KVZ Tu-104 Aeroflot (Tu-16 Badger), 1/100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: See Below
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Rare East German Cold War airliner kit. Smoothly molded in white, silver, clear and black with all recessed control surface lines. This kit has never been started. It is either still in the internally sealed factory bag or has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Please note, this is a reproduction box. The box was terrible, so I had one made from heavy cardboard. The kit inside is mint. KVZ issued a fascinating range of civil and military kits from 1969 to 1973. Although the models are basic by modern comparison, they are often the only kit ever made of rare and unusual subjects.
Mastercraft Mil Mi-4 Hound USSR/Czech/Polish/East German Forces, 1/72, K-84
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Includes decals for all versions. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
AMT Kenworth Aerodyne Cabover Semi Truck, 1/25, 5018
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still factory sealed. Very highly detailed kit with 220 parts. Features complete engine and engine compartment, detailed cab with complete interior, opening hood, full suspension and underside details and more. Builds a full rolling chassis just like the full-size truck.
Revell USS Essex Angle Deck Carrier, 1/530, H353-300
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Hardbox issue from about 1959-1960 in fantastic condition. Builds up to an impressive and well detailed kit. Airwing includes helicopter, F9F Cougars, F8U Crusaders, A-1 Skyraiders, A-4 Skyhawks and F11F Tigers. Has deck crane and 6 deck tractors. Side elevators go up and down; mid-deck bow elevator can be shown down or up. Never started. The kit is mint inside as all parts, decals and instructions are still sealed in the factory bag.
Monogram Grumman Gulfhawk (F3F) Gulf Oil - Blue Box Issue, 1/32, 6850
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still factory sealed with a mint seal. Third or fourth issue. Note the four digit part number, Mattel logo and "Blue Box" dated 1967. This airplane is a civil F3F that was flown for Gulf Oil by the famous stunt pilot Al Williams. The kit has several action features: When you pull the prop outward and rotate it CCW, the landing gear retracts. Pull it outward and rotate it CW, and the gear extends. Push the prop in, and it freewheels as normal. Kit features a movable control surfaces, highly detailed cockpit, full decals including striping, sliding canopy, bracing material and instructions for rigging, and is molded in clear, orange and gray.
Pyro Sea Going Diesel Tugboat Despatch No. 9 of Standard Oil, 1/76, 207
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Very rare early original Pyro issue with large colorful box and internal blue packing inserts. Despatch No.9 was built by the Tampa Marine Corporation in Florida in 1945 for the fleet of tugs operated by Standard Oil of California in Sacramento Bay and the San Joaquin River. Very nicely detailed kit measures 13.5 inches long when assembled. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
AMT Man in Space Saturn V - 1B - Mercury Redstone - Atlas and Titan II with Display, 1/200, S953-500
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Contains Saturn V, Saturn 1B, Mercury Redstone, Mercury Atlas and Gemini Titan II kits. Has incredible large 2 piece color cardboard backdrop and stand depicting Cape Canaveral for display of the 5 missiles. Never started. Factory sealed box/bag or 100% inventoried with all parts decals and instructions present.
Ideal Aeroplane & Supply Ocean Liner SS America / Troop Ship USS West Point / S.S. Australis Wooden Ship Kit, 1/330
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Poor
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Very rare. Large wooden and metal kit builds to just over 26 inches long. This model is of the SS America Ocean Liner, which was designed by the famous naval architect William Francis Gibbs. She was laid down in 1938 and entered service on August 22 1940 as the flagship of the United States Lines. World War II interrupted her passenger service. The ship was active through the war. She narrowly escaped being sunk off Singapore during the Japanese invasion. After the war she resumed her North Atlantic route. The liner was the pride of the US Merchant fleet before the USS United States was commissioned. When the 'Big U' entered service, the two liners were stable mates and often appeared in the same travel agency posters and prints. By 1964 aircraft had taken a large section of the ocean liner travelers away, and the America was sold to Chandris Group and was renamed the Australis. She sailed for 14 years in a very successful career and was the last liner to sail from Southampton to Australia/New Zealand. She was laid up in 1977. She changed owners several times, but was never again successful. While being towed to Thailand, the lines broke and she ran aground in the Canary Islands, where the wreck broke up after time - but not before the locals rescued many items from the ship. The model box is poor but the kit inside is in excellent condition. Large wooden and metal kit builds to just over 26 inches long. Kit features pre-carved hull, metal fittings, very large full size plans, print wood and very thick printed cardstock, building instructions, perspective views and rigging instructions/diagrams. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. NOTE: the plans have bug damage but are still usable. You can easily convert it to the USS West Point if you have photos of the ship (which are on the internet) - the main difference is the addition of lifeboats and different paint. Photos of the S.S. Australis will provide the needed data to convert her to that ship, but this conversion will require more work than the West Point.
Revell Launch Tower Space Shuttle and Booster Rockets, 1/144, 4911
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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The definitive large and highly detailed Space Shuttle and Launcher kit. Never started. All bags are still factory sealed. Includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Flying Whitehouse E-4 (Boeing 747), 1/144, 6102
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Airfix's excellent 747 kit with White House E-4 markings. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
AMT Star Trek The Next Generation USS Enterprise NCC-1701-C, 1/400, 8001
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
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Rare. About 18 inches long when assembled. Never started. All internal parts bags are still factory sealed. Complete with all decals and instructions.
Revell Douglas AD-6 Skyraider (AH-1) Navy Attack Aircraft 'S' Kit, 1/40, H269-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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1959 original "S" issue. The box states "So Realistic It Does Everything But Fly!". Full of action features; Wings fold, dive brakes operate, arresting hook moves, canopy slides to show full cockpit, landing gear retracts and cowling comes off to show fully detailed engine. The most interesting thing is that the landing gear retracts and extends with a very complicated gear system that is operated from a central point. The model is still factory sealed inside the box with the instructions and decals.
Monogram Grumman F4F Wildcat - Blue Box Issue, 1/48, PA66-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
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Still factory sealed. Possibly the third issue. Dated 1968 in the classic 'Blue Box'. This model is part of a very popular and successful line of 1/48 World War II kits that Monogram issued through the 1960s. Features folding wings, optional position landing gear, underwing tanks, rotating prop and wheels and pilot + one ground crew.
Revell M-20 (M20) Armored Combat Car 'S' Kit, 1/40, H524-89
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc-
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Rare 1956 first issue. Very nicely detailed and molded kit. Features interior details, rolling wheels, detailed suspension, optional position front hatches, swiveling and elevating machine gun, two drivers, machine gunner, commander, mine detector, rifleman and three extra rifles. Never started. 100% inventoried complete with all parts/decals and instructions present. NOTE: one part, the top hull, is broken in two. It is a clean break and would be an easy repair- the parts fit back together perfectly. NOTE: the box has light creases and a pencil sized hole on one short side.
Peck-Polymers Miles M-18 - Peanut Scale Flying Model Airplane, Peanut
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Peck-Polymers is a manufacture of high quality stick and tissue models. Kit includes contest quality printwood, nylon thrust bearing, colored tissue, full size plans and building instructions, plastic propeller and wheels and contest rubber. 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.
Maircraft Luscombe Silvaire - 'Little Gems' Series Scale Solid Wooden Aircraft Kit, 1/72, G-6
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: NM+
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These kits are good candidates for the first line of 1/72 model aircraft produced in the USA. Although not as old as the Frog injection molded 1/72 scale kits, these solid wood and metal models were made in the late 1930s or 1940s to 1/6 inch scale - which is commonly known today as exactly 1/72 scale. Maircraft announced kits G-1 through G-6 with 'more to come', but it is likely that no others were produced as Maircraft was out of business by 1948. The highpoint of the Little Gems series was the plans and instructions. Wonderfully illustrated and written, they show step by step how to carve and contour the model and how to finish it. Includes excellent three view full size drawings and templates. The kit consists of balsa wood with printed outlines for all parts and a metal parts sheet with wheels and propeller. This kit has never been started and is complete with all parts and plans/instructions. Maircraft was originally founded in the early or mid 1930s by Gordon Christoph and went by the name Aircraft Model Company. The company produced a typical line of solid 'profile cut' kits that required the usual high talent levels for carving and finishing. A former Comet Model Airplane & Supply Co. salesman, Jack Mair, bought the company in the early 1940s and renamed it Maircraft. This company was one of the handful of solid kit producers who issued models in a consistent 1/48 scale during the 1930s and 1940s (others included Hawk and Dyna-Model), and eventually even made these 1/72 scale series 'Little Gems'.
Airfix Blohm & Voss Bv-141, 1/72, 03014-8
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Well molded with good detail including interior, bomb load and optional position landing gear. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Graupner Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer - 44 inch Wingspan Scale RC Airplane, 4607
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Rare large scale RC Piper kit. High quality typical of most all Graupner kits. This model came from the estate of a very active and particular early aircraft kit collector. It is like factory-new inside and has not been started. Complete with all parts, plans and decals (if originally included).
Testors Nieuport Type 17C.1 Lafayette Escadrille, 1/48, 613
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Ex-Hawk molds. Includes colorful decals for the Lafayette Escadrille aircraft shown. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Revell The Visible V8 Transparent Motorized Operating Auto Engine (Renwal Molds), 1/4, H902
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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1977 issue. This model is a very early Revell issue shortly after the Renwal molds were purchased. Because of that, it is the only time that Revell issued the kit exactly as Renwal did. The model is motorized and features over 100 moving parts. It is molded in clear, red, black and silver. When built, all major internal parts move via electric motor and spark plugs (red lights) flash in time. This kit has never been started. It is either still in the internally sealed factory bag or has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.