La Belle D&RG Alamosa Business Car HOn3 Narrow Gauge - Craftsman Model, 1/87, HOn3-24
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$32
Please read the article on this website about older HO train kits and the modeling revolution they caused in the late 1930s/1940s. During the golden era of realistic train models, La Belle Woodworking Company created perhaps the very finest scale kits of early American passenger equipment. The kit features die cut hardwood parts (no balsa) such as pre-cut and scribed sides with all windows factory cut, car ends done in the same fashion, carved clerestory roof, tinted clear clerestory window material, working end diaphragms, excellent underside and cast metal details, building instructions and plans. I have seen these models built and they look identical to the real prototypes. The kit has not been started and is complete with all small parts still factory sealed, the larger ones inventoried complete with instructions.
La Belle D & RG Double Deck Stock Car - HOn3 Craftsman Kit, 1/87, HOn3-35
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$32
From 1975. Top quality craftsman kit. Features full markings, completely shaped wood stock, two envelopes of small fittings and detailed instructions. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions & plans.
Revell Douglas DC-9 SAS, 1/120, H246
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$34
Unusual 1960s kit of the early short fuselage DC-9. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Decals are for SAS.
MPC LTV Buffalo Mk.IV Amphibian and Jeep, 1/76, 1-6201
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$20
Still factory sealed. 1982 issue by MPC of the excellent 1/76 Airfix armor series. Includes both very nicely detailed models. The Buffalo has many moving features and flexible treads and the jeep is well done with full suspension and interior.
Airfix Supermarine Spitfire VB - Tropical Version 92 Sq Western Desert Nov 1942 Sqn Ldr. Neville Duke, 1/48, 04100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$24
Still factory sealed. Dated 1986. Well molded for that time with fine panel line detail. Features a 'good' cockpit, optional position canopy and some gear well detail.
Herpa Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-144S Supersonic Transport, 1/400, 562430
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$24
SALE!! Brand new in the box; never removed. Very high quality die-cast metal aircraft that is completely factory built, painted and lettered.
Aurora Spitfire Famous Fighters of all Nations First Issue, 1/48, 20-59
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$349
Rare first issue that is 100% correct. The box has excellent color and gloss, four solid original corners (no repairs), no fading or stains, no missing litho or tears, no tags or tag marks and no tape or tape marks (other than the factory sealing tape of course). Flaws include very light general wear as shown and moderate corner wear at the lower left corner. This first issue has minimal surface detail and is molded in the correct non-metallic medium blue and clear plastic. It also has the correct rectangle-based clear display stand and the instructions match this perfectly. (The second and all later issues had greatly increased rivet detail and were molded in a metallic blue plastic) The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. The decals are flat and in amazing 'near mint' condition with only the slightest yellowing. The instructions are 'near mint+' with slight yellowing being the only flaw. Even the original factory packing tissue is present.
Aurora Focke-Wulf Fw-190 Famous Fighters Of All Nations - First Issue With Swastika, 1/48, 30-59
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
$349
Very rare first issue which includes the proper swastika box art and swastika decals. The box has excellent color and gloss, four solid original corners (no repairs), no price tags or tag marks, no tape or tape marks (other than the thin factory sealing tape of course), no fading, stains or torn/missing litho. Flaws include general wear as shown, especially to the left corners and edge as shown. This issue is 100% correct for the first release. The FW-190 was originally issued at the new West Hempstead factory, meaning that it was never part of the famous "Brooklyn 8" (Aurora's first 8 aircraft kits). That also means that the first issue had landing gear and bombs but still had the small clear rectangle stand which was also shown on the instructions. The late issue of the '190 also means it is the rarest of the swastika issues because the swastika was painted out a short time after moving to West Hempstead. Molded in the correct gloss black and clear, with the rectangle-based clear stand, matching instructions and a stunning 'near mint' condition decal sheet which is flat and not even yellowed. The instructions are 'excellent' with slight yellowing, light wear and a 3/4" closed split on a fold crease. Even the original factory packing tissue is present.
Lindberg Beechcraft V35 Bonanza - Cellovision Boycraft Issue, 1/48, R504-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good
$65
Still factory sealed but the box has wear as shown. This is still the only 1/48 scale model of the earliest Bonanza. Mid 1950s Cellovision issue is molded in gloss silver and with full decals (including red stripes) and with the instructions printed on the back of the box.
Pyro Laird-Turner Pesco Special Thompson Trophy Racer - Motorized, 1/32, 342-249
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$125
Very rare motorized version. Propeller spins and the aircraft taxis across the floor. Features steerable tail wheel, movable elevators, rudder and ailerons, detailed cockpit with pilot, seat and instrument panel and electric motor with pulley drives. The kit is complete with the colorful cardboard presentation pieces, all parts still in the factory sealed bag, decals and instructions. The complete line of 1/32 Pyro motorized Thompson Trophy Air Racers is the Hall-Springfield 'Bulldog', Gee Bee and Laird Turner Pesco Special.
Monogram P-40N Curtiss Warhawk - Blue Box Issue, 1/64, 6792
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$26
1967 Monogram/Mattel issue with the composite logo on all five box top outer surfaces. This kit is a reissue of the original 1960 'Four Star' mold '49er' kit. Very finely molded with excellent detail and traditional Monogram quality. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Trabant 601S Trabbi, 1/24, 7334
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$38
1990 issue of this infamous automobile. Nicely done with 60 parts, full interior, separately molded suspension, rotating wheels, luggage rack, excellent decals and more. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: the thin top frame has closed splits (like most of these kits) but all parts are still attached. This is most easily repaired by installing the roof, then gluing the frame parts to the underside of the roof. This serves to automatically align everything and reinforce it. From Wikipedia: The Trabant is an automobile which was produced from 1957 to 1990 by former East German car manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau. It is often seen as symbolic of the former East Germany and the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in general. The Trabant had a duroplast body mounted on a one-piece steel chassis (a so-called unibody), front-wheel drive, a transverse engine, and independent suspension- unusual features in 1957 but it remained much the same until 1989 when it acquired a (licensed) Volkswagen engine; its discontinuation followed in 1991. The 1980s model had no tachometer, no indicator for either the headlights or turn signals, no fuel gauge, no rear seat belts, and no external fuel door, and drivers had to pour a mix of gasoline and oil directly under the bonnet/hood (yes, that is right, it's a car with a two cycle engine). Called "a spark plug with a roof," 3,096,999 Trabants in a number of models were produced over nearly three decades with few significant changes in their basic design. It took up to 10 years to acquire your new Trabant; if you did not want to wait, a second-hand one cost your double what a brand new one cost. The Trabant's build quality was poor, reliability was terrible, closer inspection revealed "patchy assembly quality", with an atrocious maintenance record. According to automotive journalist Doug DeMuro, the Trabant was loud, slow, poorly designed, and badly built.
E&B Valley Railroad Co Decorated Denver & Rio Grande Western Caboose With Trucks - HO / HOn3 Narrow Gauge, 1/87, 018-4042
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$38
Completely factory painted and lettered. Paint is professional quality and in perfect condition. E&B painted all of the parts; not just the larger ones like most manufacturers did. Superb injection molded kit with plastic truck set and dummy couplers. Highly detailed with a large number of parts. While model aircraft mold makers and molding machine operators were claiming that you could not mold parts this fine, several model train companies, like E&B Valley, were busy proving them wrong. This is kit for the serious model railroader who demands prototype fidelity. Molded in black plastic. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions.
E&B Valley Railroad Co Single Or Double Deck Stock Car With Trucks - HO / HOn3 Narrow Gauge, 1/87, 018-3100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$32
Superb injection molded kit with plastic truck set and dummy couplers. Highly detailed with a large number of parts. While model aircraft mold makers and molding machine operators were claiming that you could not mold parts this fine, several model train companies, like E&B Valley, were busy proving them wrong. This is kit for the serious model railroader who demands prototype fidelity. Molded in black plastic. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions. Please note that these E&B kits did not come with decals.
La Belle D&RG Baggage Car Narrow Gauge HOn3 - HO Scale Craftsman Kit, HO, HOn3-22
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$32
During the golden era of realistic train models, La Belle Woodworking Company created perhaps the very finest scale kits of early American passenger equipment. Features die cut hardwood parts (no balsa), carved clerestory roof, clear clerestory window material, complete underside details, metal castings, building instructions and full size plans. I have built these models and they look identical to the real prototypes. The kit has not been started and is complete with all parts, sealed smaller details and plans + instructions. Please read the article on this website about older HO train kits and the modeling revolution they caused in the late 1930s/1940s.
Aurora North American F-86D Sabre Jet, 1/48, 77-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$58
Still factory sealed. Aurora of Canada issue in investment-grade condition. There is no date on the box but it is from the early to mid 1960s. This model is from the modified Brooklyn U-Ma-Kit F-86D molds; this issue has the added landing gear, ordinance and drop tanks.
Pegasus Siemens-Schuckert D-III - (D.III) Bagged, 1/72, 003
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$16
Limited edition injection molded plastic model kit. Pegasus did not include decals with this issue (but did with part #1006). The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including all parts and instructions.
Life-Like 120mm Anti-Aircraft Gun and Carrier 'Tillie the Toiler', 1/40, 09657
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$85
Still factory sealed but the seal has split. Highly detailed model from ex-Adams molds that features gun crew and numerous moving parts like most all 'Adam's Action Models'.
Hasegawa M4A1 Half Track, 1/72, 707-130
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$16
Still factory sealed. Highly detailed 1/72 armor kit that is ideal for dioramas.
Moebius Big Rig Tractor Trailer Wheel And Tire Set - 10 Tires And 10 Chrome Rims, 1/25, 1010
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$18
Still factory sealed. Includes two front wheels and tires, four inner wheels and tires and four outer wheels and tires.