Category: Model Making

A brushless motor , or ” motor brushless ” or synchronous machine self-driven permanent magnet is an electric machine of the category synchronous machines ¹ , the rotor consists of one or more permanent magnetsand provided with origin of a sensor rotor position ( Hall sensor , synchro-resolver, incremental encoder …). Continue Reading “Brushless motor” →

The Plan-relief of Grenoble is a model completed in 1848, at the scale 1/600 ^e , of the city of Grenoble . It is one of 150 relief plans built for strategic purposes between 1668 and 1870, representing with great precision fortified sites in France ¹ . Continue Reading “Relief map of Grenoble” →

Vendée Miniature is a miniature museum in Bretignolles-sur-Mer , in the Vendée department . This miniature village was founded by Marie-Françoise and Yves Aubron. The Vendée Miniature museum is a reconstruction at the scale 1/10 ^th of a real village in the Vendée 1920 Vendée Miniature is one of the most beautiful villages of France miniature^{[not neutral]} . Continue Reading “Vendée Thumbnail” →

The term live steam refers to small models of leisure or study, driven by a steam engine .

These are mostly model steam locomotives , steamboats or locomobiles . Continue Reading “Steam Steam” →

The Gaillac miniature train is an important network of electric trains, built and managed by a local club ( association law 1901 ) of model rail at Gaillac in the department of Tarn . Continue Reading “Miniature train Gaillacois” →

Starlux was a French manufacturer of miniature soldiers who was based in the department of Dordogne , Coulounieix-Chamiers , a suburb of Périgueux ¹ . Continue Reading “StarLux” →

Solido is a French brand of miniature vehicles. Continue Reading “Solido (model making)” →

Slot And Go is the registered trademark of a French shop specializing in the miniature electric road circuit .

The store no longer exists. (company canceled on 04/06/2015: source Infogreffe.fr). Continue Reading “Slot And Go” →

The company SEGOM (acronym for “Society of General Edition of Molded Objects”) was a French manufacturer of historical figures figurines in cellulose acetate , these figurines in ” round bump ” to assemble and paint represented mainly soldiers of the period of the First Empire at scales 1/72 ^e and 1/32 ^e . She was a pioneer in this area. From the 80s she went to the manufacture of tin dishes. Continue Reading “Segom” →

Scalextric is a British-made miniature electric road circuit brand , now operated by two competing companies, Hornby (UK company) and Tecnitoys (Spanish company). Continue Reading “Scalextric” →

Renaud Savoya is a model hobbyist and professional pilot of a radio controlled car . Born in 1987 in Annecy , France , he is 3 times European Champion (2008-2009-2010) in the discipline 1/8 ^e “All Terrain”. Continue Reading “Renaud Savoya” →

The Spielwarenmesse International Toy Fair Nürnberg is the most important toy fair in the world. It takes place every year for the first 6 days of February and is reserved exclusively for professionals of the toy industry, press representatives and invited companies. 2700 exhibitors from 60 countries come to present their new products to 79 000 wholesalers and buyers, including 54% international (2011 figures). The fair organizer is the Spielwarenmesse eG, a service provider in the marketing and organization of toy trade fairs with headquarters in Nuremberg . Continue Reading “Nuremberg Toy Fair” →

The New York Toy Fair or the American International Toy Fair (stylized TOY FAIR ) is an annual convention of the toy industry held in mid-February, in the city of New Yorktaking place at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and in different exhibition halls of the city. The event is reserved exclusively for toy industry professionals, press representatives and invited companies. The organization of the show is the responsibility of the Toy Industry Association ¹ . The show’s organizers describe it as the biggest toy show in the Western Hemisphere. Continue Reading “New York Toy Fair” →

The relief Magnin is a model made by the architect Auguste Magnin (1841-1903) which represents the city of Geneva in 1850, that is to say before the removal of its ramparts and bastions “à la Vauban” ^1 , 2 . It was presented at the Swiss National Exhibition of 1896 ¹ . The model is kept at Maison Tavel . Continue Reading “Magnin Relief” →

the Radiomodélisme is part of the model that focuses on dynamic models. These models are equipped with electric or thermal motors and controlled by a radio-remote control . Continue Reading “Radiomodélisme” →

The pulse jet engine is a cyclic reaction engine , independently patented in Germany and France in 1930 ^{[ref. necessary]} , and developed especially for the German V1 flying bomb during the Second World War . Continue Reading “pulse jet” →

The Port-Revel Maritime Pilot Training Center , located in the municipality of Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux in Isère , near Grenoble , is a training school for pilots, captains and officers on large vessels such as supertankers , container ships , LNG carriers and cruise ships . The installation uses 1 / 25th scale models on an artificial lake designed to simulate natural conditions, including harbors, canals, and the open sea. It is the first establishment of its kind in the world. Continue Reading “Port Revel” →

A spaghetti bridge is a model of the bridge made with spaghetti and glue. These bridges are generally built either in a pedagogical framework or in the context of competitions for college students, high school students or young students. Continue Reading “Spaghetti bridge” →

The relief map is a form of geographic representation in relief in the form of a model that was initially a military tool used to visualize development projects or campaigns concerning fortified sites . They presented themselves in the form of a mock-up of ground including the details of the arrangements to the scale. Continue Reading “Map-relief” →

The museum-reliefs maps present a unique collection of relief maps of fortresses dating, essentially the xvii ^th century xix ^th century. It is located at the Hotel des Invalides in the 7 ^th arrondissement of Paris . Continue Reading “Museum of Relief Plans” →

List of relief plans on deposit at the Palais des Beaux-Arts ¹ Lille

• • Calais France , 753 x 463 cm , scale 1/600, 6 tables (1691) 
  • Charleroi Belgium , 405 x 340 cm , scale 1/600, 4 tables (1695) 
  • Ath Belgium , 480 x 378 cm , scale 1/600, 5 tables (1697) 
  • Ypres Belgium , by engineer Tessier Derville, 944 x 548 cm , scale 1/600, 12 tables (1698-1702) 

Continue Reading “List of relief plans in deposit at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille” →

Plamo ( プ ラ モ , puramo ^? ) Refers to both a passion and the products used for that passion. In the West , plamo is used exclusively in the world of anime , manga or fantasy to designate a model , a plastic model or a resin . However, in Japan, the term “plamo” encompasses the complete activity of model making , while in the West it concerns only the Japanese branch ¹ . Continue Reading “Plamo” →

The toy soldiers are figurines military for play, manufactured at different times, of paper, lead, tin, steel, composition materials, aluminum or plastic.

According to the periods and the manufacturers there are great constants in the represented armies (Napoleonic army, colonial wars, first and second world war, war of secession). Continue Reading “Little soldiers” →

The palace of the miniature and diorama is a museum located near Rocamadour located in the village of Calès ( Lot ) in a royal post office from 1682.

This is one of the largest collections of figurines miniatures in France (18 dioramas depicting scenes of life in the xviii ^th and xix ^th centuries. Continue Reading “Palace of the Miniature and Diorama” →

Norev is a French brand of model car created in September 1945 ^1 , 2 . The name of the company is the anacyclique (word written backwards) of Véron, name of the three brothers creators of the brand: Paul, Joseph and Émile Véron (the latter will later create Majorette ), and is also a phonetic shortcut of the expression (the toys of) “Our dreams” (of child). Continue Reading “Norev” →

The Railway Museum is a French museum located in the village of Mornac-sur-Seudre , a tourist and oyster-farming town located on the left bank of the Seudre , in Charente-Maritime . This picturesque village, which does not lack charm, is also ranked among the hundred most beautiful villages in France and is among the most visited centers of interest in Charente-Maritime ¹ . Continue Reading “Railway Museum of Mornac-sur-Seudre” →

The old toy museum is a French museum located in Echillais , in the southern residential suburb of Rochefort , on the left bank of the Charente , in Charente-Maritime . Continue Reading “Museum of the ancient toy” →

The Model Museum is a French museum located in the city of La Rochelle , Charente-Maritime .

It is the most important toy museum in the Center-West of France as much for its exhibition area as for the number of exhibits and animations in place. It is one of the most visited museums in La Rochelle , tourist town on the Atlantic coast of France. Continue Reading “Model Museum” →

The Miniature and Film Museum , formerly the Museum of miniatures and movie sets , founded by the artist miniaturist Dan Ohlmann, is a private museum located in n ^o 60 rue Saint-Jean in Lyon , housed in the historic listed building of the former House of lawyers . Continue Reading “Miniature Museum and Cinema” →

The Atlantrain Museum is a French museum located in the village of Saint-Just-Luzac , in Charente-Maritime , a rural and oyster-farming town located in the canton of Marennes ¹ .

The Atlantrain museum is closed since August 17, 2011, the date of the death of its founder Mr. André Flon. Continue Reading “Atlantrain Museum” →

The military model , or military model making , is a leisure (some say an art ) of reproducing a scale given one or more elements of an armed force (mainly aircraft and armored vehicles ). It can therefore be a single reproduced element or a whole scene reproducing a real or fictional battle. The model can be represented for itself or staged on a diorama .

The most common scales are 1/72, 1/48 and 1/35. Continue Reading “Military modelism” →

The automobile model (or automodélisme) is the business model that focuses on the breeding of model cars .

The activity of the amateurs separates rather clearly in categories close but disjoined:

• The static models

Cars of variable size, often called miniature cars where the quality of reproduction goes from the toy style to real models whose visual rendering is most realistic, which may include moving or articulated parts such as the doors or the trunk. These models can be put in situation by being incorporated in dioramas . Continue Reading “Automotive modelism” →

A mathematical model is a model of a geometric form , most often made for a pedagogical approach.

The models called ” models Brendel ” (the family name of their manufacturers) are models or models of high aesthetic quality, science and technology, imitating and with so greatly enlarged some taxa or bodies plants considered representative of the great floristic groups : Algae , Bryophytes , ferns , angiosperms , as well as some fungi selected in the fungal kingdom (mycology was once part of botany). Continue Reading “Brendel Models” →

The Mini-Zs are 1:28 scale radio controlled cars created and manufactured by the Japanese company Kyosho . Although at first glance they might be thought of as mere toys by the “plastic” appearance of the chassis, it is a category of self-propelled model making, and even one of the least expensive categories. The car is most often delivered as a kit RTR (ready to roll) with its basic radio control (type “gun” with steering wheel on the side), and it only needs to add batteries or accumulators to roll it. Continue Reading “MiniZ” →

Minichamps is a German brand of miniatures based in Aachen .

Established in 1990 under the name Paul’s Model Art GmbH (often abbreviated as PMA), the company was renamed Minichamps GmbH in 1996. Continue Reading “Minichamps” →

The Miniature Armored Fighting Vehicle Association – abbreviated MAFVA and translating literally into ” Association miniature armored fighting ” – is a non-profit association British grouping collectors models of military vehicles, founded in 1965 .

Micromodels is the generic name for a series of miniature cardboard models that were published in the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1956 .

The concept was created by Geoffrey Heighway in 1940 during the Second World War to find a creative derivative to the suffering of bombed British cities. The principle was to propose very small models of cardboard to cut and to mount and taking only very little place as well not cut as assembled. Continue Reading “Micromodels” →

The micro-model is a leisure which is similar to models and dedicated to the design, manufacture and control of models very small. The most accomplished objects have a mass not exceeding a few grams and measure only a few centimeters in length. Often, micro-models are the objects that can fit in one hand and have a motor system that allows them to move independently. Micro-modeling is therefore distinguished in this sense models , which remain static. Continue Reading “Micro-model” →

A micro rocket is a mini rocket experiment that allows you to learn safely the parameters that govern the flight of a rocket. They are powered by a powder micro-propellant.

The micro rockets can climb up to 200 meters before descending to the ground with or without parachute . Thus, safely, different models of rockets can be tested to understand, by practice, the laws of aerodynamics . Continue Reading “Micro rocket” →

Matchbox is a brand of toys – and formerly board games – belonging to the Mattel Group .

History

The Matchbox name appears in 1953 as a trademark of British toy Lesney , founded by the dregs Smith ( 6 March 1918 – 26 May 2005 ) and Rod ney Smith. The two men were not of the same family, despite their common name. They were school friends and had served together in the Royal Navy during the Second World War . Continue Reading “Matchbox (company)” →

The model building with matches is to make models using of matches , usually made of wood. The matches used differ from conventional matches in that they have no flammable tip. They may be purchased in specialized stores or, failing that, be obtained by cutting the flammable end of a conventional match. The matches are then assembled with glue. Continue Reading “Modeling with matches” →

The plastic model is a miniature model most often presented as a kit to mount and decorate oneself. It is generally produced by injection molding of polystyrene or by thermoforming resin. It often features elements made from other materials such as rubber or metal used for photoetching of hard-to-reproduce molded plastic details. Continue Reading “Plastic model” →

The cardboard model uses paper and cardboard , materials that are easy to implement, to make various objects ( cardboard ) like models .

For this it is necessary to realize, on the sheets of paper or cardboard, the “plan development” of the object to be built: it is in a way the 2D pattern of the 3D object which is assimilated to an assembly of developable surfaces . Continue Reading “Cardboard model” →

A model is a partial or complete representation of a system or object (existing or planned) in order to test and validate certain aspects and / or behavior (functional model), or simply for fun purposes (model play) or informative (educational or commercial presentation of an achievement or project). The model can be made in two or three dimensions, on a given scale , most often reduced or enlarged to facilitate visualization or manipulation. Continue Reading “Model” →

MDM (for the Manufacture De Miniatures ) is a French brand of figurines , created in 1945 by René Daniel in Périgueux .

MDM has specialized in the 1 ^st Empire , by publishing figures of the Grand Army of Napoléon Bonaparte . Continue Reading “Manufacture of miniatures” →

The (Mini) Majesty of the Seas is a miniature French at 1/8 the cruise ship Majesty of the Seas of the company Royal Caribbean . It was built in 1994 by François Zanella, a former miner with a passion for ships since he saw the launch of the France liner  . Continue Reading “Majesty of the Seas (mini)” →

A doll’s house is a house made in model , to accommodate dolls . Originally intended as a game for children , their construction and collection have also become a hobby for some adults .

The history of modern dolls houses dating back to the thumbnail windows of the xvi ^th century in Europe that showed idealized interiors. Smaller doll houses, with more realistic interiors, then appeared in Europe in the xviii ^th century. They were handmade, but after the Industrial Revolution and the Second World War , factories began mass-manufacturing more standardized and cheaper dollhouses. Continue Reading “Dollhouse” →

List of figurines founders

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• 100Kingdoms

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• • AEG
  • Altaya
  • Alternative Armies
  • Andrea Miniatures
  • Armageddon
  • Art Millenium
  • Assassin

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JEP (registered trademark) is a contraction of Jouet de Paris . It was created in 1920 to designate the toys produced by the Société Industriel de Ferblanterie (SIF) in activity since 1909. A brand Jouet de Paris existed however before the 1920s, and worked to manufacture helmets Adrian during the First World War ^{[ ref.  desired]} .

The most famous activities of this brand (which has however also manufactured dolls) were cars and model trains . Continue Reading “Toy of Paris” →

The Iwavers are radio cars ordered at the scale 1/28. This is purely and simply legal copies of Kyosho MiniZ . All parts and options running on Kyosho models are compatible. Continue Reading “Iwaver” →

The naturalistic illustration is a discipline at once artistic and scientific , which gathers traditionally and for several centuries

• the botanical illustration , which once included subjects mycological ;
• the anatomical illustration .

The first concerns the zoology , the botany and the human body , but in the xix ^th century authors like Eugène Freiherr von Ransonnet-Villez is also interested in the underwater world, and from the xviii ^th century, biologists publish an increasing number drawings made using the microscope . Continue Reading “Naturalistic illustration” →

Histoire & maquettisme is a French magazine devoted to small scale models , the publication of which was interrupted in June 2003

Heller is a French brand of plastic scale models mainly at scales 1/400 ^e , 1/125 ^e , 1/72 ^e and 1/35 ^{e scale} and scale 1/72 ^e . Founded in 1957 by Leo Jahiel in Paris, she has been living in Trun (Normandy) since 1963.

The Halle aux Vivres is a French museum located in the citadel-museum of Brouage , today one of the high places of tourism of Charente-Maritime ¹ where 500 000 visitors roam the streets of Brouage every year which enjoys the prestigious status of Grand national site since 1989 ² . Continue Reading “Food Hall” →

The term Gunpla refers to models of mecha, characters or plastic vehicles from the Japanese franchise Gundam and marketed by Bandai ; it results from the contraction of ” Gundam plastic model “. Appeared in 1980 , the Gunpla is gradually becoming a big success in Japan to the point of largely dominate the market at present. The term also refers to the assembly of the models itself. Continue Reading “Gunpla” →

In the Catholic religion , the Christmas crib is staged in various three-dimensional arts (mainly sculpture and theater) of the Nativity , that is, the birth of Jesus of Nazareth , in the form of immutable characters, with in the first place the Holy Family and especially the Child Jesus in the manger (which means a manger ) of a stable or a cave. This original iconography is gradually enriched with different scenic formulas, characters ( shepherds , angels , Magi) and animals (oxen, donkey, sheep, camels) surrounding the naked Child Jesus in his trough, cradle or straw. The Christmas crib can be static, mechanical or living . Construction or occasional and transient representation, associated traditionally with the Christmas parties , it is more rarely a permanent and irremovable reproduction. Continue Reading “Christmas crib” →

The RC drift is the fact to practice drifting with a radio controlled car .

The car is equipped with low friction tires and is configured to facilitate skidding and control. The radio-controlled drift requires skill and a good knowledge of his car. The practice is usually done with a four-wheel drive chassis to scale 1/10 ^th . However, there are smaller models to 1/12 ^th and 1/24 ^th to practice very easily indoors and outdoors. Continue Reading “RC Drift” →

The diorama is a system of presentation by scenario or staging of an exhibition model (a historical character, fictional, an extinct animal or still alive in our era …), making it appear in its usual environment ¹ .

It is a mode of reconstruction of a scene (historical, naturalistic, geological or even religious) in volume ² (at least for the main subject placed in the center of the stage). Continue Reading “Diorama” →

The Depron or Depron is the trade name for a plastic light. It consists of expanded polystyrene (EPS), obtained by extrusion (PSX). Thanks to its very fine foam, it allows to shape plates and thin sheets.

The Depron brand belongs to the Dutch company Depron BV It produces plates for the thermal insulation of machines and buildings. They are also used in air model making , model railroading and all creative leisure because they are light and inexpensive. Some signs for signage or graphic activity are coated with a smooth sheet like the “featherboard”. Continue Reading “Depron” →

The Cox engines are internal combustion engines used in the model . LM Cox Manufacturing Co., Inc. was founded in 1945 to be resold in 1996 in Estes, which will cease production in 2009. When they stopped producing their engines, the remaining parts stock was resold to a buyer private Canadian, and starts producing parts again, Cox International. Continue Reading “Cox (engines)” →

The electric road circuit is in a way the application of the principle of electric train to miniature cars.

The Circuit 24 is a circuit for miniature cars created in 1961 by Étienne Jouët and his Factory à idées.

The success was phenomenal and the name became a generic for an electric road circuit from 1963.

Circuit 24 was broadcast in France and Great Britain by Meccano . Production was stopped in 1973 ¹ . Continue Reading “Circuit 24” →

The radio-controlled trucks (rc trucks) are small models, reproduction of real trucks, remotely controlled via a radio remote control.

Initially truck modeling is to reproduce as accurately as possible truck models (carriers or seedlings) but many truck modelers are also interested in construction equipment such as excavators or bulldozers . Continue Reading “Radio Controlled Truck” →

The radio-controlled trucks (rc trucks) are small models, reproduction of real trucks, remotely controlled via a radio remote control.

Initially truck modeling is to reproduce as accurately as possible truck models (carriers or seedlings) but many truck modelers are also interested in construction equipment such as excavators or bulldozers . Continue Reading “Radio Controlled Truck” →

The dry brushing ( drybrush in English) is a technique painting on reliefs media, used in particular for miniature, realistic painting of models and modeling .

It consists of using a small quantity of almost dry paint and brushing the part to paint with a brush with more or less hard bristles. The paint is deposited at the top of the reliefs and then reveals the details with more clarity. By using a clear paint, we can achieve a semblance of lighting reliefs, and bring out the details and edges of the model. Continue Reading “Dry brushing and wash” →

The term botellism is a neologism that refers to the construction of decorative objects in bottles or flasks of all shapes.

A botellist is one who expresses his artistic talent in the creation and production of “paintings” in bottles. Continue Reading “Botellisme” →

A bottle vessel is a miniature representation of vessel enclosed in a bottle of glass , serving as an object of decoration . They are often seen at antique dealers and antique dealers .

Very common during the xx ^th century , these representations were often the testimony of a sailor who wanted to show her around the ship on which he sailed. The lighthouse keepers also used to make bottled boats, or used bulbs from the lighthouse. Continue Reading “Bottled boat” →