Renwal 1939 Mercedes-Benz 540K - Convertible - O Scale, 1/48, 154
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$34
Still factory sealed and from the late 1960s/early 1970s. This is one of a wonderful and extensive line of 1/48 car kits from Renwal. They are perfect as a stand-alone models or for use in 1/48 dioramas and O Scale train layouts. Renwal did an excellent job on engineering & detail and they feature full interior, body and chassis parts molded in the proper colors as well as clear, chrome and/or brass plated and with real rubber tires. There is no painting required. The instructions include a history of the automobile.
Renwal 1929 Ford Model A - O Scale, 1/48, 145
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$32
Still factory sealed and from the late 1960s/early 1970s. This is one of a wonderful and extensive line of 1/48 car kits from Renwal. They are perfect as a stand-alone models or for use in 1/48 dioramas and O Scale train layouts. Renwal did an excellent job on engineering & detail and they feature full interior, body and chassis parts molded in the proper colors as well as clear, chrome and/or brass plated and with real rubber tires. There is no painting required. The instructions include a history of the automobile.
Monogram SSN Skipjack Submarine SSN585 - BAGGED, 1/228, 3101
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
$48
NOTE: bagged kit; there is no box. The box is shown for reference only. When Monogram acquired the Aurora molds, they only reissued the most accurate kits and usually did heavy mold modifications to bring them up to Monogram standards. In this case, the hull halves were detailed with fine, realistic panel lines and other details; the sail had any unrealistic detail removed as well as the raised outline for the numbers and where Aurora had only one periscope/sensor on the sail, Monogram correctly added two more for a total of three. It also features moving diving planes on the hull & conning tower, removable hatch revealing bulkheads and reactor detail and more. Includes a display stand. Never started. It has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram B-24D Liberator, 1/48, 5604
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$72
1983 first issue with the finest mold quality. This is an excellent model featuring full interior, landing gear, gear well and bomb bay details, bomb load, optional position bomb bay doors, rotating propellers turrets & wheels, pivoting nose wheel, optional waist gun covers, boarding ladder, crew of four and more. Includes decals for Moby Dick, 90th Bomb Group 5th AF. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress With Diorama Instructions - And Microscale Decals, 1/48, 5600
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$50
Includes Micro-Scale #48-21 with decals and paint guide for Wabash Cannonball 322 BS 91st BG, 463rd BG 5th BW and A Bit O' Lace 447th BG 4th BW 8th Air Force. This is the original issue of this legendary model dated 1975 with the finest mold quality and the very desirable Diorama Instructions. Highly detailed with full interior and for decades it was the finest 1/48 B-17 model ever produced. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. NOTE: the Monogram decals have typical age cracking; the Microscale decals do not and look to be in 'near mint' condition.
AMT 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air 2 Door Hardtop 3 in 1 - Stock / Competition / Stylized, 1/25, T757-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$79
Very rare first issue. The kit features parts for three versions - stock, custom or race. Includes detailed stock 283 small block engine, 409 CID 'W' head engine, engine stand, full stock interior, custom interior with bucket seats, custom wheel and gear shift, telephone with bracket and stuff alligator, optional stock hubcaps, mag wheels or custom bladed cap, standard tires or racing slicks, chassis with separately molded rear differential, shock absorbers, traction masters, front A arms and front lower suspension unit, detailed engine compartment with opening hood and more. Furthermore, the "Minor Stylizing" section of the instructions shows more included features such as whip antenna, spotlights, fender mirrors, three piece car show trophy, custom front and rear treatments, scoop aerials and roof scoops, horizontal tail fins, rear roll pan, nerf bars and bubble fender skirts. The more radical 'Top Chopping' and major 'Stylizing Options A and B' display how to chop the top and use the included clear lowered 'bubble top,' a wild front end extension with Lincoln-style custom headlights, extended hood and 'pancake hood' insert, wild deck body extension with custom bullets, rear grill and tail lights and more. The kit is molded in white, clear, red-tint clear, two trees of chrome parts and rubber tires. The kit has never been started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing one stock part, oil filler tube. NOTE: the following custom parts are missing: chrome oil pan; custom manifold; custom air clearer; blower and manifold (4 pieces); magneto; blower front engine cover and blower fan belt assembly; race headers; (2) custom headlight buckets; roll bar; mascot; (2) custom carbs; custom 2 bar grille. Otherwise includes all other parts, the original sandpaper and upholstery material, decals and instructions. NOTE: missing tube of AMT body putty.
UPC M-40 155mm Self-Propelled Gun - (ex Adams), 1/40, 2151-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$65
Universal Powermaster reissue of the 1957 Adams 'Action Model' that is amazingly well detailed for that time. Features rotating, elevating and recoiling gun, working track and hatches, hinged platform that opens and closes, working extension ramp, crew and much more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bag and includes decals and instructions. This kit has a fascinating history. After Adams became disillusioned with plastic model kit production (perhaps partially due to Revell's founder), they sold most if not all of the molds to Athearn, the famous craftsman train kit manufacturer. Athearn reissued many of the kits under the SNAP name, which caused a great deal of confusion. Many thought they were snap-together kits; they couldn't have been more wrong. Athearn did a simple modification to each mold; where it would say ADAMS (usually on a part or area that did not show), they machined that away and put the SNAP logo. At some point Athearn stopped production and eventually sold the molds. However, during this time in the 1960s, UPC decided to reissue many of these kits. Evidently Athearn did the molding or a job shop did, while UPC produced their own boxes, instructions and decals. 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 (many in Japan) 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 in the 1960s. All UPC production ended in the 1970s.
Revell Northrop F-89D Scorpion, 1/80, H126
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$32
1974 Revell Great Britain issue. This is the same molds as the original 'S' kit and makes an ideal builder. Features good cockpit and crew detail, optional position canopy, retracted or extended landing gear, drop tanks, wing-tip rocket pods and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell 3 Pacific Sky Fighters F4F Wildcat / Thai Ki-43 Oscar Hayabusa / P-39 Airacobra, 1/72, H681-130
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$52
1966 issue contains all three aircraft including unusual Haybusa with the "Charging Elephant" Royal Thai national insignia. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell USS Fletcher Destroyer - With Hull Numbers for Any Fletcher Class DD, 1/306, 85-3021
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$40
Large scale, full-hull kit which includes enough white hull numbers that you could build any of the similar Fletcher class destroyers. This is the early Fletcher with the bigger main gun battery.
Revell CVT-16 USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier - Essex Class, 1/500, H444
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$119
Dated 1975. Nice full-hull kit of Training Carrier CVT-16. Features full hull with propeller and rudder detail, Essex-class modified angled deck, two movable elevators, rotating crane, ship's boats, AA guns and directors, detailed island structure, radar and sensors, accommodation ladders, deck tug, deck crash crane, 24 aircraft (TA-4J, Buckeyes, T-28C, Cougars, Trackers, F-4B Phantoms and 2 Huey TH-1L Helicopters) and more. Includes extensive decals with all white deck stripes, deck and island numbers and many decals for the air wing. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The decals and instructions are in amazing 'near mint++' condition, but the box has a large light stain.
Frog De Havilland 89 Dragon Rapide, 1/68, 399P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair+
$90
Rare early version in an exceptionally nice box. Never started. Kit is inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Frog Hawker Typhoon, 1/72, 389P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$26
Excellent condition 1950s issue that even includes the glue capsule. Nicely molded with all recessed panel lines. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. This kit was purchased new at "Wealdstone Model Shop 39 The Bridge, Wealdstone, Middx Phone" Harrow 5958" This is stamped on the box bottom with a very large stamp in blue, red and green ink. They advertised as selling "Model Aircraft - Ships - Cars - Diesels."
Frog Douglas B-26B Invader, 1/122, 385P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$60
From about 1957. Rare first logo Frog kit in a small scale. Molded in silver and clear with all recessed panel lines, full decals and correct early display stand. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. The Lines Brothers opened Frog in 1932, capitalizing on the fever caused by Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight. Almost overnight the western populations became 'Air-Minded', and anything aviation was in high demand. Frog created a quality line of stick and tissue rubber powered aircraft and gliders as well as innovative ready-to-fly rubber powered aircraft that required no assembly. The box even contained a built-in rubber motor winder and fuselage holder. Model airplane flight competitions were popular in Great Britain, and one category was 'Rise Off the Ground', or ROG. By changing this to 'Flies Right Off the Ground', the FROG name was born. In 1936 Frog created a line of injection molded plastic models, the first such kit line in the world (Hawk sold a line of injection molded aircraft models in 1934 but they were factory assembled and painted). Named 'Penguin' after the bird that does not fly, the kits were innovative beyond the means of production. At a time when models were simply built by wingspan, the Penguin line was a constant 1/72 scale. Furthermore, a large 1/72 Short S.30 Empire class flying boat contained a full interior and lights! A line of accessories such as AA guns, tractors, hanger, ambulance, sound locator, searchlights and lighting kits were quickly added to the line. WWII caused a pause in production. After the war the box color changed from silver to green, and Penguin kits were also marketed in the USA. Production ended in 1950. Frog quickly expanded and released the Red, Blue, Orange, Black, Green, Gold Token, Spin and Comet series as well as Trail Blazers and several others. It is noteworthy that while most manufacturers in the 1940s/50 were making toy-like models, Frog attempted to make very realistic models. For example, 'detailing' kits with excessively large rivets was once very popular. Frog ignored this trend and continued to mold aircraft with fine panel lines and no rivets. As a result, Frog kits can be built into very realistic replicas. Production ended in the late 1970s, but Frog molds are still in use around the world.
Frog Douglas B-26B Invader, 1/122, 385P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$70
From about 1957. Rare first logo Frog kit in a small scale. Molded in silver and clear with all recessed panel lines, full decals and correct early display stand. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. The Lines Brothers opened Frog in 1932, capitalizing on the fever caused by Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight. Almost overnight the western populations became 'Air-Minded', and anything aviation was in high demand. Frog created a quality line of stick and tissue rubber powered aircraft and gliders as well as innovative ready-to-fly rubber powered aircraft that required no assembly. The box even contained a built-in rubber motor winder and fuselage holder. Model airplane flight competitions were popular in Great Britain, and one category was 'Rise Off the Ground', or ROG. By changing this to 'Flies Right Off the Ground', the FROG name was born. In 1936 Frog created a line of injection molded plastic models, the first such kit line in the world (Hawk sold a line of injection molded aircraft models in 1934 but they were factory assembled and painted). Named 'Penguin' after the bird that does not fly, the kits were innovative beyond the means of production. At a time when models were simply built by wingspan, the Penguin line was a constant 1/72 scale. Furthermore, a large 1/72 Short S.30 Empire class flying boat contained a full interior and lights! A line of accessories such as AA guns, tractors, hanger, ambulance, sound locator, searchlights and lighting kits were quickly added to the line. WWII caused a pause in production. After the war the box color changed from silver to green, and Penguin kits were also marketed in the USA. Production ended in 1950. Frog quickly expanded and released the Red, Blue, Orange, Black, Green, Gold Token, Spin and Comet series as well as Trail Blazers and several others. It is noteworthy that while most manufacturers in the 1940s/50 were making toy-like models, Frog attempted to make very realistic models. For example, 'detailing' kits with excessively large rivets was once very popular. Frog ignored this trend and continued to mold aircraft with fine panel lines and no rivets. As a result, Frog kits can be built into very realistic replicas. Production ended in the late 1970s, but Frog molds are still in use around the world.
Frog Westland Wyvern - 830 Sq HMS Eagle Suez 1956 / 827 Sq HMS Eagle 1955 - Red Series, 1/72, F198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$25
Very nicely molded kit with no rivets - just fine panel lines. Has markings for both aircraft and a color painting guide on the back of the box. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. The Lines Brothers opened Frog in 1932, capitalizing on the fever caused by Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight. Almost overnight the western populations became 'Air-Minded', and anything aviation was in high demand. Frog created a quality line of stick and tissue rubber powered aircraft and gliders as well as innovative ready-to-fly rubber powered aircraft that required no assembly. The box even contained a built-in rubber motor winder and fuselage holder. Model airplane flight competitions were popular in Great Britain, and one category was 'Rise Off the Ground', or ROG. By changing this to 'Flies Right Off the Ground', the FROG name was born. In 1936 Frog created a line of injection molded plastic models, the first such kit line in the world (Hawk sold a line of injection molded aircraft models in 1934 but they were factory assembled and painted). Named 'Penguin' after the bird that does not fly, the kits were innovative beyond the means of production. At a time when models were simply built by wingspan, the Penguin line was a constant 1/72 scale. Furthermore, a large 1/72 Short S.30 Empire class flying boat contained a full interior and lights! A line of accessories such as AA guns, tractors, hanger, ambulance, sound locator, searchlights and lighting kits were quickly added to the line. WWII caused a pause in production. After the war the box color changed from silver to green, and Penguin kits were also marketed in the USA. Production ended in 1950. Frog quickly expanded and released the Red, Orange, Black, Green, Gold Token, Spin and Comet series as well as Trail Blazers and several others. It is noteworthy that while most manufacturers in the 1940s/50 were making toy-like models, Frog attempted to make very realistic models. For example, 'detailing' kits with excessively large rivets was once very popular. Frog ignored this trend and continued to mold aircraft with fine panel lines and no rivets. As a result, Frog kits can be built into very realistic replicas. Production ended in the late 1970s, but Frog molds are still in use around the world.
Frog Martin Baltimore Bomber - RAF - Green Series, 1/72, F339
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$28
Green Series issue that shares dramatic Jo Kotula box art with the Air Lines issue. Finely molded without rivets - just fine panel lines. Features rotating turret, crew of three and some interior detail and optional position landing gear. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The box would grade slightly higher than the 'very good' rating but there is a 3/4" x 3/4# price tag tear on the short left side. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. The Lines Brothers opened Frog in 1932, capitalizing on the fever caused by Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight. Almost overnight the western populations became 'Air-Minded', and anything aviation was in high demand. Frog created a quality line of stick and tissue rubber powered aircraft and gliders as well as innovative ready-to-fly rubber powered aircraft that required no assembly. The box even contained a built-in rubber motor winder and fuselage holder. Model airplane flight competitions were popular in Great Britain, and one category was 'Rise Off the Ground', or ROG. By changing this to 'Flies Right Off the Ground', the FROG name was born. In 1936 Frog created a line of injection molded plastic models, the first such kit line in the world (Hawk sold a line of injection molded aircraft models in 1934 but they were factory assembled and painted). Named 'Penguin' after the bird that does not fly, the kits were innovative beyond the means of production. At a time when models were simply built by wingspan, the Penguin line was a constant 1/72 scale. Furthermore, a large 1/72 Short S.30 Empire class flying boat contained a full interior and lights! A line of accessories such as AA guns, tractors, hanger, ambulance, sound locator, searchlights and lighting kits were quickly added to the line. WWII caused a pause in production. After the war the box color changed from silver to green, and Penguin kits were also marketed in the USA. Production ended in 1950. Frog quickly expanded and released the Red, Orange, Black, Green, Gold Token, Spin and Comet series as well as Trail Blazers and several others. It is noteworthy that while most manufacturers in the 1940s/50 were making toy-like models, Frog attempted to make very realistic models. For example, 'detailing' kits with excessively large rivets was once very popular. Frog ignored this trend and continued to mold aircraft with fine panel lines and no rivets. As a result, Frog kits can be built into very realistic replicas. Production ended in the late 1970s, but Frog molds are still in use around the world.
Airfix Sud Caravelle Air France - Skyking Issue, 1/144, 03177-8
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$34
1979 issue of the well molded kit of one of the most beautiful airliners ever designed. Features clear cabin and cockpit windows, full landing gear and rear loading ramp stairs that open and close. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Airfix Queen Elizabeth 2 Cunard Ocean Liner, 1/600, 06203-5
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$69
Type 4 logo box issue. Very nicely detailed kit of the replacement for the original Queen Elizabeth which is 20 inches long when built. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Scientific Flying Cloud Clipper Ship, 167
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$65
Quality wood and metal model that measures 13.75 inches long when assembled. Features pre-carved hardwood hull which needs very little final sanding to complete, three sheets of printed hardwood, tapered and non-tapered mast and yard stock as required, a bag of metal and wood fittings, running and standing rigging material, full color decals (with flags), pre-carved hardwood display base, turned pedestals, mounting screws, metal name plate, ship history and instructions sheet and full size plans with detail drawings. The kit has never been started. The fittings are still in the factory sealed bag. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including decals and plans/instructions.