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The Revell name now stands alone in the company logo, without the Monogram name also present, though Monogram still exists as an important line of models in the Revell catalogue. Hobbico also acquired Revell of Germany in 2012, reuniting the two brands under one banner, but often models sold in the U.S. show Revell Germany as the parent with ...
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.
Occidental Réplicas (Portugal) - Brand of a plastic plant for home products, that started to build models that were used or in use by the Portuguese armed forces current and past, age of discovery ships naus caravelles etc, spitfire Fiat G-91 fighters and T-6 Texan, and so on, sold several sprues molds to Revell and Italeri for several kits.
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.
Hobbico was started in 1985 when Tower Hobbies was combined with Great Planes Model Distributors to form Hobbico, Inc. In November 2005 the company became a 100% employee-owned ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). [2] In May 2007 Hobbico acquired Revell-Monogram, famous maker of Revell plastic model kits. [3]
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.
It was manufacturing the Revell brand plastic models, their plastic cement, and a small line of paints for modeling. In 1975 Lodela began to manufacture the Cox brand miniature internal combustion engine toys, mainly flying Control Line model airplanes, but also some cars and helicopters. From the mid-1980s it issued also Airfix and Heller SA ...