1/144
scale aircraft are a popular scale for those who wish to display
a wide assortment of models in a small space. Though some of the
kits can be much larger than you might think!
Some
aircraft subjects are just to large or expensive to produce in
a larger scale.
For
instance, a 747 jet kit.
A
Revell 1/144 scale Boeing 747 kits has a length of almost 21 inches.
The width, wingtip to wingtip, is almost 19 inches.
If
the kit was done in 1/72, 1/48 or larger, it would be an extremely
large (and expensive) model kit. (there are some small companies
that have produced such kits - usually as vacuum-formed models
- but that's another story).
That's
why most models of aircraft that are large even in real life end
up as 1/144 size kits. Especially airliners.
So
while the scale seems small, the kits can still be large and will
require some serious shelf space once built. Just to keep that
in mind.
It's
not just American airlines that get kits made of their fleets
- many airlines from around the world get kits with their colorful
paint schemes and graphic designs on them.
You
also get kits of the large unique miltary aircraft, from B29s
to Russian cargo planes.
Jet
aircraft are the most common subjects for the 1/144 models, but
some of the older prop airliners, like a DC3, get kits of their
own as well.
Check
out some of these 1/144 kits and see what I mean.
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These
are 1/144 scale aircraft and airplane models.
A few may
be an odd scale here and there, but this are perfect to
display and build in a small space. |

Modeling
Airliners |

British
Airways A380-800

British
Airways Concorde

Boeing
747 - UPS

Airbus A380-800 Lufthansa

Jonny
Quest Dragonfly SST

Airbus A321 Neo

Airbus A350-900 Lufthansa

Boeing 777-300 ER

Embraer 190 Lufthansa

Russian Tupolev TU144D SST

Russian Tupolev TU144D SST

Spaceship Two White Knight

Boeing 727-200 Pan-Am

Boeing 737-700/C-40B United States Transport

Tupolev TU-204-100 Red Wings Airliner

Airbus A-321 Airliner

Boeing 737-8 MAX Airliner

Sukhoi Superjet 100 Aeroflot Airliner

TU-104 A2 Soviet Airliner

Bombardier CRJ-700 American Eagle Airliner

Boeing 720 United Airliner

Boeing 737-300 Western Pacific Airlines The Simpsons

MD-87 Aero Tanker Erickson

DC7 Pan American World Airways

Convair CV-340 Hawaiian Airlines

Bristol 175 Britannia Airlines

(1/96) Caravelle Airliner

Russian Transport EMERCOM Firefighter

Kawanishi Type 97 Mavis H6K5/23 Flying Boat

Russian TU-142MR Bear-J Bomber

Boeing B47 Stratojet Strategic Bomber

Russian TU-160 Blackjack Bomber

US Coast Guard Grumman HU-16E Albatros

CARVAIR ATL-98 Auto Transport

HU-16B Triphibian Rescue

Antonov An-74 Polar Aviation

C-130 & F4J Phantom Blue Angel Aerobatic Team

Beriev Be-10 Mallow Amphibious

Douglas C-124C Globemaster II

Douglas C-133B Cargomaster U.S. Air Force

JMSDF US-2 Rescue Flying Boat

Lockheed C141B Starlifter Polar Nine One

Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy U.S. Air Force Transport

Douglas C-133A Cargomaster Military Transport

Me 323 D-1 GIGANT

Armstrong-Whitworth Argosy

Soviet Tu-16K-26 Badger G Bomber

Airplane Stand
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