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.