AML North American O-47A, 1/72, 72 003
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$44
Still factory sealed. Very nice model of this unusual 1930s American Observation aircraft. The O-47 was one of the few American aircraft in operation in the Philippines Combat Zone during the invasion of 1942. This limited injection molded model includes photoetched details, film instruments and highly detailed cockpit.
Wingnut Wings Sopwith Triplane Raymond Collishaw - N533 Black Maria 10 Sq RNAS July 1917 - 60 Victories, 1/32, 32607
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$289
Amazingly well detailed and certainly the finest injection-molded Sopwith Triplane available in any scale. This special edition includes a matching scale resin figure of Collishaw and decals for his aircraft. Never started. All of the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell DH-6 Twin Otter - Swisstopo Floats or Gear - RCAF 440th Sq Alberta 1981 or Aurigny Air Service Ltd Channel Islands 1982, 1/72, 03954
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$42
Nicely detailed model which features good cockpit detail, optional baggage or non-baggage nose, clear side and cockpit windows, regular landing gear, skis or floats. Kit includes decals for the Swiss Topographical Agency (Swisstopo). Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and photocopied instructions. (NOTE: these copied instructions are from another Revell issue of this same kit. They are perfect for assembly but don't have the paint guide for this Swiss aircraft.)
Testors Junkers Ju-86 E-2 - Hungarian Air Force or Two Different Luftwaffe, 1/72, 874
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$29
The model is the military version of this unique aircraft. Powered by two 600 hp diesel engines, the Ju-86 was first used experimentally in the Spanish Civil War and saw limited use in WWII. Features 129 pieces, very good cockpit, four crew members, rotating propellers, optional position landing gear and more. Includes paint guide and decals for Hungarian and two Luftwaffe versions: Neubrandenburg 1940 and Stalingrad 1942. Never started. The actual aircraft parts have been inventoried complete but NOTE: missing display stand. Otherwise contains all other parts. With decals and instructions.
Jetco Cessna 170 - 36 Inch Wingspan Scale Model For R/C Or Free Flight, S-5
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$150
True wooden scale flying model of the sleek Cessna 170. This model has more than a dozen contest wins to it's credit and is designed for Radio Control but can also be flown free-flight. Features plastic cowl, die-cut balsa and plywood parts, formed gear, celluloid windows, shaped tapered wing edges, a very large decal sheet and instructions with full size plans. Nothing has been punched out and the model is exactly as it left the factory. Never started. The hardware is still in the original factory sealed bag; all other parts have been inventoried complete and includes decals and instructions.
Aurora M-109 Self Propelled Howitzer - Young Model Builders Club Issue / YMBC / US or West German, 1/48, 781
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$38
Hard-to-find 1/48 scale '109 kit in the original YMBC cardboard mailing box. This is the 1976 improved molds version which features elevating gun, rotating turret, opening hatches, movable bogies, flexible tracks and combat crew. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Trumpeter Wellington Mk. IC - With Eduard Bomb Bay PE Detail Set - No.149 Sq RAF September 1940 / No.301 Sq September 1942, 1/72, 01626
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$54
Includes a factory sealed Eduard 72473 Wellington Mk.I Bomb Bay Detail Set in PE metal; this is a very large set with many parts. The actual model is highly detailed and from all new molds. Features 192 pieces, recessed panel lines, excellent cockpit and full interior and inside 'basket weave' framing, detailed wheel wells, excellent bomb bay, optional position bay doors, separately molded ailerons and much more. With a paint guide and decals for two aircraft. NOTE: this kit has superbly executed 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: #1 small engine front to engine; (4) horizontal stabilizer halves; 11 interior panels to the inside of the fuselage halves; (2) wing support boxes to outer fuselage halves; (1) turret has 4 pcs assembled; cockpit and cabin assembled. There is no other assembly. Inventoried 100% complete and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Pro Modeler Messerschmitt Me-410 B-1 - With CMK Interior Set / CMK Engine Set / Moskit Exhaust / Eduard PE / Mask Set - (Me410B-1), 1/48, 5936
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$74
Build the ultimate 1/48 Me-410! Includes the following never used and internally sealed accessories: CMK 4007 Me-410B Interior Set, CMK 4008 Me-410B Engine Set, Moskit 48-04 Me410 Hollow Thin Exhaust, Eduard 48-243 Me410B-1 PE Brass Detail Set and Eduard XF-012 Me-410 Mask Set. The actual model is beautifully molded with fine recessed panel lines. Markings for three aircraft are provided: Major Eduard Tratt, with 38 kills from II./ZG26, II./ZG-76 Konigsberg 1944 and 8./ZG26 Konigsberg, Neumark 1943/44. NOTE: this kit has very minor and 'professional' subassembly as follows: wheel halves built. There is no other assembly. Inventoried with all parts and instructions present but NOTE: missing decals.
Airfix German E-Boat - Kriegsmarine Schnellboot - S-Boat, 1/72, 10280-1
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$84
Still factory sealed. The left third of the box is all that is left of the seal but it clearly is still sealed and never opened. First issue from 1975 in large 1/72 scale and with fantastic detail. Features over 250 pieces, full hull molded in medium gray & clear, propeller and rudder detail, all deck fittings, crew members and more.
Aoshima IJN Taiyo Aircraft Carrier, 1/700, WLA201
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair+
$29
Highly detailed and finely molded 1/700 scale waterline model that includes air wing. Never started. All parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. IJN Taiyo began life as the NYK ocean liner Kasuga Maru. Kasuga Maru was one of a class of three Japanese ocean liners that were built for the Nippon Yusen K line. She was launched in September 1940 and saw very little or no service (accounts vary) as a transport before her conversion to the escort carrier Taiyo. Given the size and machinery of this class of liner, the IJN subsidized their construction and knew they would make fine escort carriers. The Taiyo went on to have a very active career. She was attacked many times and damaged several times. Taiyo was eventually sunk in a submarine attack in August 1944 with a heavy loss of life by the USS Rasher.
AMT 1963 Buick Riviera 3 in 1 - Stock / Custom / Competition, 1/25, 06-553-149
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$129
Rare original issue hardbox from '63. Can be built stock, custom or competition. George Barris served as the AMT consultant and is credited (with others) for the custom touches possible with this kit. The model includes numerous optional parts for suspension, motor, exterior and interior as well as custom decals. Molded in white, clear, red-tinted clear and chrome with rubber tires. Never started. The car parts are inventoried 100% complete and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Boeing 707 British Airways, 1/144, 04170
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$26
Classic Airfix kit of the early turbojet powered 707, the aircraft that revolutionized transport aviation. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Sterling Boeing P-26A Peashooter - 28 inch Wingspan for RC, E10
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$95
28 inch wingspan kit for RC, CO2, free flight, control line or non-flying detailed scale kit. Sterling was a famous manufacturer dating back to the 1930/40s flying model craze. Although they continued to produce kits for decades after the flying model slump following World War II, they eventually fell victim to the general lack of interest in modeling that occurred in the early 1980s. I always considered Sterling kits to be deluxe kits as they featured color decals, high-grade die cut balsa, vacuform plastic detail parts, plastic wheels (if required), finished wire landing gear, rubber motor and plastic prop, full size plans with instruction details and full instructions for conversion to RC or control line. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Revell Convair Atlas - America's First Intercontinental Ballistic Missile - 'S' Issue, 1/110, H1822-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$580
Dated 1960. Very rare ICBM and the first and only issue of this incredibly well detailed Revell 'S' kit. The molds were altered to make the Mercury Atlas kit, so reissues are impossible. The box grades 'Excellent' with wonderful color and gloss, four solid corners, no price tags or tag marks, no tape and no tape marks (other than the factory sealing tape, of course). The box has general wear as shown. The kit features elevating missile support arms and hinged break-away supports, complete launching base, ramp and pad, missile truck and trailer that elevates 90 degrees to load missile and crew. Molded in correct white, gray and yellow. Inside, it has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. The decals are 100% intact, flat and in 'excellent' condition with typical light yellowing; the instructions are in 'very good' condition. Shipping insurance is required for this kit. From my friend Stephen Payne, Major, USAF (Ret): The launch pad in both kits used Launch Complex - 14 (also known as Space Launch Complex-14 or "Slic-14") as their example. LC-14 was part of what was known as ICBM Row at Cape Canaveral and originally used to test the Atlas ICBM prior to being converted for the Mercury Space Program (starting with John Glenn's orbital mission). The yellow & white trailers seen here were the gaseous nitrogen tube bank trailers. The nitrogen trailer in both Atlas kits came from the accessories associated with the Revell Thor kit. Having spent 5 years working at the Cape, I passed this site numerous times. Unfortunately, time & the elements have resulted in the removal of all remnants of SLC-14. Only the memorial (with the associated time capsule) remains.
Robbe Kormoran Motor Glider - 67 Inch Wingspan R/C Aircraft, 3147
Wood and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$229
Very Rare. This is a highly prefabricated canard motor-glider model that includes a plastic fuselage with all necessary holes already factory made, plenty of room for standard-size servos, factory-built balsa skinned wings with built in main spars & machined leading edges, vacu-molded plastic cockpit and canopy, machined & pre-cut foreplane panels, sheets of die-cut wooden parts, R/C hardware packet and more. Includes color decals, extensive full-size plans and a large instruction book in four languages including English. Never started. Inside, the kit is exactly as it left the factory. Robbe sealed almost every part in clear bags; the only parts not sealed in bags are wooden strip stock, and they are sealed together with Robbe white and red tape. Includes all paperwork.
Revell 1993 Chevrolet Caprice Taxi/Fire Chief, 1/25, 6294
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$32
The last full size Chevrolet with rear wheel drive was the famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) Caprice. Described as "Beautifully Aerodynamic" or "An Upside-Down Bathtub", most folks either loved or hated the design. But there was no mistaking the popularity and reliability. Civil sales were impressive and fleet sales to taxi or public service sectors were even more so. This kit is well detailed with full engine, engine compartment, opening hood, full suspension and underbody, complete interior, optional parts for Fire Chief and Taxi versions, rubber tires and much more. NOTE: this kit has minor, 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: upper control arms, radiator & front suspension to chassis; (1) side view mirror to door; light bar built. There is no other assembly. Inventoried and NOTE: missing (1) part, the fire-chief radio. Otherwise complete with all other parts and includes decals and instructions.
Aurora Cessna T-37 - (Model 318 Tweet), 1/43, 138
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$65
Dated 1962. This is the Aurora Europe issue with full size English USA instructions and supplementary instruction sheet in several Western languages (French, German, Italian, etc.). Features good cockpit with pilots, control sticks, instrument panel and dual throttle quadrants, two piece clear canopy, full landing gear and display stand. Molded in silver and clear. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: (1) pilot's headrest is a different color plastic; it is from a later issue of the same kit. As with many of these kits, the short nose probe is broken off the fuselage but it is present and inside the small ziplock bag.
SNAP Hawk Missile Carrier - (ex Adams), 1/40, 159
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$59
Rare early 1960s model from the original 1950s Adams molds. Well molded and detailed for that time featuring three Hawk Missiles, movable wheels and flexible tracks, elevating lift & supports, three figures and decals. Molded in gloss white and dark olive drab plastic. Never started and all parts and decals are still in the original factory-sealed bag. With instructions. These molds must have had a very interesting history. The molds were cut in 1955 or 1956, either at Adams or by one of Revell's contractors. It appeared to be part of the Adams/Revell 1/40 line but Revell never issued the kit. The famous HO model train manufacturer Athearn purchased the Adams molds. Ahtearn used the name SNAP for all plastic kit releases and slightly modified the molds by adding their name (SNAP) & logo to a part (or two) of each kit. This Hawk Missile Carrier kit is made in the USA but is actually a SNAP export to Canada; the importer was 'International Games of Canada Limited' in 'New Toronto Ontario.' They used a silver overprint to block out the kit number and pric extension and then added '#159 in Canada.' Then UPC (Universal Power Master) either leased or purchased (probably the former) the Adams molds from SNAP in the 1960s. While most UPC kits say 'Made in Japan' the ex-Adams models do not and say 'Made in USA'. Things get even more interesting with the Life-Like issue. How Life-Like came across the molds is unfortunately unknown but it may have been in a bulk purchase of molds from Athearn since there were in the same general part of the country. This is simply conjecture, however.
Aurora Piasecki H-25A Army Mule - US Air Force / Army / Navy / Marines, 1/48, 502-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM+
$225
Very rare "Northern Lights' logo first issue from 1956. Even rarer in amazing, investment-grade 'Near Mint+' condition. The box has factory-new gloss and color, four solid corners, no stains, creases, tears or fading. It has no price tags (or marks from any) and incredibly it even missed the factory tape machine - there is no tape and no marks or stains from tape. Very, very light wear is the only flaw. Earlier in the 1950s a company called 'Helicopters for Industry' created a line of large early kits. In 1956 Aurora bought the molds and quickly reissued these models with new box artwork. Features cockpit seats, control sticks and instrument panel, full landing gear and decals for all four versions listed. Molded in the correct high-gloss olive drab and clear plastic. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Classic Warships HMS Lion Battlecruiser - Lion Class 1909-1913 - (HMS Princess Royal), 1/700, CW042
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$135
Rare kit features a fantastic resin cast waterline hull of higher quality than any injection moldings could achieve, large details cast in resin and a very large number of precision cast metal small parts, metal stock and a well detailed set of instructions with the ship and class history. These resin castings are professionally done and appear to have been done in a pressure chamber as I cannot spot any air bubbles. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions, exploded parts diagram and excellent side and top detail drawings. I have listed HMS Princess Royal because the manufacturer listed the instructions as "HMS Lion and Princess Royal." I do not know what changes (if any) must be made to do Princess Royal and the instructions do not list them. Thanks to James Natt for giving us this history: 'Classic Warships' was by Steve Wiper, who (as of 2022) still produces the 'Classic Warships Profiles' in soft cover. These resin kits were well produced and included everything except photo etch. He stopped producing these models around 2000 and sold all his molds and to Chris Decker. Chris re-boxed, improved the instructions, added decals and Tom's Modelworks photoetch (both where appropriate) and sold them under the label 'Midship Models'. That ended around 2010. Both the original CW and later Midship Models are much sought after by ship modelers, especially the USN battleships.