TIM JEAN/Staff photo. The famous American P-47 Thunderbolt fighter/bomber built by Don Jalbert is one of his many World War II model airplanes on display at the Plaistow Public Library.

The Mitsubishi A6M Zero is probably the best-known military fighter used in WW2, but Kawasaki also made several aircraft for the conflict. Here are a few.

The Summer Sizzle Fly-In was hosted by the Livingston Radio Control Club, a group with a special interest in large-scale World War II model planes.

Scenes from World War II are extremely popular among diorama builders North American T-2 Buckeye, the U.S. Navy’s intermediate training aircraft Supermarine Spitfire’s Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 ...

An scaled-up replica model of a WW2 fighter-bomber aircraft has been built by apprentices, scouts and school children.

One could say that this fascination is my Grandpa Joe's fault. I became fascinated with World War II model planes because of my Grandpa Joe. He was stationed in China and the Philippines.