Egg-shaped aeroplanes are the kits that gave this style its name. A famous fighter is squeezed into a round-bellied fuselage with an oversized canopy, and the parts that identify the machine – undercarriage, seat, underwing stores, rotor head on the helicopters – survive the caricature intact. Jets, ground-attack types and rescue rotorcraft all get the treatment.
Part counts stay low, so a build runs across an evening or two rather than a season. That makes these a sensible first aeroplane for a young builder and a palate cleanser for somebody between two long projects.
F-4E PHANTOM II USAF EARLY VIETNAM WAR
15.96 €
F/A-18F SUPER HORNET US NAVY VFA-103 JOLLY ROGERS KIT COMPACT
15.96 €
Meng kids U.S. B-24 Heavy Bomber
13.16 €
F-4J PHANTOM II US NAVY VF-84 JOLLY ROGERS
15.96 €
F-14D TOMCAT US NAVY VF-31 TOMCATTERS LAST CRUISE.2006
15.96 €
F-14A/B Tomcat VF-84 Jolly Rogers
15.96 €
These stubby aeroplanes are the largest group inside egg models and cute model kits, which also covers shortened warships and barrel-shaped armour. Once the joke wears off and real proportions start to appeal, aircraft model kits pick up the same subjects at full scale, while anyone caught by rotors carries on into helicopter model kits.
