Celebrating the Centennial of Naval Aviation in 1/72 Scale

[Stargazer]

An extremely interesting listing of all known U.S. Navy/Marines/Coast Guard aircraft available in 1:72 scale found online:

Celebrating the Centennial of Naval Aviation in 1/72 Scale
2010 USN/USMC/USCG 1/72 Aircraft Kit Survey
by J. Michael McMurtrey

As 2011 marks the centennial of U.S. naval aviation, aircraft modelers might be interested in this list of
US naval aircraft — including those of the Marines and Coast Guard, as well as captured enemy aircraft
tested by the US Navy — which are available as 1/72 scale kits. Why 1/72? There are far more kits of
naval aircraft available in this scale than any other. Plus, it's my favorite, in spite of advancing age and
weakening eyes.

This is an updated version of an article I prepared for the 75th Anniversary of US naval aviation and
which was published in a 1986 issue of the old IPMS-USA Update. It's amazing to compare the two and
realize what developments have occurred, both in naval aeronautical technology and the scale modeling
hobby, but especially the latter. My 1986 list included 168 specific aircraft types available in kit form
from thirty-three manufacturers — some injected, some vacuum-formed — and only three conversion
kits and no resin kits. Many of these names (Classic Plane, Contrails, Eagle's Talon, Esci, Ertl,
Formaplane, Frog, Griffin, Hawk, Matchbox, Monogram, Rareplane, Veeday, Victor 66) are no longer
with us or have been absorbed by others. This update lists 342 aircraft types (including the original 168)
from 190 different companies (including the original 33), many of which, especially the producers of
resin kits, were not in existence in 1986, and some of which were unknown to me at the time. This list
also includes catalog numbers, where known (some manufacturers did not use them); my original list
did not.

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Full 20-page document (including comprehensive list of model kits) available at:
http://web.ipmsusa3.org/sites/default/files/usnavy_aircraft_kits.pdf

[Captain Canada]

Intersting...that would be one heck of a project to take on ! Especially if you think you're going to get them all done before the year is over !