Revell H-16 Piasecki Transporter 'S' Issue, 1/96, H223-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$69
SALE!! 1955 first issue. It is easy to see how this era of Revell artwork is considered the peak of model kit box art. This kit features working rotors, detailed rotor heads, detailed cockpit and pilot figure, opening rear drive-on cargo door and more. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: the box displays 'near mint' but is only graded 'excellent' because there is a 1" x 1/2" tape pull on the top long side.
Revell Boeing B-52 Giant Stratofortress - Pre 'S' Issue, 1/175, H207-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$145
2nd release of this classic Pre 'S' kit from 1954. Features the higher profile box (1.5" high) with excellent color and gloss; box has light wear as shown. The kit has not been started. Inside, the kit is like it left the factory. The small parts are still sealed in the factory bag; the other parts were never sealed and have been inventoried complete. Includes decals and instructions with both in amazing 'near mint' condition.
ODK Ki-45 Koryu Nick, 1/71, 2
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$36
ODK was the logo used by Odaka Sangyo. Odaka began plastic model kit production in early 1960, but all production stopped by 1965. The Koryu is their second model. Never 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.
Rail Line D&RGW Box Car HOn3 - HO Scale Craftsman KIt, 1/87, 130
Metal and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
Superb kit featuring injection molded main body (1 piece) and floor (1 separate piece), many metal details and numerous very fine injection molded details (with better quality than almost any aircraft model). Includes excellent parts diagram, full text instructions for each step and also photos showing the placement of all parts. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
StromBecker American Airlines Convair Flagship - 10 Inch Wingspan Solid Wood Kit, C-38
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$129
Superb kit from the 1950s and makes a very impressive display when built. This highly prefabricated model made from solid Western Pine - not balsa wood. Features completely precarved fuselage, wings, engine nacelles & tail feathers, ready to install propellers, full landing gear and even wood filler, glue, and sandpaper. With detailed instructions and drawings with aircraft history and a large, colorful American Airlines decal sheet in amazing "Near Mint" condition. Never started and complete with all parts and plans. Before plastic kits were introduced, Strombecker was famous as the premier hardwood preshaped model manufacturer. In the 1940s and 1950s, Strombecker kits were flawlessly engineered but not inexpensive. All wooden parts are hardwood and are precarved to shape - usually only a quick sanding would finish them.
Hi-Tech Sopwith Salamander TF2, 1/48, HT017
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$110
Rare, limited run model of excellent quality that features main injection molded parts, resin and many photoetched details. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Guillows Piper Super Cub 95 - 20 inch Wingspan Flying Aircraft, 602
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$18
Newer issue (probably late 1970s or 80s) of this popular flyer. Features quality, die cut balsa wood, covering tissue, prop, bushing, wheels and hardware, rubber motor, color decals and full instructions. There is no assembly but NOTE: five pieces have been punched out; there are glue on the end of them either to reinforce them or to repair the tips of these parts. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Revell Dune Sand Crawler, 1776
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$132
Still factory sealed; the seal has some splits on the sides. 1985 model based on the famous motion picture. The model features opening canopy, detailed interior, rotating wheels and more. Molded in brown.
Revell Chuck Wagon with Three Figures and Four Animals - Miniature Masterpieces, 1/48, H507-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$44
Rare 1954 Pre-S issue. Very nicely detailed kit of the classic 'Wild West' Chuck Wagon (aka the first food truck). Features full suspension, rear shelves, back fold-down deck, coffee pot, pot, lamp, bell, accessories, two horses, calf, dog, two men and more. Inside, the kit has not been started. It has been inventoried and NOTE: missing rear axle and coffee pot. Otherwise complete with all other parts and instructions. 'Miniature Masterpieces' was formed through an alliance of Lew Glaser (Revell) and Steve Adams (Adams Action Models) in 1953. Although the molds were made at Adams and it had the appearance of an independent company, the firm was run by Revell down to the prototypes being made at the Revell plant. Originally there was no evidence of the parent company on the surface. The State Coach of England was the first kit - without figures and horses, issued in 1953. More kits of excellent quality followed. Revell completely took over the line in 1954 and in that year and the next, kits were labeled 'Revell' with a 'Miniature Masterpiece' label on the box top also. 1954 advertisements from Revell list the complete line as the H506 State Coach of England, H510 Ranch Wagon, H503 Covered Wagon, H502 Marquis de Lafayette Carriage, H504 Roman Racing Chariot, H501 Wells Fargo Stage Coach, H509 Western Figures and H507 Chuck Wagon.
Universal Thunderbolt P-47, 1/43, A3
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair+
$29
Very rare model from about about 1942/3. It is a completely pre-fabricated multi-media kit; No painting is required and all parts are formed to final shape. It features fully carved and painted hardwood fuselage, carved and painted main gear wheels and struts, heavy, die-cut red and black cardstock wings, tail feathers, gear doors and other details, and cylindrical hardwood dowels for machine guns and gear door actuators. The cardstock wings have top and bottom halves and when placed over the main spar they are 3D with an airfoil. Never started. The kit has been inventoried and NOTE: missing one piece of die-cut cardstock, the main wing spare. Easily made since there is a perfect pattern: the sheet is present where it was neatly die-cut from. Otherwise includes all other parts and instructions. NOTE: the instructions have bug damage, but not enough to interfere with assembly. Also note: while a historical bit of modeling, this is not a scale model. It is in the middle-ground between being a toy and a model. Universal Toy and Novelty Company was located at 1225 South Wabash Avenue in Chicago Illinois. Although they were around for decades and had extensive production, little is known about the company. When model kits became popular in the 1920s during the early aviation craze, they were quick to jump on the bandwagon. In the 1920s they are also know for a fine series of baseball cards. Other model kits were of ships, tanks, etc. and some had incredibly colorful box designs like the Cruiser Chicago and some landing craft.
Guillows Nakajima A6M2-N Rufe - 16 Inch Wingspan Flying Balsa Wood Aircraft, 507
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good+
$22
Still factory sealed. This stick-and-tissue flying model is dated 1976 and features die-cut quality balsa wood parts, spar and strip stock, light vacuform plastic parts such as nose cowl, clear bubble canopy and other details, rubber band motor, plastic thrust bearing, plastic propeller, wire propeller shaft, covering tissue, accurate scale plans, illustrated step-by-step model building booklet and color decals.
Hasegawa Kawasaki T-4 Hamamatsu Training Wing - 31st TSQ 1st SQ JASDF '306' or '6', 1/72, 1007
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$24
SALE!! Includes two kits in one box. Please read carefully for the condition of the models as they are 'builder quality' only. NOTE: both models have minor and 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: wing halves assembled; cockpit tubs assembled; intake halves assembled. There is no other assembly. Inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Very finely molded with all recessed panel lines, full cockpit, two piece canopy, drop tanks and a painting guide and large, colorful decals sheet for aircraft two aircraft of the JASDF 31st TWQ 1st AW.
Italeri Tornado Gr.Mk.1 - West German Jabo G38 / Marineflieggergeschwader 1 Jagel Germany / RAF / Italy, 1/72, 151
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
Features all fine recessed panel lines, very good cockpit, crew members, swinging wings (with rotating pylons), two piece canopy, detailed landing gear, optional position air brakes and a wide variety of weapons loadouts. Includes decals and paint guide for all four aircraft listed. Some guides are in the instructions while two others are in full color on the back of the box. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Hawker Mk 1B Typhoon, 1/72, PA213-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$55
Still factory sealed and in investment-grade 'Near Mint' condition. First issue from 1968 and part of a very successful series of 1/48 scale WWII aircraft introduced by Monogram during the late 1950s into the 1970s. Features optional position landing gear, detailed wheel wells, full cockpit interior, pilot figure, clear wing light lenses, rotating wheels & propeller, optional position canopy and more.
Aurora Cessna Skymaster 337, 1/72, 279-70
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$69
1968 issue of the famous tandem light aircraft that saw civil and military service. After Aurora purchased the Comet molds, they reissued the Comet civil light aircraft line. It appears that Aurora may have been inspired by the Comet kits or sales of the reissues, and they produced several more new molds to add to the line. This Skymaster is one of those kits. Since the model was designed new, it has significantly more detail than the older Comet kits. Features all recessed panel lines, full interior with front and back bulkheads, four bucket seats and instrument panel, clear windows and rotating propellers. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including all parts, decals and instructions.
Nichimo Supermarine Spitfire 5B, 1/70
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$34
Early 1960s kit with very collectible box art on the high gloss box top. Very cleanly molded kit with moving ailerons, retractable landing gear, rotating prop and ice-blue tinted clear display base. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Hawk Chrome Plated Lockheed U-2 - (Authenti-Plate), 1/48, 300-300
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$54
Ideal builder. The chrome is in 'very good' to 'very good+' condition and the decals and instructions are 'excellent.' Slight yellowing is the only flaw on both. 1962 hardbox kit with Bill Campbell artwork. Completely chrome plated; it is difficult to find the chrome in this good of condition (please note that 'very good' is not mint, but is more like 'just above average'). Large scale with 20 inch wingspan. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and decals & instructions.
Heller Saab J-32 Lansen, 1/72, 343
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
$32
Still factory sealed but the seal has drawn the box top slightly concave as shown. Includes parts to build A or C variant and decals for both aircraft from Flygflottilj 17 or Flygflottilj 11.
Ideal Aeroplane & Supply BB-55 USS North Carolina BB-55 Battleship 1941 - 18 Inch Long Wooden Ship Model
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$129
Very rare kit from 1941 that measures 18 inches long when assembled. It depicts the ship basically as she was launched. Includes completely pre-molded and shaped pressed-wood hull in solid, "near mint" condition, two sheets of cleanly done printwood, two sheets of quality cardstock ("Due to war emergency and government restrictions" according to a special paper insert) and wood stock in many shapes and sizes. Includes excellent full size plans and instructions. The plans show numerous detail views of the ships details and superstructure. Never started and complete.