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Monogram is an American brand and former manufacturing company of scale plastic models of cars, aircraft, spacecraft, ships, and military vehicles since the early 1950s. The company was formed by two former employees of Comet Kits, Jack Besser and Bob Reder.
Roth's Web site reports that in 1963 Revell paid Roth 1 cent for every one of his model kits sold, totaling $32,000. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In the early-to-mid-1960s, slot car racing became a fad, and like many other companies, Revell attempted to enter the fray by using its plastic model car bodies with mechanicals underneath—fit for the track.
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.
Monarch Models, now Monarch Model Company, is based in London, Ontario, Canada – started by a doctor. [26] [27] Atlantis Models is based in Deer Park, New York, and though also making sci-fi figures, has equal focus on animal dioramas. In 2018 Atlantis Purchased most of the Aurora Tooling that remained at Revell Monogram in Elk Grove.
Most modelers and miniaturists first became aware of Paine's work through the series of "How to Build a Diorama" tip sheets included with Monogram models of tanks, military vehicles, and airplanes in the 1970s and '80s. He later did dioramas that were included in the catalogs published by Tamiya models, as well as a few projects for Dragon Models.
In January 1986 Testors released a model kit of a hypothetical F-19 Stealth Fighter, designed using open source intelligence [6] [7] before the real F-117 Nighthawk was introduced. Although it was very different from the actual plane, [8] video games and many other toys and models were inspired by this fictional design. Many features, such as ...
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Monogram models – American producer of plastic model kits, now under Revell Group of Hobbico. Mont-Blanc – French tin plastic toy and promotional maker for Citroen 1950s-1970s based in Romilly, France [66] Morestone – British diecast models similar to early Matchbox. This is the name before they became Budgie Toys.