Model airplane kits often include details, but they don’t always include paint, lacquer, glue and other tools. The best kits have all the tools you need to build your model aircraft.

Most model airplane kits state the scale ratio they are made to, like 1:18 or 1:72. A 1:18 model airplane is built on a scale where one foot on the model airplane equals 18 feet on the real airplane.

Today, Guillow’s is one of the largest model airplane manufacturers in the U.S., producing over 80 model kits and 14 glider types, all from their original Wakefield facility.

The two most popular scales for model aircraft are 1/48 and 1/72. 1/48 scale is sometimes referred to as “quarter-inch” scale because 1/4 of an inch on the model equals 1 foot on the real ...

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The CLEVELAND MODEL AND SUPPLY CO. was known as one of the nation's oldest and most prominent wooden model airplane kit manufacturers. The company was founded ca. 1918 when Edward T. Pachasa, then in ...