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List of model aircraft manufacturers |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_model_aircraft_manufacturers 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 (owned by Hornby?)
- Airframe
- Air Lines
- Airmodel
- Airmodel Products
- Aliplast
- Alliance
- AML
- Amodel
- AMT (bought by ERTL toys)
- AMT-Ertl (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 (CMK)
- 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
- Formaplane
- Frog (moulds taken over by Novo, Hasegawa and Revell)
- Fujimi (Japanese)
- Fun Model
- Fujimi
- Gemini Jets
- Glencoe
- Greenbank Castle
- Guillow
- Halinski
- Hasegawa (Japan)
- Hawk (part of Testors)
- Heller SA (France)
- Heller-Humbrol (Heller ownership)
- Herpa Wings
- High Planes
- Hi-Tech
- Hobbycraft (Canada)
- Hobby Boss (China)
- Hogan
- 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)
- 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 (Kovozavody Prostejov, Czechoslovakia)
- Koster*Enterprises (USA) Maker of very high quality mixed media vacuform conversions and complete subjects
- Kovozavody 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
- Lindberg
- L&S (Japan)
- Long (In Africa, & Prosper)
- Mac
- Maquette
- Master Craft (Poland)
- Matchbox
- 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) [1]
- 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://users.bigpond.net.au/ozmodsscales/main.html
- 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
- 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
- Smer (Czech Republic, some molds from Heller and Artiplast/Aurora)
- Skymarks
- Special Hobby (brand of MPM)
- Starfix
- Sterling
- 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)
- Toga
- Toko
- Trumpeter (company) (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- Kovozavody 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)
- ZTS Plastyk (Poland)
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