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2. Paul K. Guillow, Inc. - Wikipedia

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   A stick & tissue balsa model airplane under construction, still manufactured by Guillow's. During World War II, the supply of balsa wood was diverted to the war effort for the manufacture of rafts and life jackets. Guillow's was forced to use alternative materials like cardboard or pine wood to manufacture the model kits. In the meantime the ...

3. Monogram (company) - Wikipedia

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   Monogram was founded in Chicago in 1945, making balsa wood model kits of ships and airplanes. Seaships such as the USS Missouri battleship, the USS Shangri-La carrier and the USS Hobby destroyer were among the first products.

4. List of model aircraft manufacturers - Wikipedia

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   UPC (USA) imported and re-packaged kits in the 1960s from Frog, Marusan, Aoshima, Hasegawa, Fujimi & many Japanese companies; Upgrade - See Tasman Model Products; US Airfix (Airfix kits for USA market) Valhalla (UK) - Same maker as Veeday; Valom (Czech Republic) Varney (USA) Vaso (Russia) VEB Plasticart (East Germany) Veeday (UK) Ventura ...

5. Simple Plastic Airplane Design - Wikipedia

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   Simple Plastic Airplane Design (SPAD) is a type of radio controlled model airplane. The R.C. aircraft is usually, though not always, built with the body consisting of a lightweight plastic material such as PVC gutter downspout or an aluminium rail. The wings are made of an equally light material such as foam or coroplast. The remaining ...

6. Model aircraft - Wikipedia

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   Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 scale display model Group of students with their wooden model airplanes in Sonta, Serbia, 1936. A model aircraft is a physical model of an existing or imagined aircraft, and is built typically for display, research, or amusement. Model aircraft are divided into two basic groups: flying and non-flying.

7. Life-Like - Wikipedia

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   Their experience in the hobby industry began in the 1930s when they became interested in constructing model airplanes. With money borrowed from their mother, the brothers formed the Burd Model Airplane Manufacturing Co. and sold their own model airplane kits using balsa wood they would salvage from discarded banana crates. As the business grew ...