Ideal Aeroplane & Supply Cruiser USS Augusta CA-31 (1938) - 18 inch Long Wooden Model Kit, 1512
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Rare ship model dated 1946. Contains the 18 inch long Ideal 'Premolded Hull' which is a completely formed, hollow hull made from a wood composite. The hull is in excellent condition. Also includes full size plans/instructions with perspective and numerous detail sectional views, metal fittings (propeller and anchors), other preformed parts (such as stacks) wood stock and dowels, metal stock as required and four sheets of printwood. The kit has never been started. Inventoried complete with all parts and plans.
Ideal Aeroplane & Supply Fulton's Clermont Paddle Steamer - 15 Inch Long Wooden Ship Kit, 316
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair++
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Rare kit from 1949. Measures 15 inches long when assembled. Includes completely precarved hardwood hull, one large sheet of cleanly done printwood, other precarved and shaped wooden parts, wood stock in many shapes and sizes, metal stock as needed, a vial of metal fittings including lifeboat and engine parts, die cut paddle wheels and a corked glass vial of factory glue or clear dope. Features excellent full size plans and instructions. The plans show numerous detail view of the ships details and engine and have a painting guide. Never started. Inventoried complete with instructions. One short end panel has come off the box but it is included.
Authentic Models Holland Frisian Spritsail Barge 'Skutsje' @ 1910 - Plank On Frame Wooden Ship Model, 1/24, SM08
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Very highly detailed and nicely engineered kit. Features plywood keel and frames, many other hardwood parts, stripwood and dowels as needed, photoetched brass parts, wood, brass and cast metal fittings, cloth sails, instructions, full size plans with detail drawings and more. Most parts are in internal factory sealed bags and those that were not factory sealed have been inventoried 100% complete including instructions and plans.
Ideal Aeroplane & Supply RMS Queen Mary Ocean Liner - 18 Inch Long Wooden Ship Model, 1501
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Plans are dated 1936 but the kit is from the mid 1940s. This kit is among the more detailed of Ideal's issues. Contains the 18 inch long Ideal 'Premolded Hull' which is a completely formed, hollow hull made from a wood composite. The hull is in excellent condition. Also includes full size plans/instructions with perspective and numerous detail sectional views, diagrams showing rigging details, metal fittings (propeller and anchors), die-cut davits, fibre card detail sheet, round stock for funnels, wood stock and dowels as required and four sheets of printwood. The kit has never been started. Inventoried complete with all parts and plans. The metal fittings bag is still factory sealed.
Model Shipways Phantom New York Pilot Boat - 11.25 Inch Long Wood and Metal Ship Kit
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Very nice kit of a beautiful ship. Features a very nice precarved hardwood hull that needs final sanding only, a large number of metal and finished wooden fittings, full standing and running rigging material, wood stock as required and three pages of plans including full rigging diagrams, full size plans and hull profiles, detail drawings and more. The kit has never been started. Small parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and the other parts have been inventoried complete including instructions.
Monogram Mercedes-Benz 1939 Supercharged 540-K, 1/24, 8202
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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The 540K was produced from 1937 to 1939 by Daimler-Benz and was priced at about $11,000 - a King's ransom in those days. The supercharger boosted horsepower to 180 and the car traveled easily at 105 mph. Features rolling chassis detail, detailed engine, complete interior, removable soft top or boot and removable hood. This kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.
Lindberg F-86 Sabre NATO Jet Fighter Motorized, 1/48, 310M-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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1965 hardbox issue. First motorized release with jet sound. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Lindberg is a company with a fascinating history The original 'Lindberg Line' stretches back to the 1930s when Paul Lindberg drew plans for famous modeling magazines and marketed his balsa wood 'stick and tissue' by urging dealers to carry the '...Complete Lindberg Line'. After the war, Lindberg and Olsen had a strong hand in early United States injection molded kit development. Please see the article located on this website about early USA plastic kit manufacturers.
UPC HMS Prince - Bagged
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
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Bagged kit - no box. Measures approximately 14 inches long when built. Very nicely molded and detailed. All parts beside the hull are still sealed in the factory bags. Features completely pre-painted hull (above and below the waterline) , pre-molded ratlines, flag sheet and rigging thread. The factory paint is in two colors and the paint is in very good condition. The kit is molded in black, dark wood brown and tan. The kit has never been started and contains all parts, flags and thread but is missing the instructions. NOTE: a tip of the bow is broken off, but that tip is included and is a simple repair.
Monogram Grumman F-14A Tomcat - VF-83 USS Constellation, 1/72, 5992
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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1971 issue kit. Features optional position dive brake and arresting hook, optional position landing gear, wings that swing, AIM-7 Sparrow missiles, opening canopy and an aircraft carrier/ocean base. Very finely molded and detailed kit with traditional high Monogram quality. The model as never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Pyro Dimetrodon (Sail Lizard) - Prehistoric Monsters (Dinosaur) Issue, D278-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
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Still factory sealed but the seal has splits. From about 1968. One of the 8 popular Pyro Dinosaur kits.
Lindberg Grumman F11F-1 Blue Angels - (F11F1), 1/48, 98541
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Mint
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Classic 1950s hardbox kit with Ray Gaedke artwork. The box is in fantastic investment grade condition. Features fine raised panel details, movable ailerons, rudder and elevators and detailed engine with opening inspection panel. Still the only early short nose F11F Tiger kit in 1/48. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts decals and instructions.
Lindberg Marine Attack Fighter F4U Corsair Motorized, 1/48, 301M-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM+
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1950s kit will motorized propeller. Features incredible and colorful box art that Lindberg kits were famous for. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, motor, decals and instructions.
Lindberg Air Force Tank Destroyer P-47 Thunderbolt Motorized, 1/48, 303M-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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First Motorized release from the 1950s with hard box and classic Ray Gaedke Art. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Lindberg is a company with a fascinating history The original 'Lindberg Line' stretches back to the 1930s when Paul Lindberg drew plans for famous modeling magazines and marketed his balsa wood 'stick and tissue' by urging dealers to carry the '...Complete Lindberg Line'. After the war, Lindberg and Olsen had a strong hand in early United States injection molded kit development. Please see the article located on this website about early USA plastic kit manufacturers.
Lindberg WWII Navy Assault Airplane F6F Hellcat - Motorized, 1/48, 302M-129
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Fantastic Gaedke artwork. Includes electric motor for the prop. Batteries are hidden in the base. Motor is not a kit, but is a factory non-kit motor on a special white cardboard display. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts decals and instructions.
Model Craft Gloster Meteor Solid Airplane Model, 1/72, 50S7
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Model Craft was produced by Model Craft Hobbies Ltd, Toronto Canada. This is a basic printwood and full size plane model that is about 1/72 scale. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.
Diels Engineering Lavochkin LA-5FN / LA-7-Static or Powered Scale Model, 1/24, 2
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Craftsman style true-scale static or rubber/electric powered flying kit. David Diels kits are upper end stick and tissue models that feature the highest quality materials. Kit includes a beautiful set of full-size plans, assembly instructions, metal hardware, strip wood, printwood, plastic prop, plastic canopy, full-color decals, aircraft history, color/markings notes. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.
Ideal Aeroplane & Supply Oil Tanker T-2 Type - Wooden 18 Inch Long Ship Model, 1/300, 1509
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG-
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Mid 1940s release from the famous Ideal Aeroplane & Supply Company, which was founded in 1911. This is one of the most detailed of all Ideal kit in this size range. The kit features the Ideal 'Pre-Molded Hull' which is a completely finished hull from wood composites. The hull is in excellent condition with one 1 inch crack as the only flaw. The crack is stable. The kit includes three sheets of printwood, wooden stock as needed, metal stock as needed and a sealed bag with metal fittings and formed stack. With highly detailed full size plans and instructions. I have seen this kit built, and it is beautiful and highly detailed. Never started. 100% complete.
Revell Douglas DC-7 United Airlines Mainliner - With Big Cal Pan Am Decals, 1/122, H168
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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This kit also includes Big Cal D-005 Pan Am decals designed for this Revell kit. The kit itself is the 1974 issue of the ultimate piston-driven airliner. Kit features boarding ramps, optional position passenger door and rotating wheels and props. Large colorful decal sheet appears to be in mint condition. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Lindberg LCT (Landing Craft Tank) - with M-46 Tank and Crew (Formerly LSU Landing Ship Utility), 1/125, 70867
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. 2008 issue from the original 1950s LSU molds. Larger scale kit is just over 12 inches long when assembled. Full hull kit with tank, crew, display stand and decals.
Revell Lockheed P-38J Lightning, 1/32, 4700
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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1979 issue of this well detailed large scale (1/32) kit. Features full underwing stores, detailed Allison engine with removable cowl, opening cockpit hood, fully detailed cockpit, four 50 cal. machine guns and one 20mm cannon and rotating wheels and propellers. Includes decals for 'Pudgy IV'. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.