Revell Bristol Beaufighter Mk IF - Flt./Lt. John Cat's Eyes Cunningham's Aircraft and RAF Aircraft 'PNB' - Revell Japan Issue, 1/32, H251-2000
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$74
Rare 1975 Japan issue with unique and beautiful box artwork. As with most Japan issues, this one contains extra features including decals for two aircraft and a large, full color painting on the front of the instructions. Older but nicely detailed, large-scale model of this British night fighter with airborne interception radar. The Beaufighter was flown by aces such like Flt./Lt. "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham, whose markings are included. His final score stood at 20 victories and his aircraft is one that can be depicted in this model. This model features detailed Bristol Hercules engines, removable cowling, two flight crew, optional position landing gear, full crew cockpits and radar antenna. The kit has never been started. The small parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags; the large parts are not sealed and have been inventoried complete. Includes decals and instructions. My friend and model builder Stephen Payne high recommends that the purchaser of any Beaufighter Night Fighter model invests in a copy of the book "Night Fighter" by C.F. Rawnsley. Rawnsley was John Cunningham's Airborne Intercept radar operator throughout WWII in both Beaufighters and Mosquitoes. The book is the story of their time and combat together and makes excellent reading.
Airfix 1914 WWI Old Bill Troop Transport Bus - (1910 Type B Bus), 1/32, 573
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$56
Rare 1960s Type Three Logo issue of the Military Version of the Type B Civil bus. During WWI, the British pressed these London buses into military service with modifications, the most obvious being the boarded-up sides. Quite a number were shipped overseas. They were used at Flanders as troop transports and ambulances. Airfix had access to 'Ole Bill,' which still exists and was representative of the buses sent to Flanders. Airfix took the already well detailed Type B Bus kit and added a big sheet of completely colored and decorated 'wood' sides & badges and 6 detailed military figures with accessories. Includes green side panels, military driver and troops, over 100 parts, complete interior and dashboard, suspension, exhaust and drive line detail and more. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes side panels instructions.
Accurate Miniatures Yakovlev Yak-1 On Skis, 1/48, 3423
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$24
Very well molded and highly detailed kit. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bags including decals and instructions.
MPM Seversky P-35A - Royal Swedish Air Force F8 Unit 1943 or USAAF 34th Pursuit Sq Philippines 1941, 1/72, 72138
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$36
Limited edition injection-molded model featuring all fine recessed panel lines, full resin cockpit and engine, photoetched details, film instruments and injection molded canopy. With decals and paint guide for both aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Heller Vought F-8 Crusader - F-8E / F-8E (FN) / F8J - French Aeronavale Flotille 12F / VF-24 USS Hancock / VF-194 USS Ticonderoga, 1/72, 259
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$19
Early Heller 'Yellow Box' trim issue from the 1960s. Very nicely molded with recessed control surfaces and fine raised panel lines. Features parts and decals to build any of three aircraft listed, optional position wing (up or down), two piece canopy, 'good' cockpit detail, optional position speed brake and detailed well, detailed main gear well, Matra or AIM-9 Sidewinder AAM and more. NOTE: this kit has minor, 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: control stick to cockpit floor; intake ramp and bulkhead to one fuselage half. There is no other assembly. Inventoried 100% complete and includes decals and instructions.
AV USK Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk, 1/72, AV1015
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$24
Limited edition injection molded model that has good detail and includes a large decal sheet for two aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell F/A-18E Super Hornet - US Navy VFA-41 USS Nimitz, 1/48, 85-5850
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$29
Excellent kit from newer molds with over 110 parts. Features all fine, recessed panel detail, excellent cockpit, optional position canopy, well designed intake and exhaust, detailed gear and gear wells, weighted tires, centerline external tanks and a variety of weapons. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Hobby Craft Sopwith Camel F-1 - RFC 28 Sq Capt. William Barker 1917 / No. 65 Sq RAF Museum and Hendon (ex-Academy), 1/32, HC1681
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$24
Still factory sealed and from quality Academy molds. This large-scale kit has good detail and a large decal sheet for two different aircraft.
Lindberg US Fleet Submarine - (ex Varney), 1/240, 703-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
$125
Rare kit with a fascinating history. These molds are believed to be the oldest production plastic ship model in US modeling history. The kit started as the Varney Fleet Sub in the mid 1940s. It is widely regarded as the very first USA all-plastic construction kit of a military vessel. Varney produced an all plastic aircraft kit at the same time, the PT-17. It is the #1 candidate for the first plastic airplane kit in the USA. Varney was a famous manufacture of model trains, first O then a leader in HO models. The two new additions did not sell very well - remember, the Gowland/Revell 'Highway Pioneers' had yet to be issued, so the boom in modeling had not occurred. Varney soon sold the molds for the Fleet Sub and the PT-17 to O-Lin (along with the molds for a fantastic multi-media kit with a wooden hull and plastic fittings, the Varney PT Boat). O-Lin was a joint venture by Paul Lindberg and Mr. Olsen. O-Lin successfully reissued the PT Boat with an injection molded hull and deck, PT-17 Stearman and Fleet Sub but modified the molds for the Sub. The original Varney kit had a solid, one-piece black hull and gray fittings. O-Lin engineers created a two-piece hull that provided a hollow hull and made from the same shot of plastic as the fittings. The 'Lin' in O-Lin, Paul Lindberg, was already well known for his publication of articles and plans for flying model aircraft in some of the leading aviation publications in the 1940/50s. Mr. Lindberg soon bought out Mr. Olsen and began marketing the same O-Lin kits under 'The Lindberg Line.' One immediate change was the box art. O-Lin box art was usually two or three color and not very exciting. Near the end of O-Lin, the partners asked Ray Gaedke to provide some box art. The bright colors and vivid action were an immediate hit, and Paul Lindberg took this lesson and Mr. Gaedke with him to the new 'Lindberg Line.' Lindberg continued to issue the old Varney kits with the O-Lin modifications. The kit has been issued by a resurgent Lindberg as late at 2009, likely making it the longest running plastic ship kit in US history. This model is in superb condition. The Ray Gaedke box art has perfect color and gloss, four solid corners and only the light wear shown. Inside, the model has not been started. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes 'excellent+' condition decals and 'near mint' condition instructions.
Pioneer 2 Sukhoi Su-21G Flagon, 1/72, 5005
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$18
Still factory sealed. The final variant of the Flagon series was the 'G' with a pilot and WSO. Very nicely molded model with all fine recessed panel lines and air-to-air missiles. This kit is from ex-Pioneer 2 molds.
Revell Corporal Missile with Transporter - History Makers Issue, 1/40, 8649
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$40
1983 limited edition. This is the only reissue of this large and highly detailed kit 'S' kit originally from the late 1950s. It features the Corporal Missile and transporter-erector/launcher that functions like the real one. Never started. The launcher/vehicle parts are still in the factory sealed bag; the Corporal missile was not sealed and has been inventoried complete. Includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Heinkel He-111 H-20 - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 3-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$38
Dramatic artwork of He-111s on a very daring super-low-level bombing raid over London. This kit features over 75 pieces, elevating gun and rotating turret, pilot and crew, movable ailerons, elevators and rudder, optional position landing gear, external bomb load and more. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Airfix Japanese Chi-Ha Medium Tank - Blister Pack, 1/76, 01319-4
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$16
Factory sealed blister pack from 1973. Well molded kit with flexible treads, detailed bogies and rotating turret. Includes a color paint guide and markings for the Commanding Officer's tank No.3 Sqn No.1 Tank Division Malaya, 1942 from the Fall of Singapore.
Revell B-24J Liberator Pacific Raider Issue, 1/92, H237-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$58
Frist issue of the 'Pacific Raiders' in a 1965 hardbox; not the common reissue. Inside this model features the famous 1954 Pre-S Buffalo Bill kit but with Pacific Theater colors and markings. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: the photo came out slightly better than the 'good+' rating but it is graded as such because there is light age foxing on the box. The foxing shows up in person but it so light that it hardly shows in the photo.
Airmodel Vickers Varsity T1 - Bagged, 1/72, 10
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$26
Rare 1/72 scale Varsity features very good quality moldings with recessed panel lines, clear canopy and detailed plans/instructions. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions. Not recommended for builders who are not experienced with vacuform kits. Scratch building is required.
Hasegawa Aichi E13A1 Jake With Catapult - Type IIB / Type IIB Heavy Cruiser Maya 1942 / Type II 7th Air Corps 1940, 1/72, E9
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$32
Hard to find model that features a highly detailed catapult, 'good' cockpit and interior with seats and crew, detailed engine with optional opened or closed cowling and more. Includes painting guide and decals for three aircraft. The kit has never been started. Inventoried with all parts and instructions present. Decals are present but NOTE: missing tail numbers for the first aircraft listed (includes them for Maya's aircraft and 7th Air Corps.
Lindberg Heinkel He-162, 1/72, 581-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good++
$22
Still factory sealed. The one-piece soft box dated 1965.
MPM Focke-Wulf FW-190 S-5 - (FW190S5), 1/72, 72030
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$29
Still factory sealed. Very good quality limited issue kit of the two-seat '190 trainer. Features all very fine recessed panel lines, photo etched details and film instruments.
Hasegawa OV-10A Bronco - US Marines Forward Air Controller, 1/72, AT14
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
Limited edition with special decals for the aircraft on the box art. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Chance Vought F8U-1 Crusader - 'S' Issue - (F8U1), 1/67, H250-89
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$85
The first issue of this classic kit, from 1956 in the 'S' box. Molded in the correct light gloss gray and clear with the famous 'Swivel Base Display Stand'. The kit features optional position folded wings, pilot, rotating wheels and two piece canopy. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.