List of model aircraft manufacturers

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The following companies manufacture, or have manufactured, model aircraft.

  • 12 Squared
  • ABK
  • Academy Minicraft (Korea)
  • Academy 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 (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 Kits
  • Can Vac
  • Cap Croix De Sud
  • Classic Plane
  • Collect Aire
  • Combat Models
  • Comet
  • Condor (Brand of MPM)
  • Contrail
  • Cooperativa (Brand of MPM)
  • Crown
  • Czech Master's Kits (CMK)
  • Dark Dream Studio
  • DACO/Skyline
  • DML
  • 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
  • FlyModel
  • Formaplane
  • Frog (models made 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)
  • Huma modell
  • ICM
  • I.D. Models
  • IM (International Modeling)
  • IMC (IMC Hawk, USA)
  • Intech (Poland)
  • Italaerei (renamed to Italeri)
  • Italeri
  • ITC(Ideal Toy Company)
  • JMK
  • Jo-Han (USA)
  • Joystick
  • JSC
  • Kader
  • Kangnam (Korea)
  • Keil Kraft
  • Ki-Tech (Hobbycraft Canada production in China)
  • KitPro
  • KoPro (Czech Republic)
  • KP (Kovozávody Prostějov, Czechoslovakia)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nakotne
  • Nkap
  • Nova
  • NOVO Aircraft Kits (Russian)
  • Octopus
  • ODK
  • Olimp
  • Omega Models
  • Otaki went bankrupt in the 70's and acquired by Araii
  • Otaki
  • OzMods Scale Models (from Australia)
  • Paramount
  • Pavla Models (Czech Republic)
  • Pegasus
  • Phoenix
  • Pioneer 2 (Turkey)
  • Plasticart
  • PM (Plastic Model, Turkey)
  • Premiere
  • Pyro
  • PZW
  • Rare Plane
  • RCR
  • Red Star
  • Renwal
  • Replica
  • Revell
  • Revell-Monogram
  • Revell of Germany
  • Ringo (ITC (Ideal Toy Company) imports for USA)
  • Roden
  • Roseplane
  • R.P.M.
  • Scarabee
  • Schabak
  • Siedlce
  • Sierra
  • SIG Manufacturing
  • SK
  • Směr (Czech Republic, some molds from Heller and Artiplast/Aurora)
  • Special Hobby (brand of MPM)
  • Starfix
  • Sterling
  • Stinson Aircraft
  • Strombecker
  • Sunny of Japan
  • Supermodel (Italy early 1970s)
  • Sweet
  • Sword
  • Tamiya (Japan)
  • Testors
  • Testors-Fujimi
  • Testors-Italeri (USA-Italy)
  • 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)
  • VacWings 72
  • VEB Plasticart (East Germany)
  • Veeday
  • Vista (Czech Republic, ex- Kovozávody Semily)
  • VP
  • Waku (Poland)
  • Welsh Models
  • Williams Bros.
  • Williamshaven
  • Wings 72
  • Wooster
  • ZP Ruch (Poland)
  • ZTS Plastyk (Poland)