Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$225
Rare first issue with an extensive LED lighting system for the entire ship. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$95
Very rare waterline model that features a pressure-cast (no air bubbles) high-definition cast resin hull & larger parts, two large tree of fine injection molded details, many cast metal parts, many photoetched metal details with railings and a variety of metal stock as required. Includes a full-size, four view paint guide. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. Aikoku Maru was laid down at the Mitsui Tamano shipyards in Okayama Prefecture on 29 December 1938. The vessel measured 10,438 gross register tons,[1] with a length of 160.8 m (527 ft 7 in). Powered by two Mitsui B&W diesel engines with 13,000 shp (9,700 kW) driving twin screws, she was capable of 20.9 knots (38.7 km/h; 24.1 mph). The vessel was launched on 25 April 1940, and was named Aikoku Maru at that time.She was designed to be a combined passenger liner / cargo vessel for the Osaka Shosen Lines's regularly scheduled services to South America. Provisionally named Kyoto, the design for the new vessel was to have boasted of luxurious suite rooms. The vessel was built with large government subsidies provided from 1936 to encourage the production of large, high-speed transports and tankers, which could be quickly converted to military use in times of conflict.Although ostensibly a luxury ocean liner, the military had a say in the design of Aikoku Maru with an eye towards its future use as a troop transport. Provision was made for landing craft and for the anchoring of naval artillery. Immediately on completion on 31 August 1941, Aikoku Maru was officially requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was converted into an armed merchant cruiser from 5 September while still at Tamano, with the installation of four 15 cm/50 41st Year Type guns, two QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval guns, two Type 93 13.2 mm machine guns and two twin-mount 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes. She was also fitted with powerful searchlights and boom for handling a Kawanishi E7K float plane (with one additional aircraft as a spare). Aikoku Maru sank the US SS Vincent cargo ship and the US SS Malama. After this, she served with a sister ship supporting submarine operations off the east coast of Africa and Mozambique. Her base shifted to Penang, where she was again successful as a merchant raider, sinking a Dutch tanker and British Freighter. Shortly after that, she captured a New Zealand freighter and put a prize crew aboard to sail back to Japan. She continued to have a varied and successful career until transport duties put an end to the raiding; she was sunk while serving as an ammunition ship in Feb. of 1944.
Other Materials, Box Condition: Sealed
$22
SALE! Includes two of the #682 Du-Bro Motor Mounts. Still factory sealed and from a long closed-down hobby shop that I purchased the contents of. This part of the warehouse was rather dirty, so the bags and headers are also dirty.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$25
From 1995 and issued in conjunction with the Star Trek Voyager TV Series. This large model measures 13 1/4 inches long (33.6mm) when assembled and has 39 pieces. Molded in beige plastic and includes a display stand. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$40
Still factory tape sealed. Rare and widely considered to be the finest 1/35 tracks ever made. The set is beautifully cast in metal, very highly detailed and realistic down to the proper track 'sag' at the top. Includes metal links and wire for the track pivots.
Other Materials, Box Condition: Good++
$29
This state-of-the art set of paints can take care of many of your detailing/weathering needs for aircraft, military models and civilian cars & trucks. Includes engine grime, fuel stains, fresh engine oil, metal slag, black, dark wash, jet exhaust burnt iron, Oilbrusher rust and Streaking grime. NOTE: missing #0191 Steel and #0045 Gun Metal. The other 9 colors are included and never used.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$65
Still factory sealed and rare in this condition. 1965 hardbox issue and the first motorized F-86 release with jet sound. Features electric motor, hardware, battery stand, full landing gear, two drop tanks, underwing missiles, pilot & ejection seat and more. 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.
Other Materials, Box Condition: NM+
$18
NOS (New Old Stock - never opened) from a long-closed down hobby shop that I purchased the contents of.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$79
Still factory sealed. 1991 issue of this large and well detailed model which features featuring 173 pieces, all fine recessed panel line detail, very good cockpit with optional position canopy, detailed gear wells, excellent inlet and exhaust, extensive air-to-air weapons loadout and more. Includes a very large decal sheet for all three aircraft versions.
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$22
Still factory sealed. Aftermarket high-definition resin cockpit set designed for the Monogram 1/48 scale model. It is far superior to the one in the original kit..
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$79
Second issue dated 1963 and in beautiful 'Near Mint' condition. This issue does not have 'Famous Fighters' on the four box side logos. The first issue did have FF in the box side logo borders. Features a good cockpit, pilot & gunner figures, detailed engine, rotating propeller and more. Includes a ground base with wheel chocks molded in. Molded in gloss light gray, black and clear plastic. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. One cabane strut is broken in two, but both parts are present for a straight-forward repair.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$69
Features recessed surface detail, photoetched detail fret, options for folding wings and flaps, detailed weapons bay with optional position bay doors, optional 'stowed' or launch position nose landing gear, lowered or raised arresting hook, GBU-32 bombs and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$42
Still factory 'round tape' sealed. Dated 2006 and this is the re-tooled version to reflect changes up to 2003. Large and very well detailed model featuring complete cockpit, complete cargo bay/cabin with optional position rear boarding doors, optional tilted engines/rotors and more.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$69
Includes mint, never used Belcher Bits BD-20 Decal Set For 1/48 H-21. This is a a very extensive set with full color painting guides and markings for 10 different helicopters. They are as follows: Canadian RCAF 108 Communications Flight 1955, RCAF Same In 1957, RCAF 107 Rescue Unit Northern Labrador 1950?, RCAF Mid-Canada Line Support 1958, RCAF Rescue 121 Composite Unit Vancouver 1962 , RCAF Rescue 1965, Swedish Navy 1959, Same in 1964, and two different French Navy H-21s from the 1950s. The actual large and impressive kit multi-media kit features injection molded parts with fine recessed panel detail, clear parts, a great many detailed white metal castings and many photoetched parts. Includes decals for the three helicopters listed. Includes detailed cockpit, detailed cargo interior, optional position doors and more. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
$20
Still factory sealed. NOS (New Old Stock) service part from a long closed-down hobby shop that I purchased the contents of.
Other Materials, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$27
Still factory 'round tape' sealed. This is a set of superb state-of-the art acrylic paints for use with airbrush ONLY as they are pre-thinned. Includes 6 jars of the paint colors shown on the box top.
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$28
From the 1940s. This model features 3D factory-cut hardwood fuselage, 3D factory cut wings, 2D (Profile) cut horizontal and vertical stabilizer, finished main and tail wheels, spinner block, printwood, dowels, full color RAF insignia, sandpaper, plans with profile sections and more. 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). This lead to one of the most desirable and rare model kits ever produced in the USA - the wood/plastic 1/48 United DC-3 model issued immediately after World War 2. Other than the P-61 and a few other Maircraft offerings, most were simple kits that sold for the low price of about 35 cents and gave the owners many hours of pleasurable work.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$38
Still factory sealed. This is the only 1/72 kit ever made of this ground-breaking transport. Often called the first 'Modern Airliner', the successful Boeing 247 was one the earliest transports with all metal construction, retractable landing gear, de-icers and controllable pitch props. Includes two types of windshields, rubber tires, optional position landing gear and struts. Has full interior detail for two ships: long-range tanks and accessories for Col. Turner's MacRobertson Race Entry, and complete passenger seat interior for United version. Includes colorful markings for UAL or the Racer shown on the cover. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$18
Very high quality kit from 1989. Features fine moldings, all recessed panel lines, good tandem cockpit, two piece canopy, detailed gear wells, drop tanks, AA-9 and AA-8 air-to-air missiles and more. Includes a big four-view paint guide and decal; the decals include enough white-outlined blue nose numbers for you to model just about any 'Blue' Mig-31. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$14
1/700 scale waterline kit that is finely molded and well detailed. Never started. All trees are still sealed in factory bags. Complete with instructions and decals. There is a multi-view, full size & full color painting guide on the back of the box.
