Building Model Airplanes: From Hobby to Mastery

Take your first step into aviation with ElectraX. Explore step-by-step guides, detailed blueprints, and model categories that bring the world of aircraft to your hands. From classic biplanes to futuristic experimental designs — we make building mini airplanes simple, inspiring, and accessible for every beginner.

Explore Model Airplanes by Category

Browse through a diverse collection of model airplane designs — from passenger liners and classic biplanes to military jets, seaplanes, trainers, and even experimental spacecraft. Each category includes detailed blueprints and step-by-step guidance to help you bring these aircraft to life in miniature form.
Passenger planes:

I.Ae.31 Colibri

I.Ae.31 Colibri. Free flight scale model for rubber power. Wingspan 16 in.Direct submission to Outerzone.Quote: "Two-seat school monoplane for tourism and acrobatics, designed at the Aerotechnical Institute and built at the H. Goberna Workshops in Alto Alberdi, Córdoba. Three prototypes were made; the first was tail-heavy, a deficiency that was corrected in the following two by shifting the center of gravity. It made its first flight on September 18, 1947.

Bristol Freighter

Bristol Freighter. Radio control scale model, for electric power with twin Speed 400 motors. Wingspan 52 in.
Military planes:

Heinkel 112

Heinkel 112. Control line scale model fighter. Wingspan 35 in.

Quote: "A SCALE model with the speed of a specially designed racer! Impossible you say? Well, just try your hand at this Heinkel fighter. With a projected wing area of 162 square inches and powered with an Ohlsson & Rice 60, top speed hovers in the 80 mph class. It is the answer to those modelers who are looking for a speedy scale model. Now for a few words about the full size plane.

Albatros D.II

Albatros DII. Radio control scale model WWI German fighter biplane. Wingspan 48 in, for .45 engine.

Quote: "Albatros D.II, by Jack Swift.The Albatros DII was one of the earlier two-gun fighters to be used with great success in World War I. Richthofen scored more victories in this type than he did in the triplane. Powered with a Mercedes engine, it had a top speed of around 115 mph. Small detail changes were made, but it stayed basically the same until the German authorities thought the Nieuport layout would give them an advantage. New wings were designed and the type became the DIII.
Biplanes:

Sopwith Camel

Sopwith Camel. Radio control sale model WWI fighter biplane. Wingspan 56 in, for 25 to 40 engines. Scale is 1/6.

Quote: "One hump or two? Bob Wright hopes you will build his easy to construct 1/6th scale Camel for three or four channel radio and '25' to '40' sized engines.

There cannot be many modellers around who have not heard of the Sopwith Camel, and who at one time or another have wanted to model it. Let me tell you how this model of mine came about.

Beechcraft B17

Beechcraft B17. Free flight scale model biplane for rubber power. Wingspan 23 in.
Seaplanes:

Piper J-3 Floats

Piper J-3 Floats. Sport-scale floats, designed to fit onto Piper Cub J-3 (oz256) at wingspan 70 in. Scale is 1/6.

Quote: "Piper J-3 Semi-Scale Floats. Scale 2 in = 1 ft. Floating cap 3 - 4.5 lbs. Designed and drawn by Chuck Hollinger. Published Feb 1955 Air Trails. Re-drawn & revised by Dick Gleason 1-14-82.

Sea Hawk

Sea Hawk. Rdaio control sport float plane model. Wingspan 50 in, wing area 437 sq in. For .20 to .40 engines.

Quote: "The Gee Bee Sea Hawk has been designed to give unsurpassed water and flying performance if built according to the following instructions. For the best results, keep the model light and use regular model airplane glue for the entire construc-tion and epoxy only where indicated. White glue (water soluable) should not be used at all.
Spaceships:

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

This series of diagrams should be especially interesting and useful for modelers and other space enthusiasts who want to see "blueprints" of the American and Soviet spacecraft of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Special thanks to Kipp Teague and Chris Gamble, who have scanned the images.

Space Shuttle

This series of diagrams should be especially interesting and useful for modelers and other space enthusiasts who want to see "blueprints" of the Space Shuttle orbiter. Special thanks to Chris Gamble who scanned the images.
Transport aircraft:

Bachem Natter

Bachem Natter. Free flight scale model German WWII transport rocket fighter, for Jetex power. Wingspan 6 in.

Me 323 Gigant

Me 323 Gigant. Radio control scale model, for electric power with 6x Speed 280 motors. Wingspan 1666 mm.
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