Model Flying Machines

Peanut Scale model of the 1906 Santos -Dumont 14bis

This site is for those interested in making flying models of the early aircraft. Both models and full-sized flying machines are listed. An emphasis has been placed on listing plans and kits that are currently available to the enthusiast.

Please mention this site when dealing with the companies referred to within these pages. Contributions and suggestions are welcomed. Enjoy.

"Building and flying scale models is not only an aerodynamic challenge, but a real exercise in aviation history. The timeline of aircraft is so studded with brilliance, luck, tragedy and heroism, that every scale model that puts air under its wings is a small celebration of some moment in history"

- Tom Arnold, editor, San Diego Scale Staffel newsletter

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