Promotional contractor aircraft scale models - Rolen Plastics Incorporated, Ohio, USA

Rolen Plastics was established as a company in the 1960s by two ex-Topping employees, Mr. ROberts and Mr. LENovitch. I do have very little information about the company or the scale models that they produced yet. Rolen Plastics stopped producing contractor scale models in about 1990, but has since then become a world class supplier of high-quality industrial injection-molded parts for a large range of international industries and health care institutions. They have over forty years of experience in producing injection-molded parts and If you require any high-quality plastic parts for your business, you can contact them through the Rolen Plastics Inc. web site.

Rolen Plastics, Inc. office in Elyria, Ohio (Photo: Mark Johnson).

Below is an F-104 Starfighter model produced by Rolen Plastics Inc., which was finished in the Norwegian scheme by Jim Powroznik. Remarks or contributions to this web site can be send to aviation@watergeek.eu.

Norwegian Air Force F-104G Starfighter from Rolen Plastics, Inc. Scale 1/48 (colour scheme finished by Mr. James A. Powroznik)

Rolen Plastics Inc. North American T-2C Buckeye, scale 1/40 (photo: Rich Beebe)	USAF Boeing 737-200, scale 1/100 (Photo: M. Kosman)
Lockheed P-3 Orion, scale 1/48 (Photo: Blake Sutton).	McDonnell Douglas - British Aerospace AV-8 Harrier II V/STOL model, resin, scale 1/72.

Links

The following sites are good references for information about contractor scale models:

• The Precise Models LLC web site and internet shop serves is an additional source of information for scale model collectors and includes a forum to exchange ideas, tips and techniques. Also sells contractor scale models and parts.
• The Collectair web site shows shows a nice collection of aviation art, vintage aircraft models, documentation, etc. Also lists Topping and Precise aircraft models for sale.
• Art-aviation.com web site showing vintage aircraft models, including some made by Topping and the Dutch aircraft model maker Matthijs Verkuyl. Also has a sellers and buyers section.
• Web site of Rolen Plastics, Inc. who are now specialised in injection molded plastic parts.
  
• Corporate web site of Pacific Miniatures (PacMin), who is still producing contractor scale models. The site provides an excellent overview of the history and their current models, as well as a buyer's guide.
• Overview of PacMin models on in the Directory of Pacmin (Pacific Miniatures) Model Airplanes
• Precise Modeling in Canada claims to make the finest scale models on Earth. Check it out!
• The Aeroknow Aviation Museum web site: lots of information about aviation and aircraft models.