Model kits car kit airplane kits model ship building Toys & Hobbies Auction info
Model kits | Other For Sale | Used Other | Cheap Other

Other

Resin 2011 1 25th COT Conversion Kit Brand NEW 2011 Impala Nose + Spoiler NASCAR

Resin 2011 1 25th COT Conversion Kit Brand NEW 2011 Impala Nose + Spoiler NASCAR

 - $10.00 49m
Racing Champions 1995 #28 Dale Jarrett

Racing Champions 1995 #28 Dale Jarrett

 - $3.99 1h 7m
Racing Champions 1995 #18 Bobby Labonte

Racing Champions 1995 #18 Bobby Labonte

 - $3.99 1h 10m
Racing Champions 1991 #43 Pete Hamilton

Racing Champions 1991 #43 Pete Hamilton

 - $3.99 1h 24m
Racing Champions 1991 #70 J. D. McDuffie

Racing Champions 1991 #70 J. D. McDuffie

 - $3.99 1h 28m
Racing Champions 1991 #21 Morgan Shepherd

Racing Champions 1991 #21 Morgan Shepherd

- $3.99 1h 31m
Racing Champions 1994 #28 Ernie Irvan

Racing Champions 1994 #28 Ernie Irvan

 - $3.99 1h 39m
Racing Champions 1995 #52 Ken Schrader

Racing Champions 1995 #52 Ken Schrader

 - $3.99 1h 44m
Racing Champions 1995 #90 Mike Wallace

Racing Champions 1995 #90 Mike Wallace

 - $3.99 1h 49m
Racing Champions 1992 #59 Robert Pressley

Racing Champions 1992 #59 Robert Pressley

 - $3.99 1h 53m
Built #3 Dale Earnhart car body & tires 1 25 scale

Built #3 Dale Earnhart car body & tires 1 25 scale

 1 $10.00 1h 57m
Liberty Classics 1 18 Resin 426 Hemi Engine

Liberty Classics 1 18 Resin 426 Hemi Engine

 -
 $6.81
$13.03		 2h 47m
Pit Wall Sponsor Team Driver Banner 2009

Pit Wall Sponsor Team Driver Banner 2009

 - $3.97 20h 25m
Pit Wall Sponsor Team Driver Banner Nextel

Pit Wall Sponsor Team Driver Banner Nextel

 - $3.97 20h 25m
1999 Action 1:24 Scale Stock Car Home Depot 20 Stewart Collectible

1999 Action 1:24 Scale Stock Car Home Depot 20 Stewart Collectible

 - $9.99 21h 19m
FORD FAIRLANE GT GTA

FORD FAIRLANE GT GTA

 - $7.99 23h 28m
1993 Jeff Gordon DUPONT Lumina - Rookie - 1 24 Scale

1993 Jeff Gordon DUPONT Lumina - Rookie - 1 24 Scale

 - $11.99 1d 1h 44m
1996 Darrell Waltrip WESTERN AUTO Monte Carlo - 1 25

1996 Darrell Waltrip WESTERN AUTO Monte Carlo - 1 25

 - $10.99 1d 2h 23m
NASCAR lot (built) Earnhardt, Gordon, , Labonte, Harvick

NASCAR lot (built) Earnhardt, Gordon, , Labonte, Harvick

 - $20.00 1d 16h 21m
GARY ORMSBY'S "CASTROL" TOP FUEL DRAGSTER

GARY ORMSBY'S "CASTROL" TOP FUEL DRAGSTER

 2 $6.01 1d 17h 18m
Race Fans Reference: Understanding Winston Cup Racing

Race Fans Reference: Understanding Winston Cup Racing

 -
 $5.00
$10.00		 1d 17h 56m
4 NASCAR Wheels Rims Goodyear Tires Diorama

4 NASCAR Wheels Rims Goodyear Tires Diorama

 -
 $4.97
$8.97		 1d 20h 1m
Nascar - Monte Carlo - 1994 Inaugural Brickyard 400 PaceCar - IMS

Nascar - Monte Carlo - 1994 Inaugural Brickyard 400 PaceCar - IMS

 - $20.00 1d 21h 42m
VALVOLINE, STEVE KINSER SPRINT CAR

VALVOLINE, STEVE KINSER SPRINT CAR

 1 $6.99 1d 22h 17m
#2 Miller Lite Fleetwood T-Bird Rusty Wallace

#2 Miller Lite Fleetwood T-Bird Rusty Wallace

 - $8.99 1d 22h 56m
#2 Miller Lite Yellow Logo Taurus Rusty Wallace

#2 Miller Lite Yellow Logo Taurus Rusty Wallace

 - $8.99 1d 22h 59m
#3 Olympic Goodwrench Monte Dale Earnhardt

#3 Olympic Goodwrench Monte Dale Earnhardt

 - $8.99 1d 23h 2m
NASCAR Model Stock Racing Auto Car Van Truck Cup Collecting Tracking Software

NASCAR Model Stock Racing Auto Car Van Truck Cup Collecting Tracking Software

 - $19.95 1d 23h 13m
#5 Cornflake Monte 1995 Terry Labonte

#5 Cornflake Monte 1995 Terry Labonte

 - $8.99 1d 23h 17m
2 NASCAR Chevy Trucks (BUILT)

2 NASCAR Chevy Trucks (BUILT)

 - $12.00 1d 23h 45m

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.