OldModelKits SS Rex Ocean Liner, mid 1930s, 1/350
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$669
Finally, the Pride of the Italian Line in 1/350 scale! The SS Rex is from the same team that brought you the 1/350 SS Normandie Ocean Liner. This four year project is a 100% new model and represents the Rex in her glory years of the mid 1930s. more info >
Aurora Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 1/76, 372-249
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$175
Rare 1960s issue retaining the same artwork as the 1956 issue. This is likely the 4th issue. I believe the 3rd issue is almost identical but has "Famous Fighters" in the oval logo. That would date this kit as 1963 and up till the 'Big A' box issue. Note the square 'Northern Lights' logo has been replaced with the Aurora sunburst oval logo. This kit has arguably the most dramatic and fanciful B-29 artwork from the 'Golden Era' of modeling. The box is in excellent condition. There are no split corner and no repairs. Responding to market information that boys wanted larger kits, Aurora introduced the B-26 followed by the B-29 and B-25, all of which sold well for many years. Missing stand. Never started. Otherwise complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Shizukyo German 75mm Assault Gun III Motorized With Light Up Gun Barrel, 1/50, TS-202-300
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$185
Very, very rare and a very nice investment. Shizukyo started in the 1960s but was out of business before the end of the decade. This kit is probably from about 1963/64 and is well molded and detailed for that time and features motorized operation on the rear drive wheels to move the treads and a large flashing red bulb at the end of the barrel that 'fires' the gun. Features TKK Mabuchi RE15 motor that is still in the original old-style TKK box, complete with printed plastic wrapper and sealed accessory bag, all metal gear box, wire and sealed bag with motorizing hardware, the red electric light bulb, glue and decals. The actual kit is molded in a black or very, very dark green plastic. Inside, the kit has never been touched. All the smaller parts are still in the factory sealed bags and the big one has a paper header. However, one of the two bags had a 2" tear, so I inventoried the bag - it is complete with all parts. The only parts that were not sealed are the upper and lower hull, upper and lower turret and gear box/gears/drive shaft. The instructions are in 'excellent' condition and the decals are still in the sealed bag and 'very good' with moderate yellowing being the only flaw. Amazingly, the treads are in 'near mint' condition and completely intact - they are still very flexible! NOTE: this kit must be shipped insured.
Frog Short Sealand Amphibian, 1/103, 383P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$115
Very rare. Well detailed with recessed panel lines and even includes the capsule of paint and one of glue. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
UPC 105mm Gun Emplacement - Howitzer With 5 G.I.s - (ex Adams), 1/40, 5152-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$49
From original Adams Action Model molds. This issue has great box art of American ground troops & armor being attacked by very strange looking Stuka-hybrid aircraft. The kit is a well detailed mini-diorama that features a detailed gun that elevates and has moving left and right trails, molded base and sandbags, radio, shell casings, many shells, ammo box and crew of 5 'in action' G.I.s. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Trumpeter Soviet MiG-3 Early Version, 1/48, 02830
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$28
Highly detailed model with fine recessed surface detail, excellent cockpit, detailed gear wells, separately molded ailerons, leading edge slats & split trailing edge flaps, optional position canopy, rocket loadout and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Eduard Avia B-534 Serie III - No. 2 Air Regiment 51st Fighter Flight Olomouc Czechosolvakia May 1937-March 1939, 1/48, 8474
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$24
Excellent model featuring all fine recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit, full color painting guide (on the box sides and top) and decals for the box art aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Mirage Hobby PZL P-11C - 112 Fighter Squadron Pursuit Brigade September 1939 Pilot Waclaw Lapkowski, 1/48, 481009
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$32
Large-scale, high quality multi-media kit with with many injection molded parts with very fine recessed panel lines, film instruments and photo etched details. Includes decals and full color paint guide for historic aircraft listed. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Cromwell Models Tiger II Prototype Conversion Kit - Ferdinand Tiger Prototype, 1/35, VK4502
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$69
Rare. Highly detailed conversion kit cast in high definition resin that features new hull, new turret, optional position hatches and more. Never started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing gun barrel (but includes turret base for gun and flash suppressor). Easily replaced with the plastic donor kit barrel or an aftermarket aluminum barrel. Otherwise includes all other parts and instructions. Please note this is a conversion kit only; a base kit is required but not furnished. Cromwell recommends the Italeri 1/35 as the base kit.
Revell RSO/03 And 7.5cm Pak 40 - 21 PzDiv Normandie 1944 / Dasburg Feb 1945 / Russland Winter 1945 / Franzosische Armee Winter 1945, 1/35, 03067
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$34
Still factory 'round tape' sealed. 2007 issue that has 243 pieces, is well detailed and includes the tractor and field gun. Includes a paint guide and decals for the four vehicles listed.
Monogram Focke-Wulf FW-190 - A-8/R-3 - A-7/R2 - A7/R3 - A-5/U8 - A-8/R1 - A-5/U3 Tropical - Four Star Issue, 1/48, PA107-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$34
Hardbox first issue dated 1965 and molded in the proper green, black and clear plastic. Very nicely designed and can build any of 6 versions listed; includes a paint guide and decals for all variants. Features a good cockpit, pilot figure, optional position canopy and landing gear, a very large variety of underwing stores & gun options and more. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Italeri Deserts Rats SAS Combat Car / Land Rover SAS Long Range Patrol, 1/35, 258
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$19
A very nice model of the reliable Land Rover which was used for SAS behind-the-lines patrols and raids. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions. Please note that decals were not furnished by Italeri.
Unicraft Me-262 HG.III/3, 1/72
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$69
Still factory tape sealed. Very rare model of this advanced German Me-262 variant. Nicely detailed, limited-run resin kit.
Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.VIII Pointed Wing, 1/72, 00692
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$25
Still factory sealed. Limited edition from 2004 and a very high quality model featuring all fine recessed surface detail, very good cockpit, detailed gear wells and much more.
Revell Marder III - 75mm Tank Cracker - 23rd Panzer Division / 90th Panzer Division / 71st Infantry Division, 1/35, H2101
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$24
1976 issue. Very highly detailed with many moving and working features. Contains decals for three different tanks. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell M55 8 Inch Self-Propelled Howitzer - History Maker Issue - (M-55 ex Renwal Big Shot), 1/32, 8625
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$44
1982 History Makers issue from ex-Renwal molds. It is very large and super-detailed for that time and features a crew of 6, working bogies, flexible tracks, elevating gun, detailed interior, opening doors, rotating turret and much more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Trumpeter German 39(H) 10.5cm LeFH18 (Sf) auf Geschutzwagen, 1/35, 00353
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$26
Still factory sealed. Very well detailed with 214 pieces.
Special Hobby Blohm Voss Bv-155B (V-1) Karavanken - (Bv155), 1/72, SH72072
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$36
Limited edition, high quality injection molded model kit with all fine recessed panel lines, high-definition resin details, very good cockpit, detailed gear wells and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. From the Smithsonian Air & Space website: From a tail-hook fighter flying from aircraft carriers to a high-altitude bomber interceptor, the Blohm & Voss BV 155 had an interesting and convoluted development history. It was also one of the most technically advanced propeller-driven airplanes developed by any combatant during World War II. In May, 1942, the German Air Ministry (RLM) convened a meeting with Focke-Wulf and Messerschmitt representatives to review requirements for two new aircraft development projects. One was a single-engine fighter to operate from aircraft carriers, the other specification described a Spezial Höhenjäger, an airplane capable of intercepting bombers at high altitudes and conducting reconnaissance as a secondary mission. The two firms were then fully engaged in building the Fw 190 and Bf 109 and they expressed concern about trying to develop two very ambitious designs on top of existing commitments. Focke-Wulf decided to ignore the carrier fighter and concentrate on the high-altitude interceptor proposal. Two years later, the firm met the high-altitude fighter requirement magnificently with the Focke-Wulf Ta 152H (also in the NASM collection).In 1943, the RLM identified an offshoot high-altitude fighter concept known as the Extremer Höhenjäger, or extreme high-altitude fighter. To meet this need, the Messerschmitt designed the Me 155B and after a clumsy, protracted development period, Blohm & Voss took over and transformed the design into a promising, though technically challenging experimental aircraft called the BV 155.From the May 1942 concept for a carrier-based fighter designated the Bf 109 ST, Messerschmitt proposed three variants: two versions of the naval fighter with different engines and a high-altitude interceptor equipped with the Jumo 213. The company soon merged the two carrier-based designs into a concept called the Me 155A. The bomber interceptor became the Me 155B. Both designs used many components from the Bf 109G, except for the wing and landing gear. Although these concepts showed promise, the work rapidly overtaxed Messerschmitt's design department and the firm transferred the Me 155B project to a new design office in Paris staffed by French aircraft designers. This group was, understandably, less than totally dedicated to the effort.When Germany stopped work on all major surface vessels in January 1943, the Me 155A carrier airplane was cancelled too. French progress to develop the Me 155B was so slight that Messerschmitt stopped the work and refocused its own design staff on developing the Me 209 (a pre-war design that set a world speed record in 1939) to meet the Extremer Höhenjäger requirement. But the RLM would not let Messerschmitt drop the Me 155B. To speed progress the RLM paired Dr. Richard Vogt, chief designer at Blohm & Voss, and several hundred of his engineers and fabricators, with Messerschmitt. Both parties worked well together at first but over the next few months, the relationship soured. Messerschmitt could not resolve many critical decisions about the design including wing layout, engine, and engine coolant radiator design. Late in January 1944, the RLM directed Messerschmitt to transfer the whole project to Blohm & Voss and the BV 155 was born.Dr. Vogt, and his team almost completely reworked the design and in the end selected the Daimler-Benz DB 603 U engine and the Heinkel-Hirth TKL 15 turbosupercharger to power the airplane. He also finalized the armament configuration and selected one MK 108 30-mm cannon in the nose and two 20 mm MG 151 cannons the wing. By late June 1944, Blohm & Voss planned to build three B-series prototypes and an improved version called the BV 155C. After RLM officials inspected the program in August, they were satisfied with progress enough to codename the project 'Karawanken' after a mountain range bordering Austria and Yugoslavia.Vogt and his group created an impressive design. The BV 155 featured an armored, pressurized cabin with an ejection seat, high aspect ratio laminar-flow wings, wide-track landing gear, and a very advanced, though troublesome and complex, propulsion system.An airscoop located on the underside of the fuselage at the trailing edge of the wing fed outside air to the TKL 15 turbo-supercharger. The supercharger compressed the air and fed it to an intercooler mounted above. A pipe semi-recessed into the left fuselage (visible below the cockpit and above the long exhaust pipe) fed the cooled, high-pressure air from the intercooler forward to the engine-driven supercharger. The RLM wanted the airplane to fly near 16 km (52, 490 ft) above the earth. Both a turbo-supercharger (driven by exhaust gases) and a mechanical supercharger (driven by a geared shaft off the engine) were the Vogt team's solution to this problem.The mechanical supercharger pressurized the air again and fed it directly into the DB 603 U intake manifold. After the combustion cycle, semi-recessed exhaust pipes on both sides of the fuselage fed the hot exhaust aft. On both sides of the fuselage below the cockpit, the exhaust pipes angled down and split into two smaller pipes per side. Two pipes fed hot exhaust to turn the turbosupercharger and the other two pipes carried exhaust gases through a wastegate valve and exited the airplane. The wastegate valves regulated the pressure output of the turbosupercharger. Opening the valves dumped more exhaust overboard and slowed the turbo, reducing pressurized air to the engine. Blohm & Voss designed the whole power system to propel the BV 155 to speeds of about 692 kph (430 mph) at over 15,200 m (50,000 ft).The war situation was worsening and the company moved the prototypes into newly armored hangars at Finkenwerder. Blohm &Voss completed the BV 155B V1 (V for Versuch, German for experiment) and scheduled the first flight for mid January. On February 8, 'V1 took to the air but the right radiator leaked badly and chief test pilot Helmut "Wasa" Rodig terminated the flight. Following repairs, the aircraft flew twice more on February 10 and 26. Repairs followed each flight but it is doubtful that the airplane flew again after the 26th.All work had stopped on the third prototype, BV 155 V3, as Blohm & Voss concentrated on finishing the V2 but the war ended first. The British Army occupied Hamburg on May 3 and found the three prototypes at the factory. British officials examined the V1 and decided it was airworthy then directed an RAF pilot to fly it to England. The airplane crashed shortly after takeoff from the factory and was destroyed. The British gathered up V2 and V3 and shipped them to the test establishment at Farnborough, England, for evaluation. They seriously considered completing V2 for flight test but in the end, simply displayed the aircraft in October-November 1945 and then stored it.For years, the identification of the National Air and Space Museum's BV 155 was mysterious. Historians knew the British shipped a BV 155 to the US after the war and that the U. S. Army Air Forces evaluated it at Wright Field, Ohio. They eventually transferred it (bearing Foreign Equipment Number FE-505) to the National Air and Space Museum. Most sources claimed this was the unfinished V3 prototype. In 1998, two restoration specialists reassembling the parts stored at the Paul E. Garber Facility in Silver Hill, Maryland, were amazed to discover nearly the entire V2 airframe. Except for wiring harnesses the factory never hooked up and other small parts, the aircraft appears to be 90-95% complete, including most of the propulsion system. German documents verify that the V3 was only half-finished at war's end and the discovery of "V2" stamped into both sides of the windshield frame seems to prove conclusively that the NASM aircraft is in fact the second prototype.The BV 155 V2 is also the last surviving aircraft built by Blohm & Voss during the company's 12-year foray into aviation. Blohm & Voss was Germany's largest shipbuilder when the company began building aircraft in 1933.
MiniHobby US AAV7A1 With EAAK - Korean Army Service - From Hobby Boss / Trumpeter Molds, 1/35, TN-80015
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$42
Still factory sealed. Same kit as the WSN issue. I believe that the red and yellow 'splash' on the box top means that it is the motorized version, but I cannot be certain.
Monogram Off Road Bronco - Ford Bronco, 1/32, 1034
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$48
Rare and still factory sealed. 1981 issue and a very nicely detailed model. Features roll bar, off road lights, winch, brush guard, full interior, air horns, Goodyear tires and more.
Monogram Focke-Wulf FW-190 - A-8/R-3 / A-7/R2 / A7/R3 / A-5/U8 / A-8/R1 / A-5/U3 Tropical - White Box Issue, 1/48, 6804
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$38
1973 release with an interesting box art variation. This is one of two early 'White Box' issues; on the other issue the aircraft is facing the left. The kit is from the original molds as the impressive 'Four Star' 1965 release. Well molded and includes parts and decals for any of 6 versions listed. Has optional position canopy and landing gear with a very large variety of underwing stores and gun options. Paint guide for all variants is included. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.