Classic Airframes Mitsubishi A5M4 Claude - Pilot 1/C Hideo Owishi Carrier Soryu 1938, 1/48, 427
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$34
This excellent model features all fine recessed panel lines, highly detailed resin cockpit, detailed resin engine and more. Includes color paint guide and decals for two aircraft. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Cavacraft Taylorcraft - Solid Wood Aircraft Model, S-5
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$82
Rare early 1950s model with a 9" wingspan. This excellent kit is among Cavacraft's finest efforts to compete in the high-end, prefabricated solid model hobby. The fuselage and wing are completely carved to shape. The quality is excellent and as good or better than Strombecker. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts present. With large color decal sheet and plans with full instructions.
Revell North American P-51B Mustang - Don Gentile's 'Shangri-La' 336th Fighter Squadron 4th Fighter Group, 1/32, H295-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$56
Still factory sealed but the seal has split at the top left corner. 1969 issue in big 1/32 scale features detailed Rolls Royce Merlin engine, removable cowl, full cockpit detail, pilot figure, rotating wheels & propeller and more.
Aoshima Grumman TBF Avenger Torpedo Bomber Motorized, 1/72, 301
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$40
Rare. Late 1950s/early 1960s early issue with a high-gloss box top and very collectible artwork. Nicely molded kit for that time featuring realistically folding wings, working ailerons, crew of two, wiring and remote control battery holder. It is engineered to be motorized with a Mabuchi Baby Motor, which Aoshima did not furnish (it was available separately). The model as never been started. All parts are still sealed in the factory clear internal bag. Includes decals and instructions.
Jordan Products 1911 Ford Delivery Car HO Scale, 1/87, C-207
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$32
Very well detailed for this scale. Intended for HO layouts but are considered fine kits on their own. The back of many Jordan Highway Miniatures boxes reads "Purchaser Please Note: This is not a 'quickie' kit for kids. It is a highly detailed, authentically scaled craft-type kit, designed for modelers of HO Scale Railroads." The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Revell P-47D Razorback Thunderbolt - RAF South East Asia, 1/32, H151
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$54
1971 issue of this large-scale and well detailed kit with RAF South East Asian markings. Features a detailed R-2800 engine with removable access panels, fully detailed cockpit, pilot figure, rotating wheels and propeller, detailed gear wells and more. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Decals are for GQ-F FL804 of 134 Sqdn., 1944-45. This aircraft is reported to have participated in the reconquest of Burma, and to have flown ground attack missions in support of the Allied landings at Rangoon. It appears the box artist may have intended to depict that operation (thanks to Dusty Rhodes for that information about the box art aircraft).
Airfix Savoia-Marchetti SM-79, 1/72, 04007-3
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$32
1980 Type Four 'enlongated' logo issue. Features moving rudder, elevator and ailerons, cockpit detail and torpedo load-out. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The SM-79 was considered an excellent aircraft and one of the best land based torpedo bombers of the war. Designed and serving as an airliner from 1934 onward, 100 were supplied to the Nationalist Air Force for the Spanish Civil War where they served as day and night bombers. The aircraft performed well in the Med and against Malta, sinking many allied ships.
Dusek Ship Kits Knarr 11th Century Viking Ocean Going Cargo Ship - 8.8 Inch Long Laser-Cut Wooden Model, 1/72, D013
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$58
Well detailed model features plank-on-frame construction, quality hardwood parts that are all precision laser cut, finished wood casks and other cargo, rigging material, sail cloth, hardwood stock, wooden blocks and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes illustrated instructions.
AMT White Western Star Semi Tractor, 1/25, T546
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$80
Rare factory sealed original issue from the 1970s. This super detailed model features hundreds of parts, full rolling chassis build up like the real truck, detailed Cummins NTD-35 6 Cylinder Turbocharged Diesel Engine, Spicer 16 speed transmission, Holland sliding fifth wheel, Mercury sleeper, Hendrickson tandem rear suspension, full interior, optional Frigiking Air conditioner, tilting hood and much, much more.
Airfix Gloster Gladiator - T4 Blister Pack, 1/72, 01002-9
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$20
Still sealed. 1973 Type four logo blister pack with header. This was an excellent kit for that time and includes a clear display stand and full color decals including stripes.
Guillows Nakajima A6M2-N Rufe - 16 Inch Wingspan Flying Balsa Wood Aircraft, 507
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good+
$22
Still factory sealed. This stick-and-tissue flying model is dated 1976 and features die-cut quality balsa wood parts, spar and strip stock, light vacuform plastic parts such as nose cowl, clear bubble canopy and other details, rubber band motor, plastic thrust bearing, plastic propeller, wire propeller shaft, covering tissue, accurate scale plans, illustrated step-by-step model building booklet and color decals.
Italeri TWO British Aerospace Hawk - T.Mk1/51/66 - RAF / Switzerland / Finland, 1/72, 186
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$18
SALE!! Includes two models in one box. The kits have never been started and are inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Features all fine recessed surface detail, very good twin cockpits, two piece canopy, optional position landing gear, external centerline gun pack, drop tanks and AIM-9 Sidewinders. Includes decals for the three air forces listed and a color painting guide on the back of the box.
Maircraft Curtiss Goshawk - Solid Wood Model Airplane, 1/48, S18
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$22
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. This kit features a full size plan with instructions steps, 2D cut main parts, finished wheels and color insignia. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions.
Monogram Grumman F3F-3 Fighter - (F3F3) Blue Box Issue, 1/32, PA186-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$95
2nd issue of this kit with the 'Blue Box' dated 1967. Very highly detailed. The kit has many action features: When you pull the prop outward and rotate it CCW, the landing gear retracts. Pull it outward and rotate it CW, and the gear extends. Push the prop in, and it freewheels as normal. Kit features a movable control surfaces, highly detailed cockpit, full decals, sliding canopy and instructions for rigging. Never started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing one tiny, easy to make part: (1) #6. This is a very small round part with a hole in the middle. Otherwise complete with all other parts, decals and instructions present.
Jordan Products 1929 Model A Ford Station Wagon - HO Scale, 1/87, C-217
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$29
Very well detailed for this scale. Intended for HO layouts but are considered fine kits on their own. The back of many Jordan Highway Miniatures boxes reads "Purchaser Please Note: This is not a 'quickie' kit for kids. It is a highly detailed, authentically scaled craft-type kit, designed for modelers of HO Scale Railroads." Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Strombecker Beechcraft Bonanza V35, C-41
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$84
Rare. Classic early 1950s kit. Made of solid Western Pine - not balsa. Builds up to an impressive display model. Kit includes fuselage, wings, elevators, rudder all cut to shape, sandpaper and a small parts bag with propeller, wheels, etc. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. Decals and instructions are excellent. Before plastic kits were introduced, Strombecker was famous as the premier hardwood preshaped model manufacturer. In the 1940s and 1950s, Strombecker kits were flawlessly engineered but not inexpensive. All wooden parts are hardwood and are precarved to shape - usually only a quick sanding would finish them.
Arii USS Nautilus SSN571 Nuclear Submarine, AR116-D100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$69
Very rare; not even listed in John Burn's guide. Small scale kit that measures about 6.6 inches long when assembled. The kit is basic, featuring only 10 plastic parts. It is also designed for motorized operation, and comes with a big slow-rpm prop, rubber motor and torpedo-shaped weight holder and weight that hang from the bottom when you wish to operate it. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. The instructions are on the bottom of the box top.
Revell Olds Delivery Van Highway Pioneers - (Oldsmobile), 1/32, H44
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$38
1953 early issue molded in white plastic and it includes colorful decals for the van sides for the 'Gowland's Bakery'. This is from the issues produced by Gowland & Gowland as it carrier their 'balloon' logo on the side. These issues feature the same 5 car artwork on every box; the only way to identify the contents was an ink-stamped name on the box ends. This kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internally sealed factory bag. Includes instructions. These kits have a fascinating history. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream and never made the top 10 list of boys activities. Spurred on by the nation-wide aviation craze in the 1920s, many became modelers and built flying or static wooden models of airplanes, ships, trains, automotive and other subjects. Basic kits existed, but many of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s when the Gowland & Gowland/Revell Highway Pioneers became the sales sensation of the year. Demand was so great that the factories could not keep up and almost overnight 'model building' was mainstream. The phenomenon of the 'Highway Pioneers' 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 fit the bill: they could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real cars. The success of the Highway Pioneers lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the late 1950s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys...and many adult males too!
Hasegawa Kawasaki T-4 Hamamatsu Training Wing - 31st TSQ 1st SQ JASDF '306' or '6', 1/72, 1007
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$24
SALE!! Includes two kits in one box. Please read carefully for the condition of the models as they are 'builder quality' only. NOTE: both models have minor and 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: wing halves assembled; cockpit tubs assembled; intake halves assembled. There is no other assembly. Inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Very finely molded with all recessed panel lines, full cockpit, two piece canopy, drop tanks and a painting guide and large, colorful decals sheet for aircraft two aircraft of the JASDF 31st TWQ 1st AW.
Tamiya Kawasaki Ki-61-2 Hien Tony Motorized, 1/50, 6
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$52
Very early Tamiya kit from 1964 with a high-gloss box top and very collectible artwork. Features all very fine raised panel lines, working flaps and elevators, retractable landing gear, optional drop tank, retractable landing gear, three piece canopy, detailed wing guns with removable inspection panels and more. The kit is engineered to be motorized and includes all hardware to do so, but Tamiya did not include the motor with the model. Has decals for two aircraft. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The bags even have the Tamiya paper headers in 'excellent' condition.