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High Planes Models (Australia/Singapore) - Australian Company moved to Singapore after sale. Aircraft kits and accessories. JAYS Model Kits [9] (New Zealand) Aircraft Kits mostly formerly Ventura. Kiwi Wings [9] (New Zealand) - Aircraft Kits part of JAYS Model Kits; Kora Models (Czech Republic) Legato [5] (Czech Republic) - brand of AZ Model ...
"The 8 Most Wildly Irresponsible Vintage Toys" -- page 1 and page 2 at Cracked.com: Includes humorous discussions of some of A.C. Gilbert's more ill-advised products for pre-teens: A glass blowing kit (#8); a molten lead casting kit (#7); a chemistry set (#3) which included potassium permanganate, ammonium nitrate and instructions on how to ...
Tamiya began creating wooden kits for educational purpose already in 1948. In 1960, Tamiya released its first plastic kit, which was the famous IJN Yamato battleship in 1/800 scale. [1] Tamiya has since then become known for precise craft sets with impressive quality and attention to detail. [2]
A plastic model kit, (plamo in Eastern influenced parlance), [citation needed] is a consumer-grade plastic scale model manufactured as a kit, primarily assembled by hobbyists, and intended primarily for display. A plastic model kit depicts various subjects, ranging from real life military and civilian vehicles to characters and machinery from ...
Model Products Corporation, usually known by its acronym, MPC, is an American brand and former manufacturing company of plastic scale model kits and pre-assembled promotional models of cars that were popular in the 1960s and 1970s. MPC's main competition was model kits made by AMT, Jo-Han, Revell, and Monogram.
Accurate Miniatures is an American manufacturer of scale plastic model kits. It is owned by Collins-Habovick, LLC and is located in Concord, North Carolina, United States.. Their products primarily consist plastic model airplane kits from World War II, though they also make model kits of planes and automobiles from other
The company was founded in 1939 by William M. "Bill" Lester (1908-2005) and his first wife, Betty L (Lubarsky). [1] Rapidly establishing itself as a “leading contractor of custom-made parts and products in plastic” [2] Pyro employed the injection molding method for forming plastic shapes, which Lester had perfected in the early 1930s. [3]
A builder working on a model. Model building is a hobby and career [1] [2] that involves the creation of physical models either from kits or from materials and components acquired by the builder. The kits contain several pieces that need to be assembled in order to make a final model.