Lone Star Models is closed from November 1st to January 1st. Any outstanding orders received before November 1st will be filled. No new orders will be taken during the time LSM is closed. If you send one in during this period it may not be filled until after January 1st.

Lone Star Models goes back to 1984 or so. I had been hired by another modeler to build a large number of 1/48 scale aircraft kits for his collection. In the process of doing this he hired me to make a 1/48 F2G Corsair conversion for his collection. Before I was finished with this new project, a friend of his found out I was building an F2G in 1/48. He hired me to build one for him as well. After this second contract I figured if these two guys wanted one, there were probably others out there as well. I made molds of the parts as I built the second model and advertised them.

At about the same time, I was hired by the Confederate Naval Museum to build a diorama of two Confederate Ironclads for their display. As an off-shoot of this project I made copies of these ships before I finished. I began to make more ships, conversions and cockpits.

For a short time, and before I had decided on Lone Star Models as a company logo, I had a partner and we were called Vintage Aero. We were going to concentrate on 1/48 WW-I only . We made one kit, the Hanriot HD-1, both with and without floats. Shortly after we went into production things fell apart and we dissolved the partnership and Vintage Aero. The HD-1 was sold under Lone Star Models until all of the parts and decals were depleted.

Lone Star Models is a one-man company. With the exception of the wingfold sets I purchased from Danger Boy Models, I make all of the patterns myself. I also do all the casting, instructions, packing, mailing and complaint department.

I am open to any suggestions and invite you to e-mail me with them.

Thanks for your interest in my products,

Mike West
lsmodels@pdq.net

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Mike West, "Bondo" Phil Brandt, Bob Rogers, Dan Farnham, Boyd Waechter

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flyingsmokeeater2003@yahoo.com