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ACADEMY

A Passion for Precision

Academy’s military collection is among the best in the world featuring hundreds of models. Aircraft are available in 1/32, 1/48, 1/72, and 1/144 scales. And a huge assortment of armor & accessories in 1/25, 1/48 and 1/72 scales.

F/A 180 Hornet 2-seater

Academy’s fleet of ships and warships run the gamut from battleships and aircraft carriers to a stunningly realistic Titanic. Academy's fleet is available in most wanted scales: 1/150, 1/350, , 1/250, 1/350, 1/200, 1/160, 1/400, 1/720, 1/800.

If aircraft are your passion, Academy’s selection is sure to take you on a magic carpet ride with icons like the WWI Sopwith Camel, WWII prop driven fighters like the F4F-4 Wildcat and modern military jets including the latest two seat F/A-18D. Academy’s collection includes an assortment of awesomely detailed military helicopters.

    AOSHIMA

Nissan GT-R35

On wheels

Aoshima's 1/24 scale imported tuner cars, trucks and SUVs are probably the most up-to-the minute, highly customized examples of the genre available anywhere. The accompanying 1/24 tire & wheel sets and detail kits add still more enjoyment to this exceptional tuner collection.

On water

If the sea is your modeling arena, scope out Aoshima's 1/700 Waterline warships, their 1/350 full-hull models and breathtaking 1/60 scale sailing ships.

In the air

Both 1/72 scale prop and 1/144 jet aircraft help build Aoshima's air superiority. Check them all out.

ITALERI

Italeri's culture of modeling delivers unparalleled selection, a stream of new introductions
and the detailing of master Italian artisans

		The enormous military selection incorporates 1/32, 1/48 and 1/72 aircraft and helicopters, including such rare birds as the V-22 Osprey and an abundance of recent releases. Check out the 1/72 and 1/35 military vehicles, including 1/35
ACH-47A Chinook    "Guns-a-Go-Go"	models with spectacularly detailed interiors. You’ll also find 1/32 and 1/72 military accessories and figures. Our 1/720 scale ships feature the most popular aircraft carriers of the past 50 years. A hot, new, rare ocean-going addition is the generously detailed 1/35 scale Torpedo Boat PT-596 to be released in October. Italeri’s 1/24 scale European, U.S. and Japanese trucks and trailers are as authentically detailed as they are good looking. For speed see our 1/24 scale Competition Rally Cars. Italeri’s genuine 1/6 and 1/9 scale motorcycle kits trace a segment of bike history from the fifties to the present with Ducati, Yamah, Honda and more. Bring history to life with 1/72 figures from early gladiators through Caesar’s Roman Infantry, Medieval knights, French artillery officers and even Civil War soldiers, all in battle poses. There’s more to Italeri. Browse our pages, and keep your eyes open for a boatload of new introductions.

  EASY MODEL COLLECTIBLES
A series of fully-assembled, hand-painted, museum quality collectibles

P40B/C Warhawk RAF0SQN   1942 N. Africa

Have you ever seen a magnificent built-up plastic model and wished that for just once you could own it without having to assemble, paint and detail it? And wouldn’t it be great if the model was part of a collectible series? It’s all here in Easy Model’s 1/72 scale fighter planes and tanks and armor in 1/72 and 1/144 scale.

TRISTAR     

Unparalleled Military Figures and Armor
in 1/35 scale

Tristar’s reputation for military figure perfection is seen in each set of this collection. Some are created by a world famous sculptor. Each figure is a work of art. Painting instructions are complete down to the smallest color details. These are for the serious modeler who delights in perfect figures.

German Tropical Panzer Crew Vol. 2

MRC

When completed, this 1/12 scale
Mercury Capsule is more than
two feet high, filled with interior
and exterior detail and includes
a lifelike astrounaut figure.

For a high gloss, 36- page Academy brochure send $7 for postage and handling to:

                        Model Rectifier Corp

                        P.O. Box 6312

                        Edison, NJ 08818