Aurora USS St. Paul CA68 - USS St. Paul CA-68 / CA-71 USS Quincy / CA-72 USS Pittsburg / CA-74 USS Columbus / CA-75 USS Helena / CA-130 USS Bremerton / CA-131 USS Fall River / CA-132 USS Bremerton / CA-133 USS Toledo / CA-135 USS Los Angeles / CA-136 USS Chicago, 1/600, 703-130
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
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Still factory sealed. 1962 hard box issue has fantastic John Steel artwork and includes hull numbers for all the cruisers listed. This full hull kit is one of Aurora's better early ship kits and well detailed for that time.
Tamiya US Jeep 1/4 Ton 4X4 Willys MB, 1/35, MM115
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Detailed kit from high quality molds. Includes a crew of 4 and the trailer. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
AMT EC-135C Airborne Command Post, 1/72, 8955
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
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Still factory sealed but the seal has shrunk and drawn the box top slightly concave. Large and hard-to-find model is finely molded and well detailed.
Academy Hawker Hunter F.6 - With AeroMaster Decals, 1/48, 2164
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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This model also comes with the large and colorful AeroMaster 'Hunter Part II' decal sheet in mint condition. The actual model features all recessed panel lines, 'good' cockpit detail, realistic intake design, fully enclosed and detailed gear wells, separately molded rudder, ailerons and trailing edge flaps, optional position speed brake, two piece canopy, a wide variety of weapons loads and more. Includes a very large decal sheet with markings for No. 63 Sq RAF Commander's Aircraft 1957-58 and 65 Sq 1960. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Mirage Hobby Lublin R-XIII Ter Floatplane - Polish Air Force, 1/48, 48302
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Very well molded kit with recessed details, fine fabric texture where required, detailed engine and interior and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Eduard Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis - #46-062 Flown by Capt. Chuck Yeager or NACA Flight Test Aircraft #46-063, 1/48, 8026
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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This excellent 1/48 X-1 features all fine recessed panel lines, optional parts to correctly build one of two serial numbers, detailed cockpit, optional position entry hatch, detailed landing gear and markings for both aircraft. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
J Roberts AU-1 (F4U) Corsair - 34 Inch Wingspan Flying Model, 1/14, JRS-2
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Rare J. Roberts 'Flight Control' Model Mfg. Co. kit from Baker, Oregon. This is a fascinating and well designed kit with a very large degree of prefabrication. There is no fabric covering - everything is covered with wood. The engineering is fascinating. For example, the wooden fuselage skins are in two parts (left and right) and are 100% formed, cut and shaped single sheets. The gull wing panels for the wing are fully shaped and cut, and the leading edge wing spar is fully shaped from balsa. The rudder and elevator are completely precut, as are numerous other parts that are fully shaped. Also features a spun aluminum cowl, clear vacuformed canopy (still in mint condition with no yellowing), shaped leading and trailing edges of balsa and hardwood, die-cut balsa parts, wire control linkage, full size plans and more. The kit has never been started. Inventoried with all aircraft pieces and plans present. NOTE: missing decals. J. Roberts line creator was J. Robert Smurthwaite. Bob Smurthwaite was a life-long Control Line flier and competitor who originated the three-line throttle controlling hardware, which was a matched set of a bellcrank for three lines and matching three-line handle. He created and sold several iconic kits, like the Martin AM-1 Mauler, designed for Control Line's Navy Carrier Event. His kits set a very high standard for the industry and are considered second only to the Lou Proctor line (which are considered museum grade). In the early 1990s Bob Smurthwaite closed the factory down. He passed away in 1992.
Tamiya Panzer Kampfwagen II Ausf. F/G - With Combat Crew of Five, 1/35, MM109-300
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair+
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Very well molded and detailed featuring rolling bogie wheels, working flexible plastic tracks, elevating main gun and rotating turret, separately molded accessories and tools and set of 5 superb soldiers. With decals for several different tanks. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Tamiya M48A3 Patton, 1/35, MM220
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. From very high quality molds and includes two figures and many scale accessories.
Tamiya Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. D - With Crew Of Three, 1/35, MM-196A
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Well molded with excellent detail and includes three figures and accessory pieces. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The sturdy, dependable IV soldiered on well after WW II. Beginning in 1955, Syria received a number of various marks from Czechoslovakia and Spain. Some of these were used in combat as late as 1967.
Monogram F-84G Thunderjet Pro Modeler, 1/48, 85-5951
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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From 1999. Very high quality kit with a large colorful decal sheet and many photoetched parts. Kit features detailed wheel wells and cockpit, optional position speed brake and canopy, iron bombs, nuclear bomb (SAC version), rockets, optional position wing flaps, boarding ladder and standing pilot figure. Includes decals for 'Night Take Off' piloted by Col. Charles Jordan, Commander, 58th Fighter bomber Wing, Korea, 1952 or 31st Fighter Escort Wing, SAC Command, Nouassuer Air Base, French Morocco during Operation Long Stride (August 1953). Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Campbeltown Destroyer - (USS Buchanan) Destroyer, 1/240, H450
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
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Still factory sealed. 1971 issue of this large-scale and detailed kit of the historic four-pipe destroyer. Originally the USS Buchanan Four-Piper, she was traded in the famous Lend-Lease program for the use of British bases. On March 8, 1942, the Campbeltown sailed up the Loire River. Her mission was to destroy the Normandie Drydock, a possible haven for the Tirpitz which was holed up on Norway at this time. The Campbeltown was disguised as a German warship and the bow was packed with 8500 lbs of high explosive depth charges. Under a RAF diversion, Campbeltown fought her way up the river and rammed the dock doors at full speed. Charges at the stern sank the back of the ship and she was wedged in the dock. During a German inspection 8 hours later, the charges went off, scattering parts of the ship up to one mile away. The dock was rendered useless to the Tirpitz, who now had to stay in Norway.
AMT 1965 Chevelle Superwagon - Station Wagon 3 in 1 Customizing Kit - Stock / Custom / Drag Plus Drag Crew Wagon, 1/25, T411
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Rare original issue and not the recent reproduction. Well detailed and and features stock or drag blown V-8 engine, detailed engine compartment, opening hood, stock or drag tires and wheels with rear slicks, full interior, stock or full custom front end and grill treatments, other optional custom parts, drag crew special features and parts and two drive-on work ramps. NOTE: this kit has minor and very neat sub-assembly as noted: engine block halves, front cover, heads and pan built and painted Chevy Orange, both to 'professional' quality. There is no other assembly or painting. Inventoried and 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. NOTE: there is a very small and shallow tire burn on the hood and one on the decal sheet as well.
AMT 1965 Lincoln Continental Convertible 3 in 1 Kit - Stock / Custom / Station Wagon, 1/25, 6415-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Rare first issue and even rarer in this condition- never started and complete Can be built stock, custom or station wagon. Detailed kit with many custom parts and features and includes AMT supplied woodgrain for the wagon sides. Features complete stock engine with speed options, detailed engine compartment, opening hood, full interior, rotating wheels, exhaust and underside detail and much more. Molded in white, clear, red-tinted clear, and chrome. With real rubber tires and metal axles. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including all parts, decals, wood grain and instructions.
Revell BMW 635 CSi, 1/24, 07377
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Rare model is dated 2006. Features detailed engine and engine compartment, opening hood, very good suspension and underside, complete interior and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
MPC Thunder Struck - Big Dodge Pulling Truck, 1/25, 1-0442
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
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Still factory sealed and from 1981. Very rare and even more so in this condition. Features blown V8 engine with Zoomie headers, opening hood, complete interior, detailed chassis, suspension & 4x4 driveline, huge cleated tires, opening tail gate, off-road accessories and more.
Revell USS Constitution Old Ironsides - S Issue, 1/192, H319-298
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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'S' issue dated 1956 and most likely the second issue of this great model; the actual kit looks as good or better than the box illustration! Revell's early ship models were remarkable. This kit is no exception and has excellent detail. Features full cannons and carriages on both decks, complete deck fittings, preformed ratlines, rigging thread, standing and running rigging diagrams, flag sheet and more. Molded in black and wood tan. The kit has never been started. The model has never been started. It has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, flags, rat lines, cutting guide and instructions present. There is a closed split on one of the creases and stain on the instructions but it does not interfere with using them for assembly. The box has excellent color and gloss, and there is no tape or tape marks or price tags. The only flaws are light general wear, edge wear and two closed corner splits.
Megow Contest Commercial - 36 inch Wingspan Cabin Style N.A.A. Class 'C' Flying Model Airplane, J-16
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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From 1940. Part of the AYA 'Air Youth of America' series of aircraft. Kit features 36 inch wingspan and 25 inch long fuselage, full size plans, print and strip balsa wood, nose block, covering material and a very nice pre-carved propeller blank (final finishing required). The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete. Fred Megow was a famous pioneer in the model aircraft field from the late 1920s till 1949. His product lines of semi-prefabricated, solid and stick and tissue kits won him national and extensive world wide distribution - possibly the first modern model manufacture to achieve this. His fascinating story involves trying novel and untested marketing ideas in the Great Depression, followed my explosive world-wide growth. Mr. Megow was a true pioneer in the early days of modeling and a leader in the low price field so that every boy could afford a kit during those difficult times. Megow also produced scale operating train and trackside kits, ship models (large and small) and automotive subjects. Megow's catalogs claim that they were pioneers in HO scale, and there is documentation to support this fact. Megow's early HO train kits served not only to promote this now-popular scale nationally, but were among the very first train kits. Model train kits were responsible for the explosion in model railroad popularity in the late 1930s - please see the article in this website about these kits.
Monogram B-29 Superfortress - With Diorama Instructions - Enola Gay / Thumper / Bocks Car, 1/48, 5700
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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First issue from 1977 with the highest mold quality. Includes the desirable diorama sheet. Highly detailed model with extensive interior, optional parts for the proper turrets for Thumper or the special turret delete for the atomic bombers. two nuclear bombs 'Little Boy' and 'Fat Man' and much more. The bombs are not included in some later issues. Never started. Inventoried with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Revell Highway Pioneers Five Kit Gift Pack - Series Two / 1908 Buick 10 Rumble / 1904 Oldsmobile Van / 1914 Stutz Bearcat / 1910 Studebaker Electric Coupe / 1915 Model T Ford Sedan, 1/32, H43-445
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Very rare set from about 1953 or '54 which includes all five models, a glass bottle of "Pactra's Cement For Revell Kits", a brand-new Pactra special issue "Highway Pioneers Painting Set" in a unique box with their legendary 'Namel paints in red, yellow, blue, white, black, gold, chrome silver and thinner and a brush. Never started; the 5 models have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions present. Molded in dark green, white, yellow and black plastic. Inside, the kit is correct with all cardboard dividers. Before the 1950s 'model building' never made the top 10 list of boy's activities. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream. Starting the 1910 and '20s, many dedicated modelers began building flying or static airplanes, ship, train, automotive or other subjects. Basic kits existed, but the majority of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. The availability of wooden model kits expanded rapidly after Lindberg's flight due to the nation-wide 'Aviation Craze.' However, it was widely reported by hobby publications that because of the high degree of skill required in building wooden aircraft that less than 80% of the kits purchased were successfully completed (and far fewer flown). That changed in the early 1950s with the introduction of plastics and injection molding machinery. The phenomenon of the all-plastic Gowland & Gowland 'Highway Pioneers' car kits was a significant force in proving that model building as a hobby could have mass appeal, since the kits were easy enough to build and finish. These 1/32 scale vehicles could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real car - and had zero carving or painting required. The Highway Pioneers series lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the early 1960s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys...and adult males as well!