Lindberg
Introduction
LINDBERG kits are classics of my modelling history.
The early 1960's, my second phase of modelling, was the time of
"working" kits from AURORA, MONOGRAM, REVELL and LINDBERG (
see
How it all Began). LINDBERG was
the exponent for
this genre with retracting landig gears, removable jet engines
and ejector seats being catpulted out via rubber bands.
Lindberg Kits in my Collection
As usually with major brands I will not provide a complete list of kits.
A comprehensive list of Lindbeg kits can be found in
PAK-20
[1].
I'm concerned only with kits from my collection which will be
presented in various subcollections.
For a start:
History
Although Lindberg was a major plastic kit producer in the 50's
and 60's and still
lives on as brand of the
Round
2 LLC company there is no monograph published about
the history of Lindberg as with Revell, Monogram, Aurora,
Heller, Airfix etc.
For a short history of Lindberg see the entry in John Burn's
PAK-20
[1]. There is also
an even shorter entry in Arthur Ward's Classic Kits
[2].
I have not
yet found any reasonable information in the net.
I will not reproduce here the history told in the sources
quoted above. My research on company histories normally is
confined to lesser known brands.
The only aspect of history which I will treat here is the licence
production of Lindberg kits. This interest arose on the
research on
Busch kits.
Below are listed companies which produced Lindberg kits in licence:
Lindberg
Catalogues