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Image courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA.
Revell
Authentic Kit Models, Founded 1943
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Revell was founded in Venice California in 1943 by Lewis H. Glaser had the idea to build a true-to-scale car out of several plastic parts himself. That was the birth of plastic model kits.