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First, the models were no longer spray-painted by hand. Second, the new models were made in a slightly larger scale of 1:55. Models were now numbered according to a four-digit system, with the first two digits designating the price bracket. Small cars traditionally had numbers that started in 10 or 13, but later on, 08 and 14 were added.
The Mini 4WD originated in Japan in 1982, when toy manufacturer Tamiya introduced Mini 4WD race cars. A Mini 4WD race car is a 1:32 scale kit featuring four-wheel drive powered by an electric motor using a pair of AA batteries. A single electric motor turns both axles. These kits snap and screw together without the need for glue. [2]
One of the most often seen in the early 1960s was a red, white and blue striped box with a clear plastic window in the shape of a car body. Later, X-El Products boxes, like later MPC ones, were simple white boxes with names stamped on the end flaps. Both AMT and Jo-Han introduced 1/25 scale NASCAR race car models to "a hungry modeling public."
The model car "kit" hobby began in the post World War II era with Ace and Berkeley wooden model cars. Revell pioneered the plastic model car in the late 1940s with their Maxwell kit, which was basically an unassembled version of a pull toy. Derek Brand, from England, pioneered the first real plastic kit, a 1932 Ford Roadster for Revell.
Fujimi Mokei Co., Ltd. (フジミ模型株式会社, Fujimi Mokei Kabushiki Gaisha) is a Japanese model manufacturer based in Shizuoka Prefecture.It produces plastic model kits of a variety of vehicles, including model aircraft, model cars, model ships and model armored vehicles along with historical structures and science fiction kits.
By the late 1950s, the company moved steadily into the car scene, especially with its hot rods and race cars. In 1956 it released a Model A V-8 rod and a Sprint Car, two of its first car kits. In 1959, Monogram issued its 1932 Ford Deuce 5 window coupe. One 1962 kit, however, showed the company's prowess and intent - the "Big T" (kit PC 78).
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Under Dickie, the quality of the models is superior to the average toy model vehicles, therefore unit prices are higher as well. In 2023, Schuco became a part of Minimax Import & Export Co. Ltd., [1] a French model car manufacturer which has famous brands such as Spark and Bizarre, which stake had been acquired by Simba Dickie in 2021. [20]