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Skywave USSR Boevoy Missile Destroyer - Sovremenny Class, 1/700, 53
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$28
Highly detailed waterline ship which includes hull numbers for almost any ship of that class. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Matchbox T-80B Soviet Main Battle Tank - (T80) - USSR 10th Tank Guards Division In East German 1988, 1/76, 40183
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$14
Still factory 'round tape' sealed. Nicely made kit in the famous Matchbox 1/76 armor series.
Italeri Panavia Tornado IDS - RAF ' Gulf Killer' / 'Snoopy Airways' 'Helen' / Luftwaffe / Italian Air Force, 1/48, 834
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$30
Detailed model features all fine recessed panel line detail, full cockpit, detailed gear wells, swing wings, optional position speed brakes and canopy, full underwing load and more. Includes decals and paint guide for three air forces including some great RAF Gulf War nose artwork. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Supermarine Spitfire Mk. 1, 1/32, 4555
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$36
1990 'Lone Eagles' issue from the popular 1960s molds Features detailed cockpit, opening canopy, pilot figure, retractable landing gear, detailed Rolls Royce Merlin engine with removable cowling, rotating propeller and wheels and more. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: several engine parts are a different color. They are from an earlier issue of this same kit.
Roden Fairchild C-119C Flying Boxcar, 1/144, 321
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$24
Very well detailed from new molds. Features all fine recessed panel lines, clear windows, detailed engine nacelles and landing gear and extensive decals and a full color paint guide. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Matchbox Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless - US Marines VMSB-231 1944 / A-24B French Air Force 1944 / Royal New Zealand Air Force 25 DBS 1944, 1/32, PK-503
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$39
Dated 1985. From original Matchbox molds from the 1970s. Large-scale kit is nicely molded and detailed for that time. Features complete cockpit, detailed Wright Cyclone engine front, perforated dive flaps, bomb load and more. Includes decals for US Navy, French Air Force and New Zealand. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
MPM Bell P-63A Kingcobra - USA or USSR, 1/72, 72021
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$24
Limited issue model with fine recessed panel lines, very good cockpit, brass photoetched parts, film instruments and more. Includes decals for both variants. Never started. internal factory sealed bags with decals and instructions.
Jo-Han 1935 Mercedes Benz 500K Roadster Limousine Sindelfingen Body, 1/25, GC1135
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$82
On April 9, 1935, this magnificent custom built automobile was delivered to Rudolph Carracciola, the Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix team driver. Rudy, with an impressive win record of 23 wins and 23 second places, had chosen this vehicle for his own personal transportation. Powered by the supercharged 5 liter engine, the large and heavy vehicle was an excellent performer and one of the finest cars of the 1930s. Well detailed kit with over 150 parts. Builds up a rolling chassis just like the real car. Features steerable wheels, removable boot, highly detailed engine and full chassis, double spare tires, detailed interior, opening hood and chrome spoked wheels. The model is molded in green, black, clear, chrome-plated parts and rubber tires. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions present.
Revell Ar-240 C-02 Nightfighter - (Ar240C-02), 1/72, 04310
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$32
Still factory sealed. Well detailed with 79 pieces, all recessed panel lines, very good cockpit, movable machine gun turrets, extended wings, radar antenna array, optional position landing gear, detailed gear wells and more.
Airfix Yak-9D - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 4-46
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$18
1960s issue with great artwork of a lone Yak attacking a large formation of Ju-88s at night. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hawk Gloster Javelin Picture Gallery, 1/72, 502-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$54
Rare 1955 issue in the 'Picture Gallery' series. The dramatic scene shows Javelins intercepting IL-38 Bison bombers. Some of the Sparrow-like missiles are going ballistic (ground clutter perhaps?) while another blows the port wing forward (yes- forward) on the uppermost Bison. This series was done before Bill Campbell started doing the artwork for Hawk. As Bill told me, the Picture Gallery artist fell ill and Bill took over - that's how he got in with Hawk and why the PG issues were so short lived and rare today. This is an excellent kit for that time with Hawk's famous fit & finish, very fine raised & recessed surface detail, full landing gear, pilot figure, 6 air-to-air missiles and green-tinted clear canopy & 'teardrop' based display stand & arm. Even includes a 'near mint' condition capsule of factory glue and the special small, illustrated instruction sheet that is only about how to use the glue. The parts are the correct light silver plastic light green clear. Inside, the kit is exactly as it left the factory. All of the small parts are still sealed in the original factory 'krinkle' bags. Includes decals, assembly instructions and glue instructions. In the mid 1950s Hawk experimented with some interesting box shapes; this Javelin and the triangle-box F4D Skyray are the two best known. However, they were not the size of most other kits so stacking them was difficult. Hawk discontinued the practice fairly quickly and went back to standard size, rectangular model boxes.
Frog Blackburn Skua Red Series, 1/72, F162
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$20
Red Series issue that is very finely molded in medium gray and clear plastic. Features separately molded ailerons, elevators & rudder, good cockpit, crew of 3, optional position landing gear, rotating propeller & wheels and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. The Lines Brothers opened Frog in 1932, capitalizing on the fever caused by Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight. Almost overnight the western populations became 'Air-Minded', and anything aviation was in high demand. Frog created a quality line of stick and tissue rubber powered aircraft and gliders as well as innovative ready-to-fly rubber powered aircraft that required no assembly. The box even contained a built-in rubber motor winder and fuselage holder. Model airplane flight competitions were popular in Great Britain, and one category was 'Rise Off the Ground', or ROG. By changing this to 'Flies Right Off the Ground', the FROG name was born. In 1936 Frog created a line of injection molded plastic models, the first such kit line in the world (Hawk sold a line of injection molded aircraft models in 1934 but they were factory assembled and painted). Named 'Penguin' after the bird that does not fly, the kits were innovative beyond the means of production. At a time when models were simply built by wingspan, the Penguin line was a constant 1/72 scale. Furthermore, a large 1/72 Short S.30 Empire class flying boat contained a full interior and lights! A line of accessories such as AA guns, tractors, hanger, ambulance, sound locator, searchlights and lighting kits were quickly added to the line. WWII caused a pause in production. After the war the box color changed from silver to green, and Penguin kits were also marketed in the USA. Production ended in 1950. Frog quickly expanded and released the Red, Blue, Orange, Black, Green, Gold Token, Spin and Comet series as well as Trail Blazers and several others. It is noteworthy that while most manufacturers in the 1940s/50 were making toy-like models, Frog attempted to make very realistic models. For example, 'detailing' kits with excessively large rivets was once very popular. Frog ignored this trend and continued to mold aircraft with fine panel lines and no rivets. As a result, Frog kits can be built into very realistic replicas. Production ended in the late 1970s, but Frog molds are still in use around the world.
DML Northrop P-61B Black Widow - (P-61), 1/72, 5017
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$28
This model is very high quality with all fine recessed panel lines, photoetched details, excellent cockpit and crew stations, opened or closed underside crew hatch with ladder, drop tanks, full antenna array, top turret, detailed engine fronts and more. Includes multi-view paint guide and decals for two great nose-art aircraft. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg Curtiss JN-4D Jenny, 1/48, 534-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$34
1950s issue with early classic box art by Ray Gaedke. Nice kit with detailed engine, removable cowling, full cockpit, two pilots, ground crewman and aircraft tail dolly. Molded in a beautiful gloss yellow and clear. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried and NOTE: missing one tiny part, (1) of (4) kingposts, which can be easily made with pulled sprue. Otherwise complete with all other parts and includes decals and instructions.
ESCI Mercedes Benz 230G Cross Country, 1/24, 3022
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
$44
Still factory sealed. Nicely detailed kit with full frame assembly with separately molded driveline and suspension, detailed interior, optional position tail gates and more.
Revell H-16 Piasecki Transporter 'S' Issue, 1/96, H223-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$69
SALE!! 1955 first issue. It is easy to see how this era of Revell artwork is considered the peak of model kit box art. This kit features working rotors, detailed rotor heads, detailed cockpit and pilot figure, opening rear drive-on cargo door and more. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: the box displays 'near mint' but is only graded 'excellent' because there is a 1" x 1/2" tape pull on the top long side.
Revell Type XXI U2540 U-Boat - Submarine with Full Interior, 1/144, 05078
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$59
Still factory 'round tape' sealed. Large kit with very highly detailed interior and extensive decals. The Type XXI U-Boats were the world's first true submarines; they could travel at high speeds for great distances underwater and attack without visual contact with the targets. The 'snort' allowed them to recharge the batteries and renew the air, eliminating the last needs for surfacing. A development of the Walther Peroxide Boats, the XXIs were seen as a faster way to put a more advanced submarine into service.
Revell Sears Buggy Highway Pioneers, 1/32, H45-89
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$36
1953 early issue molded in green plastic. This is from the issues produced by Gowland & Gowland as it carrier their 'balloon' logo on the side. Never started. The parts are still sealed in the correct 'krinkle' clear bag. Includes instructions. Before the 1950s 'model building' never made the top 10 list of boy's activities. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream. Shortly after the turn of the century, many dedicated modelers built flying or static airplanes, ship, train, automotive or other subjects. Basic kits existed, but the majority of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s. The phenomenon of the Revell/Gowland & Gowland 'Highway Pioneers' car kits was a significant force in proving that model building as a hobby could have mass appeal, provided that the kits were easy enough to build and finish. These 1/32 scale vehicles could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real car. The Highway Pioneers series lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the early 1960s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys.
Matchbox BAC Canberra PR.9 - 39th Sq Wyton Huntingdon 1974 / 13th Sq RAF Cyprus 1970 / 58th Sq RAF Wyton Huntingdon 1963, 1/72, PK-408
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$24
Hard-to-find model of the PR9. This variant was a further development of the successful Canberra PR7. The differences were major including an offset canopy, modified wings and more powerful engines. This model includes decals for three RAF machines in camo or natural silver decoration: NO. 39 Sq 1974, No. 13 Sq. RAF Cyprus 1970 and NO. 58 Sq 1963. There is a full color painting guide on the back of the box with three view of each aircraft. There is no assembly but NOTE: this kit has very minor and neat painting: the cockpit parts and several smaller other details are painted. There is no other painting. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Rareplane McDonnell F3H-2 Demon - (F3H2) - Bagged, 1/72
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
$14
Still factory sealed. This is a very well detailed and molded vacuform kit with higher quality parts than many injection molded kits. Features two sheets of plastic parts, clear canopy in 'mint' condition and not yellowed, many cast metal details, very good cockpit and more.