Hasegawa Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 32 Zero Fighter - Tainan Air Corps / 204th FS / USAF Test Aircraft, 1/72, A5
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Very well molded with fine rivet detail, cockpit, engine and rotating propeller. Has decals for three aircraft. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Messerschmitt Bf-110 E-1 - Blue Box Issue, 1/72, PA162-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Dated 1967 and the first issue. A quality kit as you expected from Monogram. Features clear canopy, two man crew, machine guns, bombs and full decals. Can be built with landing gear up or down and comes with display stand. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Airfix Bristol Beaufighter Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 7-49
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Very colorful 1960s issue of a Beaufigher making a low attack run on shipping. Kit includes torpedo and rocket load-outs. Never started. Inventoried and 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. NOTE: displays much better than the 'very good++' grade but is rated as such due to a 1" closed tear on the lower long side.
Hasegawa Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero Fighter Type 32 Houkoku, 1/48, JT121
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Poor
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NOTE: builder kit only, not collectible. Please read carefully. Very highly detailed and superbly molded with all very fine recessed panel lines. Features very highly detailed cockpit and landing gear wells, drop tank, optional position canopy and more. This kit has never been started. It is still in the internally sealed factory bags and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: decals are intact and complete but have significant moisture damage; lower box (tray) is missing. Instructions have moisture damage but are completely usable.
Pegasus Martin Baker MB-5 - (MB5) - Bagged, 1/72, 21
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Poor
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Limited production injection molded kit. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: decals are intact, but part of the backing paper is stained.
Monogram Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat - Blue Box Issue - (F7F3), 1/72, PA163-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Possibly the first issue of this Monogram kit. Blue Box issue dated 1967 with the 'PA' code and price extension. Quality Monogram kit with great fit and finish. Molded in blue and clear. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Easy Built Models 1939 Aeronca Chief - 20 Inch Wingspan, FF-21
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. High quality modern kit made in the finest tradition of the stick and tissue kits from the 1930s-1950s. Kits usually contain high quality printed balsa, strip wood, plastic propeller, rubber, clear canopy material, hardware, full sized plans, covering material and more. This sample is factory sealed, so I cannot confirm the exact contents.
Cleveland Curtiss P-6E Hawk Printwood and Plans Only - Balsa Flying Model Airplane Kit, 1/16, SF-21b
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Includes all printwood and plans ONLY. There are no other parts. Has not been started. The Cleveland Model and Supply Company played a pivotal role in the development of true scale models. In 1909 Bleriot's English Channel flight caused a surge in aviation and model aircraft around the globe. Several companies were ideally positioned to take advantage of the aviation craze. In the USA, Wading River Manufacturing Co. (1909), White Aeroplane (1911), Ideal Model Aeroplane (1911), Broadfield Model Aeroplanes (1919) were among these pioneers, offering everything from plans and parts to complete kits and ARF models. Lindbergh's 1927 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean caused an even bigger world-wide phenomenon called 'The Aviation Craze' that extended up to the start of World War II. Many companies such as Megow, Guillow's and others started right around the time of Lindbergh's flight. Some of these models flew and flew well, but they all had one thing in common - were generally not accurate scale representations. In 1929, a youngster named Ed Packard had a very advanced dream to produce incredibly accurate, true scale models that flew perfectly. This radical idea established the world's longest operating single-owner model airplane supply business, called Cleveland Model and Supply Company. To this day, Cleveland models are treasured as the most accurate flying scale models produced. The fact that Mr. Packard started and successfully grew this business during The Great Depression is a testament to his ideals and business skill. I highly suggest the excellent book called 'Aviations great Recruiter, Cleveland's Ed Packard' by H.L. (Herm) Schreiner. It is an excellent history of the man, his company and the times of the Golden Age of Model Aviation.
Cleveland F-86 Sabre Jet Quicky - 18 Inch Wingspan Flying Aircraft
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Rare kit from 1951. The Cleveland Quicky line was designed to get builders into the air quickly with a good flying aircraft. They include no cutting, no covering tissue and no painting- "Just Assemble And Fly!" Features all die-cut, quality balsa with fuselage sides, top and bottom, one piece wings and tail feathers, all parts factory painted in a colorful design, clear vacuformed canopy (in mint condition), hardware and more. This kit is glider for 'toss' or rubber band launch. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and excellent illustrated assembly instructions including flying tips. Please note, these kits came from the factory with straight wings to make them good gliders.
Guillows Fokker DR-1 Triplane - 20 inch Wingspan for Free Flight or R/C Conversion, 204
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Large-scale and well detailed. Can be flown rubber free flight, gas free flight or converted to electric R/C with modern servos and receivers. Features scale plastic wheels, plastic propeller, plastic nose cowl, plastic radial engine, full decals, covering tissue, die cut balsa parts, rubber motor, plywood firewall and excellent full size plans. The kit has no assembly but NOTE: the vac plastic parts are separated from each other. The model has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Vac plastic parts are aged and have some small cracks on the outside. Guillow's founder, Paul K. Guillow, was a WWI naval aviator. In 1926 he began producing wooden model airplane kits. His 'Shelf Models' were some of the earlier non-flying models in production. Guillow's grew during the model boom of the 1930s, and when the Depression hit the hardest, Guillow's responded with lower prices and became one of the low price leaders, frequently advertising in Model Airplane News and other leading publications. During the war, like most manufacturers, Guillow's was forced to alternative materials such as cardboard and pine. Guillow's survived the post WWII slump by creating many inexpensive profile flying rubber powered aircraft and gliders in the 1950s (along with North Pacific) which became famous - some are still available today. The stick and tissue lines have been updated with laser cut parts and are still in production as of 2009.
Lindberg DE-224 Rudderow Destroyer Escort - Cellovision Issue, 1/300, 753-49
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
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Still factory sealed. Rare first issue from a closed-down hobby shop - you can be the first owner. From the late 1950s. Full hull, large-scale Destroyer Escort that was well detailed for that time. The Cellovision box is in very rare 'Excellent+' condition and features classic Ray Gaedke box artwork. Other DEs in this class that could be modeled with this kit include Day - Chaffee - Hodges - Riley - Leslie L.B. Knox - McNulty - Metivier - George A. Johnson - Charles J. Kimmel - Daniel A. Joy - Lough - Thomas F. Nickel - Peiffer - Tinsman - DeLong - Coates - Eugene E. Elmore - Holt - Jobb - Parle - Bray. Parts and decals for modifications are not included
Lindberg B-17G Flying Fortress Nose Art Edition, 1/64, HL431-12
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Modern reissue from the original 1950s molds - makes an ideal "classic builder." Features the original Tom Morgan artwork from 1966. Features complete crew, movable control surfaces, rotating and elevating guns, retractable landing gear and clear adjustable display stand. Has decals for three different nose art versions. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell USS Fletcher / USS Radford / USS The Sullivans Destroyer, 1/301, H458
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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1976 issue with fantastic artwork by Jack Leynnwood. Includes decals for any of the three destroyers listed. Large scale model builds up to almost 15" long. Features rotating main 5 inch turrets, twelve 20mm AA guns, eight 40mm AA guns, hedgehog launcher, torpedo tubes and more. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals, flag sheet and instructions.
Lindberg Junkers Ju-87 Stuka, 1/48, 2312
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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1975 issue from the original 1950s molds, so it makes an ideal builder. For that time, this was an excellent kit featuring fine panel and rivet detail, crew of two and seats, separately molded rudder and flap/ailerons, four small wing load bombs and a center bomb with 'swing arm' so that it would clear the prop in a dive. This kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Lindberg is a company with a fascinating history The original 'Lindberg Line' stretches back to the 1930s when Paul Lindberg drew plans for famous modeling magazines and marketed his balsa wood 'stick and tissue' by urging dealers to carry the '...Complete Lindberg Line'. After the war, Lindberg and Olsen had a strong hand in early United States injection molded kit development. Please see the article located on this website about early USA plastic kit manufacturers.
Lindberg Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, 1/48, 520-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Mid 1950s first issue with wonderful Ray Gaedke artwork showing Lindberg over Paris. Nicely molded for that time in silver and clear plastic. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. Please note that the tiny 'wind wheel' has broken but all parts are accounted for and ready for repair. The box has a tape tear on the lower long side.
Lindberg Nautilus Atomic Submarine, 1/300, 70884
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still factory sealed and dated 2007. The model is an interesting work of fact and fiction - it includes a deck gun and what looks like a Regulus II missile for the deck! The scale is about 1/300 and it measures about 12 inches long when assembled. This kit has a fascinating history. In the 1930s, Paul Lindberg was designing, building and flying stick and tissue aircraft like so many other men and boys of the time. His plans appear in Popular Aviation magazine and he made a good name for himself. When injection molding showed the way to increased kits sales in the late 1940s/early 1950s, he quickly teamed up with Mr. Olsen to create 'O-lin' models. Ray Gaedke was one the early artists for O-lin. In the early 1950s Paul Lindberg had control and had his name as the logo. The first logo is the one on this kit - 'Lindberg' in script with 'Products' arched across the top and 'Incorporated' arched across the bottom to create a broken circle around the script. Ray Gaedke continued his bold and colorful artwork for Lindbergs first Nautilus issue. The Nautilus appears to be the first sea vessel that Lindberg cut their own molds for - the Chris Craft Express Cruiser, PT Boat, LST and Fleet Submarine (Ex-Varney) were done by O-lin.
Tamiya USS Enterprise CV6 Aircraft Carrier With White Ensign Detail Set, 1/700, 114
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Includes White Ensign PE755 1/700 USS Enterprise DV6 or USS Hornet CV8 Photoetched Super Detail Set. It is still factory sealed. The actual model is waterline and very highly detailed and finely molded. The model as never been started. The parts are still in the factory sealed bag with decals and instructions. CV-6 has a combat record unequaled in history of the US Navy and is considered the most Successful Warship in History. Her totals were as follows: 20 Battle Stars, 911 Aircraft Destroyed and 71 Ships Sunk. She took part in almost every major action of the Pacific war from 1941 to 1945. The fascinating history of this ship is told by Commander Edward P. Stafford, USN, in his legendary book "The Big E - The Story of the USS Enterprise."
Italeri B-25 H/J Mitchell Gunship - I ACG Burma 1944 or 310th BG Corsica 1945, 1/72, 129
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Nicely detailed and makes B-25 H/J or C variant. Used primarily as anti-shipping aircraft, the H version has 14 12.7 mm machine guns and a 75mm cannon while the J has 18 12.7mm machine guns. More than 5000 were produced of the H/J. Markings for 1 ACG Burma 1944 and 310 BG Corsica 1945. The model as never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Please NOTE that the box has a small hole on the lower right long side.
Revell Douglas DC-9 Prototype, 1/120, H246
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still in the factory seal. Rare 1969 issue with Douglas Prototype markings.
UPC M-42 Duster Flak Wagon, 1/40, 2159-250
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Rare. Older but nicely detailed model featuring working bogies and tracks, elevating and rotating gun, good turret detail, extra barrels and other accessories and more. Molded in olive drab with metal axles and flexible black tracks. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. UPC stood for Universal Powermaster Corporation which was based out of New York City, NY. UPC did not cut their own molds, but bought kits already molded from other manufacturers and re-boxed the kits in the USA. Scott Eidson, the famous artist best known for his artwork with Revell, also did UPC box art (including this kit) in the 1960s. All UPC production ended in the 1970s. While the original molds of many UPC kits have been identified, the mold origins of this model are unknown.