Manufacturers list part 3

Brandname (links to website if underlined)	Full Name / Country	Examples	Comments
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N3C	S. Daniela, Italy	modellisting	Italian bus models in resin.
Narwag	Narwag, France		Resin kits, Narwag is also the distributor for several kits made by French 'artisans'.
Neoplast	?, Portugal		Copies of Wiking models.
Neubauer	Peter Neubauer Malteser Miniaturmodelle, Germany		Limited series of models in 'Malteser' colours.
Neu-Mo	Neumuth Modelle, Germany		Motorized tank models.
Newgard	Peter Newgard, Canada	modellisting	Resin cast busmodels.
New-Ray	New-Ray, Hongkong	modellisting	Simple plastic models.
NIC	?, Hongkong		Crude plastic toys.
Niedermeyer	Volker Niedermeyer, Germany		Modelmaker for the MFM resin kits.
Nimix	Nimix, Spain	modellisting	Produces plastic and resin kits of army vehicles.
C.R. Ninive	Claudio Rolfi, Italy		Resin models of FIAT trucks.
'Nissan'	?, China	modellisting	Ready-made models of three 2002 Nissan prototypes.
NJ International	N.J. International, USA	modellisting	87th scale white metal kits. Kits are also known as DJH and Grandspot. Production stopped.
NM	Niko P. Müller, Germany		Resin models of older European trucks,ca. 1980-82, production stopped.
NMC	Wiseman Model Services / Keith Wiseman, USA	modellisting	Production stopped. Wiseman Model Services has acquired and is now manufacturing the former National Motor Company line of 7 different HO scale 1929 Packard kits, production of the kits will resume.
NModell	?, Sweden		Saab 96 model, both as kit and ready-made.
NMP	?, Hong Kong		Plastic models (Mercedes logging truck and VW Beetle are known)
Noch	Noch GmbH & Co., Germany		Sells Rietze models in different colours on the US market.
Norev	Norev SA, France	modellisting	Plastic and diecast models.
Norscot	Norscot Inc., USA	modellisting	1/87 die-cast models of Caterpillar construction equipment.
Nostalgic Miniatures	?, ?
NP	?, ?
Nucomp	Nucomp Miniatures, USA		Kit of a trailer park, kits of seperate trailers and two mobile home kits.
NZG	NZG-Modelle GmbH, Germany	modellisting	Manufacturer of die-cast construction equipment.
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Oddball's	Oddballs Decals, USA		Decals only.
Oddo's	Oddo's Models, USA	information
Oest Modell	Reinhard Oestmann, Germany	modellisting
OHS models	Outram Hire & Sales / Richard Outram, UK	modellisting	Resin/white-metal/brass 87th scale models of mining equipment.
O.K.C.	O.K.C., France		See: Tilbury.
OK-Modell	Karl-Ludwig Ostermann, Germany		Trailer models and special prints on plastic models.
Oldcars	Old Cars di Castellani & C. s.n.c., Italy	modellisting	Diecast model of an Iveco Turbostar tractor w/trailer.
Only Mini	Daniel Schultheiss, Germany	modellisting	Offers several Mini models (Moke 'The Prisoner', Pickup in various colours and with/without cover of the load floor, Mini convertible in various types) and plans other types of Moke models in 1:87. The Mini Moke will also be available as kit in the future.
On The Road	?, The Netherlands		Former Alt-Berlin kits, bagged, but only one model per package where Alt-Berlin had two models per package. Also made resin accessories, detail parts and decals.
On-Trak	On-Trak Model Products, USA	modellisting	Resin/whitemetal kits of American style truck models, actually reissued Walker Model Service models. Link points to a distributors website.
Orbis Fabbri	Orbis Fabbri, Italy	modellisting	Art / book editor from Italy sells 'collections'. Listed here is a series of 1/87 trucks released in 2004. All trucks and the blisters are marked with the Italeri logo and 'Made in China'. Also see: RBA
Orcecis	Oversloot Exclusive cars in Scale (Piet Oversloot), The Netherlands		Repainted / decorated models in original factory colours. Previously known as ORC.
Oriental Limited	Masudaya Co., Japan		The Masudaya models were sold under this brand name in the US.
Orient Express	?, France		Besides distributing 'Top Models' they also issued four resin truck kits in 1984.
Ostmodelle	Adrian Gawronek, Germany		Small series of models after GDR prototypes. The following have been available sofar: ARO240, Nysa 522, TV12 van + pickup. The models are manufactured by Wespe.
Osul	?, Portugal	modellisting	Simple plastic models.
Otto’s Fibelverlag	?, Germany		Paper model of a Berlin bus.
Overland	Overland Models Inc, USA
Oxford Diecast	Oxford Diecast, UK		Click the 'Mini-Classics' button on the Oxford Diecast site to get to the pictures.
Oz Trucks	TES Wholesales, Australia	modellisting	Manufactured Australian 'roadtrains' by using Promotex and Herpa parts.
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Paige	Paige Enterprises Parts Emporium, USA		Whitemetal kit of a horsedrawn fire engine.
Panda Mitroplast	?, Brazil		Simple plastic model of a roadroller.
Panier	John W. Panier, Germany		Accessory sets (German licenseplates) released in 1980.
Panier-Flomo	Panier-Flomo GmbH, Germany		Distributed 'Carocar' models.
Paragon Kits	A.N. Goodwin, UK		1/76th scale resin bus kits
Parker Models	?, UK	modellisting	1/76th scale white-metal kits.
Parsifal	Parsifal Production, Belgium		Offered repainted EKO models.
Pat-Mor	?, China		Manufacturer of the Monogram Mini-Exacts.
Patrick	?, Hongkong		Offered construction equipment models at the 1992 Nuremberg Toy Fair. (The models were equipped with working hydraulic imitations)
Paul's Model Art	Paul's Model Art, Germany		See Minichamps.
Paya	Paya International, Spain		Three diecast models of Spanish trucks close to 1/87th scale.
PDC	Precision Design Company, Canada		Grille decals for Boley International 4000/4700. Unknown if these are still available.
Peak Horse	Peak Horse Ventures, Hongkong	modellisting	1/87 models of Hongkong doubledeckerbuses.
Peddinghaus Decals	Ernst Peddinghaus, Germany		Decals for military vehicles.
Peetzy	Johannes Ehrenfried, Germany		ROCO models were originally sold as ROCO-Peetzy in Germany.
Pee-Wee	Lone Star Products, UK		Impy models were sold as Pee-Wee Models in the US.
Pen-Bay	Brad Libby / Pen-Bay Equipment Co., USA		Production stopped.
Penn Line	Penn Line Manufacturing, USA		White-metal kit of a Ford 'C' tractor.
PerMo	Perleberger Modellbauartikel, Germany
Permot	Hruska GmbH, Germany		See Hruska.
Petner	Robert Petner, USA	modellisting	1/87 scale military models, production stopped..
PGH	Produktionsgenossenschaft Handwerk Plauen, former GDR		Production stopped, see Prefo.
Phoenix	Phoenix Miniatures, UK		White metal kits in 1/76th scale.
Piccolino	Bellini Models Ltd., UK	modellisting	Land speedrecord car models in 1/76, available as either kit or assembled. Currently available from R.A.E. Models.
Piftorak	Piftorak, Ukraïne		Handbuilt (small series) of Mercedes 770 models.
Le Pikkole	Preziosi Collection, Italy	modellisting	Simplified (less prints) models made by HighSpeed and released earlier by Schuco/Modelpower/Malibu. Identical models are/have been available from Simba-Dickie under the 'Razers' name.
Pilhöfer	Pilhöfer, Germany		Models of FAUN trucks, made in the 1960s.
Pilot	Henning Cortsen, Denmark	modellisting	Production stopped.
Pirate	John Gay, UK		White metal kits of bus models (ca. 100 different prototypes).
Pitsch	Pitsch, Germany		Offered a metal kit of a woodgas installation in the 1980s
Pitter's Papp Kisten	Peter Hoeveler jr., Germany	modellisting	First introduced in 1983 when they produced a furniture trailer made of cardboard, later they issued white metal kits of farm equipment.
PJR Marketing	?, ?		One model, an Austin London taxi
Planet Toys	?, USA		The Ford and Dodge vans that were available at American Walmarts for a short while were sold under this label.
Plano	Plano Model Products, USA		Photo-etched detailparts.
Plaspi	?, ex-GDR		Simple plastic models, one of them a combine harvester with trailer.
Plasta	Plasta-Werke Sonneberg, Werk Theuern, former GDR		Simple plastic model of a Wartburg 353, production stopped.
Plasticart	Plasticart GmbH, Germany		See Espewe.
Plasticville	Bachmann Bros., USA		Produced simple toy cars.
Plastruct	Plastruct, USA
Plastspielwaren	VEB Plastspielwaren Berlin, former GDR		Production stopped, see Herr.
Playart	Playart Ltd., Hongkong		1/64 scale die-cast models, often referred to as HO in the US.
Playcraft	?, UK		Production stopped, these simple (no windows) models were sold in combination with trainsets, production from 1961-1969. Original Playcraft models can be recognized very easily, the wheels were either red or white. Some of the moulds went to Jouef, the models were then released with windows. Jouef's Mercedes 220 is actually a Playcraft model.
Playkit	?, ?		Kit of a Ford Transit van.
PM	PM-Modellbau, Germany	modellisting	Resin kits of trucks and buses.
PMT	Profi Modellbau Thyrow, Germany		Model of a DKW350 motorcycle and a ZIL truck.
Pocher	?, ?
Pocket Cars	Tomica Corporation, Japan		see Tomica-Dandy.
Pohl / PL	Rene Pohl, Germany	modellisting
Pola	Gebr. Faller, Germany		Pola used older Wiking models, mostly in kit-form, as accessories to their modelkits.
Polar Model	Tellef Lie-Andreassen, Norway		Norwegian versions of Herpa models.
Polfi Toys	?, Greece		One plastic busmodel, sold in souvenirshops.
Porte-Clef	?, France
Power Models	?, Netherlands		Different versions of assembled Mini models.
PP Model	?, Germany		Efsi truckmodels with different printing.
Praliné	MFB GmbH, Germany		Production stopped, see MFB / Busch.
Prefo	VEB Prefo Dresden / Werk I, former GDR	modellisting	Production stopped.
Premo	KoMo Ltd., Russia	See KoMo	KoMo purchased Premo, but still uses the green Premo packaging for the models.
Preiser	Paul M. Preiser KG, Germany		Produces own models but also uses Rietze models.
Prep	Modell International, Germany	modellisting	See Modell International / Praline / MFB / Busch, the PreP name has often been explained as Pre-Praline. The PreP models were produced in Hongkong.
Preussenmodelle	Preussenmodelle Berlin Wilfried Kaiser, Germany		Etched kits of carriages and trailers
Primex	Primex Spielwaren GmbH, Germany		Division of Marklin, created in 1969 to enhance Marklin sales. Marklin wanted to protect their brand-name and did not want to sell models through other channels than specialized shops. The Primex name was created to be able to sell Marklin products in other kinds of stores as well. Primex used Wiking, Bruder and Kibri models.
Pro Custom	Ray C. Babicky, USA		Plaster models of American prototypes. See: RCB.
Professional Model	Štìpán Stránský, Czech Republic		Resin kits and detail parts (military)
'Progress'	Wörnlein & Zellhofer, Germany		Model of a Setra S12 bus which was introduced at the same time as the original (1967). Setra also used the model as a promotional.
Prometheus	Christian Grottendieck, Germany	modellisting	Resin kits of exotic prototypes.
Pro Modell	Martin Prommersberger, Germany		Resin kits, introduced in 1991.
Pro Modell	Hans Jürgen Schütt, Germany		'Decals' printed on thin plastic selfadhesive foil, production stopped in 2004.
Promotex	Promotex Inc, USA		Plastic models, available in Europe through Herpa.
Promotoys	WSI Models, The Netherlands		Manufacturer of die-cast promotional models in 1/87.
Puffing Billy	Puffing Billy Models, Australia		White metal kit of an Ansair bus (1986).
Puget Sound	Chuck's Truck Casting Services, USA	modellisting	Production stopped in Dec. 2004, in April 2007 all of the molds/masters were bought by Chuck Lorente who will start production in the near future.
Pulga	?, Spain	modellisting	Simple plastic models.
Punter	Stein Punter, Norway		Resin models of one of the few cars ever built in Norway, the Troll Minicar. (Only 5 were ever built !). It was made in two versions, the first in solid resin, the second version has windows.
Purkhard	Purkhard, Germany		Production stopped.
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Quality	Quality Craft Models, USA		White metal / wooden kits.
Quartermaster	Quartermasters Depot, Canada		Decals only.
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RA Model	Petr Dosly, Czech Republic	modellisting	Small series resin cast models of buses.
Racing Champions	?, China		Various die-cast models of a Kenworth T600A and a Ford Aeromax, all with racetrailers.
Racing Spirits	?, ?	modellisting	Die-cast metal give-aways.
R.A.E.	RAE Models, UK	modellisting	Manufacturer of the Piccolino series of land speedrecord car models for Bellini. The models are currently available from R.A.E. as kits and ready-made models.
Railline Products	Bram Osborne, UK & Belgium		Resin kits of Van Hool buses formerly known as EurHo Models. Production stopped, moulds acquired by Transcale.
Railmaster	Railmaster Hobby Products Co., USA	modellisting	Cast plaster models, out of production.
Rail Power	Rail Power Products, USA		Intermodal equipment in 1/87, production stopped. See Athearn
Railstop	Railstop, USA		Announced re-release of the former Ulrich kits.
Railway Design	Railway Design Associates, USA		Urethane casting kit of a Caterpillar crawler.
Rakachi	?, China		One model in 1/87 sofar, a die-cast Isuzu Wizard.
Rapid Miniature Motor Co.	Scale Structures Ltd., USA	modellisting	Division of SS Ltd., white metal kits.
Rasant	Reinhard & Co. KG, Germany	modellisting	'HO'-scale slotcars (similar to Faller AMS), out of production.
Ratcliffe	Ralph Ratcliffe, USA		Modelmaker for Don Mills and others, also creator of solid resin Mack models. Released a hollowcast Ward La France P-80 cab in 2007.
Rawcliffe	Rawcliffe Pewter, USA
Razers	Simba-Dickie, Germany		Simplified (less prints) models made by HighSpeed and released earlier by Schuco/Modelpower/Malibu. Identical models are/have been available from Preziosi Collection under the 'Le Pikkole' name.
RBA	RBA, Spain	see Orbis Fabbri	Art / book editor from Spain that sells 'collections'. Currently, they are selling the 'Descubra e collecione os gigantes da estrada' (Know and collect the giants of the road) series of 1/87 trucks in Portugal. All trucks and the blisters are marked with the Italeri logo and 'Made in China'. Also see: Orbis Fabbri.
RCB Pro-Custom	Ray C. Babicky, USA	modellisting	Plaster models of American prototypes.
Realmodel Collection	?, Japan	modellisting	< 1/80 scale models of Japanese prototypes used as give-aways in Japan.
Realtoy	Realtoy Int'l Ltd., Hongkong		Simple diecast/plastic truckmodels near 1/87.
Record	?, France		One model, the Peugeot Oxia conceptcar, was distributed by 'IMU'.
Redline	Redline Models, ?	modellisting	Resin Ferrari models
Reel Rides	High Speed, China	modellisting	Die-cast metal models after prototypes used in movies. Reel Rides belongs to Malibu International.
Reifra	Reifra GmbH, Germany		-
Reinhard Thomas	Reinhard Thomas, Germany		See Thomas
Reitsma	?, The Netherlands		Dry transfer lettering sets for Mastica bus models.
Remco	Remco Industries, USA	modellisting	Released 'Thimble City' playsets in 1965 that contained copies of the Revell 1961 Chrysler Imperial, 1961 Dodge Dart and 1961 Plymouth (converted to towtruck) models.
Remember Modelle	Lars Müller, Germany		Resin kits of German fire-fighting vehicles.
ResiKit	AMBOISE37, France	modellisting	Resin kit of a Kenworth K100 Aerodyne.
Resin Unlimited	Jason Davis, USA		The website, which hadn't been updated since 2002, has disappeared in 2007. Production probably stopped.
rétro87	Maquettes SAI, France		The SAI resin and metal kits are sold under this name.
Revell	Revell-Monogram, USA	modellisting
Reviresco	John McEwan, USA		1/87 white-metal kits of military models.
Rex	?, Germany	modellisting	Also known as Rex-Juwel.
R+H	R+H Modellbau und Untwicklungsgesellschaft (Siegbert Ritter & Gerhard Haas), Germany		87th scale model of a SIMBA/Rosenbauer airport firetruck and several truckmodels, production from 1986 - 1993, see MCC.
Ribeirinho	?, Portugal	modellisting	Simple plastic models.
Rico	?, Spain ?		Distributor of the 87th scale Chryslers made by Revell. (see: Revell / Heljan)
Ribu	Ribu Modellbau, Germany		Rereleased the Hammer bus models in the 1980's. Production stopped. The Ribu name is currently owned by Rietze, who were planning to release models similar to the Faller Car System under this name somewhere in 2002....
Rick Decals	Rick Decals, Canada		Decals and resin truckcabs of US prototypes.
Ricko	Ricko Ltd., Hongkong	modellisting	Announced plastic models in 1/87 in July 2004. Distributor for Germany & Benelux is Busch, see: http://www.rickoricko.de
Rietze	Rietze Automodelle, Germany		Plastic models made since the early 1980s.
Rio Grande	Rio Grande Models Ltd., USA		Several white-metal kits, like an Erie dragline and a Wilford Universal shovel.
RiRe Modelle	RIRE Maschinen GmbH, Germany		Conversion sets for Kibri models. Available as kits and ready-made models.
Ritter	R+H Modellbau und Untwicklungsgesellschaft, Germany		See R+H.
Rivarossi	Hornby Plc., UK	modellisting	Plastic models, mainly used as accessories, out of production.
River Point Station	River Point Station, USA		Announced models of several Fords (F-250 and F-350 among others) in various versions.
RK	RK-Modelle, Germany		Plastic and resin models made in Russia, also own parts combined with Albedo trucks.
R&L	Rosenhain & Lipmann, Australia	modellisting	Manufacturer of cereal premiums, production stopped. See Aurora / HP RepLicars. R&L models could also be found in the Swedish 'Kalaspuffar' cereal boxes.
RMM	Reinhard Merlau Modellbau, Germany		Resin kits of emergency vehicles.
RMM	Roskopf Miniaturmodelle GmbH, Germany		Production stopped, taken over by Wiking.
RN-Modelle	Ralf Nowack, Germany		Kits, conversion kits and accessories of/for military models.
Roadace	Roadace Replicas, UK		Produced a series of plaster sports- and racecars (1965-1970)
Roadchamps	Roadchamps, USA		Made bus models which were close to 1/87th scale.
Road Chief	?, USA		Resin/white-metal kits of a Mack B42 and a B61.
Robbe	robbe Modellsport GmbH & Co. KG, Germany	modellisting	Released a 1/87 RC truck (Herpa based), out of production.
Roberts	David P. Roberts, USA	modellisting	Solid cast plaster US busmodels.
Robustelli	Gennaro Robustelli, Italy	modellisting	Transkits for the Herpa Ferrari F40.
Roco	Modelleisenbahn GmbH, Austria	modellisting	Injection moulded plastic models.
Roco Minitanks	Modelleisenbahn GmbH, Austria	modellisting	From Oct. 1st, 2007 onwards Herpa wil be the distributor of these models.
Rogeron	?, France	modellisting	Models used as promotionals with altered bottomplate. Made by Jouef. See Jouef.
Rokar	?, ?		1/64 scale ('HO') slotcars, company was bought by Lifelike Products in 1992.
Romano	Peter Romano, Switzerland		Clear-resin models of FBW and Saurer truckcabs.
Roskopf	Roskopf Miniaturmodelle GmbH, Germany	modellisting	Production stopped, taken over by Wiking. See RMM.
Roundhouse	Roundhouse Hobbies, USA
Route 66	Con-Cor International, USA		See Con-Cor.
Routiers, Les	?, France	modellisting	Die-cast models, out of production
Rowland	Rowland Miniatures, UK	modellisting	All models in 1/76th scale.
RTM	Ralf Trepkowski, Germany		Resin military kits.
Ruch	Zaklady Ruch, Poland		Produced a Robur LO2500 truck which was a copy of the Espewe model and a Bedford truck which was a copy of a Matchbox model.
RW-modelcars	?, Germany		Distributor of Bugatti models made by K+R.
RZ-Modell	Roland Zeits, Germany		Resin kits of truckcabs.
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S&J	S&J Etc., USA
Sachsenmodelle	Sachsenmodelle, Germany
SAI	Maquettes SAI, France		French distributor of several Brekina models in French versions and a Peugeot 206 and Renault Clio model made by AWM. Also sells resin kits under the 'Retro87' name.
Saller	Saller, Germany		Whitemetal models.
Samtoys	?, ?
Samtrees	Simon Architectural Model, Hongkong		Resin carmodels in 1/100 (possibly copies of the Mini-Collection models)
Sanwa	?, ?
Saradecals	MG Group, Italy		Decals only.
Satori Models	?, Czech Republic	modellisting	Handbuilt resin models of Czech prototypes.
Saurertruck	Mauro Cappelletti, Switzerland		Offers models of the Saurer D5 and D290/D330 types.
Scale87	Wolfgang Inzinger, Austria		Resin kits of European trucks.
Scalecast	International Hobbies, USA ?	modellisting	White metal kits of construction equipment mostly in 1/76.
Scalelink	Scalelink, UK	modellisting	White metal kits in different scales.
Scale Promotions	Modelbouw Luthart, the Netherlands	modellisting	Resin kits and decals for Dutch firefighting vehicles. Also: Luthart
Scale Scenics	Circuitron, USA		Produces model train accessories and two 1/87 plastic kits: a fork-lift and a steamroller.
Scale Structures	Scale Structures Ltd., USA	modellisting	Whitemetal kits. Also known as SS Ltd.
ScanKit	?, Danmark	modellisting	re-issued several Keil Kraft kits in the 1980s, actually 1/72nd scale models !
Schauwers	Jan de Schauwers, Belgium		Belgian versions of Herpa models, each limited to 100-300 pieces.
Schimmer	Schimmer Modelle & Co., Germany		Production stopped in 1991, models were partially based on built Kibri modelkits but models from other manufacturers were also used. See: Magnum.
Schmidt	Schmidt Teknik Hobby, Danmark		Functioning 1/87 LED-lightbars for emergency vehicles.
Schmitz	Modellbau Schmitz, Germany		Meiller dumper bodies for trucks.
Schröder	Schröder, Germany		Five Ford models (massive metal) we know of: Fiesta, Escort, Orion, Sierra & Scorpio. Also offered truck model accessories since 1990.
Schuco	Schreyer + Co., Germany		Die-cast models in 1/90.
Schulz	Christian Schulz, Germany
Schulze	?, Germany		Resin kits of mainly GDR models.
Schylling	Schylling, USA		1/87 keychains of a VW bus and a beetle.
SDV	SDV Model Jan Podubecky, Czech Republic		Well-detailed plastic kits of various trucks and buses (Tatra, Praga, Karosa). All kits are limited to one run of a 1000 pieces maximum.
Scratchbuilt Scalemodels	Lyle Noah, USA		Production stopped when Lyle Noah died in November 2002.
SEGA	Sega Corporation, Japan	modellisting	1/80 scale solid plastic models.
Selley Finishing Touches	?, USA		Ready made metal models (a Jeep, farm tractors, tanks, etc.).
SES	Schmidt Electronic Systeme, Germany		SES produces models using the former Espewe moulds, but has also developed two new models, the Trabant 601 and an IFA W50 truck. They also bought some moulds from other manufacturers (like the Opel Kadett C coupé from 'IMU'). Name changed to Modelltec in 2003.
Sheepscot	Sheepscot Products / George Barrett, USA		Resin kits of trucks and trailers.
'Shell'	?, ?		A series of six chromed Ferrari keychains.
Shinsei	Shinsei Kogyo Co.Ltd., Japan	modellisting	Manufactured some die-cast model close to 87th scale.
Shire Scenes	Shire Scenes, UK		White-metal kits of horsedrawn carriages.
SHM	?, Germany	modellisting
SHMI	Svensk Hobby & Model Import, Sweden		Main products are decals and detailparts, but they also produced a long trailer that could be used to make a Swedish roadtrain.
Shortline	Shortline Products, USA
Sibur	?, France	modellisting	Simple plastic model of a Mercedes truck + trailer that appeared in 1989.
Siebert	Walter Siebert Modellbau, Germany		Also known as WSM.
Siegert	K.-H. Siegert, Germany		Conversion kits for Plasticart, Permot and Espewe models.
Siekmann	Siekmann & Co., Germany		German distributor for Efsi and Lone Star. In 1985 they introduced a series of models based on Efsi and Praline trucks under the ASA2000 name.
Sierra West	Sierra West Scale Models, USA		Kit of a BEST 60 tractor.
Siku	Sieper Werke, Germany		Manufacturer of die-cast models in several scales, some models are close to 1/90. From 2002 Siku started making models in 1/87 as well. Sieper is also the owner of Wiking.
Silhouette	Takara Co. Ltd., Japan	modellisting	Injection moulded plastic models in 1/82 scale, out of production. Takara Co., Ltd. merged with TOMY Co., Ltd. in March 2006.
Silver Eagle	?, ?		MB 300 SL Gullwing and roadster made of pewter (also available in 1/160).
Simmons	Simmons Scale Models, USA		Wooden kits of circus vehicles.
Simplon Model	Simplon Model, Italy	modellisting	Iveco Turbostar with various trailers.
Sistema DEP	Politoys, Italy		See: APS.
S.J.M.	?, Sweden		Decals for Swedish trucks and policecars.
Skyhook Models	Skyhook Models, USA		Resin kits of fictional spacecraft in 1/87 scale.
Smart Toys	Smart Toys Ltd., Hongkong		Plastic models, made in China. Several models are modified copies of Wiking models.
SMER	SMER, Czech Republic		Well known for their 1/43 ex-Heller kits, they also produced a Mazda 626, Nissan Prairie and a Mitsubishi L300 from old Rietze moulds. Also known as Mikro Auto. SMER has also produced a diecast model of a Tatra T138 truck.
SMK	? Ukraine		Plastic kits of Russian vehicles. (Various KraZ models)
SMM	?, Czech Republic		Resin kits of Czech prototypes.
Snajdr	?, Czech Republic		Small series of models, partially based on Busch models (Ford AA tanktruck, Ford AA convertible bus), others made in resin (Tatra 82 bus)
Snap-A-Roos	Aurora, USA		Former R&L models. See Aurora and R&L.
Southpoint	Southpoint Scale Miniatures, Canada		Resin intermodal trailers.
Spark*	Spark Feingusstechnik, Germany	modellisting	87th scale metal keychains. *Links to the website of Spark's distributor in North-America.
Spark Model	Spark Model, ?	modellisting	Resin miniatures of racing cars
Sparrow's Point	Bethlehem Car Works, USA
Spenner	Reiner Spenner, Germany		Production stopped.
Spieth	Spieth Modellbau / M.L. Spieth, Germany		Decals and accessories.
SPM	Stosch Parussidis Modellbau, Germany		Produces a Robur truck from ex-GDR moulds.
Springside	Springside Models, UK		1/76th (OO) scale white metal kits.
SR	?, France
SS	Scale Structures Ltd., USA		Whitemetal kits. See: Scale structures.
SSM	Scratchbuilt Scale Models, USA		See Scratchbuiltscalemodels
Stanum Linea	André Marie Ruf, France	modellisting	The website only lists the current 1/43 models.
Steam and Truck	?, Germany		Offered a series of metal kits (steam powered vehicles) in 1982.
Stettnisch	Stettnisch Modell Gmbh, Germany	modellisting	Production stopped, see KS-Modellarts.
Stewart	Stewart Products, USA	modellisting	Metal kits of construction equipment.
Stock & Heinze	Stock & Heinze GmbH, Germany		Small series resin models of Eastern European prototypes.
Stokes, Lee	Lee Stokes, USA	modellisting	Cast plaster models. See: Le Roy Toy.
Stoney Mountain	Stoney Mountain Classic Casting, USA	modellisting	Out of production.
Streamlux	Streamlux Pty.Ltd., Australia	modellisting	Produced nine 1/80 scale die-cast models, the Streamlux Miniature Series'
Studio 87	?, Germany		Exclusively distributed some BS-Design kits like the Porsche 916 in Germany.
'Subaru'	?, ?		The Subaru rally-team offers an 87th scale die-cast (keychain) model of their WRC2003 car.
Summer	Summer Metal Products Manufacturing, Hongkong		Issued three metal models of firebrigade vehicles in 1983 and produced metal/plastic truck tractors.
Summer	?, China		Diecast / plastic models of several buses with opening doors.
'Sunkus'	?, ?	modellisting	Japanese convenience store, used models as give-aways.
Sunshine	Sunshine Models, USA		International Farmall tractor models. (vac-form kit)
Superba Models	Joseph Fay, USA	modellisting	Small series resin kits of American cars of the 1950s / 1960s.
Super D	KTD-HHB, Germany		Accessories for modeltrucks.
Super Grand	?, China	modellisting	1/87 scale R/C car models.
Supermarketmodels	?, UK		Model trucks in liveries of British supermarkets based on AWM, Herpa and Rietze models.
Surrey Custom Models	Karl Fasolino, Canada		Offered custom built US truck models.
Sutherland	Cotswold (?), UK		White-metal kits, a Blue-Bird schoolbus (1975) and a GMC TD4502/7.
S.V. Modèle	?, Belgium		Various Peugeot 202 models.
Sweetmodels	Richard Sweetman, UK		Resin kit of a Triumph 2000 Mk.I.
Swissmodel	Swissmodel, Switzerland		Herpa models with own prints.
Sword Precision Scale Models	Chuck Sword, USA	modellisting	Die-cast models of construction equipment.
Sylvan	Sylvan Scale Models, Canada	modellisting	Kits (polyurethane resin) with fully detailed interiors (including a driver), rubber tires and vacuum formed window glazing. Truck models also have etched mirrors and grab handles.
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Takara	TOMY Company, Ltd., Japan		See Silhouette. Takara Co., Ltd. and TOMY Co., Ltd. have merged in March 2006, the new company is called TOMY Company, Ltd.
Tamiya	Tamiya Inc., Japan	modellisting	Pull-back racers.
Taylor / TPM	Taylor Precision Models, UK		Resin car kits in 1/76 scale.
TB Modelle	?, Germany		Resin parts for GDR prototypes. Website not updated since 2006.
TC Modelworks	Jos Keja, Netherlands	modellisting	Production stopped, see Dutch Art.
Team Caliber	?, USA?		Die-cast NASCAR models (fridge magnets) in /87
Technomodell	Technomodell Gerhard Walter, former GDR		The moulds for the Trabant 601 and Wartburg 311 sold by Haufe were made for Haufe by Walter. They are identifiable by the 'wm' logo on their bottomplate.
Tecnotren	Tecnotren SNC, Italy	modellisting	Small series brass models.
Tekno	Tekno, Denmark	modellisting	Four plastic models, made in the 1950s.
Teknobygg	Teknobygg, Sweden	modellisting	Metal kits of older Volvo models. See: Modell Mekanik.
Thomas	Reinhard Thomas, Germany	modellisting	Photo-etched brass bodies for Berlinplast's IFA W50
THS -Modell	Thomas Hänsel, Germany		Limited edition bus models based on models made by Brekina or Rietze.
Tikob	Tikob Hobby, Denmark		Resin/white metal kit of a 1934 Opel Blitz bus
Tilbury	O.K.C., France	modellisting	White-metal kits, out of production.
Time	Time Co. Ltd., Japan		1/80th scale plastic models.
TimMee	?, Hongkong	modellisting	Kader (Norev copies) were also sold under this name in the USA
Tin-Toys	Tin's Metal Manufacturing Works, Hongkong		Die-cast truck models.
T.I.R.E.	Lee Drennen, USA		One model sofar, a resin-cast cab of a 1960s Peterbilt conventional with sleeper.
Tixeon	Tixeon, Dept. MR2, USA		White-metal kits of Mack truck tractors with trailers (only available in 1979 as far as we know)
TK Models	?, USA		White-metal kits. Possibly Korber ?
TL-Decals	TL-Decals e.K., Germany		Decals and resin accessories.
Tomy / Tomica	TOMY Company, Ltd, Japan	modellisting	Die-cast models.
Tonka	Tonka Coroperation, USA	modellisting	Several sportscars models in near 87th scale, these models were also sold under the Zima brandname.
Tootsietoys	Strombecker Mfg. Co., USA	modellisting	Production stopped in the early 1970's.
Tololoko	Anatol Gacek, Poland		Ready-made resin models of Polish prototypes.
Tonkin Replicas	Tonkin Replicas, USA		Die-cast/plastic truck models.
Top Cars	?, Brazil	modellisting	Copies of Bruder models.
Top Dog Models	?, Canada		-
Top Models	Patrick Pillet, France	modellisting	White metal and resin kits.
Tower Models	Tower Models, UK		1/76th (OO) scale plastic kits of buses.
Toyfintoy	Toyfintoy Manufacturers, Hongkong		Copies of Wiking models, scaled down. See Ferrero.
'Toyota'	?, China	modellisting	Diecast Toyota Yaris model of Chinese manufacture.
Train Collection 2000	?, Canada		Small series of resin models, mainly copies of other models.
Trainscapes	Bill Goddard, USA
Train Tronics	?, USA		Plastic kits of two 'Mopar' prototypes known.
Tramo	?, Ukraine		ZIS trucks which first appeared in 1989, now distributed by ROCO.
Trane	Trane, Japan		'Pocket Bus' near 1/87 models of Japanese buses.
Transcale	Transcale, UK		This manufacturer of brass railway locomotives acquired the EurHo bus model moulds and is now planning to release European bus models. (Heuliez GX107 in May, Heuliez GX187 later in 2005). It is not likely that the former EurHo models will re-appear, reconstructing the moulds would be too costly.
Transport Replicas	?, UK		Manufacturer of white metal kits in the 1970s. Out of production, mould taken over by ABS Streetscene.
Transit Classics	Transit Classics, Australia		Resin kit of an Australian suburban bus.
TraWos	A. Wosniak, Netherlands	modellisting	Resin kits, out of production.
Treetech	Finney & Smith, UK		Architectural models, cast white-metal, 1/100.
Tri-ang	?, UK		Their carmodels were (also ?) sold under the Minix name.
Trident	Trident Modelle B.F. Villi, Austria		Plastic models of American prototypes and resin/whitemetal military kits.
Trinity	?, Germany		Not a real modelmaker, enhances models with prints.
Triple's	Triple's Models, USA		Announced a autocarrier trailer made of brass / stainless steel.
Triskell	Jörg Haidinger, Germany
Troby	?, France		Only one model: a Peugeot 404 with electric engine.
Tröger	A. Tröger Modellbau, Germany		Repainted ROCO models.
Trol	?, Brazil		Made in the 1960s, there were two series of models, the first series are basically toys, but one can tell that these are replicas of the 1959 Ford 2-door sedan and convertible as well as the 4-door estate and the pick-up. These plastic models do not have interiors. The second series was more detailed, in this series there was a 1960 Plymouth Valiant, a not so detailed Pontiac Tempest and a 2-door Ford Falcon. Most likely the models were originally made in the USA and the tools then shipped to Brazil because there are two versions of all models.
Tropica	?, France		French cars of the 1950s-60s, ca. 1/87, models with and without keychain attached.
Truckdecals	Oliver Lenzner, Germany		Decals only.
Truckers models	?, UK		Herpa made truck models in liveries of UK based transport companies.
Truckin'Big	Lindberg, USA	modellisting	From 1981, the Lindberg Hi-Rollers have been available under this name. Production stopped.
Truck Line	Petra Budde, Germany		See: TL-Decals.
Trucks@more	Trucks@more Ltd., UK/France/Germany		Die-cast promotional trucks made by a new firm owned by the Forkel brothers (formerly Albedo), registered in the UK with an adress in France but distributing from Heilsbronn, Germany.
Trucks 'n Stuff	Trucks n' Stuff, USA
Trumpeter	?, China	modellisting	MGM may have always been a brand name of Trumpeter, this, however, is not certain. Production of the models formerly sold as MGM models was definately taken over by Trumpeter in December 2000. The website has no information on the carmodels. Several Trumpeter models (Hong-Qi, Porsche 956) are distributed by Brekina.
Tsugawa	?, Japan		Mainly an N scale manufacturer, Tsugawa makes an HO scale bus model as well
TTrains & More	TTrains & More, Germany		Kits of trailers (DDR prototypes) in photo-etched brass.
Tucker Box	?, Australia		Simple diecast models.
Tuf-Tots	LoneStar Products, UK	modellisting	1/86 scale die-cast models, out of production. The moulds were also used by Microlink Industries Ltd to produce a series called 'Mokes'.
TVK	TVK Modellbau, Germany		Models of a Borgward railbus in resin and paper.
TWH Collectibles	TWH Collectibles, USA	modellisting	Die-cast models of construction equipment.
Tyco	Mattel Inc, USA	modellisting	See Mattel. There were some simple plastic models as accessories to their train layouts, some exactly in 1/87.
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Uli's Messing-Manufaktur	Uli's Messing-Manufaktur, Germany		Models of GDR prototypes. See:IMModell.
Ulrich Models	Ulrich Models, USA		Production had stopped, but three models are now available again. Current manufacturer: Ulrich Models. Also see: Jaks Industries / Alloy Forms / Haulrich.
UMEX	UMEX, Austria	modellisting	Out of production, two moulds were used by Roco later on.
Unicata	Unicata Modellbau, Germany		Production stopped.
Union	?, ?		Metal kits, 1/90 Unimog U406, 1/87 BMW328.
United Fun	United Fun Models, Germany		Military models in 87th scale.
Universa	?, Czech Republic		Model of a Praga V3C in zinc, production stopped 1968 (?).
Universal Hobbies	Universal Hobbies, Hongkong		Manufacturer of the 1/87 models used by Editions Atlas in their "L'Age d'or" series. More here.
UPC	Universal Powermaster Corporation, USA		Military models, 'HO Pocket Combat Series'.
Uraniwa	Kenji Satou, Japan		Resin kit of a 1975 Triumph Spitfire 1500 (US-version).
US Highway Stars	?, ?	modellisting	See CopCarCollection model-listing.
US-Models	Ulrich Schmidt, Germany	modellisting	Clear-resin kits.
UW-Modelle	U.W. Guter, Germany
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V&V Model	Vecerník-Modely / Franta Vecernik, Czech Republic	modellisting	White metal models.
Varney	Varney Scale Models, USA	modellisting	Production stopped in the 1960s.
Vau-Pe	?, Germany		Used Eko models in their railroad accessory sets (blistercards)
VEB Berlinplast	VEB Plastspielwaren Berlin, former GDR		Production stopped, see 'Plastspielwaren' .
VEB Models	?, ?		Assembles die-cast and plastic models of military vehicles.
VEMI	VEMI, The Netherlands		Plastic models of Dutch buses.
Verem	Verem, France	modellisting	Production stopped.
Vero	former GDR		All modeltrain accessory manufacturers of the GDR were joined under this name from the 1970s onwards.
Vertiges	Christian Restier, France	modellisting	Presented some carmodels in 1992.
Vibro	?, France		Produced plastercast models in the 1950s.
Vierke	Vierke Marketing Service GmbH, Germany		Manufacturer of diecast beer trucks and a Volvo Amazon.
Viessmann	Viessmann GmbH, Germany		Not a real modelmaker, enhances models with lighting.
Vintage Vehicles	?, USA		Production stopped at the end of 1994, but due to the demand from modellers a limited number of approximately 300 of each of the five kits in the Vintage Vehicles line was made available again. These kits were only available through direct retail mail order from the Vintage Vehicles website. The mould of the Erie B steam shovel has been sold to Jordan, the model is available there.
VK Modelle	Veit Kornberger, Germany		87th scale keychains, also distributes Kembel in Germany. See Kornberger.
Voigt	Hans Voigt, Germany		Distributor of a resin BMW 3200CS model made by BS-Design.
Vollmer	Vollmer GmbH, Germany	modellisting	In 1990 Vollmer introduced their 'car-line', the models were actually made by Praline, but were moulded in different colours and had a Vollmer logo on the bottom. Vollmer also sometimes uses Wiking models as accessories to their kits. In 2008 Vollmer announced a new series of die-cast models, made by Welly.
V/R	?, Ukraine	modellisting	Assembled resin busmodels.
Vulcan Hobbies	Lynn Heintz, USA	modellisting	Solid cast clear resin kits of US prototypes, out of production. The moulds and masters are currently in the possession of Lynn Heintz.
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Wabash Valley	?, USA		Metal truck/trailer kits which first appeared in 1983.
Walker	Walker Model Service, USA		White metal kits, name changed to On-Trak.
Walldorf Mini	Model International, Germany	modellisting	White metal kits, production stopped.
Walter	Technomodell Gerhard Walter, former GDR		The moulds for the Trabant 601 and Wartburg 311 sold by Haufe were made for Haufe by Walter. They are identifiable by the 'wm' logo on their bottomplate.
Walthers	Wm. K. Walthers Inc., USA	modellisting	Hollow-cast resin kits and injection moulded plastic models.
Wave	Wave Co., Japan		1/87 kit of a 'JGSDF Type 66 Mobile Maser Cannon' (?!) probably modelled after equipment used in a Godzilla movie.
WDS	Weiner Design Studio, Czech Republic		Paper (!) model kits of mainly Czech trucks in 1/100.
WDV	WDV Werbedruck, Germany		Herpa models with own prints.
Weber	Weber, Austria		Simplified copies of Wiking models from the fifties.
Weico	Weico Models, Australia		White metal kits and assembled models in 1/87.
Weico Modell	Walter Lehmler, Germany		German distributor of Weico in the 1980s.
Weigand	H.G. Weigand, Germany		Resin kits, production stopped. Several kits are still available at GFM.
Weinert	Weinert Modellbau, Germany	modellisting	White-metal kits.
Wespe	Wespe Models, Romania		Well known for their larger scale resin kits Wespe is now offering resin kits of military models in 1/87 as well.
West Coast Decals	BS Design, Germany		Decals only.
Western Models	Western Models Ltd., UK		Produced the 'Metal87' series for Danhausen and manufactured models in 1/43 as well. Western Models stopped in 2007.
Weston	Weston, USA		Division of Campbell Scale Models.
Westward	?, UK		White-metal kits in 1/76 scale.
Welly	Welly Die Casting, Hongkong	modellisting	Diecast models in 1/87.
WG	WG Modellbau, Germany		Resin kits of truckcabs .
Wheel Works	The Wheel Works, USA	modellisting	Metal kits of mainly pre-WWII cars and trucks.
Wiad	Wiad, Germany	modellisting	ex-Heras models.
Widea	Oriental Toys Industries, Hongkong	modellisting	Die-cast models.
Wiking	Wiking Modellbau GmbH, Germany	modellisting	Plastic models made since 1947.
Williams	Brett Industries, Inc., USA	modellisting	In December of 2004, Williams Brothers, Inc. ceased production after a 45 year history. The immediate family could not continue the business; so, in March of 2005, all rights and assets required to produce the original products were purchased by Brett Industries, Inc. and will be marketed as 'Williams Brothers Model Products'.
Wimmer	Wimmer, Germany		Production stopped.
Winner's Circle	?, China	modellisting	1/87 scale die-cast NASCAR models, sold at Wal-Mart, USA.
Wintney	Wintney Miniatures, UK		1/76th white-metal kit of a British Army Bedford MKGS 4x4.
Wizard	Weico Models, Australia	modellisting	White metal kits and assembled models in 1/76.
Wolters	Wolters, Netherlands		Dry transfers, probably out of production.
Woodland Scenics	Woodland Scenics Inc., USA	modellisting
Woody	?, Japan		White-metal kits, HINO bus in 1/100 and a Diamond T truck in 1/87.
World Zechin	Eidai Corporation, Japan	modellisting	Grip Zechin models were released under this brandname in 1980, but they disappeared from the market in 1981.
Worsley Works	A. Doherty, UK		Amongst 1/76th scale kits also manufactures cast white-metal and etched brass kits in 1/87.
Woytnik	N. Woytnik Modellbahntechnik, Germany		Photo-etched brass kits of a bus and truck models.
WR Design	Reinhold Wiche, Germany	modellisting	Resin kits and assembled resin models of Porsche prototypes.
WSM	Walter Siebert Modellbau, Germany		See: Siebert
WSW	WSW Modellbau, Germany		Resin kits of military models.
WuB	WuB Miniatures, Germany (?)		Metal kits of farm tractors (Eicher EKL 15/II & MAN B45A)
WUMM Modell	?, Hungary		Resin bus models
W&T Scalelink	Scalelink Ltd., UK	modellisting	1/76th scale metal kits.
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Yat-Ming	Yat Ming Ind. Factory Ltd., Hongkong		Production stopped in 1982, other scale models are still in production.
Ye Olde Huff'N'Puff	?, USA		Metal kit of a farm tractor.
Young	Peter Young, Australia	modellisting	1/87th and 1/76th scale metal kits.
Yujin	Yujin, Japan		see Initial D.
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Zee toys	Intex Corporation, USA		Production stopped, see Zylmex/Zyll. Now Motormax
Zenker	Jens Zenker, Germany	modellisting	Limited editions of models after former GDR prototypes.
Zima	?, ?		See: Tonka.
Zimmermann	?, Switzerland		Resin models of Swiss prototypes.
Zippy Zoomers	LoneStar Products, UK	modellisting	See Tuf-Tots listing for more information.
ZP-Ruch	?, Poland		See: Ruch
Zycon Models	Dan Goins, USA		Brass 1/87th models of mining and construction equipment.
Zylmex	Intex Corporation, USA		Production stopped. See Zee Toys / Zyll. Now Motormax.
Zyll	Intex Corporation, USA		Production stopped, see Zee Toys/Zylmex. Now Motormax.
Z&Z	Z&Z Exclusiv Model, Czech Republic	modellisting	Small series of handmade models after Czech prototypes. For some models parts of other manufacturers are being used.