MAT'S LINKS :
to other Web Sites
checked, updated and corrected as of APRIL 2021
(though Web
Sites can come and go pretty rapidly, so how long it remains correct...?)
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Space, and Related, Sites are followed by the Model Sites
note - some listings previously under SPECIALIST WEBSITES and SUPPLIERS, are now under SPECIALIST MODEL COMPANIES
SPACE AND RELATED SITES
MAINSTREAM MODEL COMPANIES
- AIRFIX
- Britain's premier name in modelling, part of the Hornby group, with Humbrol, Scalextric, Corgi and Hornby itself
- AMT
- see ROUND 2
- ATLANTIS MODEL CO
- created by Pete Vetri and Rick Delfavero. Now the owner of much of the old Revell, Monogramn, Aurora and Renwal tooling
- GLENCOE MODELS
- created and run by Nick Argento
- HAWK
- see ROUND 2
- HELLER
- France's premier modelling name
- LINDBERG
- see ROUND 2
- MOEBIUS MODELS
- brainchild of Frank Winspur, with a wide range of SF and fantasy kits, trucks and cars
- now owned by Pegasus Hobbies, though still run independently
- MPC
- see ROUND 2
- PEGASUS HOBBIES
- created by Larry Thompson, best known for its science fiction subjects
- now owns Moebius Models
- POLAR LIGHTS
- see ROUND 2
- REVELL-MONOGRAM
- two of modelling best known names
- bought by Hobbico in 2009, but that company ceased trading in 2018, currently under Revell-Germany control
- REVELL AG
- the European side, bought by Hobbico in 2012, but that company ceased trading in 2018
- now owned by Quantum Capital Partners, under the subsidiary Blitz.
- ROUND 2
- now oversees kits from AMT, MPC, Polar Lights, and most recently Lindberg and Hawk
- TAMIYA
- Japan's best-known modelling name
- THE TESTOR CORPORATION
- mostly paints and accessories
SPECIALIST MODEL COMPANIES
garage companies and specialist suppliers
- ACCURATE MODELS
- a division of Jim Key's Custom Replicas, and manufacturer of specialist space items
- ANIGRAND CRAFTWORK
- very detailed resin kits of experimental aircraft and spacecraft
- ATOMIC CITY MODELS
- Scott Alexander's website - creator of the 1:12 scale Mercury Capsule
- COMET MINIATURES is now TIMELESS HOBBIES
- the UK's premier specialist in science fiction and collectibles - and it's still run by Tony James!
- CULT TV MAN
- run by Steve Iverson, specialising in all matters 'TV' - and movies - that can be classed as 'Cult'
- FANTASTIC PLASTIC
- many resin kits of interesting factual and SF subjects, from Allen Ury
- HANNANTS
- the UK's largest mail-order general modelling supplier
- HOBBY LINK JAPAN
- Japan's best known hobby supplier - and the 'site is in English, (American English, but still English)
- HORIZON MODELS
- new company based in Australia, specialising in space subjects
- LITTLE-CARS.COM is now MODELLING TOOLS.CO.UK
- set up by Paul Fitzmaurice, mainly to supply 1:43 scale
resin and white-metal car kits - plus a vast range of tools and detailing accessories.
- LONE WULF
- UK-based, specialist kit importer, run by Adrian Hampton
- LVM STUDIOS
- Leon van Munster's company, making detailed accessory kits for space subjects
- MACH-2
- aerospace subjects in limited-edition injection styrene, from Didier Palix
- modelsforsale
- comprehensive stock of kits, books and accessories, run by Vince Brown
- MRE Model Shop
- slot cars, specialist decals and general model supplies
- NEW WARE
- Tomas Kladvia's specialist company in the Czech Republic, with a wide range of space subjects
- PART TIME MODELS
- specialist drawings and plans of aerospace subjects, by Scott Lower
- REALSPACE MODELS
- multi-material kits of rockets; spacecraft and satellites, from Glenn Johnson
- SANTECLAUS
- science fictionand collectible toys and kits, run by David Limburg
- SCI : Space Craft International
- highly detailed spaceprobe models from laser cut card, by Dave Doody
- SHARKITS
- experimental aircraft and X-Planes in resin, from Renaud Mangallon
- TIMELESS HOBBIES
- the new name for COMET MINIATURES
- UNICRAFT
- unusual - some very unusual - craft as resin kits, from Igor Shestakov
SPECIALIST WEBSITES
information and listings
- HOBBY HEAVEN / SPOTLIGHT HOBBIES
- Tom Carter closed Hobby Heaven in mid-2007 and moved it to Spotlight Hobbies
- He has sold on that name, which continues to run under the new owners. Plus the message forum still exists
- KEITH McNEILL
- New site for Keith's excellant series of photos of his space and SF model builds
- MILANO'S VINTAGE MODEL KIT &
TOY MUSEUM
- Dean Milano had to close the 'physical museum' in mid-2004 - but it still
remains as an on-line 'virtual museum'
- a CD-ROM of a tour round the Museum is available
- the original Museum brochure forms the background image to these pages
- check out the 'site - as there are also many kits for sale
"For the record"
The 'Milano Vintage Model Kit and Toy Museum',
during the opening ceremony, April 2002
- MY LITTLE SPACE MUSEUM
- Karl Doddenhoff's excellent website, with a vast amount of information, now part of the Ninfinger Productions 'site
- NATIONAL MODEL CAR BUILDING
MUSEUM
- the museum for model car building...
- NINFINGER
PRODUCTIONS
- Sven Knudson's Home Pages
- ROCKETFIN HOBBIES
- Bruce Kimball's website, with a wide variety of model listings
-
ROGERS ROCKETS - currently not on-line
- Jon C. Rogers' website - the co-author, with Jack Haggerty, of Spaceship Handbook
- SCALE MODEL INDEX - currently not on-line
- Tony Matteliano's extremely comprehensive listing of hundreds of modelling sites, (current total is 3526!)
- SIMON ATKINSON
- excellent graphic artist and model-maker - check out his work for Piers Bizony's 2001 book, 'Filming the Future'
- SPACECRAFT FILMS
- Mark Gray's DVD compilations of spacecraft and launcher references
- SPACE IN MINIATURE
- Mike Mackowski's series of books produced especially for spacecraft modellers
- STARSHIP MODELER
- comprehensive 'site, especially for the science fiction modeller
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