There are listed four aircraft: Vought F4U-5 Corsair (1/97),
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat (1/96), Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star
(1/98), and Vought F7U-1 Cutlass (1/86).
Indeed I did not find more than those four types until now
and I came upon bagged and boxed issues.
Remark * : This may be a typo, which I think should read as
Trim
Molded Products.
The inscriptions printed on the instruction sheets reveal that
Trim Pak was just a brand name, the manufacturer proper was
Trim Molded Products Co. Inc.
Wisconsin USA. A search in the internet yielded that this
company produced also plastic toys. Two examples are the
Soda-Pop Fountain. and the Kool Aid Dispenser
[2] and [3]. From
the inscription on the box of the latter I found out
that
Molded Products Co, was a subsidiary of
Aluminum Specialty
Co Manitowoc WI. This company produced aluminum houeswares
[4] and
the legendary Evergleam aluminium chtristmas tree
[5].
The boxed and bagged issues of the Cutlass show a copyright
date of 1957, the boxed F-80C a date of 1957 as well. The bagged Hellcat
has a copyright date of 1956.
I have no access to copyright dates of the boxed Hellcat and
the two issues of the Corsair so I cannot confirm the
statement in PAK-20 that "These kits were issued in the
early 1950's".
List of Kits
These are the aircraft kits I can confirm having them in my
collection or by third party pictures. These four types
correspond with the list in PAK-20 quoted above.
Type of
Aircaft |
Bag |
Box |
|
Kit no. |
Kit no. |
Corsair
F4U-5 |
A-2
* |
- |
Hellcat F6-F |
A-3 |
AA3 ? |
F80-C
Shooting Star |
- |
AA12:29 |
Cutlass
F7U-1 |
A-13 |
AA13:29 |
*
This kit is pictured on
Worthpoint, which confirms its existence.