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GATCHAMAN DX GODPHOENIX Very Rare GOD PHOENIX SMALLSIZE

GATCHAMAN DX GODPHOENIX Very Rare GOD PHOENIX SMALLSIZE

 $6.98 19m
BANDAI 1 100 EX MODEL RED TAIL MONO CARRIER COWBOY

BANDAI 1 100 EX MODEL RED TAIL MONO CARRIER COWBOY

 $45.00 1h 17m
Konami Space Jockey from Alien - 1:200 scale ? 1:300 ?

Konami Space Jockey from Alien - 1:200 scale ? 1:300 ?

 - $17.00 1h 26m
Konami Nostromo from Alien - 1:2500 - 1:3000 scale?

Konami Nostromo from Alien - 1:2500 - 1:3000 scale?

 1 $14.00 1h 32m
VINTAGE ORIGIONAL MONOGRAM "CYLON RAIDER" MODEL KIT

VINTAGE ORIGIONAL MONOGRAM "CYLON RAIDER" MODEL KIT

 - $35.00 1h 32m
Tomy Zoids RZ-063 1 72 Gun Tiger Tiger Type US Version

Tomy Zoids RZ-063 1 72 Gun Tiger Tiger Type US Version

 $13.99 1h 41m
Kotobukiya Armored Core NX03 1 72 Rosenthal CR-HOGIRE

Kotobukiya Armored Core NX03 1 72 Rosenthal CR-HOGIRE

 $49.99 1h 42m
Polar Lights LOST IN SPACE JUPITER 2 Chrome Plated MISB

Polar Lights LOST IN SPACE JUPITER 2 Chrome Plated MISB

 16 $71.01 1h 48m
NEW | Super Robots Wars 1 100 Wildwurger

NEW | Super Robots Wars 1 100 Wildwurger

 - $49.99 1h 55m
Moebius Models 00913 Lost in Space Jupiter 2

Moebius Models 00913 Lost in Space Jupiter 2

4 $66.00 1h 58m
one 1 3700-1 4100 resin Battlestar Galactica Cygnus

one 1 3700-1 4100 resin Battlestar Galactica Cygnus

 - $24.00 1h 58m
Tomy Zoids Genesis GZ-013 1 72 Bamburian Panda Type

Tomy Zoids Genesis GZ-013 1 72 Bamburian Panda Type

 $12.99 2h 47m
Kotobukiya Armored Core AC004 Mirage YC07-Cronus Vixen

Kotobukiya Armored Core AC004 Mirage YC07-Cronus Vixen

$33.99 2h 47m
Hasegawa 64003 1 35 Lunadiver Stingray Krieger model

Hasegawa 64003 1 35 Lunadiver Stingray Krieger model

 $87.84 2h 54m
Armageddon Movie Russian Space Center Model Kit MIB!

Armageddon Movie Russian Space Center Model Kit MIB!

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 $14.75
$19.75		 2h 56m
Revell Monogram Battlestar Galactica Model Kit 1997

Revell Monogram Battlestar Galactica Model Kit 1997

 11 $96.00 3h 7m
Bandai Chogokin Super Robot Raiden Braver reissue rare

Bandai Chogokin Super Robot Raiden Braver reissue rare

 - $12.50 4h 3m
Land Of The Giants Giant Snake Attack Model Kit MIB!

Land Of The Giants Giant Snake Attack Model Kit MIB!

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 $9.99
$14.75		 4h 3m
Bandai Star Blazers No.20 EDF Destroyer

Bandai Star Blazers No.20 EDF Destroyer

 2 $3.50 4h 6m
Bandai Star Blazers No.29 Dasla Fire support Battleship

Bandai Star Blazers No.29 Dasla Fire support Battleship

 1 $5.99 4h 9m
Bandai Super Robot Great Mazinger fighter Golden Eagle

Bandai Super Robot Great Mazinger fighter Golden Eagle

 - $12.50 4h 12m
Star Blazers Collection-EDF Argo battleship Flap Extend

Star Blazers Collection-EDF Argo battleship Flap Extend

 - $9.50 4h 24m
Star Blazers EDF Argo, Andromeda, Main Battleship kit set

Star Blazers EDF Argo, Andromeda, Main Battleship kit set

 1 $24.50 4h 26m
Takara Votoms fighting suit - KT Figure 5 kits set !

Takara Votoms fighting suit - KT Figure 5 kits set !

 - $8.99 4h 32m
Bandai Specail Mechagodzilla modle kit 1 350 scale

Bandai Specail Mechagodzilla modle kit 1 350 scale

 $25.00 5h 15m
Kotobukiya Zoids HMM 003 1 72 RZ-028 Blade Liger

Kotobukiya Zoids HMM 003 1 72 RZ-028 Blade Liger

 $61.99 6h 22m
Cylon Basestar 30 Anniversary Battlestar Galactica kit!

Cylon Basestar 30 Anniversary Battlestar Galactica kit!

 3 $7.25 7h 47m
STG History Fighters S.2 Set of 8 R-Type Fantasy Zone

STG History Fighters S.2 Set of 8 R-Type Fantasy Zone

 $44.99 10h 37m
PEGASUS HOBBIES WAR OF THE WORLDS MARTIAN WAR MACHINE

PEGASUS HOBBIES WAR OF THE WORLDS MARTIAN WAR MACHINE

$36.99 11h 21m
Takara Tomy Zoids Rebirth Century GRZ-002 Gil Vader

Takara Tomy Zoids Rebirth Century GRZ-002 Gil Vader

 $61.99 11h 37m

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.