Plasticos Lodela S.A.

Plasticos Lodela S.A. was a Mexican Plastic Scale Model and toy company. It was founded on August 17, 1957 by Apolo Lopez de Lara. The company name was a contraction of his surname. It was manufacturing the Revell brand plastic models, in addition to their plastic cement and a small line of paints for modeling. In 1975 Lodela began to manufacture the Cox brand miniature internal combustion engine toys, mainly flying Control Line model airplanes, but also some cars and helicopters. From the mid 1980s it issued also Airfix and Heller SA models. Some model kits included Lodela original Mexican markings.
Particularly known for their popular 1/72 scale warbirds models from WW-II (and a few WW-I), but not limited to, commercial airplane models, Lodela produced airplane models for many Latin American airline companies, including Viasa, Aerolíneas Argentinas, Aeroperú, Aeroméxico, Mexicana, and others. It also produced model kits for Delta, Eastern, Lufthansa, KLM, Air France and other non-Latin airlines.
Litigation problems.
From 2004 to 2012, Lodela was sued on Mexican court by Banco Nacional de Mexico.