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Founded in 1932 by Henning Cortsen, the company started making shipmodels from lead in 1/1250 and expanded their program to models of airplanes, trams, trains and figures in later years. All of these models were made from lead, but since lead was a metal that was needed for the weapons industry Pilot switched to zinc models during the 1940s. From about 1947 onward Pilot started making carmodels in 1/200, and produced about fourty different types. The plastic models listed here were made from the early 1950s until the early 1960s which made Pilot the first Danish manufacturer of models in 1/87. 

There is a striking similarity between some of the Pilot models and early Wiking models, this is easily explained because it is caused by the fact that Henning Cortsen and Wiking-founder Friedrich Peltzer had already been in close contact since both companies interchanged moulds for the 1/1250 shipmodels. This cooperation was renewed when Wiking loaned several moulds for carmodels to Pilot which made it possible for Pilot to create a series of different models without having to invest too much in moulds.

The production of these 1/87 models stopped in the early 1960s, around that time both Wiking and LEGO had clearly surpassed Pilot in terms of quality, detail and actuality. Pilot continued to produce shipmodels for shipping companies and ship-building yards until the death of Henning Cortsen in 1974 after which the company ceased to exist.

These are the models we have been able to find sofar:

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