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Barclay - GREY CADET - NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

Barclay - GREY CADET - NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

 - $10.00 30m
Multiple Toys mint header card bag playset Piarte's Canoe from the 1950's

Multiple Toys mint header card bag playset Piarte's Canoe from the 1950's

 - $59.95 31m
Manoil - MAN WITH GAS MASK - NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

Manoil - MAN WITH GAS MASK - NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

 - $12.00 31m
LOT 6 VINTAGE BRITAINS & JAPAN LEAD SOLDIERS MUST SEE

LOT 6 VINTAGE BRITAINS & JAPAN LEAD SOLDIERS MUST SEE

 1 $9.99 32m
TORPEDO ON CART - USA - NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

TORPEDO ON CART - USA - NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

 - $10.00 32m
Manoil - MAN PUMPING WATER - NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

Manoil - MAN PUMPING WATER - NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

 - $12.00 34m
30PC 1950'S LOUIS MARX MILITARY SOLDIERS & VEHICLE LOT

30PC 1950'S LOUIS MARX MILITARY SOLDIERS & VEHICLE LOT

 6 $31.00 34m
Barclay - MAN TOSSING GRENADE- NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

Barclay - MAN TOSSING GRENADE- NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

 - $11.00 35m
Manoil - MAN TOSSING SEEDS - NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

Manoil - MAN TOSSING SEEDS - NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

 - $10.00 35m
HEYDE OFFICER in KHAKI with BINOCULARS EX STEEL HELMET

HEYDE OFFICER in KHAKI with BINOCULARS EX STEEL HELMET

 2 $16.38 36m
Barclay - MAN PLAYING HORN - NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

Barclay - MAN PLAYING HORN - NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

 - $12.00 36m
Barclay - MAN PLAYING FLUTE - NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

Barclay - MAN PLAYING FLUTE - NICE - NO RESERVE !!!

 - $10.00 37m
1950's Marx Disney 60mm TRAMP Dog figure from Lady & Tramp Movie

1950's Marx Disney 60mm TRAMP Dog figure from Lady & Tramp Movie

 - $20.00 42m
HUGE LOT OF 1950s MARX ARMY FIGURES & MISC.

HUGE LOT OF 1950s MARX ARMY FIGURES & MISC.

 - $75.00 44m
Imperial No 33 Mounted Officer 91st Highlanders 1879 MINT BOXED

Imperial No 33 Mounted Officer 91st Highlanders 1879 MINT BOXED

 2 $51.95 47m
GERMAN SOLDIER LOUIS MARX FIGURE 1960's 6"

GERMAN SOLDIER LOUIS MARX FIGURE 1960's 6"

 - $5.00 49m
GERMAN SOLDIER LOUIS MARX FIGURE 1960's 6"

GERMAN SOLDIER LOUIS MARX FIGURE 1960's 6"

 - $5.00 54m
BRITAINS 1960'S REVOLUTIONARY WAR BRITISH GRENADIER A

BRITAINS 1960'S REVOLUTIONARY WAR BRITISH GRENADIER A

 - $25.99 54m
metal soldier Manoil machine gunner

metal soldier Manoil machine gunner

- $18.00 56m
6 Dime Store Toy Soldiers Including a Barclay early Flagbear Toy Soldier

6 Dime Store Toy Soldiers Including a Barclay early Flagbear Toy Soldier

 2 $15.00 56m
Mar Toys Wind Up Tin Drummer

Mar Toys Wind Up Tin Drummer

 1 $17.00 57m
Elastolin Lineol Feild Cannon and Artillery Soldiers

Elastolin Lineol Feild Cannon and Artillery Soldiers

 9 $41.00 59m
GERMAN SOLDIER LOUIS MARX FIGURE 1960's

GERMAN SOLDIER LOUIS MARX FIGURE 1960's

3 $5.00 1h 3m
elastolin Lineol 7.5cm Kneeling soldiers

elastolin Lineol 7.5cm Kneeling soldiers

 3 $20.00 1h 6m
HO 20mm K&L Thomas Civil War Union Infantry in Firing Line

HO 20mm K&L Thomas Civil War Union Infantry in Firing Line

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 $10.00
$12.00		 1h 7m
Elastolin Lineol 7.5 cm 2 Soldiers w Target

Elastolin Lineol 7.5 cm 2 Soldiers w Target

 9 $78.99 1h 12m
TOY SOLDIERS HAUSSER ELASTOLIN NORMAN SAXON 70MM 8857

TOY SOLDIERS HAUSSER ELASTOLIN NORMAN SAXON 70MM 8857

 - $25.99 1h 15m
Set of three vintage toy canons

Set of three vintage toy canons

 - $1.77 1h 15m
HO 20mm K&L Thomas Civil War Confederate Infantry in Action

HO 20mm K&L Thomas Civil War Confederate Infantry in Action

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 $10.00
$12.00		 1h 17m
96 green Unmarked American Soldiers for playsets

96 green Unmarked American Soldiers for playsets

 - $9.99 1h 19m

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.