We are looking for manufacturer to purchase these miniature airplanes
for resale. Each kit when fully assembled is about the size of a
quarter. Domestic and/or foreign supplier welcomed. Easy to
assemble with scissors and NO glue. Looking for assorted sizes! Kits
come on very thin metal sheets (like paper)... One sheet per kit!

http://www.bizarrefun.com/Airplane1.gif
http://www.bizarrefun.com/Airplane2.jpg
http://www.bizarrefun.com/Airplane3.gif
http://www.bizarrefun.com/Airplane4.gif
http://www.bizarrefun.com/Airplane5.jpg

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Request for Question Clarification by techtor-ga on 02 Nov 2003 22:26 PST

Greetings Onetrilliondollars,
I found what could be the manufacturer of the planes you showed in the
pictures. Would you like me to post their website here as an answer?
Also, are you looking for other manufacturers? It does look like the
manufacturer I found could be the only one making the near coin-sized
planes in the pictures.

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Clarification of Question by onetrilliondollars-ga on 03 Nov 2003 05:09 PST

I am looking for more than one manufacturer. If the manufacturer is
Strange Treasures then they are not manufacturers.

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Request for Question Clarification by techtor-ga on 03 Nov 2003 06:16 PST

Hello again Onetrilliondollars,
I'll let you know that Strange Treasures did not appear in my searches
for the manufacturer. If you recall the pics you showed, I recall
seeing Japanese text in them, and thus, I confirmed that the
manufacturer of the micro-plane kits is Japanese.

Other plane products I found of around the same size do not make them
as kits. They are die-cast planes, actually. Would you still be
interested in die-cast (pre-built) planes?

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Clarification of Question by onetrilliondollars-ga on 03 Nov 2003 12:20 PST

You can post answer. Also include the extra suppliers for die cast.

i have posted other requests w/o answers. can you help me there too.
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=262558

Hello again Onetrilliondollars,
Thanks for letting me post my answer.
The manufacturer of the miniature metal airplane kits you showed is
Aero Base, based in Japan. Their kits are photo-etched kits made of
copper, brass and nickel-silver, and still require CA (superglue) to
assemble (according to one of the dealers I mentioned below). I could
not find any other manufacturer making a similar product, so I'm sure
the products are unique to Aero Base.

Aero Base Home Page
http://www.nnc.or.jp/~aerobase/e_topic.htm
Shinichi Iwami, AERO BASE
2-26, Takajomachi, Wakayama-City, 640-8135, JAPAN
Fax: +81-73-422-8655

Other sites where I initially found the Aero Base kits:
Best RC: Aero Base 1:160 Micro Wing Series
http://www.bestrc.com/aerobase/microwingseries/index.html

The Wright Flyer 1/160 Scale Metal Plane Model Kit
http://www.plumcreekmarketing.com/09specialcollections/01textfiles/210410.html


Dealer which game me clues on die-cast:
Just Plane Fun die-cast plane dealer
http://www.justplanefun.com/
- This is an online dealer where I got the names of diecast brands,
then I just looked for each brand on Google.

Die-cast manufacturers:
I will list just the more popular brands.

HERPA Miniaturmodelle GmbH - Online (Makers of Herpa Wings planes)
http://www.herpa.de/index.asp
Herpa Miniaturmodelle GmbH
Leonrodstrasse 46-47
D-90599 Dietenhofen
Germany
Telephone +49-9824/951-00
Telefax +49-9824/951-100

Aero Classics
http://www.aeroclassics.info/
Could not find address info

Gemini Jets
http://www.geminijets.com/
GeminiJets Incorporated / Airliners Distributing Inc.
6414 Windy Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
United States of America
Phone : +1-702-614-0900
Fax : +1-702-914-8036
General Email: feedback@geminijets.com

Schabak Shop
http://shop.schabak.de/flugzeug_suche_engl.asp
mail adress: Neuwieder Street 17, D- 90411 Nürnberg/Germany
phone: : *49 911 522 031
fax: *49 911 523 021

E-Mail: info@schabak.de
Dragon Models - Dragon Wings series
http://www.dragon-models.com/html/wingsbottom.html


If you would like sources on pre-built photo-etched planes (made in
the same way as the Aero Base planes), I can give you these
photo-etched manufacturers (making mostly planes for 1/350, 1/700 and
other scaled ships):

White Ensign Models
http://www.whiteensignmodels.com/brochure/index.htm

Loren Perry's Gold Medal Models
http://www.goldmm.com/products.htm

I'll mention more in case I remember them. 

Google Search strings used here:
wright flyer metal plane kit
aerobase
aerobase 1/160

I hope this has been a most helpful answer. If you need anything else,
or have a problem with the answer, do please post a Request for
Clarification and I shall respond as soon as I can. Thank you.

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Greetings again Onetrilliondollars,
I had seen your question on Mudmen before, and searched on it, though
I found the product very hard to find. Reseachers weren't working on
it lately since the question had expired. If you would like
researchers to work on it again, you might want to post the question
anew. It would cost 50 cents to do so, but at least it gets the
attention of researchers like myself. I hope that helps.

i relisted the mud men,,,,,,,,,

Thanks for the five star rating!