Haji 1950s USAF Biplane - Tin Lithographed Friction Powered Toy with Rotating Propeller, 1/48
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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Very clean and original all-metal tin litho toy from Haji in Tokyo, Japan. Also known as Mansei Toy Company, they went into business in 1951 to no doubt enter the booming post-war toy export market. Measures 8.25 inches long with a 11.25 inch wingspan; I have listed the scale as roughly 1/48 as it looks like a JN-4 Jenny in that scale. This piece is guaranteed to be old and not a reproduction. It came from the estate of a model collector who took exceptional care of his toys. There are no dings or dents - it appears to have never been played with. The paint is graded as 'excellent+++' but with cleaning it could be 'near mint'. Gloss and shine are as new. Identified as 'Haji Made in Japan' on the right fuselage just below the horizontal stabilizer. The motion is from a friction motor which also turns the propeller and makes a loud, satisfying noise.
Monogram B-25H Mitchell Medium Bomber, 1/48, 5500
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Second issue in the 'short' box dated 1977. Features full interior, optional position bomb bay with bomb load, rotating turrets and elevating guns, optional position crew hatch, and rotating props. Very finely molded and detailed kit with traditional high Monogram quality. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Revell The State Coach of England - Circa 1760 - With 8 Horses and 6 Figures - Miniature Masterpieces Issue, 1/48, H506-129
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Rare 1954 kit in investment-grade condition. The box is near mint and has like-new gloss and shine. Inside, the kit is molded in the correct red (wagon) and white (horses and figures). The kit has never been started and is still sealed in the original krinkle bags. The instructions are in excellent condition. '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. At the time of the 'takeover', Revell cut the horses and figures for this kit and it was the first 'Revell' release. 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.
Fujimi A-1H or AD-6 Douglas Skyraider, 1/70, 7A14-400
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. Very finely molded earlier Fujimi kit. Has decals for VA-145 US Navy and the very colorful red and gray Marine AES-12 as well as a nice color painting guide. Includes extensive underwing weapons.
Model Technologies 1/32 F-14 Tomcat Canopy Detail Set, 1/32, MT0036
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
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Model Technologies was an early marketer of high quality photoetched metal accessories for aircraft. Still factory sealed.
Model Technologies 1/32 F-15C Eagle Canopy Detail Set, 1/32, MT0039
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
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Model Technologies was an early marketer of photoetched metal accessories for aircraft. Still factory sealed.
Frog Westland Wallace Trail Blazers 'Red Series' Issue, 1/72, F167
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Very nicely detailed kit that builds into a realistic model. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Monogram Space Shuttle With Fuel Tank and Boosters, 1/72, 85-4170
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Very large 1/72 scale kit measures over 31 inches tall when assembled. Features liquid fuel tank, two solid rocket boosters, detailed cargo bay and special stand. Has markings for several Shuttles - Enterprise, Discovery, Challenger and Atlantis. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag and all parts that were never factory bagged have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts including decals and instructions.
R&L Apollo Command Module - Bagged, 1/200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
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Still factory sealed. Small scale model from R&L in Australia. R&L marketed these kits independently but they were also sold by Minicraft/Hasegawa, Academy, as the Aurora 'Snaparoos' and in Kellogg's Cereal as premiums. Very well detailed and molded. Features opening door and three seated astronauts.
Revell Neptune P2V-7 with Skis Operation Deep Freeze - (P2V7) Famous Aircraft Series, 1/104, H170-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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1960 issue of this rare Neptune variant. This is the classic 'S' kit with ski landing gear and decals for Arctic service. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Monogram OS2U Kingfisher Mexican Naval Air Force - Wheels or Floats, 1/48, 5304A
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
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Rare. Still factory sealed. Necomisa issue dated 1977. Includes markings for sea or land base Mexican Kingfishers. Can be built with wheels for land operation or floats.
Megow Corben Ace - 24 inch Wingspan Balsa Flying Model, C-6
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG-
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I located this kit in the 1938 Megow catalog, so it is from near that year. Part of the famous 24 inch wingspan series of kits which were 25 cents each. Features print wood, pre-cut stringers, spars, wood stock, preformed wheels, very nicely pre-carved wooden propeller blank (needs sanding to complete), tissue paper and full size plans. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including plans. Fred Megow was a famous pioneer in the model aircraft field from the late 1920s and a very early manufacture for HO scale trains in the 1930s. His product lines of semi-prefabricated, solid and stick and tissue kits won him national and extensive world wide distribution - possibly the first modern model manufacture to achieve this. His fascinating story involves trying novel and untested marketing ideas in the Great Depression, followed my explosive world-wide growth. Mr. Megow was a true pioneer in the early days of modeling and a leader in the low price field so that every boy could afford a kit during those difficult times. Megow also produced scale operating train and trackside kits, ship models (large and small) and automotive subjects. Megow's catalogs claim that they were pioneers in HO scale, and there is documentation to support this fact. Megow's early HO train kits served not only to promote this now-popular scale nationally, but were among the very first train kits. Model train kits were responsible for the explosion in model railroad popularity in the late 1930s - please see the article in this website about these kits.
Revell Battleship USS Wisconsin - Bagged Kit, 1/535, H352
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
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Bagged kit only - no box. The box is shown for reference only. Good builder. 1969 issue of the "Big W". Features movable guns and turrets, two float planes and crane and flag sheet. This kit has never been started. It has been inventoried with all parts and instructions. NOTE: missing decals. NOTE: 5 small parts are a lighter shade of gray. They are 100% correct for a Revell Wisconsin but are from another issue of the kit.
Frog Handley Page Dart Herald Jersey Airlines, 1/72, 363P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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Very rare. Early British Prop-jet airliner. Heralds carried 56 passengers or 6.5 tons of freight at a range of 1000 miles and a cruising speed of 275 mph. Model even includes two glass containers of paint of one green tube of glue. Kit features separately molded rudder, ailerons and elevators, two position passenger and cargo doors, rotating props and wheels, boarding stairs, seated and standing pilots and stewardess. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Decals are the best I have seen - almost factory new, and the instructions are NM with typical yellowing only. Postal insurance is required for this kit.
12 Squared F-4X(S)-HIAC Phantom II Reconnissance Conversion (F-4E(S)), 1/72, 2-1
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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Limited run injection molded conversion in white and clear plastic. Includes all parts needed for the conversion including the camera which can be mounted inside the nose or on provided display stands. Uses the Hasegawa F-4E (or other 1/72 F-4E kits) to build one of the three Israeli F-4E(S) aircraft. In the 1960s General Dynamics developed the RB-57F that held the 66 inch focal length HIAC-1 Camera. This amazing camera got smaller with time, and by the early 1970s the Israeli Air Force expressed an interest in having the HIAC mounted in an F-4 Phantom II. Originally mounted in a 22 foot pod, by 1974 the camera had been integrated into the F-4 Fuselage. Originally the F-4X was to have Mach 3.2 capability, but the US Air Force dropped it's support with the F-15 coming on line soon. The IAF completed the project, but only the HIAC nose version, designated F-4E(S) which this kit represents.
Lunar Models Interplanetary Satellite Voyager I, 1/35, RS01
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Rare. Large scale model of the Voyager satellite, which may well be Earth's most successful interplanetary spacecraft. Very highly detailed. Includes cast high definition resin parts, over 30 photoetched parts and other metal and plastic parts. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.
Revell DeHavilland Mosquito Mk IV Bomber, 1/32, H180
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Poor
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1971 issue. Features removable cowling to display Rolls Royce Merlin engine, full cockpit, 2 crew and rotating props and wheels. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Box is graded 'poor' because the end flaps have been cut off.
Aurora Wheeler Cruiser Sports Fishing Yacht, 1/43, 444-500
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Very rare kit from 1967. Aurora did a beautiful job on this model, but it simply did not sell and was discontinued in the Aurora line up shortly after. The high price of $5 and the esoteric subject matter were likely to blame. Very large scale kit with excellent detail. Molded in white, light blue and chrome. Includes crew of 3. The kit has never been started. NOTE: missing one figure (woman) and one part #63 - the bow light. Inventoried with all other parts, decals and instructions.
Airfix Captain Scarlet Angel Interceptor from Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, 1/100, 256
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Original 1967 issue of one spaceship from the famous TV series. Nicely detailed model. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Monogram Large Collection of 24 Monogram Mini-Catalogs from early 1950+
Cardstock Paper Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Twenty-four Monogram catalogs that were given away at hobby shops or commonly packed into Monogram kits. These date back to when Monogram had only wooden kits and cover all the way up into 1973. There is one Monogram Classics flyer from the 1990s, but all others are 1973 and back. There are several duplicates. All are in very good to near mint condition.