1/144 Kit Producers
IM = Injection Moulded
IM* = Injection Moulded, but very, very short run.
M = Metal
MM = Mixed Media
P = Paper
PE = Photo Etch
PP = Pre-Painted. Some small assembly required.
R = Resin
V = Vacform
144th Squadron R
Fantastic Plastic R
Panda IM
Academy IM - A lot of cross-pollination with
Minicraft. Older kits may be Crown, LS.
Fairy Kikaku R
FE Resin R - Now owned by Miniwings
Peter's Planes R
Pit-Road IM
Ace Corporation. IM Re-packaged Revell kits, with new decals.
Fine Molds IM
Platz - Some overlap with gashopon models
Aero Base PE
Aeroclub IM* - "Also sold as Aero 144"
Fly IM
Foxone R
F-rsin R
Red Eagle M - Skytrex moulds.
Revell IM - Older military (WW2) kits are Crown, older military post-war jets tend to be LS or Dragon.
AirAlex R*
F-rsin Plastic IM
Fujimi IM
Revell (GB) Responsible for the original Miniwing kits.
Air Craft V
Airfix IM - Military 1/144's were ex-Crown.
Glencoe IM
Great Wall Hobby IM Some kits from Pit Road
Reviresco M
RLai Models IM - Re-packaged Big Bird gashopon, in kit styrene.
Algernon Products IM - Re-packaged Platz Also used to be Cafe Reo.
Hasegawa IM - Military stuff especially could be old Imai kits.
Halcyon IM
AModel IM
Roden IM
Anigrand Craftworks R
Heller IM
Hobbycraft IM
Hobby Model Kits IM
Hong Kong Models IM
ICM IM
Rus-Air R
Senworks R
Shapeways R
Skytrex M
Aoshima IM
Imai IM
Italeri IM Some kits are old LS or more recent Academy.
S&M IM/R
SMT R
Aozora IM
Jach IM Now trading as Attack
Jetrack R
JPG Castings R
Arba R
Arii IM - Sometimes re-packaged LS kits
Sram R - Exclusively WWI aircraft
Starr Miniatures V
Sweet IM Sea King helicopters are ex-gashopon.
Kami de Korokoro P/R
Attack IM - now trading under the Mark 1 Models label.
Takara Tomy PP
Tomy Tech IM
Triplenuts R
Trumpeter IM
Kampflieger R
Leading Edge Model R - Known also as LEM
Legato R
Lindberg IM
LS IM
Aurora IM
Two Six Models IM
Valom IM
Mark 1 Models IM
A&W Models R
AZ Models IM
VLE Models V
Welsh Models MM/R/V
Matchbox IM - Either re-packaged Dragon, Otaki or Revell kits
Bandai IM - Re-packaged Imai kits
Matuo Kasten R
Micro Ace IM
Mikro Kit IM*
Wing 144 R
Wolfpack R
Bra.Z Models R
Big Bird PP Gashopon
Mikro Mir IM
YSK R
Zhengdefu IM - Often nasty Chinese copies of ancient Japanese kits. Airfix saw fit to sell these to unsuspecting punters.
Cafe Reo IM - Sometimes re-packaged gashopon. Now trading as Algernon Products.
Creations Chaubert M
Minicraft IM - Much cross-pollination with Academy and many kits originated from LS and Otaki.
Zvezda IM - Softer plastic wargaming pieces.
Crown IM
Mini M R
Miniwing R - Now owns FE Resin kits and re-packages these as Miniwings
Cyber Hobby IM
Czech Master Resin R - Known usually as CMR
Dameya R
DML IM - Now trading as Dragon
Mitsuwa IM
OKB IM*
Otaki IM
Owl R
Don Schmenk R
Doyusha PP/IM - Produce gashopon, so some overlap here.
Dragon IM - Used to trade as DML. Older kits may be LS.
Oz Mods IM/V
Duarte R
Eastern Express IM
Eduard IM
Entex IM
NOTE the main componant of the kit is indicated. So V indicates a vacform. However, usually such kits also include white metail and/or resin componants.