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NEW! Constructo 1 88 Dominica Schooner Kit NIB

NEW! Constructo 1 88 Dominica Schooner Kit NIB

 $64.99 16m
NEW! Constructo 1 80 Virginia Schooner Kit NIB

NEW! Constructo 1 80 Virginia Schooner Kit NIB

 $64.99 16m
NEW! Constructo 1 185 Eagle Kit NIB FREE SHIPPING!

NEW! Constructo 1 185 Eagle Kit NIB FREE SHIPPING!

 $134.99 16m
NEW! Constructo 1 110 HMS Bounty Kit NIB FREE SHIPPING

NEW! Constructo 1 110 HMS Bounty Kit NIB FREE SHIPPING

 $124.99 16m
NEW! Constructo 1 100 Flyer Kit NIB FREE SHIPPING!

NEW! Constructo 1 100 Flyer Kit NIB FREE SHIPPING!

 $124.99 16m
NEW! Constructo 1 65 Mayflower Kit NIB FREE SHIPPING!

NEW! Constructo 1 65 Mayflower Kit NIB FREE SHIPPING!

 $319.99 16m
NEW! Constructo 1 56 America Kit NIB FREE SHIPPING!

NEW! Constructo 1 56 America Kit NIB FREE SHIPPING!

 $189.99 16m
NEW! Constructo 1 95 H.M.S. Victory Kit NIB FREE SHIP!

NEW! Constructo 1 95 H.M.S. Victory Kit NIB FREE SHIP!

 $612.99 16m
NEW! Constructo 1 85 St Helena Kit NIB FREE SHIPPING!

NEW! Constructo 1 85 St Helena Kit NIB FREE SHIPPING!

 $124.99 16m
NEW! Constructo 1 55 Albatros Sailing Ship NIB

NEW! Constructo 1 55 Albatros Sailing Ship NIB

 $141.99 16m
NEW! Constructo 1 82 USS Constitution Kit NIB

NEW! Constructo 1 82 USS Constitution Kit NIB

 $544.99 16m
NEW! Dumas 1940 19 Barrel Back Kit NIB

NEW! Dumas 1940 19 Barrel Back Kit NIB

 $41.99 18m
NEW! Dumas Lightning Sailboat Kit 19 NIB

NEW! Dumas Lightning Sailboat Kit 19 NIB

 $43.99 18m
NEW! Heller 1 150 Mayflower NIB

NEW! Heller 1 150 Mayflower NIB

 $62.99 19m
NEW! Latina 1 50 Endeavour s Longboat NIB

NEW! Latina 1 50 Endeavour s Longboat NIB

 $63.99 19m
NEW! Latina 1 35 Bremen Krabben Kutter NIB

NEW! Latina 1 35 Bremen Krabben Kutter NIB

 $91.99 19m
NEW! Latina 1 35 Titanic s Lifeboat NIB

NEW! Latina 1 35 Titanic s Lifeboat NIB

 $63.99 19m
NEW! Latina 1 25 Bon Retour NIB

NEW! Latina 1 25 Bon Retour NIB

 $59.99 19m
NEW! Latina 1 250 Gorch Fock NIB

NEW! Latina 1 250 Gorch Fock NIB

 $59.99 19m
NEW! Latina 1 64 Mayflower NIB FREE SHIPPING!

NEW! Latina 1 64 Mayflower NIB FREE SHIPPING!

 $139.99 19m
NEW! Latina 1 80 Mississippi NIB FREE SHIPPING!

NEW! Latina 1 80 Mississippi NIB FREE SHIPPING!

 $184.98 19m
NEW! Latina 1 65 La Nina NIB FREE SHIPPING!

NEW! Latina 1 65 La Nina NIB FREE SHIPPING!

 $119.99 19m
NEW! Minicraft 1 350 R.M.S. Deluxe Titanic NIB

NEW! Minicraft 1 350 R.M.S. Deluxe Titanic NIB

 $89.99 19m
NEW! Latina 1 50 Swift Easy Build NIB

NEW! Latina 1 50 Swift Easy Build NIB

 $87.99 19m
NEW! Midwest Muscongus Bay Lobster Smac Kit NIB

NEW! Midwest Muscongus Bay Lobster Smac Kit NIB

 $49.99 19m
NEW! Midwest The Big Yacht Skiff Kit NIB

NEW! Midwest The Big Yacht Skiff Kit NIB

 $58.99 19m
NEW! Revell Germany 1 250 Passat NIB

NEW! Revell Germany 1 250 Passat NIB

 $49.99 19m
NEW! Midwest The Big Canadian Canoe Kit NIB

NEW! Midwest The Big Canadian Canoe Kit NIB

 $62.99 19m
NEW! Revell Germany 1 72 Sunseeker Predator 108 NIB

NEW! Revell Germany 1 72 Sunseeker Predator 108 NIB

 $58.99 19m
NEW! Midwest Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Kit NIB

NEW! Midwest Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Kit NIB

 $74.99 19m

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  • 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.