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1 48 AeroMaster P-40 Checkertail Clan #48-217 pt.3

1 48 AeroMaster P-40 Checkertail Clan #48-217 pt.3

 - $5.99 19m
1 48 AeroMaster P-40 Curtiss Aces #48-308 pt.1

1 48 AeroMaster P-40 Curtiss Aces #48-308 pt.1

 - $5.99 20m
1 48 Eagle Strike F-4 Phantoms Phorever #48009 pt. 4

1 48 Eagle Strike F-4 Phantoms Phorever #48009 pt. 4

 - $5.99 24m
1 48 Eagle Strike F-4 Phantoms Phorever #48022 pt. 5

1 48 Eagle Strike F-4 Phantoms Phorever #48022 pt. 5

 1 $5.99 25m
1 48 Eagle Strike F-4G Wild Weasel Phantom #48044

1 48 Eagle Strike F-4G Wild Weasel Phantom #48044

 - $5.99 25m
1 48 Eagle Strike F-4 Phantoms Phorever #48001 pt. 1

1 48 Eagle Strike F-4 Phantoms Phorever #48001 pt. 1

 - $9.99 26m
1 48 Eagle Strike P-40E, K, N Warhawks #48075 pt. 1 OOP

1 48 Eagle Strike P-40E, K, N Warhawks #48075 pt. 1 OOP

 - $8.99 32m
1 48 Eagle Strike P-40K, N Warhawks #48076 pt. 2

1 48 Eagle Strike P-40K, N Warhawks #48076 pt. 2

 - $6.99 33m
1 72 Yellowhammer 72-02 F-4J VF-96 Showtime 100 OOP

1 72 Yellowhammer 72-02 F-4J VF-96 Showtime 100 OOP

 - $19.99 36m
1 72 Yellowhammer 72-03 F-4J VX-4 BB & VF-84 JR OOP

1 72 Yellowhammer 72-03 F-4J VX-4 BB & VF-84 JR OOP

 - $19.99 37m
1 48 Eagle Strike P-47 Thunderbolts #48030 pt.1

1 48 Eagle Strike P-47 Thunderbolts #48030 pt.1

 - $5.99 38m
1 48 Eagle Strike P-47 Thunderbolts #48031 pt.2

1 48 Eagle Strike P-47 Thunderbolts #48031 pt.2

 - $5.99 39m
1 48 Eagle Strike P-47 362nd FG Jugs #48083 pt.1

1 48 Eagle Strike P-47 362nd FG Jugs #48083 pt.1

 - $5.99 40m
1 48 Eagle Strike P-47 362nd FG Jugs #48087 pt.2

1 48 Eagle Strike P-47 362nd FG Jugs #48087 pt.2

 - $5.99 41m
Verlinden 1:48 Carrier Flight Deck Equipment

Verlinden 1:48 Carrier Flight Deck Equipment

 - $13.99 41m
Verlinden 1:48 Heinkel He-111 Super Detail Set (REV)

Verlinden 1:48 Heinkel He-111 Super Detail Set (REV)

 - $17.99 41m
Verlinden 1:48 US Army AF Ground Crew (3 FG)

Verlinden 1:48 US Army AF Ground Crew (3 FG)

 - $9.99 41m
Verlinden 1:72 P-47 Super Detail Set (HAS)

Verlinden 1:72 P-47 Super Detail Set (HAS)

 - $14.99 41m
Verlinden 1:48 Bf 109 Underwing Stores

Verlinden 1:48 Bf 109 Underwing Stores

 - $9.99 41m
1 48 Eagle Strike P-47D Razorbacks 405FG #48098 pt. 7

1 48 Eagle Strike P-47D Razorbacks 405FG #48098 pt. 7

 - $5.99 42m
1 48 Eagle Strike P-47D Bubbletops 405FG #48099 pt. 8

1 48 Eagle Strike P-47D Bubbletops 405FG #48099 pt. 8

 - $5.99 43m
Verlinden 1:32 F-105G Wild Weasel Cockpit Deail

Verlinden 1:32 F-105G Wild Weasel Cockpit Deail

 - $13.99 44m
Verlinden 1:48 P-51 Mustang Underwing Stores

Verlinden 1:48 P-51 Mustang Underwing Stores

 - $19.99 44m
Verlinden 1:48 P-51D Super Detail Set (TAM)

Verlinden 1:48 P-51D Super Detail Set (TAM)

 - $17.99 44m
Verlinden 1:48 US WWII Aircraft Guns

Verlinden 1:48 US WWII Aircraft Guns

 1 $11.99 44m
Verlinden 1:48 P-38 Lightning Super Detal Set (HAS)

Verlinden 1:48 P-38 Lightning Super Detal Set (HAS)

 1 $22.99 44m
Verlinden 1:48 Bf 109E-3 4 7 Super Detail Set (HAS)

Verlinden 1:48 Bf 109E-3 4 7 Super Detail Set (HAS)

 - $18.99 44m
Verlinden 1:48 P-47 Super Detail Set

Verlinden 1:48 P-47 Super Detail Set

 - $19.99 44m
Verlinden 1:48 MiG-21 Fishbed Detail Set

Verlinden 1:48 MiG-21 Fishbed Detail Set

 1 $19.99 44m
Verlinden 1:48 Mosquito Gun Bay & Moving Surfaces

Verlinden 1:48 Mosquito Gun Bay & Moving Surfaces

 - $11.99 44m

Model News

  • More Plastic Kit History The first plastic models were manufactured in the 1950s by the British firms Frog and Airfix. American manufacturers such as Revell, AMT, and Monogram gained ascendancy in the 1960s as French Heller SA in Europe. Since the 1970s, Japanese firms such as Hasegawa and Tamiya have dominated the field and represent the highest level of technology. Brands from Russia, Central Europe, China, and Korea have also become prominent recently. Many smaller companies have also produced plastic models. While injection molding is the predominant manufacturing process for plastic models, the high costs of equipment and making molds make it unsuitable for lower yield production. Thus, models of minor and obscure subjects are often manufactured using alternative processes. Vacuum forming is popular for aircraft models, though assembly is more difficult than for injection molded kits. Resin casting, popular with smaller manufacturers, particularly Aftermarket firms (but also producers of full kits) yields a greater degree of detail molded in situ, but as the moulds used do not last as long, the price of such kits is considerably higher. In recent times, the latest releases from major manufacturers offer unprecedented detail that is a match for the finest resin kits, often including high quality mixed media (photo etched brass, turned aluminum) parts. How to Build Plastic Models Most plastic models are injection molded in polystyrene, and the parts are glued together with plastic solvent. While often omitted by novice modelers, specially formulated paint is applied to assembled models. Complex markings such as aircraft insignia are typically provided with kits as slide-on decals. A recent trend has been to offer kits where the parts snap together, with no glue needed, and with a paint scheme reapplied to some or all of the parts. Plastic ship model kits typically provide thread in several sizes and colors for the rigging. Model Scales Almost all plastic models are designed in a well established scale. Each type of subject has one or more common scales, though they differ from one to the other. The general aim is to allow the finished model to be of a reasonable size, while maintaining consistency across models for collections. The following are the most common scales for popular subjects Aircraft    1/24, 1/32, 1/48, 1/72, and 1/144, with 1/48 and 1/72 being the most popular Military Vehicles   1/35, 1/48 ,1/72, 1/76 Automobiles 1/12,1/16,1/18,1/20,1/24,1/25,1/32,1/35,1/43 Ships 1/96, 1/350, 1/450, 1/700, and other odd scales In reality, models do not always conform to their nominal scale; there are 1/25 scale automobile models which are larger than some 1/24 scale models, for instance. For example, the engine in the recent reissue of the AMT Ala Kart show truck is significantly smaller than the engine in the original issue. AMT employees from the 1960s note that, at that time, all AMT kits were packaged into boxes of a standardized size, to simplify shipping and the overriding requirement of designing any kit was that it had to fit into that precise size of box, not matter how large or small the original vehicle.