Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects

What Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects does

Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects is a privately held specialty fabrication company founded in 1995 by James Douglas Scroggins III and headquartered in a single facility at 4305 N. Lamb Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada. The company provides real aircraft and helicopter mockups — including cockpits, fuselage sections, cabin interiors, and crash-scene wreckage — to motion picture and television productions. Its inventory spans roughly 20 commercial and military airframes, including UH-60 Black Hawk, AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook, F/A-18, Boeing C-17A, B-52, 767, Airbus A320, Cessna C-208B Caravan, Beechcraft King Air B200, Convair CV-240, Antonov An-2, and helicopters such as the UH-1H Huey, EC-130, AS-350, AS-365, EC-135, S-76, Alouette III, and Mi-8/Mi-17. Airframes are stripped of engines, hydraulics, and fuel tanks and mounted on steel frames for motion base compatibility, allowing productions to simulate turbulence, flight, and crash scenarios on soundstages.

The company's revenue model is professional services: project-quoted rental of existing mockups and custom fabrication of aviation props, supplemented by on-set technical advisory. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per project. The go-to-market is direct-to-enterprise: production companies, art directors, and prop masters reach out via the company website, phone, or email, and the company delivers mockups to production locations across the U.S. (California, New Mexico, Georgia, Louisiana, New York), Canada (Montreal, Vancouver), the UK, and Australia (Melbourne, Sydney). Customers are exclusively major film studios and streamers — including Marvel Studios, Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, Netflix, Apple TV+, HBO Max, Hulu, MGM/Amazon, Sony Pictures, Lionsgate, 20th Century Fox, ABC, and NBC — with a visible project portfolio spanning 2010 through 2026. Marketing relies on the company website, Facebook, Instagram, and earned media in industry trade publications such as Art Directors Magazine, Airliner World, Airways Magazine, Cinefex, and Variety/LA411.

The firm maintains a small collaborating vendor network — NAC Effects (motion base), Brainferno, and X-Brand — to support on-set integration. The company is privately held by its founder, has no disclosed funding, no parent company, no institutional investors, and no public financials. Its principal differentiator is the combination of a 30-year aerospace background with deep relationships across Hollywood's major studios, producing a one-of-a-kind physical asset library that would be economically prohibitive to replicate from scratch.

Name

Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects

Legal name

Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects

Website

https://scrogginsaviation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects is a Las Vegas-based, private specialty fabricator founded in 1995 that provides real aircraft and helicopter mockups — cockpits, fuselage sections, and wreckage — to film and television productions worldwide, serving major studios and streamers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Film & Television Aviation Props and Effects Services

NAICS

Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336413), Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing (33641), Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing (3364)

SIC

Aircraft & Parts (3720), Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, Nec (3728)

akta.pro primary industry

Structural Repair, Modification & Composite Rework (Airframe) (IMABAEAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Military Aircraft Structures, Airframes & Composites (IMABAMAH), Primary Airframe Structures (Fuselage, Wing, Empennage) (IMABAEAA)

Keywords

• Aviation mockups
• Film production services
• Aircraft fabrication
• Helicopter mockups
• Aviation effects

Headquarters

HQ city

Las Vegas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Aviation Mockup Rental and Fabrication Services: Providing aircraft and helicopter mockups for film and television productions, including rental of existing mockups and custom fabrication of aviation props and sets. Services include technical advisory and on-set support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Scroggins Aviation fabricates, modifies, and rents real aircraft and helicopter airframes (cockpit sections, fuselage sections, cabin interiors, and wreckage mockups) for use in film and television productions. The company strips real airframes of engines, hydraulics, and fuel tanks to make them soundstage-safe while maintaining authentic visual appearance, and mounts them on motion bases for simulated flight, turbulence, and crash sequences. Services include custom fabrication, scale model miniatures, set design, and on-set aviation technical advisory, with worldwide delivery to production locations.

Product overview

Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects is a specialized physical mockup fabrication company serving the motion picture and television industry. The company provides a comprehensive portfolio of aviation mockup products and services including: aircraft cockpit sections (Boeing C-17A, 767, B-52, Airbus A320, Cessna C-208B Caravan, Beechcraft King Air B200, Convair CV-240, Antonov An-2), fuselage sections, wreckage mockups for crash scenes, and various military and civilian helicopters (AH-64 Apache, CH-47 Chinook, UH-60 Black Hawk, UH-1H Huey, EC-130, AS-350 Astar, AS-365 Dauphin, EC-135, S-76, Sa-316B Alouette III, Mi-8/Mi-17). Supporting services include Set Design, Military Aircraft mockups, Model Miniatures & Effects, Fabrication & Effects, and Aviation Effects & Tech Advisors. All products are real airframes modified for production use and soundstage-friendly operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aviation Mockups
• Set Design

Quantifiable outcome

• Trusted by major studios including Marvel, Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, Netflix, and Apple TV+ for high-profile productions

Named customers22 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• NAC EffectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating vendor partner for motion picture production support. NAC Effects provides motion base equipment that Scroggins' aircraft mockups are mounted on for productions.
• BrainfernominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating vendor partner listed as part of Scroggins Aviation's vendor network for production support.
• X-BrandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating vendor partner listed as part of Scroggins Aviation's vendor network for production support.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• JMC Film Effects: Designs and builds mechanical/aviation effects rigs and props for feature films; competes for the same aviation prop and rig budgets as Scroggins.
• Kerner Optical: Special-effects and model fabrication company with deep credits on aviation and sci-fi productions; comparable custom-build + miniature capability.
• Air Hollywood: Aviation-themed film studio and prop house that supplies aircraft interiors, mockups, and motion-base rigs to film/TV productions—the closest functional comparable to Scroggins within the niche.
• Bapty Research: Long-standing supplier of military aircraft mockups, armament props, and technical advisors to motion pictures and television—directly comparable military-aviation prop service.
• New Deal Studios: Specializes in physical miniatures, large-scale sets, and effects models for film, including aviation subjects; comparable custom-fabrication capability for aviation-centric film props.
• NAC Effects: Provider of motion base/gimbal rigs on which aircraft mockups (including Scroggins') are mounted for in-cockpit filming—a directly adjacent technical partner/peer in aviation film effects.

Emerging players

• Cineflex / Helinet Aviation: Provides aerial cinematography and gyro-stabilized camera systems on real aircraft for film/TV—partial overlap as an alternative 'real-aviation' filming method versus physical mockups.
• Movie-Flight (Aviation Picture Co.): Smaller aviation prop and consulting provider serving independent film and TV productions; regional/emerging competitor in the same niche as Scroggins.
• Quantum Creation FX: Provides model miniatures, prosthetics, and specialty props to film/TV; overlaps with Scroggins' Model Miniatures & Effects line.

Broad incumbents

• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM): Lucasfilm's VFX and miniature/model shop division; a broad incumbent that, when practical effects are chosen, can substitute or co-deliver aviation sequences that Scroggins would otherwise serve.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/scrogginsaviation
• Instagraminstagram.com/scrogginsaviation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scroggins-aviation-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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