En 1936, un surtido de maquetas de aviones en escala 1:72 fueron puestos a la venta bajo la marca Frog Penguin en alusión a la naturaleza no voladora de estos modelos. Realizados con acetato de celulosa, se disponía de modelos prefabricados y juegos listos para montar, siendo los primeros de esta naturaleza puestos a la venta en todo el mundo.
Apogeo
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial la compañía produjo modelos voladores para ser empleados como blancos, así como modelos de reconocimiento en escala 1:72. Los modelos Penguin fueron retirados en 1949, pero una nueva línea de modelos Frog realizados con poliestireno estuvieron disponibles en 1955. Una gran variedad de aviones, barcos y automóviles en diversas escalas fueron lanzados durante las décadas de los años 1950 y años 1960. La escala estándar para modelos aéreos pasó a ser la 1:72 desde 1963, incluyendo en su catálogo aviones no muy conocidos que no estaban disponibles por ningún otro fabricante en ese momento, como los Avro Shackleton, Martin Baltimore y Maryland, Vultee Vengeance, Supermarine Attacker, de Havilland Vampire y Hornet, Gloster E.28/39 y el North American Mustang II. La producción de modelos voladores continuó hasta principios de la década de 1960.
'Bill' Wilmot (left) and Joe Mansour
- FROG Model Aircraft, 1989 (p. 10
Asi es como se vendían los primeros modelos 1/72
The 72 scale is the one that started the modeling industry as it was chosen by the IMA company with FROG in 1936 to produce a line of military aircraft in Acetate.
In 1936, an assortment of scale models of aircraft in scale 1:72 were put on sale under the Frog Penguin brand in reference to the non-flying nature of these models. Made with cellulose acetate, prefabricated models and games ready to assemble were available, being the first of this nature put on sale all over the world.
Apogee
During World War II the company produced flying models to be used as targets, as well as recognition models in 1:72 scale. The Penguin models were removed in 1949, but a new line of Frog models made with polystyrene became available in 1955. A large variety of aircraft, ships and automobiles on various scales were launched during the 1950s and 1960s. standard for aerial models became the 1:72 since 1963, including in its catalog not very well known aircraft that were not available by any other manufacturer at that time, such as the Avro Shackleton, Martin Baltimore and Maryland, Vultee Vengeance, Supermarine Attacker, de Havilland Vampire and Hornet, Gloster E.28 / 39 and the North American Mustang II. The production of flying models continued until the early 1960s.
