List of model aircraft manufacturers: Difference between revisions

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 (UK) - from 1950 to present
• Airframe
• Air Lines
• AirmodelAirmodel Products
• Aliplast
• Alliance
• AML
• Amodel
• AMT (bought by ERTL toys)[1] (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 [2]
• 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
• FlyteLine Models
• Formaplane
• Frog (UK, from 1930s to 1970s. moulds taken over by Novo, Hasegawa and Revell)
• Fujimi (Japanese)
• Fun Model
• Fujimi
• Gemini Jets
• Glencoe
• Greenbank Castle
• Guillow
• Halinski
• Hasegawa Corporation (Japan)- first products in 1961
• Hawk (part of Testors)
• Heller SA (France)
• Heller-Humbrol (Heller ownership)
• Herpa Wings
• High Planes
• Hi-Tech
• Hobbycraft (Canada)
• Hobby Boss (China)
• Hogan Wings
• 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)
• JAYS Model Kits Based in Christchurch, NZ. EST.2008
• JC Wings
• 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 (Kovozávody Prostějov, Czechoslovakia)
• KP Models (HU) - from 1969 to present
• 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
• Lincoln International
• Lindberg
• L&S (Japan)
• Long (In Africa, & Prosper)
• Mac
• Maquette
• Master Craft (Poland)
• Matchbox UK, bought AMT in 1972 and started own 1/72 aircraft and vehicles. ceased production some moulds taken over by Revell Germany
• 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) [3]
• 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://www.ozmods-kits.com
• 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, split from Revell US
• 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
• Směr (Czech Republic, some molds from Heller and Artiplast/Aurora)
• Skymarks
• Special Hobby (brand of MPM)
• Starfix
• Sterling
• Stevens AeroModel USA
• 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)
• The Model Airplane
• 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)
• Valhalla (Same maker as Veeday)
• VacWings 72
• VEB Plasticart (East Germany)
• Veeday
• Vista (Czech Republic, ex- Kovozávody 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)
• Zvezda (Russia)
• ZTS Plastyk (Poland)