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Collecting Vintage Plastic Model Airplane Kits

Author : Craig Kodera
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781580072236
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (722 download)

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Download or read book Collecting Vintage Plastic Model Airplane Kits written by Craig Kodera and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A life-long model builder, collector, and connoisseur, Craig Kodera examines the hobby of plastic model building to give you a book on collecting vintage model airplane kits. The book features more than 400 detailed, high-quality, full-color photos of vintage aircraft model kits and their components, and is written in an engaging and entertaining style to examine what gives specific models their current collectible value. Box wraps, direction sheets, and decals are also covered in detail. This book highlights exactly what collectors should look for (and be aware of) in building their collections. For proper historical perspective, the author covers model kit development in the heyday of the 1950s and 1960s. Comprehensive value and pricing information for vintage kits is shown as well.

Classic Kits

Author : Arthur Ward
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007176953
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Classic Kits written by Arthur Ward and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2004 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fun book treats you to a nostalgic look at the history of model kits from worldwide manufacturers over the last 75 years. Classic Kits revisits our favourite model kits whether they were tanks, ships, aircraft, spaceships or tractors. With superb photography of boxes, magazines, kits and ephemera Arthur Ward reminds us all of a time when pocket money was spent on a Spitfire after school, which was assembled by tea time and destroyed, in an imaginary but fierce air battle, by bed-time. Arthur Ward, with his expert knowledge, reveals the histories of the companies behind the kits we all loved, while at the same time giving us a fun look at our favourite models. Book jacket.

Collecting Muscle Car Model Kits

Author : Tim Boyd
Publisher : CarTech Inc
ISBN 13 : 1613253958
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book Collecting Muscle Car Model Kits written by Tim Boyd and published by CarTech Inc. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1960s, model kit building was a huge hobby. Kids built plastic kits of planes, tanks, race cars, space ships, creatures from scary movies, you name it. Before baseball card collecting, Pokémon, and video games, model kit building was one of the most popular hobby activities. Car and airplane kits were the most popular, and among the car kits, muscle cars, as we know them today, were one of the most popular categories. Many owners of real muscle cars today were not old enough to buy them when the cars were new, of course. Yet kids of the 1960s and 1970s worshiped these cars to an extent completely foreign to kids today. If you couldn’t afford or were too young to buy a muscle car back then, what could you do? For many, the next best thing was to buy, collect, and build muscle car kits from a variety of kit companies. Hundreds were made. Many of these kits have become collectible today, especially in original, unassembled form. Although people still build kits today, there is a broad market for collectors of nostalgic model kits. People love the kits for the great box art, to rekindle fond memories of building them 40 years ago, or even as a companion to the full-scale cars they own today. Here, world-leading authority Tim Boyd takes you through the entire era of muscle car kits, covering the options, collectability, variety availability, and value of these wonderful kits today. Boyd also takes you through the differences between the original kits, the older reproduction kits, and the new reproduction kits that many people find at swap meets today. If you are looking to build a collection of muscle car kits, interested in getting the kits of your favorite manufacturer or even just of the cars you have owned, this book will be a valuable resource in your model kit search.

Building Scale Model Aircraft

Author : Oscar Gagliardi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781521328019
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Building Scale Model Aircraft written by Oscar Gagliardi and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-19 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building plastic model Aircraft is an amazing hobby that makes your imagination fly, it allows you to express your creativity and relaxes you. This book has been written as a guide for newcomers to the hobby, but it may also be helpful for anybody that enjoys building plastic model aircraft.

The Vintage Years of Airfix Box Art

Author : Roy Cross
Publisher : Crowood Press UK
ISBN 13 : 9781847970763
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Vintage Years of Airfix Box Art written by Roy Cross and published by Crowood Press UK. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Airfix has been commercially producing plastic kits since 1952 and its models have been made by successive generations of young boys and men alike. In the 1960s, a talented graphic artist called Roy Cross was commissioned to paint some of the box art for Airfix, and for a ten-year-period he provided many of the glorious paintings seen on the boxes, setting new standards for realism and accuracy. Many are still being used today, a full four decades later. Inside the pages of this book are some of Roy's best artworks, shown here in full format and in superb detail, with many reproduced here in book form for the very first time. As well as his vintage box art, Roy has included many sketches and alternative versions of his Airfix box art. After Roy left Airfix in 1974, the company went through a turbulent time. The present owners are Hornby, who have ambitious plans for Airfix and the other brands it acquired including Scalextric and Corgi. The decade that Roy Cross worked for Airfix, though, could be classed as their vintage era, with some of their finest models being produced then in their millions, ready for eager youngsters to build up into detailed miniature models of their favorite aircraft, ships and locomotives.

Remembering Revell Model Kits

Author : Thomas Graham
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764329920
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Remembering Revell Model Kits written by Thomas Graham and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging book details the wide variety of model kits produced by Revell, Inc. of Venice, California, from the 1950s through the 1970s. Over 545 color photographs display many of the much sought after kits, ranging from automobiles and ships to aircraft and spaceships. Also included are a fascinating history of the company and the men and women who drove its success, a detailed recounting of the wide ranging, exquisitely detailed models produced, discussions of the artists who brought the box art to life, a bibliography, and a model kit index providing listings of the models produced, their variations, and their value in the secondary market. Newly updated values are found in both captions and the index. Anyone collecting or building models will be fascinated with this book.

Sixty Years of Airfix Models

Author : Jeremy Brook
Publisher : Crowood
ISBN 13 : 1847979769
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book Sixty Years of Airfix Models written by Jeremy Brook and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-known and most important manufacturer of plastic model kits in the UK, Airfix has been at the forefront of the industry since 1955 when the first Airfix aircraft kit appeared in UK branches of Woolworth's. The kits were made to a constant scale and covered a wide variety of subjects, from aircraft to birds and from tanks to dinosaurs. In 1981 the famous London-based company closed down and only the kits survived intact. For the next twenty-five years Airfix was run by Palitoy and later Humbrol, but suffered from a lack of investment. In 2006, Hornby Hobbies Ltd, the train and Scalextric manufacturer, bought the ailing company and transformed it. Money and resources were ploughed into the range, and today Airfix releases around twenty new kits per year, designed to an incredibly high standard. The old kits of the 1950s and 1960s are gradually being replaced by new state-of-the-art tooling, all bearing that most prestigious name - Airfix. Published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the first Airfix aircraft kit, Sixty Years of Airfix Models, tells the full story, year by year, of the company and its products. Illustrated throughout with colour photographs.of kits, box art and completed models.

Hot Rod Model Kits

Author : Terry Jessee
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 9780760307311
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Hot Rod Model Kits written by Terry Jessee and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2000 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you love Ferraris? Do you want to know all that you can about Triumph Motorcycles? Or perhaps it is Learjets that pique your interest? Whatever transportation subject fascinates you, the Enthusiast series by Motorbooks International likely has a book for you! There are over 100 titles in this series which covers all aspects of the transportation industry- Automotives, Bicycles, Motorcycles, Trains, Military and Aviation, Auto Racing, and Tractors.

Aurora Model Kits

Author : Thomas Graham
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764325182
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Aurora Model Kits written by Thomas Graham and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aurora created plastic model kits of all varieties, including monsters, historic sailing ships, sports cars, moon rockets, military and commercial aircraft, TV stars, comic book heroes, wildlife scenes, knights, and much more all included in this book. Over 450 color photographs enhance this comprehensive history and guide to Aurora models. Every model kit Aurora made is described in detail, along with information on reissues and current collectors market values.

Hey Mister, Will It Fly?

Author : Robert Benjamin
Publisher : Helm Publishing (IL)
ISBN 13 : 9780984139774
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (397 download)

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Download or read book Hey Mister, Will It Fly? written by Robert Benjamin and published by Helm Publishing (IL). This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pick up any U.S. model magazine today and the chances are very good that Bob has written over thirty articles featuring original designs or gas-to-electric conversions of popular kits, and many more including product reviews, event reports and how-to info. Bob wrote and directed the video program All Because Of Model Airplanes which has been used for years as the signature presentation at the National Aeromodeling Museum in Muncie, Indiana, as well as the instructional series Getting Started In Electric Flight and several other specialized titles produced for the AMA. He is also the artist behind that long series of aircraft paintings that appeared on the covers of Model Builder and Model Aviation magazines during the '80's and '90's. In 1990 Bob began his career as a dedicated RC Scale competitor as one of a tiny handful of model builders who pioneered the use of electric power head-to-head with traditional engine powered models. Since then he has managed to become the first modeler ever to compete using electric power at the U.S. Scale Masters, at TOP GUN, and in 2002 as a member of Team USA at the World F4C (RC Scale) Championships in Toronto, Canada. There has never been an electric category at any of those events. In 2006 he was inducted into the Model Aviation Hall of Fame. It was not always like that. Bob Benjamin's life with model airplanes goes back to the late 1940's. He has had his fair share of experience as the little boy hanging over the flying field fence and as the kid who scratched and saved for months to put a McCoy 35 on a Ringmaster. From classic stick-and-tissue rubber jobs to RC scale electric ducted fan jets, He knows what it feels like to fly a model by sheer force of will on a second-hand, third-rate radio and he knows what it feels like to have the very best RC systems in the world for the asking as a factory sponsored master modeler. The only thing Bob Benjamin never learned was how to give up. Hey Mister, Will It Fly? is his personal flight of perseverance, dedication, and passion to the world of model aeroplanes.

PAK-20

Author : John W. Burns
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book PAK-20 written by John W. Burns and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Flying Model Collectibles and Accessories

Author : James C. Johnson
Publisher : Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN 13 : 9780764319792
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Flying Model Collectibles and Accessories written by James C. Johnson and published by Schiffer Book for Collectors. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wonderful collector's book explores and identifies hundreds of fantastic items related to model aviation. More than 600 color photos illustrate engines, kits, radio control accessories, propellers, books, magazines, and other important model aviation memorabilia. The history of model aviation is documented in an engaging text. Captions include detailed information about size, vintage, and current market values.

The World of Model Aircraft

Author : Guy R. Williams
Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780399110870
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The World of Model Aircraft written by Guy R. Williams and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 1973 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Airfix

Author : Arthur Ward
Publisher : Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780007163700
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (637 download)

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Download or read book Airfix written by Arthur Ward and published by Collins. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title aims to enable everyone to relive the glory days of the Airfix plastic air forces (or tank fleets) and perhaps to pass the torch to their children. Photographs show the rare and collectible kits as well as the best sellers, with illustrations of the packets, box art, adverts in 1960s and 1970s magazines, and a mass of period ephemera. The accompanying text charts the rise, fall and rise again of Airfix models. are now re-releasing 40 kits a year, bringing back some not seen for 20 years.

Building and Flying Model Aircraft

Author : Robert Schleicher
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 048615677X
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Building and Flying Model Aircraft written by Robert Schleicher and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-01-27 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly illustrated manual introduces beginners to basic aerodynamic principles and all aspects of model-building — from paint and tissue covering to the secrets of selecting the best engine, fuel, and radio-control rig for each plane.

Building and Detailing Model Aircraft

Author : Pat Hawkey
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
ISBN 13 : 0890247234
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Building and Detailing Model Aircraft written by Pat Hawkey and published by Kalmbach Publishing, Co.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to construct and finish plastic model aircraft by mastering basic and advanced techniques in assembling, aligning, gluing, surface preparation, painting, and decaling.

Scale-model Airplanes

Author : Don Berliner
Publisher : Lerner Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780822504467
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Scale-model Airplanes written by Don Berliner and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 1982 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the categories and kinds of scale-model airplanes and their history. Includes information on model airplanes building and complications.