This group gathers flying subjects as kits to build rather than as a list of scales. 1:48 is the size that turns up here, and it is a good one: a fighter spans somewhere between seventeen and twenty-two centimetres, which leaves room to detail a cockpit and wheel wells without working under a magnifier. Subjects run from modern jets to experimental designs from the closing months of the Second World War that never reached production.
These are conventional builds, with cementing, filling and painting, so expect the usual sequence rather than a push-together afternoon.
On an aircraft everything depends on the fuselage seam and the wing leading edge, because every imperfection there shows up the moment gloss goes on. Plan for filling and re-sanding before you spray, not after. The widest choice of flying subjects across all scales is in aircraft model kits, and specifically at this size in 1:48 aircraft models. The other subject groups are listed in building kits.
