List of scale model kit manufacturers
This list is arranged by the main material of manufacture.
Where a manufacturer has produced different kits in different materials, they are duplicated under each material.
Polystyrene
Injection-moulded (high pressure)
- Academy Plastic Model Co.
- Accurate Miniature
- AFV Club
- Airfix
- AMT
- Aoshima Bunka Kyozai
- Aurora Plastics Corporation
- Bandai
- Dragon Models Limited
- Emhar
- Finemolds
- Freedom Model Kits (Taiwan)
- Frog (1955-1976). See also Mixed materials.
- Fujimi Mokei
- Hasegawa
- Heller SA
- Hobbyboss
- ICM Holding
- Italeri
- Kitty Hawk Models
- Lindberg
- Meng Model
- MiniArt
- Model Products Corporation (MPC)
- Monogram
- Novo - old Frog kits made in the Soviet Union (1971-)
- Plasticos Lodela S.A.
- Pegasus
- Renwal
- Revell
- Tamiya Corporation
- Tri-ang - brand name in France for Frog.
- Trumpeter
- Zoukei Mura
- Zvezda
- PM Models
- ESCI/ESCI-ERTL/ESCI-AMT/ForceOne - stop production due to bankruptcy, molds sold/bought by Italeri Revell and others
- Matchbox - stop production due to bankruptcy, molds sold/bought by Italeri Revell and others
- Humbrol - Airfix/Heller partnership to build models with common sprues paints and glues, brand kept by Airfix for paints and glues
- Ocidental - Portuguese Brand of a plastic plant for home products, that started to build models that were used or in use by the portuguese armed forces current and past, age of discovery ships naus caravelles etc, spitfire Fiat G-91 fighters and T-6 Texan, and so on, sold several sprues molds to Revell and Italeri for several kits.
Injection-moulded ("short-run" low pressure)
- AModel
- AZ Model
- Azur
- Brengun
- F-RSIN
- Fly Models
- KP Models
- Legato
- Modelsvit
- MPM
- OzMods Scale Models
- Roden
- RS Models
- Special Hobby
Vacuum formed
- Airmodel
- MiniArt
- OzMods Scale Models
- Rareplanes (1969-2000) [1]
- Sanger
Resin cast
- Airmodel
- Anigrand Craftswork
- Arlo-Micromodel
- Czech Master Resin (CMR)
- Olimp (ProResin)
- OzMods Scale Models
- Planet Models
- Studio 27
- Wave Corporation
Card
- FlyModel
- Halinski
- JSC
- ModelArt
- Modelik
- Schreiber-Bogen
- Williamshaven
Mixed materials
- Frog (1931-1949) - flying and static models. See also Injection-moulded polystyrene (high pressure).
- Skybirds - wood and metal
Unknown
Please move these to the relevant section(s) above.
- ARV
- Gallery
- Rebell Hobby
- Skilcraft
References
Notes
- ↑ Stevens, G.; "RAREplanes - The Big Vacform Revolution Started Here", Aeroscale.
Bibliography
- Scale Aircraft Modelling, Guideline, January 2013