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Practical Guide To Model Railroading Magazine 1952

Practical Guide To Model Railroading Magazine 1952

 - $12.66 31m
LGB Large Scale 2012 New Items Catalog English and German

LGB Large Scale 2012 New Items Catalog English and German

 - $3.00 33m
1879 The Railroad Car Builders {Train} Dictionary on CD

1879 The Railroad Car Builders {Train} Dictionary on CD

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$12.95		 36m
Electric Railway Gazette {10 Vintage Train History Books ~ 1886 to 1895} on CD

Electric Railway Gazette {10 Vintage Train History Books ~ 1886 to 1895} on CD

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 $9.97
$12.95		 36m
Electric Railway Station Equipment {1905 Railroad Structure Wiring} on CD

Electric Railway Station Equipment {1905 Railroad Structure Wiring} on CD

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 $9.97
$12.95		 36m
Electric Traction for Railways {Vintage Railroad & Trolley Book} on DVD

Electric Traction for Railways {Vintage Railroad & Trolley Book} on DVD

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$12.95		 36m
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie R. R.

Pittsburgh and Lake Erie R. R.

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 $89.00
$99.00		 36m
Complete Bound Volume Plasticville Collectors Magazine Plastic Village Gazette

Complete Bound Volume Plasticville Collectors Magazine Plastic Village Gazette

 - $39.95 38m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading September 74

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading September 74

 - $2.00 44m
West Side, Narow Guage in the Sierra

West Side, Narow Guage in the Sierra

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$95.00		 45m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading October 1974

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading October 1974

 - $2.00 45m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading November 74

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading November 74

 - $2.00 47m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading December 74

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading December 74

 - $2.00 48m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading February 75

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading February 75

 - $2.00 59m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading April 1975

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading April 1975

 - $2.00 1h 2m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading May 1975

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading May 1975

 - $2.00 1h 4m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading July 1975

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading July 1975

 - $2.00 1h 7m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading August 1975

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading August 1975

 - $2.00 1h 8m
MTH 2012 Volume 1 Railking & Premier O Gauge Trains

MTH 2012 Volume 1 Railking & Premier O Gauge Trains

 - $2.09 1h 9m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading September 75

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading September 75

 - $2.00 1h 9m
(24) 1982-1995 Lionel Train Catalogs

(24) 1982-1995 Lionel Train Catalogs

 - $74.99 1h 9m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading October 1975

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading October 1975

 - $2.00 1h 10m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading November 75

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading November 75

 - $2.00 1h 12m
Pair of Vintage RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN MAGAZINES 1949 & 1956 & Model Train Mag

Pair of Vintage RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN MAGAZINES 1949 & 1956 & Model Train Mag

 - $6.99 1h 13m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading December 75

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading December 75

 - $2.00 1h 13m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading January 1976

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading January 1976

 - $2.00 1h 22m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading February 76

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading February 76

 - $2.00 1h 23m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading June 1976

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading June 1976

 - $2.00 1h 27m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading July 1976

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading July 1976

 - $2.00 1h 28m
Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading August 1976

Vintage Trains The Magazine Of Railroading August 1976

 - $2.00 1h 29m

Model News

  • More Plastic Kit History The first plastic models were manufactured in the 1950s by the British firms Frog and Airfix. American manufacturers such as Revell, AMT, and Monogram gained ascendancy in the 1960s as French Heller SA in Europe. Since the 1970s, Japanese firms such as Hasegawa and Tamiya have dominated the field and represent the highest level of technology. Brands from Russia, Central Europe, China, and Korea have also become prominent recently. Many smaller companies have also produced plastic models. While injection molding is the predominant manufacturing process for plastic models, the high costs of equipment and making molds make it unsuitable for lower yield production. Thus, models of minor and obscure subjects are often manufactured using alternative processes. Vacuum forming is popular for aircraft models, though assembly is more difficult than for injection molded kits. Resin casting, popular with smaller manufacturers, particularly Aftermarket firms (but also producers of full kits) yields a greater degree of detail molded in situ, but as the moulds used do not last as long, the price of such kits is considerably higher. In recent times, the latest releases from major manufacturers offer unprecedented detail that is a match for the finest resin kits, often including high quality mixed media (photo etched brass, turned aluminum) parts. How to Build Plastic Models Most plastic models are injection molded in polystyrene, and the parts are glued together with plastic solvent. While often omitted by novice modelers, specially formulated paint is applied to assembled models. Complex markings such as aircraft insignia are typically provided with kits as slide-on decals. A recent trend has been to offer kits where the parts snap together, with no glue needed, and with a paint scheme reapplied to some or all of the parts. Plastic ship model kits typically provide thread in several sizes and colors for the rigging. Model Scales Almost all plastic models are designed in a well established scale. Each type of subject has one or more common scales, though they differ from one to the other. The general aim is to allow the finished model to be of a reasonable size, while maintaining consistency across models for collections. The following are the most common scales for popular subjects Aircraft    1/24, 1/32, 1/48, 1/72, and 1/144, with 1/48 and 1/72 being the most popular Military Vehicles   1/35, 1/48 ,1/72, 1/76 Automobiles 1/12,1/16,1/18,1/20,1/24,1/25,1/32,1/35,1/43 Ships 1/96, 1/350, 1/450, 1/700, and other odd scales In reality, models do not always conform to their nominal scale; there are 1/25 scale automobile models which are larger than some 1/24 scale models, for instance. For example, the engine in the recent reissue of the AMT Ala Kart show truck is significantly smaller than the engine in the original issue. AMT employees from the 1960s note that, at that time, all AMT kits were packaged into boxes of a standardized size, to simplify shipping and the overriding requirement of designing any kit was that it had to fit into that precise size of box, not matter how large or small the original vehicle.