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Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
$18
Still factory sealed. Limited edition injection molded model with very good moldings, complete engine, 'good' cockpit and more. Includes instructions and decals for 9 Spanish Civil War machines and 3 Soviet Union aircraft.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$29
Still factory sealed. Dated 1973 and a very well detailed model of this RAF trainer. Features full interior, pilot figures and more. Includes color paint guide and decals for both air forces listed.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$42
Fifth issue of the Ford Trimotor and dated 1968. This is the 3nd issue with TWA markings and the second Blue Box release. Well detailed model with realistic corrugated skin. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$20
SALE!! Includes two kits in the one box shown. Kit #1 is never started and inventoried complete with all parts, including decals and instructions. NOTE: Kit #2 has minor and 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: cockpit started. There is no other assembly. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Dated 2000. Well detailed model that features a highly detailed cockpit and passenger cabin, optional position cabin doors, very good rotor head & gearbox assembly and more. Includes paint guide and decals for the three helicopters listed.
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$38
This deluxe model is from the early 1970s. It is large scale and robustly designed for rubber or gas free flight; easily converted to RC using today's tiny and light servos and receivers. Box art is by Locher, who did a great deal of the Monogram box artwork also. Features traditional wood/tissue construction with all die cut parts, 'Tube-O-Matic' fuselage construction and 'Rugged Super X Simplified Non-Warping Wing' construction, a very large and colorful insignia sheet for the box art aircraft, detailed full size plans, building instructions, wheels, hardware, tissue and propeller. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including insignia and plans. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$12
Features about 85% injection molded plastic parts and the rest are cast in high-definition resin. Never started. The parts and all paperwork are still in the internal factory sealed bag. Literally everything is still factory sealed.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair++
$16
One-piece soft box issue that is dated 1965. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$20
Beautifully molded with all fine recessed panel lines, good cockpit, optional position canopy, very good intake and exhaust detail, enclosed gear wells, wing pylons and four missile armament, wing tip tanks and more. Includes four-view paint guides and decals for both colorful aircraft.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$15
Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present but NOTE: this kit has very minor and 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: both sets of outer wing halves. There is no other assembly.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$22
Very well detailed featuring complete cockpit, detailed engine and gear wells, drop tank and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$30
1970s reissue of the older and still very popular kit. Features traditional wood/tissue construction, quality printwood, stripwood, wire prop shaft, fully formed and finished wood wheels and thrust button, clear canopy material, rubber, tissue, propeller and detailed full size plans with building instructions. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$38
SALE!! Includes two model kits and (1) factory-sealed True Details #72030 Do-17 Resin Wheel Set (2 main wheels). Both kits are never started. Kit #1 is inventoried complete with all aircraft parts, decals and instructions present. NOTE: missing display stand. Kit #2 is the same as kit #1 but NOTE: missing decals as well as the display stand. This model has superb fit & finish and is well detailed for that time with optional position landing gear, good cockpit with crew members, rotating propellers & wheels, and more. Includes one decal sheet for KG53 Legion Condor, 7th Staffel or KG2, 7th Staffel. Both groups operated on the Russian Front in 1942.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$50
Rare early 1950s USA plastic model kit. This is the larger of the two Comet S2Fs in near 1/48 scale. As with most Comet kits, this one is well molded with all recessed panel detail and no unsightly rivets. Features retractable sonar dome and MAD boom, extensive clear windows, wing search light with clear cover, rocket under-wing load out, rotating propellers and display stand. Molded in gloss light gray and clear. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$29
Limited edition from 2001 which includes a paint guide and decals for both of Ace Saburo Sakai's aircraft. Very well detailed featuring complete cockpit, detailed twin-row engine and gear wells, drop tank and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$18
Contains two complete models. This is a superb kit that has an incredible assortment of decals and also full color painting guides for each one. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$49
Still factory sealed. This rare first issue has the Type 1 logo paper header is in 'Excellent+' condition. The kit is molded in the correct silver plastic with a clear canopy and correct early. two-piece clear Airfix 'teardrop-base' stand. Airfix's first logo for plastic models is known among collectors as the 'Type One' or 'T1' logo and was used for short time in the 1950s and occasionally in the very early 1960s.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$32
1973 issue that includes optional parts to build either variant. Features removable cowling with detailed Wright R-2600 engines, optional position landing gear and rotating propellers & wheels. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$20
Very high quality, limited production model that features all fine, recessed panel lines, many cast resin and precision PE metal parts, very good cockpit, detailed main and nose gear wells and more. Includes paint guide and decals for all RAAF aircraft listed. NOTE: this kit has minor, 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: rudder pedals, panel, stick & bulkhead to floor; main gear bays to upper wings. There is no other assembly. Inventoried 100% complete and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$18
This model includes 50 Russian Special Forces figures and a well detailed T62; all items are in 1/72 scale. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$64
Rare Mandrill reissue of Strombeckers famous Sea Dart model from the 1950s. This was a bagged-only release and never had a box. Molded in dark blue plastic. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes the correct Mandrill-issued instructions. Please NOTE that Mandrill did not furnish decals with this kit. Strombecker was very well known for producing the finest pre-carved hardwood aircraft and missile kits, but they had a very short journey into the plastic model field. After making the Sea Dart kit in 1956, they added four more for a total of 5 injection molded aircraft kits. All were discontinued in the mid 1960s. The Sea Dart was a supersonic design that could take off and land from water using retractable hydro-skis. Five prototypes were built and over 300 test flights made. The advent of the super carrier spelled the end of the Sea Dart, although 4 still exist on display today. Mandrill was founded by Bob Bennett in 1988 and he purchased the Strombecker molds from Polk's Hobby and Modelcraft. This kit was released in 1989. Mandrill also re-issued the plastic 1/130 scale Strombecker Martin China Clipper in a plain white box with no decals or instructions. These are the only two known releases from Mandrill.