and fighter-bomber that was designed and produced by the German aircraft manu...
Nsmodel WWII Germany Me-262 1/72 Diecast Jet
The Junkers Ju 52/3m (nicknamed Tante Ju ("Aunt Ju") and Iron Annie) is a transport aircraft that was designed and manufactured by German aviation company Junkers. First introduced during 1930 as a civilian airliner, it was adapted into a military tr...
1/144 Scale German JU-52 Diecast Model
The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow) is a heavy fighter built by Dornier for Germany during World War II. The Pfeil's performance was predicted to be better than other twin-engine designs due to its unusual push-pull configuration and the lower aerodynam...
Motor City Classics WWII Dornier DO-35A-1
Japan
Diecast models of Aircraft that served for Japan in ww2
The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range carrier-capable fighter aircraft formerly manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 1940 to 1945
Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero Model 11 1/72 Diecast
The Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" is a long-range carrier-capable fighter aircraft formerly manufactured by Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It was operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 1940 to 1945
NUOTIE 1/72 Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero Model Kit
The Mitsubishi G4M is a twin-engine, land-based medium bomber formerly manufactured by the Mitsubishi Aircraft Company, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945.
FloZ Mitsubishi G4M Betty 1/144 Diecast Model
USSR
Diecast models of Aircraft that served for USSR in ww2
The Ilyushin Il-2 is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. The word shturmovík (Cyrillic: штурмовик), the generic Russian term for a ground-attack aircraft, became a synecdoche for t... and Sturmovik.
Ilyushin Il-2 1/72 Diecast Aircraft Model (White)
The Ilyushin Il-2 is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. The word shturmovík (Cyrillic: штурмовик), the generic Russian term for a ground-attack aircraft, became a synecdoche for t...
1/72 Scale Soviet Il-2 Diecast Aircraft Model
The Yakovlev Yak-3 is a single-engine, single-seat World War II Soviet fighter. Robust and easy to maintain, it was much liked by both pilots and ground crew. One of the smallest and lightest combat fighters fielded by any combatant during the war, i...
Easy Model 1:72 Yak-3 Eastern Russia 1945
The Polikarpov I-16 is a Soviet single-engine single-seat fighter aircraft of revolutionary design; it was the world's first low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear to attain operational status and as such "introduced a new vogue in fighter d...
Motor City Classics I-16 USSR 1:72 Scale
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 is a Soviet fighter-interceptor used during World War II. It was a development of the MiG-1 by the OKO (opytno-konstruktorskij otdel — Experimental Design Department) of Zavod (Factory) No. 1 in Moscow to remedy problems found during the MiG-1's deve...
USSR MIG-3 1942 1/72 Diecast Model
The Lavochkin La-7 was a piston-engined single-seat Soviet fighter aircraft developed during World War II by the Lavochkin Design Bureau. It was a development and refinement of the Lavochkin La-5, and the last in a family of aircraft that had begun w...
USSR Lavochkin La 7 1945 1/72 Diecast Model
The Yakovlev Yak-3 is a single-engine, single-seat World War II Soviet fighter. Robust and easy to maintain, it was much liked by both pilots and ground crew. One of the smallest and lightest combat fighters fielded by any combatant during the war, i...
FloZ WWII USSR 1944 JAKOWLEW JAK3 1/72
New Zealand
Diecast models of Aircraft that served for New Zealand in ww2
A model of perhaps the most famous P40 in history, definitely in RNZAF History, “Gloria Lyons”
Hobby Master P-40N Warhawk RNZAF 1/72 Model
A model of Lt. Johnnie Gibson's P40 as shown in RNZAF colors circa 1942
Corgi P-40E Kittyhawk NZ3040 1/72 Diecast Model
Australia
Diecast models of Aircraft that served for Australia in ww2
An Avro Anson in RAAF 71 Squadron Markings
OXFORD AVRO ANSON 71 SQN RAAF 1/72 DIECAST
RAAF P40N In Angry Bee Markings
HM P-40N Angry Bee 1/72 Diecast Model