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66 VINTAGE WOOD WOODEN BUILDING BLOCKS LOT

66 VINTAGE WOOD WOODEN BUILDING BLOCKS LOT

 - $4.99 30m
Vintage American Transfer Pictures- Stalin etc- on card

Vintage American Transfer Pictures- Stalin etc- on card

 - $35.55 30m
VINTAGE LOT OF OLD HK DEVIL HEADS

VINTAGE LOT OF OLD HK DEVIL HEADS

 2 $26.00 30m
vintage 1950s Hazelles popular Marionette doll 801 Teto the clown in box rare

vintage 1950s Hazelles popular Marionette doll 801 Teto the clown in box rare

 - $100.00 31m
Mattel Musical Vintage Crib Rail Train Locomotive Toy 1979

Mattel Musical Vintage Crib Rail Train Locomotive Toy 1979

 - $19.99 31m
Gloworm Vintage 1985 Alarm Clock Habsro 

Gloworm Vintage 1985 Alarm Clock Habsro 

 - $39.99 31m
60 year old OCCUPIED JAPAN 2 sided DEXTERITY GAME CLOWNS HEAD & MONKEY TAIL+EYES

60 year old OCCUPIED JAPAN 2 sided DEXTERITY GAME CLOWNS HEAD & MONKEY TAIL+EYES

 - $18.99 31m
60 year old OCCUPIED JAPAN 2 sided DEXTERITY GAME MONKEY FISHING + RING FINGERS

60 year old OCCUPIED JAPAN 2 sided DEXTERITY GAME MONKEY FISHING + RING FINGERS

 - $17.99 32m
VINTAGE GERMAN WOOD PENNY TOY, NOISE MAKER MARKED MADE IN GERMANY

VINTAGE GERMAN WOOD PENNY TOY, NOISE MAKER MARKED MADE IN GERMANY

 - $5.75 35m
VINTAGE TALKING MARIONETTE...REDUCED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VINTAGE TALKING MARIONETTE...REDUCED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 - $49.99 35m
LOT 6 VINTAGE NEW PLACTIC ICE CREAM CONES WOLVERINE TOY CO.

LOT 6 VINTAGE NEW PLACTIC ICE CREAM CONES WOLVERINE TOY CO.

 - $4.99 35m
Vintage Nylint Naval Defense Missile Launcher

Vintage Nylint Naval Defense Missile Launcher

 - $199.99 36m
VINTAGE WOODEN CRADLE SPIN TOP RATTLER CRIB TOY

VINTAGE WOODEN CRADLE SPIN TOP RATTLER CRIB TOY

 - $6.99 37m
VINTAGE TUDOR ELECTRONIC FOOTBALL: SEATTLE SEAHAWKS "HOME & AWAY" - 14 PLAYERS

VINTAGE TUDOR ELECTRONIC FOOTBALL: SEATTLE SEAHAWKS "HOME & AWAY" - 14 PLAYERS

 - $29.95 39m
Vintage Candy Bag Doll Jack And Jill Boy And Girl Double Sided With Tag

Vintage Candy Bag Doll Jack And Jill Boy And Girl Double Sided With Tag

 - $4.99 39m
mickey mouse toys

mickey mouse toys

 - $2.99 40m
VINTAGE STRUCTO SANDLOADER

VINTAGE STRUCTO SANDLOADER

 6 $16.62 40m
VINTAGE VOLKSWAGEM BEETLE KAFER - MADE IN PORTUGAL BY JATO IN THE 70'S

VINTAGE VOLKSWAGEM BEETLE KAFER - MADE IN PORTUGAL BY JATO IN THE 70'S

 - $15.79 41m
Authentic Model Banjo Player

Authentic Model Banjo Player

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 $69.00
$80.00		 41m
Authentic Model Wood Chopper Lumber Jack

Authentic Model Wood Chopper Lumber Jack

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 $72.00
$80.00		 41m
Marx Astronaut with wrench (excellent)

Marx Astronaut with wrench (excellent)

 1 $2.99 41m
LOT-3 Vtg metal toys-Car Train-locomotive Bus-RV-Tootsie Toy & Midge Toy

LOT-3 Vtg metal toys-Car Train-locomotive Bus-RV-Tootsie Toy & Midge Toy

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 $12.00
$28.00		 42m
VINTAGE TUDOR ELECTRONIC FOOTBALL: TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS "HOME & AWAY" 14 PLAYERS

VINTAGE TUDOR ELECTRONIC FOOTBALL: TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS "HOME & AWAY" 14 PLAYERS

 - $29.95 44m
Vintage Marx Ride-On Duck Toy Blow Mold

Vintage Marx Ride-On Duck Toy Blow Mold

 1 $9.99 44m
Vintage Antique Baby Rattle Teether Toy with Adorable Silver Bear 5"

Vintage Antique Baby Rattle Teether Toy with Adorable Silver Bear 5"

 - $80.00 45m
PONTIAC FIREBIRD TRANS AM PASTIC AND TIN INSIDE WITH LITHO DETAILS - RARE

PONTIAC FIREBIRD TRANS AM PASTIC AND TIN INSIDE WITH LITHO DETAILS - RARE

 2 $23.45 46m
POLICE BOAT VINTAGE RETRO TOY WITH MOTOR - PLASTIC BATTERY OPERATED

POLICE BOAT VINTAGE RETRO TOY WITH MOTOR - PLASTIC BATTERY OPERATED

 - $29.95 48m
VINTAGE DIME STORE DECORATIVE ALL OCCASION PLASTIC NUMBER SET

VINTAGE DIME STORE DECORATIVE ALL OCCASION PLASTIC NUMBER SET

 - $20.00 48m
Vintage Magnajector Magnifier Projector

Vintage Magnajector Magnifier Projector

 - $4.99 48m
Vintage Blue Cat Toy With Red Rolling Ball

Vintage Blue Cat Toy With Red Rolling Ball

- $4.99 49m

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.