1/72 AMP Models Jet Aircraft

Revolutionary Jet Aircraft in 1/72 Scale from AMP Models

This specialized collection showcases AMP Models' exceptional range of limited-run 1/72 scale jet aircraft kits featuring revolutionary designs that pushed the boundaries of aviation technology. From Britain's highly successful English Electric Canberra to Germany's visionary Horten flying wing, these precision-engineered kits deliver museum-quality accuracy with comprehensive detail sets, photo-etched components, and authentic markings that capture pivotal moments in early jet aviation history.

English Electric Canberra: Britain's Versatile Jet Bomber

Experience one of the most successful post-war British aircraft designs with the English Electric Canberra B.2, representing the primary bomber variant that served with the Royal Air Force and numerous international operators from the early 1950s through the 1990s. This kit captures the distinctive high-aspect-ratio wings, twin Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engines mounted in the wing roots, offset fighter-style canopy providing excellent visibility, capacious bomb bay capable of carrying up to 8,000 pounds of ordnance, and the clean aerodynamic lines that enabled high-altitude performance and exceptional range. The Canberra proved so successful that it was license-built in the United States as the Martin B-57, serving in roles from strategic reconnaissance to electronic warfare throughout the Cold War and beyond.

Canberra T.Mk 11: Advanced Radar Training Variant

Build the specialized trainer configuration with the E.E. Canberra T.Mk 11, representing aircraft converted from B.2 bomber airframes specifically to train pilots and navigators in operating sophisticated Airborne Intercept radar systems for all-weather interceptor operations. This unique variant features a distinctive four-person crew configuration with dual controls, specialized radar operator stations with comprehensive instrumentation, modified nose section housing training radar equipment, extended canopy providing positions for instructor and student radar operators, and authentic RAF training squadron markings. The T.Mk 11 played a crucial role in preparing crews for operating the Gloster Javelin and English Electric Lightning all-weather fighters, making it an essential component of Britain's air defense capability during the Cold War.

Horten H IX: Visionary Flying Wing Design

Recreate one of aviation's most revolutionary and enigmatic designs with the Horten H IX V1 Early, representing the German jet-powered flying wing that pioneered concepts decades ahead of its time. Designed by the Horten brothers during World War II, this aircraft featured a pure flying wing configuration eliminating conventional fuselage and tail surfaces for reduced drag, twin Junkers Jumo 004 turbojet engines providing jet propulsion, innovative use of composite materials including wood and metal construction, swept wing planform optimizing high-speed performance, and design characteristics that inadvertently created reduced radar cross-section, making it a precursor to modern stealth technology. The H IX V1 represents the early prototype configuration with distinctive features including the initial engine installation, experimental control surfaces, and the clean lines that demonstrated the viability of the flying wing concept that would influence jet aircraft design for generations.

AMP Models Limited-Run Excellence

These kits showcase AMP Models' commitment to bringing rare and significant aviation subjects to modelers through precision short-run production techniques that deliver exceptional detail and accuracy including finely molded plastic components with crisp surface detail capturing panel lines, rivets, and access hatches, comprehensive photo-etched brass detail sets providing cockpit instruments, seat harnesses, landing gear details, and structural components, clear transparent parts for canopies and glazing with authentic framing and optical clarity, detailed resin components for engines, wheels, and specialized equipment where appropriate, authentic decal sheets providing markings for multiple aircraft and operational periods with full stencil data, and comprehensive English-language instructions with detailed assembly sequences, full-color painting guides, and historical background information.

Building Limited-Run Kits

AMP Models' short-run production techniques require slightly different building approaches compared to mass-production kits, offering rewarding challenges for intermediate to advanced modelers through careful dry-fitting of components before cementing to ensure proper alignment, minor cleanup of pour stubs and mold seams using fine files and sanding sticks, test-fitting of photo-etched parts to understand assembly sequence and attachment points, patience with multi-media construction combining plastic, resin, and photo-etched components, and attention to painting and finishing to bring out the exceptional surface detail. The results justify the additional effort, producing museum-quality replicas of significant aircraft that are rarely available in injection-molded form.

Expand Your Early Jet Aviation Collection

Complement your AMP Models jet builds with propeller-driven classics from our 1/72 AMP Models Prop Aircraft collection. Explore additional 1/72 scale jet subjects from our 1/72 Tamiya Jet Aircraft, 1/72 Trumpeter Jet Aircraft, 1/72 Italeri Jet Aircraft, and 1/72 Airfix Jet Aircraft collections. Enhance your builds with precision aftermarket parts from our 1/72 Tamiya Aftermarket Parts, 1/72 Reskit Aftermarket Parts, and 1/72 Fundekals Aftermarket Parts collections. Add pilot figures and ground crew from our 1/72 Scale Model Figures collection. Discover AMP Models' complete range of limited-run aircraft kits and specialized aviation subjects at AMP Models' official website.