Comet Grumman F6F Hellcat - 24 Inch Wingspan - Coca-Cola Bottle Issue, Y4-129
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Part of the deluxe, high-cost Comet "Y" kit line from the 1950s. Note the box showing a bottle of Coke next to the young builder's snack tray and a finished aircraft. For rubber flight or easily converted to RC using today's tiny and light servos and receivers. Kit features traditional wood/tissue construction, very high quality printwood, stripwood and spars, other balsa stock as required, scale wood prop, completely preformed wood wheels, additional sheet with cut-out canopy frames, air intake and instrument panel, metal prop shaft, fully formed thrust button, covering tissue and superb full size plans with instructions. The model has not been started. There has been no assembly, but NOTE: about 15 parts were cut out to 'professional' quality. One cut out part, F7, is missing a thin part of balsa (about 3mm wide) from the center but is otherwise complete and easy to reproduce. Inventoried complete with all parts. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.
Das Werk WWI German U-Boat SM U-9 - With Decals For All 4 Ships (U-9 / U-10 / U-11 / U-12) Of This Class, 1/72, DW72001
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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From all new, state of the art molds. Measurements and details were taken directly from the only surviving (but sunk) ship of the U-9 Class by Das Werke divings teams. As a result, this model is accurate in shape and dimensions. Features full hull, highly detailed surfaces and rivets, with the rivets offset to reflect the hand-riveted construction, optional sail railings, opened or closed hatches and torpedo doors, optional upper rudders, optional position masts, stowed or extended exhaust stacks, turnbuckles for accurate rigging and more. Never started and all of the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Italeri German Horse Drawn Convoy - (ex ESCI), 1/35, 6437
Vaccuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory 'round tape' sealed. From quality ESCI molds and includes all vehicles, crew, 4 horses and accessories. For all of it's famous mobilization, it is critical to remember that much of the WWII Wehrmacht still moved by horse and wagon. Especially on the Russian Front, horses were often found serving immediately along side more modern forms of transportation. The 'Old Cart' always did good service, often better than the motor vehicles.
Tamiya Fiat CR-42 Night Attacker Luftwaffe - With Photoetch & Film Instruments From The Classic Airframes Kit, 1/48, 89722
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Includes the factory sealed brass PE details and film instruments from the Classic Airframes 1/48 scale CR-42. The actual Tamiya kit is rare and includes 50kg bombs, pilot figure, fuel drums, jerry cans, optional wheel pants and special decals for for different Luftwaffe aircraft. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Blue Max Spad VII C.1 Limited Edition, 1/48
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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One of only 1500 made. Limited issue injection molded plastic kit that is well detailed and includes cast metal details. Had large decal sheet for two aircraft (Vieux Charles and one other) and includes painting guide. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Air Lines Dewoitine D-520C / Morane Saulnier MS-406 C1 / P-47D Thunderbolt / Focke-Wulf FW-190, 1/72, 3901
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good- To Good
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SALE!! Includes all four kits. The Dewoitine is never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The Morane Saulnier is never started and inventoried but NOTE: missing one part, the pilot figure. Otherwise complete with all other parts present and includes decals and instructions. The Thunderbolt is never started and includes all parts and decals but NOTE: missing instructions. The FW-190 is never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Box art is by the famous Jo Kotula who did 1930s covers for the magazine 'Model Airplane News' and later the Aurora box art of the late 1950s. Air Lines kits all utlized Frog molds and the Lines Brothers exported to the USA between 1964-1966. The kits, decals and instructions were made in England, then imported to the USA where Testors created the boxes with the colorful trading cards on the back. There are one or two trading cards on each box which show the boxart but not the advertising/logo. Some kits contain a Testors color painting guide also, but it is not specific to any model.
Tamiya IJN Taiho Aircraft Carrier, 1/700, 77050
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. This 1/700 scale waterline kit is very highly detailed and finely molded.
Azur Arsenal VG-33/39 - VG-33 Tested By The Germans Probably At Rechlin / VG-33 French Air Force Unknown Unit And Date - VG-39 Prototype French Air Force Toulouse July 1940 - (VG33 / VG39), 1/48, 018
Vaccuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Hard-to-find, high quality limited production model that features parts for both V33 or V39 versions, recessed panel lines, many high definition cast resin details, all resin cockpit with very good details, full gear bays and more. Includes painting guide and decals for all three aircraft listed. Never started. The resin parts are still in the internal factory sealed bag; the injection molded parts have been inventoried complete. Includes decals and instructions.
Eduard Messerschmitt Bf-108B Taifun, 1/48, 8053
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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This excellent model is finely molded featuring all recessed lines, very good cockpit, many photoetched details, extensive masking set and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Aurora DeHavilland DH-4, 1/48, 112-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Hard-to-find 1964 issue with the 'transparent' blue oval logo and no 'Starburst' or 'Famous Fighters'. The artwork is still the 1957 classic from Jo Kotula artwork. Aurora had several price hikes between 1957 and 1964, but oddly enough this kit still has the 98 cent extension. Molded in gloss olive drab and black - still contains the ground base and all three figures. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Hobby Craft Messerschmitt Bf-109 E-1 - Luftwaffe 5/JG77 1940 Or 4/JG132 1939 - (Bf109E1), 1/48, HC1564
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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This model is part of the extensive line of '109s from Hobby Craft. Features all recessed panel lines, 'good' cockpit and a decal sheet for both aircraft listed. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram AT-6 Texan - White Box Issue, 1/48, 5306
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
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Still factory sealed. 1979 release that is very nicely molded. Features highly detailed cockpit including structural members, optional position canopy, detailed gear and flap wells and more.
Lindberg North American F-100 Super Sabre, 1/48, 528-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM+
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Still factory sealed and very rare in this condition. The box is in investment-grade 'Near Mint+' condition and the seal is 100% present with just one small 2" split. This late 1950s hardbox issue has incredible Ray Gaedke artwork. The large 1/48 scale F-100 features movable rudder, elevators and ailerons, detailed ejection seat, pilot, full jet engine detail with opening engine access hatch and a load-out of two drop tanks and 8 missiles. Includes colorful decals for the box art aircraft.
Revell Hawker Tempest Mk.V, 1/72, 4123
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. 1983 issue is an ideal builder because it is from the same molds as the classic 1963 issue. Features optional position landing gear, movable propeller and wheels, pilot figure, clear canopy and RAF markings.
Scale Models 1930 Packard Sport Phaeton - (ex Hubley), 1/22, 4017
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed and from the original 1970s Hubley molds. Well detailed with 137 parts and includes metal body, chassis, hood, engine and other detail parts with injection molded details, clear parts, and a large tree of chrome plated parts. Features a full rolling chassis just like the real car with excellent engine detail, complete exhaust and suspension, working steering, removable hood, flexible radiator hoses, rubber tires, chrome spoke wheels and working worm-gear steering. Has full interior detail with thin clear windshields and special interior side panels. In the 1930s Packard was the style leader in America and a beautiful, fast status symbol. Packards were not the most expensive, but were the most desired cars. The 1930s Packards are seen as the high point of the brand.
Comet Aeronca Seaplane 25 Inch Wingspan And E-16 Fokker D-VII 16 Inch Wingspan - Flying Model Aircraft, E-25
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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SALE! Includes two kits in the one box shown. These are both rare stick-and-tissue kits from the 1950s. The Aeronca Seaplane is never started and complete with all parts and full size plans. The Fokker D-VII is also never stared, and complete with all parts and plans. These are both typical stick and tissue flying models with printwood, stringer and spars factory cut, tissue and more. With full size plans with construction tips. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.
Cleveland Col. W.A. Bishops Nieuport Scout Biplane - 13 Inch Wingspan Free-Flight Rubber Powered Flying Aircraft, 1/24, D-12
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Very rare and from 1936. This is a Cleveland 'D' or dwarf kit. The term 'Dwarf' is just a bit deceptive, as it is Cleveland's designation for 1/24 scale. Most Cleveland kits were designated 'SF' or Scale Flying - 1/16 scale. The Dwarf kits were needed to fill a market demand for smaller flying models. The kit came from a long time collector of 1930s and 1940s models and is in exceptional condition. All Cleveland kits were exceptionally complete and this one is no exception. Features two sheetes of very high quality balsa printwood, stringers & spars, fully formed nacelle and wheels, covering tissue, a wood propeller that is about 90% carved and just needs final sanding, gray rigging thread, metal and balsa stock as required, full color insignia and more. With Cleveland's famous high-quality plans. The model has not been started. Inventoried complete with all parts and paperwork present. 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 running single-owner (77 years) model airplane supply business - 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 'Aviation's 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.
Jo-Han 1961 Plymouth Fury 2 Door Hardtop 3 in 1 - Custom / Stock / Racing, 1/25, 2361-139
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Very rare kit and ever rarer in never started and complete condition. This is a very good model of a great subject. It features detailed chassis with torsion bars suspension, optional position lowering blocks (for stock or custom), full interior and a host of optional parts such as fender skirts, tach, floor shift, exhaust dump pipes, fender mirrors, chrome horns, dual aerials, louvers, continental kit and more. Molded in light yellow, chrome plate, clear and with rubber wide white-wall tires, metal axles and metal body screws. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Decals are in amazing 'near mint' condition and the instructions are 'excellent+'. The box is only 'good' because there is bug litho damage which is centered mainly around the edges; there is more on the lower long side than on the top. Please NOTE that on these and other early Jo-Han car kits that the decals pictured on the side are not always the decals that Jo-han placed inside. Jo-Han used more than one generic decal sheet and some of them for at least two years. It also seems that in the early years they used about whatever was laying around, probably as a cost-saving measure. The decal sheet in this kit has does match some of the transfers shown on the box side picture but not all of them.
Revell HMS Victory - Lord Nelson's Flagship - S Issue, H363-298
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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First issue 'S' kit dated 1958. As with most all Revell early ship kits, the model is finely molded and very well detailed. It measures about 15 inches long when assembled and features full detail on the top two decks, prefabricated rat lines, vac sails, full rigging material and instructions and display stand. The model has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, flags and instructions.
Revell Santa Maria With Sails - 'S' Issue, 1/89, H336-298
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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First release of this 1957 'S' kit with famous box art. Very nicely detailed and molded as were most early Revell sailing ship kits. Full hull model features detailed deck fittings, masts & deadeye assemblies, display stand, step-by-step rigging instructions, two different threads for standing and running rigging, factory precut vac billowing sails (still bag sealed and like new) and more. The kit has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals, large colorful flag sheet and instructions.