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The following companies manufacture, or have manufactured, [[model aircraft]].
The following companies manufacture, or have manufactured, [[model aircraft]].
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The following companies manufacture, or have manufactured, model aircraft .
12 Squared
ABK
Academy Minicraft (Korea)
Academy Plastic Model Co.
Ace
Adams
Addar
Advent
Aeroclub
Aero Team (Czech Republic)
AHM
Airfix (UK) - from 1950 to present
Airframe
Air Lines
AirmodelAirmodel Products
Aliplast
Alliance
AML
Amodel
AMT (bought by ERTL toys)[1] (no longer manufacture aircraft models)
AMT-Frog
AMT Hasegawa
AMT-Matchbox
Anna*Co.
Aoshima
Apex
Arc En Ciel
Araii
Ardpol
Aurora Plastics Corporation (sold their molds to Monogram in 1977, and later bought by Revell)
Aurora-Heller
Av-USK
Azur (Czech Republic/France, Brand of MPM)
Bachmann (bought by Fujimi )
Beechnut
Blue Ribbon
Blue Rider
Brifaut
Broplan
Buzco (Heller)
Campbells Custom Kits
Can Vac
Cap Croix De Sud
Choroszy Modelbud (Poland)
Classic Plane
Collect Aire
Combat Models
Comet
Condor (Brand of MPM)
Contrail - UK maker of vac-forms
Cooperativa (Brand of MPM)
Crown
Czech Master's Kits [2]
Dark Dream Studio
DACO/Skyline
D&M Daneplane (Denmark. "Nielsen & Winther Aa" Vacu kit)
Dragon /DML
Dubena (Czechoslovakia)
Dujin
DynaVector
Dyna-Flytes
Eagle Editions
Eagle Tree Systems
Eastern Express
Easy Built Models
Eduard (Czech Republic)
Eldon
Emhar
Encore
Entex
ESCI (Italy)
Esci-Ertl
Esci-Scale Craft
Esoteric
Execuform
Faller
Falcon
Flashback
Flight of Cottonwood
Flight Miniatures
FlyModel
FlyteLine Models
Formaplane
Frog (UK, from 1930s to 1970s. moulds taken over by Novo, Hasegawa and Revell)
Fujimi (Japanese)
Fun Model
Fujimi
Gemini Jets
Glencoe
Greenbank Castle
Guillow
Halinski
Hasegawa Corporation (Japan)- first products in 1961
Hawk (part of Testors)
Heller SA (France)
Heller-Humbrol (Heller ownership)
Herpa Wings
High Planes
Hi-Tech
Hobbycraft (Canada)
Hobby Boss (China)
Hogan Wings
Huma modell
ICM
I.D. Models
IM (International Modeling)
IMC (IMC Hawk, USA)
Intech (Poland)
Inflight
Italaerei (renamed to Italeri)
Italeri
ITC (Ideal Toy Company)
JAYS Model Kits Based in Christchurch, NZ. EST.2008
JC Wings
JMK
Jo-Han (USA)
Joystick
JSC
Kader
Kangnam (Korea)
Keil-Kraft - UK - mainly flying models but some plastic kits
Ki-Tech (Hobbycraft Canada production in China)
KitPro
Kombe Models (Denmark. "O-maskine IO/IIO" resin kit)
KoPro (Czech Republic)
KP (Kovozávody Prostějov, Czechoslovakia)
KP Models (HU) - from 1969 to present
Koster*Enterprises (USA) Maker of very high quality mixed media vacuform conversions and complete subjects
Kovozávody Semily (Czechoslovakia)
Leoman Brothers (USA) Ceased production of limited run resin kits upon death of company principle
Leoman reformed, used formers' masters, maker "The Other Guys" series, Soviet subjects
Libramodels
Lincoln International
Lindberg
L&S (Japan)
Long (In Africa, & Prosper)
Mac
Maquette
Master Craft (Poland)
Matchbox UK, bought AMT in 1972 and started own 1/72 aircraft and vehicles. ceased production some moulds taken over by Revell Germany
Mauve
Meikraft (USA) Ceased production of limited run plastic kits, later kits of are of very good quality
Merit (British) ceased production of plastic model aircraft sometime in the late 1950s
Merlin
Mikro72 (Poland)
Minicopter (German) [3]
Minicraft Model Kits, Inc.
Mir
Mister Kit
ModelArt
Modelcraft
Model Airplane Factory
Model Factory
Modela (Czechoslovakia)
Modelik
Modelland
Model Russia
Monogram (bought by Revell)
MPC
MPM (Czech Republic)
MRC
Mugi twinwall polypropylene aircraft
Nakotne
Nkap
Nova
NOVO Aircraft Kits (Russian)
Octopus
ODK
Old Planes
Olimp
Omega Models
Otaki went bankrupt in the 70's and acquired by Araii
Otaki
[OzMods Scale Models (from Australia)] http://www.ozmods-kits.com
Paramount
Pavla Models (Czech Republic)
Pegasus
Phoenix Models
Pioneer 2 (Turkey)
Planet Models
Plasticart
PM (Plastic Model, Turkey)
Premiere
Premier Planes
Pyro
PZW
Rareplane - UK maker of vac-forms
RCR
Red Star
Renwal
Replica
Revell
Revell-Monogram
Revell of Germany, split from Revell US
Ringo (ITC (Ideal Toy Company) imports for USA)
Risesoon
Roden
Roseplane
R.P.M.
Scarabee
Schabak
Siedlce
Sierra
SIG Manufacturing
Silver Wings (Poland) (www.silverwings.pl)
SK
Směr (Czech Republic, some molds from Heller and Artiplast/Aurora)
Skymarks
Special Hobby (brand of MPM)
Starfix
Sterling
Stevens AeroModel USA
Stinson Aircraft
Stokit (Denmark. "KZ II T" resin kit)
Strombecker
Sunny of Japan
Supermodel (Italy early 1970s)
Sweet
Sword
Tamiya (Japan)
Testors
Testors-Fujimi
Testors-Italeri (USA-Italy)
The Model Airplane
Toga
Toko
Trumpeter (China)
UPC (USA) Produced and re-packaged kits n the 1960s from Frog, Lindberg, Tamiya, Hasegawa, ITC & many Japanese companies, specialised in the buying up of other firm's moulds and re-issuing them under their own name.
Unicraft
US Airfix (Airfix kits for USA market)
Valhalla (Same maker as Veeday)
VacWings 72
VEB Plasticart (East Germany)
Veeday
Vista (Czech Republic, ex- Kovozávody Semily)
VP
Waku (Poland)
Welsh Models
Western Models
Whirlybird (Now owns all of the ex Maintrack masters)
Williams Bros.
Williamshaven
Wings 72
Wooster
ZP Ruch (Poland)
Zvezda (Russia)
ZTS Plastyk (Poland)
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