List of scale-model industry people

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This list contains the names of significant contributors to the history and development of the scale-model and model-kit industry, including engineers, artists, designers, draftsmen, tool-makers, executives, historians and promoters.

This list does not include people primarily notable for the competitive operation of a scale-model vehicle, unless they have a notable career as designers or executives or outside of the hobby industry such as car designers.

A[]

  • Steve Adams: founder of Adams Models
  • Harold Alden: early aircraft modeler and industry promoter
  • John Allen: influential model railroader
  • John Amendola: kit-box artist
  • Mel Anderson: gas engine designer (for flying scale aircraft)
  • John Andrews: artist, kit designer and marketer for Hawk
  • Ray Arden: inventor of the Glo-Plug
  • William Atwood: engine designer (for flying scale aircraft)

B[]

  • Charlie Bauer: flying aircraft kit designer
  • Adrien Bertin: R/C car glowplug engine designer
  • Edward Beshar: early model designer and builder
  • Jack Besser: co-founder of Monogram Models
  • Maxwell Basset: gas-powered model pioneer
  • : co-founder of Serpent
  • : co-founder of MPC, kit designer, creator of the 'Color Me Gone' dragsters
  • William Brown IV: created first successful gas engine for mass-marketed flying aircraft


C[]

  • Bill Campbell: illustrator, kit-box art designer/painter; creator of the and series for Hawk
  • Tom Carter: industry executive
  • Bill Coulter: writer; builder; kit-developer
  • (1910-1993): illustrator, kit-box art designer/painter. Notably associated with Aurora
  • John Cuomo (1901-1971): first salesman for Aurora
  • Bill Cushenbery: custom kit designer, notably associated with AMT
  • : Co-founder of Associated Electrics and R/C car designer (RC10, RC12)

D[]

  • Tom Daniel: kit-designer of custom and caricature subjects for Monogram Models
  • Bruce Devlin: Laboratory Manager of wind tunnel testing and engineering flow modeling company Airflow Sciences Corporation

E[]

F[]

  • Jacque Fresco (1916–): co-founder of Revell

G[]

  • West Gallogly: founder of AMT
  • Lorenzo Ghiglieri: kit-box artist
  • Joseph E. Giammarino (1916–1992): co-founder of Aurora Plastics Corporation
  • "Dirty Donny" Gillies: kit-box artist
  • Lewis H. Glaser (1917-1972): co-founder of Revell
  • Walt Good: considered "the father of remote-control aircraft modeling"
  • Carl Goldberg: model aircraft designer and industry executive
  • Kevin Gowland, John Gowland and Jack Gowland: co-founders of Gowland and Gowland; the company's line of early car model kits was marketed by Revell in the early '50s, and was instrumental in the early growth of the scale model hobby in the US.
  • Paul K. Guillows: founder of (later known as Guillows)
  • Leonardo Garofali: co-founder of and
  • Jaures Garofali: founder of Super Tigre Saturno micromecanica

H[]

  • Scott T. Hards: entrepreneur, founder of
  • John Hanley: tool and die maker; founder of Jo-Han
  • Suguro Hasegawa: founder of Hasegawa Corporation
  • Roger Harney: industry executive
  • Don Holthaus: founder of
  • : founder of and Hudy
  • (1927-2014): executive of Associated Electrics

I[]

  • Takashi Ishii, founder/owner of /[1]

J[]

  • Dean Jeffries: kit designer, auto customizer, notably associated with MPC
  • Bob Johnson: industry executive

K[]

  • Al Kalmbach: founder of Model Railroader magazine and Kalmbach Publishing, early industry promoter
  • : radio-controlled car designer, significantly for Kyosho (Inferno)[2]
  • Shigeru Kawada: radio-controlled car designer and founder-owner of
  • Jim Keeler: industry executive
  • Levon Kemalyan (1907–1976): manufacturer, founder of Kemtron
  • Richard Kishady: kit-box artist
  • : radio-controlled car designer, significantly for Kyosho (Optima, Scorpion) and Hobby Products International (Baja 5B and 5T)
  • : science-fiction illustrator; kit-box artist
  • Jo Kotula: aviation illustrator; kit-box artist
  • Dick Korda: award-winning model airplane designer and flyer
  • Nicholas Kove (1891-1958): founder of Airfix
  • : CanAm racing pioneer; founder of Auto World; promoter of slot car racing, model building, and RC racing and building
  • Mort Künstler: kit-box artist, notably associated with Aurora in the 1960s.

L[]

M[]

  • Joe Mansour: co-founder of Frog
  • Dick Mates Sr. and Phil Mates (brothers): co-founders of Hawk Model Company
  • Dick Mates Jr.: executive at Hawk
  • Bob McCleod: industry executive
  • Fred Megow: founder of (Philadelphia, 1920s)
  • Tom Morgan: kit-box artist, most notably associated with Hawk in the 1960s, as well as Monogram
  • Robert Mudry: President of wind tunnel testing and engineering flow modeling company Airflow Sciences Corporation
  • John Mueller: directed product and mold design and technical illustration groups for AMT

N[]

O[]

  • Jack Odell: co-founder of Lesney Products and founder of Lledo
  • : gas engine designer and manufacturer (flying model aircraft)

P[]

  • Keith Plested: founder of and co-founder of BRCA
  • Irwin S. Polk and Nathan J. Polk: owners of ; promoters of the scale model hobby
  • Ernest Provetti: founder of
  • Tarquinio Provini: founder of Protar

Q[]

  • : designer/founder of JQ Products

R[]

  • Bob Reder: co-founder of Monogram Models
  • (1941 - 2011): founder of Reedy and creator of Reedy International Race of Champions
  • (-1983): founder of Airtronics
  • , founder of [5]

S[]

  • Franco Sabatini: designer and co-founder of
  • : executive of Serpent, designer (Impact, Vector)
  • : R/C car designer, president and CEO of Mugen Seiki, formerly of Aoyagi Metals Company
  • Pierre Scerri: model engineer
  • Gary Schmidt: industry executive
  • Cyril Schumacher: founder of Schumacher Racing Products
  • Leon Shulman: aircraft kit designer
  • Abe Shikes (1908–1997): co-founder of Aurora Plastics Corporation
  • (1931-1995): radio controlled car racing pioneer and founder of ROAR
  • Victor Stanzel: flying aircraft model designer
  • James Hay Stevens (1913 -1973): aircraft kit designer, notably associated with Airfix
  • John Steel: kit-box artist
  • Henry Struck: aircraft kit designer
  • Hisashi Suzuki (1936-2010): radio controlled car racing pioneer (in Japan), founder of Kyosho and JMRCA
  • Masayuki Suzuki: former president of Kyosho

T[]

  • : radio-controlled car designer, significantly for Tamiya (famous works: Sand Scorcher)
  • (1905 - 1988): founder of Tamiya
  • (c1957/1958 - 2017): president of Tamiya
  • : chairman of Tamiya
  • : founder of Testors
  • (1925-2011): founder of MPC, inventor of the AMT 3-in-1 kit; innovator of one-piece body car-model tooling.

U[]

  • Yukijiro Umino: designer for Yokomo ()

V[]

  • Dave Vander Wal: industry executive
  • : founder of Varney Scale Models, developer of early injection molded plastic kits
  • Norm Veber: industry executive
  • Peter Vetri: Founder and President of Atlantis Toy and Hobby and Current President of the HMA (Hobby Manufacturers Association)

W[]

  • Jim Walker: inventor of U-Control Line Flying (scale aircraft)
  • : graphic designer, automotive conceptual artist, kit-box illustrator.
  • Dick Wellman: kit-box artist
  • Tom West: industry executive
  • : long-time editor of Model Railroader, hobby industry promoter
  • Charles Wilmot: co-founder of Frog
  • John Wilmot: co-founder of Frog, pioneer of plastic scale kit models
  • Gerald Wingrove: model engineer

X[]

Y[]

  • Tomoaki "Tom" Yokobori: founder of Yokomo and

Z[]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "有限会社ジル 代表取締役 石井隆｜経営者インタビュー｜仕事を楽しむためのWebマガジン、B-plus（ビープラス）". 2012-05-25. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2016-10-12.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Interview: Kyosho's Yuichi Kanai, Father of the Inferno". RC Car Action. 2014-09-15. Archived from the original on 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  3. ^ http://www.neobuggy.net/2013/08/15/all-change-at-team-orion/
  4. ^ "Interview: Team Associated designer Kody Numedahl". NeoBuggy.net. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
  5. ^ http://amhistory.si.edu/archives/AC0855.htm

Bibliography[]

  • Lune, Peter van. "FROG Penguin plastic scale model kits 1936 - 1950". Zwolle, The Netherlands, 2017, published by author ISBN 978-90-9030180-8

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