Expanding into the consumer market, Aurora first produced toys before pivoting to model kits, starting with two 1⁄48th-scale fighter jets: the Grumman F9F Panther and the Lockheed F-90.

Varney PT‑17 (Tom Graham) Perhaps the oldest plastic model kit in America, the Varney PT‑17 arrived ca. 1946. Now one of the rarest of all styrene models, it sells for close to $1,000.