CM CA2 USS New York (Armored Cruiser 1895) - Later USS Saratoga and USS Rochester, 1/350
Resin Model Kit
$235
SPECIAL ORDER limited production kit. Museum quality high definition resin castings. Complete kit with all parts needed for assembly. Some kits include photo-etched details and decals if required -email for details on a certain kit. Kits are molded upon receipt of payment. Normal wait is two to three weeks. The USS New York CA-2 was the second US armored cruiser, the Maine being the very first. The Maine took so long to finish that the New York actually entered service first. After diverting from a trip to Key West, New York became flagship at Santiago de Cuba, 1898 in the Spanish American War. She enjoyed a long and eclectic Navy career. She was renamed USS Saratoga (ACR-2) to make 'name space' for the Battleship New York on Feb 16, 1911. On December 1, 1917, she was renamed Rochester to free up the name for CV-3. As Rochester, she served in Haiti, Shanghai, and the P.I. Hulked at Cavite in 1938, the veteran of 40 years in the Fleet was scuttled on December 24, 1941 to prevent capture.
Airfix Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.V With Eduard PE and Fly Decals For 4 Aircraft and Resin Parts, 1/72, A09016
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$38
2015 kit from brand-new molds. Includes Eduard #73577 Photoetched Detail Set designed for this model; features two sheets of PE, colored and brass. Still factory sealed. Also includes the sealed resin parts, decals and color paint guide for four aircraft and instructions from the Fly Whitley. The actual model is superbly molded and detailed and has decals for two aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram F3F-3 Grumman Navy Fighter - (F3F3) Blue Box Issue, 1/32, 6851
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$79
Mattel logo issue dated 1967. Very well detailed for that time. Features movable control surfaces, very good cockpit, sliding canopy, instructions for rigging and a novel action feature: when you pull the prop outward and rotate it counter clock-wise, the landing gear retracts. Rotate it clock-wise and the gear extends. Push the prop in, and it freewheels as normal. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Please NOTE that the decals have visible age cracking and one small gear is a different color; it is from another issue of the same kit.
Revell Avro Lancaster MKI S for Sugar or Q for Queenie, 1/72, H207
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$38
Mid 1960s softbox issue. The famous 'S For Sugar' flew 137 missions in WWII, more than any other Bomber Command surviving aircraft. Kit features movable control surfaces, opening bomb bay doors, retractable landing gear and full crew. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: although complete, one machine gun barrel end is broken off and the broken off part is missing.
Monogram TWA Ford Tri-Motor Blue Box Issue, 1/77, PA161-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$34
From 1966. Fourth issue of the Ford Trimotor, but 2nd issue with TWA markings and first Blue Box release. The model has never been assembled but NOTE: the cylinders of one engine are neatly painted to 'pro' quality. There is no other painting. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Monogram Piper Tri-Pacer Sport Airplane - (Tripacer), 1/32, 6822
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+++
$80
Still factory sealed but the seal has splits on the short sides. 1973 Monogram/Mattel release of this great large-scale model. Features opening doors, full interior, removable cowling, engine detail and two hunting figures (including politically incorrect dead mountain lion). Monogram lists a cardboard diorama for use with this kit (and another for the Cessna 180). This was advertised in the old four star kit box for a short time. The display was based on the store display but with the advertising removed. If you have one of these displays, please contact me.
Bandai Piper Super Cub PA-18, 1/48, 8521-300
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$39
Large scale (1/48) kit that is well detailed. Includes figures, full interior, detailed engine with optional position cowling and decals with all side stripes, black anti-glare panel & enough 'N' numbers to make almost any registration. Never started. The small parts are still all in the factory sealed bag; the larger parts have been inventoried complete, with decals and instructions.
Pegaso Ryan Navion - (ex Lindberg), 1/48, P5020
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$75
Still factory sealed. From ex-Lindberg 1/48 scale molds. Includes cardstock airport diorama.
Aurora Bristol F2B Brisfit - (F.2B), 1/48, 113-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$46
SALE! 1957 first issue. Dramatic Jo Kotula artwork. Molded in the correct gloss olive green and black. Inside, the kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Aurora Bristol F2B Brisfit - (F.2B), 1/48, 113-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$69
1957 first issue. Dramatic Jo Kotula artwork. The kit inside is mint and never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Hobby Craft Lavochkin La-7, 1/48, HC1590
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$19
Still factory sealed. Nicely molded with all recessed panel lines. Has good cockpit and landing gear detail and decals for three aircraft (USSR Ace Pilot Ivan Kozhedub 1944 / Ivan Kozhedub 1945 / Czech 1947).
AMT Vought A-7E Corsair II - US Navy VA-146 USS Constellation or VA-46 USS America, 1/72, 8808
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
Very nicely molded with recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit, gear well detail, optional weapons loads with drop tanks, AIM-9 Sidewinders, Maverick missiles and iron bombs, optional position canopy and more. Includes very nice decals for the Hi-Vis and VA-46 Low-Vis markings. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Airmodel Focke-Wulf FW-56 Stosser Falcon - Luftwaffe or Austrian Air Force - Bagged, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$10
Completely injection molded kit, not vacuform. Nicely molded. The kit has never been started. Inventoried with all parts and instructions present. This is the first Focke-Wulf design that Kurt Tank was responsible for. Later he designed the famous and effective 190 series.
Lindberg 1940 Ford Custom Convertible - (ex Pyro), 1/32, 2120
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$17
1979 John Steel artwork Lindberg issue from original Pyro molds. In the early to mid 1960s the Pyro company chose many of it's kit subjects based more on historical significance than popularity. Luckily for us, Pyro not only made these kits but did an excellent job for the time. The Pyro car models are based on the actual cars that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. The model includes tan and clear parts, detailed (molded) chassis and complete interior. Ideal for slot car conversion, and Pyro originally advertised it that way. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.
Lindberg Curtiss Goshawk F11C-2 - (F11C2) - BAGGED, 1/48, 535
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
$20
Bagged kit - there is no box. The box is shown for reference only. Reissue of the older 1950s kit with good detail. Can be built into a very nice model and includes the Lindberg clear 'teardrop' display stand. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Academy Consolidated PBY-2 Catalina, 1/72, 2122
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$24
Still factory sealed but the seal has a split on the bottom. An excellent model that is very well detailed. Molded with very fine, all recessed panel lines and features interior detail, beaching gear, optional bomb load, optional position wing tip floats, rotating propellers, real rubber tires and very colorful decals for the pre-WWII aircraft shown on the box top.
Airfix Martin B-26B Marauder 'Mild And Bitter' or 'Dee-Feater', 1/72, 04015-4
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+++
$32
Still factory sealed but the seal has drawn the box slightly concave. Has markings for 'Dee-Feater' of the 597th Sqn, 397 Bomb Group at Rivenhall, Essex and 'Mild and Bitter' of the 450th Sqn, 322 BG based at Great Ailing, Essex and was one of the first B-26s to complete 100 missions from the UK. Very nice kit. Includes full cockpit, extensive bomb bay detail, elevating guns and rotating turrets, rotating props and wheels, optional position bomb bay doors, crew boarding ladder, crew member and moving elevators.
Lindberg Gee Bee Sportster 1930's Racer - (ex-Pyro / Life-Like), 1/32, 70561
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$22
Still factory sealed. From original Pyro molds. Features good cockpit, movable control surfaces and full decals.
Lindberg Laird Tuner Meteor Thompson Trophy Air Racer Roscoe Turner, 1/32, 70562
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$22
Still factory sealed. 1992 issue of the 1/32 Pyro kit. Well molded for the times, the kit features good cockpit detail, moving control surfaces, pilot figure and clear canopies. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Tamiya Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 32 'Hamp' Zero - With 7 Figures - 2 Fighter Group Buna East of New Guinea 1940 / Tainan FG (1st) Buna '42-'43 / 204 FG Rabaul 1943 / Tainan FG (2nd) Taiwan 1944, 1/48, MA125
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$24
Still factory sealed but the seal has a split on the lower long side. Very nicely molded and detailed featuring all very fine recessed and raised panel lines, detailed full cockpit and landing gear wells, closed or open canopy, opened or closed cowl flaps, optional drop tanks, optional position landing gear, 7 figures (including pilot) and paint guide and decals for the 4 aircraft listed.