Collecting Vintage Plastic Model Airplane Kits

2015 Airplanes

Author : Craig Kodera
Release : 2015
Genre : Airplanes
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 236/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis Collecting Vintage Plastic Model Airplane Kits by : Craig Kodera

Download or read book Collecting Vintage Plastic Model Airplane Kits written by Craig Kodera. This book was released on 2015. 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 Plastic Model Kits

1996 Antiques & Collectibles

Author : Rick Polizzi
Release : 1996
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 015/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Classic Plastic Model Kits by : Rick Polizzi

Download or read book Classic Plastic Model Kits written by Rick Polizzi. This book was released on 1996. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefly traces the history of plastic model kits, and includes photographs and prices of individual pieces

Remembering Revell Model Kits

2002 Models and modelmaking

Author : Thomas Graham
Release : 2002
Genre : Models and modelmaking
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 968/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Remembering Revell Model Kits by : Thomas Graham

Download or read book Remembering Revell Model Kits written by Thomas Graham. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engaging book details the wide variety of plastic model kits produced by Revell, Inc.*TM, of Venice, California, from the 1950s through the 1970s. Over 540 color photographs display many of the much-sought-after kits, ranging from automobiles and ships to aircraft and spaceships in scales from 1/16 to 1/72, including the battleship U.S.S. Missouri, the Polaris Nuclear Submarine, the Highway Pioneers*TM, the B-17, the X-15, and the Saturn V moon rocket. The history of the company highlights the men and women who drove its success and produced the exquisitely detailed models. Discussions of the artists who brought the box art to life are included. An index of the model kits index lists all of the models produced, their variations, and their current values in the secondary market. Everyone who collects and builds models will want to own this book.

Classic Kits

2004 Models and modelmaking

Author : Arthur Ward
Release : 2004
Genre : Models and modelmaking
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 953/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Classic Kits by : Arthur Ward

Download or read book Classic Kits written by Arthur Ward. This book was released on 2004. 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.

Beginner'S How-to Guide To Plastic Modeling- Building Plastic Model Aircraft

2021-01-08

Author : Fred Kowalski
Release : 2021-01-08
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Book Synopsis Beginner'S How-to Guide To Plastic Modeling- Building Plastic Model Aircraft by : Fred Kowalski

Download or read book Beginner'S How-to Guide To Plastic Modeling- Building Plastic Model Aircraft written by Fred Kowalski. This book was released on 2021-01-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you looking to get into plastic model kit building? Or is your child interested in trying one out? Building a model kit is one of the most rewarding hobbies - and in our opinion, the best. No other hobby allows you to recreate scale models of real-life (or fictional) items with such detail. Yet, picking up your first plastic model kit can indeed be daunting. 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.

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