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.
Merlin Models Fokker E-V / D-VIII - German or Polish Air Force, 1/72, 16
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$19
Limited edition kit with finely cast metal parts and details and injection molded main airframe parts. Includes decals for multiple versions. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Novo Techna Soviet Type D Series I Submarine, 1/400, K4004
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$10
Ex-Soviet Union kit that is very well molded for that time with very fine detail and hull drain holes. Full hull model measures 7.5 inches long when assembled and includes display stand and decals. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags, which is attached to cardstock that is folded in two. At times the factory workers had to get pretty creative because of a shortage of staples. Beyond staples, I have seen the bag of parts attached with tape, a clothing snap, a rivet or even sewn on with thread!
Welsh Vickers Super VC-10 - East African Airlines, 1/144, SL38
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$22
Very high quality vac kit with cast metal details. Never started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed bags. The big parts were never sealed and have been inventoried complete including very large & colorful 'East African' decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Mitsubishi Ki-67 Type 4 Hiryu Peggy - 7th Army Group 3rd Sq / 2nd Flight Company Sq. / 74th Army Group 1sy Sq, 1/72, CP19
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$23
Very highly detailed with full interior and optional position bomb bay doors with full interior and bomb load. Has markings for three aircraft NOTE: this kit has 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: Base (#19) to turret ring; engines assembled; cockpit & cabin 98% assembled. There is no other assembly. Inventoried 100% complete and includes decals and instructions.
Aurora-KB De Havilland DH-10A Bomber - Collector's Edition Issue, 1/48, 1125-300
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
$40
1972 hardbox issue in a beautiful 'Excellent+++' condition box. Aurora greatly improved these molds for this issue which makes it an excellent builder. Features 'good' cockpit detail, two Lewis machine guns, twin Liberty 12 engines, pilot, two gunners and 2 mechanic figures, painting guide and rigging guide. The kit has never been started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing the display base and one very small piece: the flat windscreen. I have included thick clear styrene as this is very simple to make. Otherwise includes all other parts and decals and instructions both in 'near mint' condition.
Hasegawa Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero Type 52 - 1995 Commemorative Flight or 253 Flying Group WO T. Iwamoto 1944 Rabaul / 381FG 1944 Toyohasi / 653FG Commander IJN Zuikaku 1944 Philippines / 261FG June 1944 Saipan, 1/48, JT23X
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$26
Limited edition kit with decals for the commemorative flight of a restored Zero in 1995 and the four other aircraft listed as well. Very nice kit featuring complete cockpit, detailed engine and gear wells, drop tank, optional position canopy and decals for several aircraft. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
A A Hales Ltd Mayflower Pilgrim Ship Marinecraft Kit - 13 Inch Long Wooden Ship Kit, 651
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$64
Very nicely early kit from Hales who also had the Yeoman line of flying aircraft kits. This model features a shaped wooden hull, early injection molded life boats and anchor, a full set of flags, color side decorations, name plate and transom decorations, full sails, brass cannon and brass rigging parts, precut wood, wood stock for masts, yards, metal stock, three types of rigging material, detailed instruction sheet, large, foldout photographic sheet showing construction at many phases (and keyed to the instructions) and full size plans with rigging details. The kit has never been started. The small parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and the parts that were never sealed have been inventoried complete including color sheet, instructions, photo sheet and plans.
La Belle D&RG Closed Vestibule Coach HOn3 Narrow Gauge - Craftsman Model, 1/87, HOn3-25
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$28
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 details & other metal details, building instructions and full size 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 parts, plans and instructions.
Otaki Leopard II Tank Motorized, 1/48, OT-4-19
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$48
Still factory sealed. Nicely detailed scale kit with realistic track drive through an included Mabuchi FA-130 motor and gear box.
Revell Martin Mariner PBM-5 - Lodela Issue, 1/118, H175
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$44
Still factory sealed. Lodela issue from the same molds as the well-detailed 1950s 'S' kit. Ideal builder. Features rotating turrets, elevating guns, optional position crew doors and rotating props. Although from old molds, this builds into a nice model.
Trumpeter P-51B Mustang II, 1/32, 02274
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$44
Excellent, large-scale kit with 292 pieces. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Modelkrak Japanese Battleship Yashima, 1/700, MKs-J004
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$30
Finely cast resin waterline model that includes illustrated directions. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. Yashima was built in Great Britain and participated in the early stages of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, including the Battle of Port Arthur on the second day of hostilities. Yashima was active in other operations until she hit two mines off Port Arthur in may of 1904. She did not sink immediately but capsized while being towed later that day. Today there is a beautiful, very large scale model of her in the British National Maritime Museum.
Tamiya Toyota Celica 2000GTR, 1/24, 2456
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$30
Very nice model with left or right hand steering column, retractable headlights, detailed underside, excellent suspension and steering linkage, full interior and more. Molded in gloss white, black, clear, chrome plate and with rubber tires. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Seacraft Shipyards US Navy Corvette - 10 Inch Long Wooden Ship Kit
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$65
From 1945. Above-average quality early wooden ship kit. Features full hull precarved to correct overhead outline, two sheets of very nicely done print wood, wood stock as needed, several sizes of wooden dowels as needed, correct diameter smoke stack dowels, hollow superstructure style build, very well drawn plans with side, rear and overhead profiles, hull sections, cut out doors and window detail, several other views and drawings to aid construction and detail, awnings, rigging diagram, assembly instructions and more. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including all parts and plans/instructions. Seacraft Shipyards was located in New York, New York and advertised a line of sailing vessels, aircraft carriers, warships and freighters. If you have more information about Seacraft please email me at oldmodels@yahoo.com
Revell 1910 Cadillac Limousine Factory Display - Built Up With Base - Highway Pioneers, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$59
This is a Revell-factory built display built for hobby shop promotional use around 1954/55. The intention was simple- if hobby shops would purchase and show these attractively built displays, potential buyers would see them and immediately purchase the kit. This probably worked well; but the hitch was that these displays were expensive for the 1950s, so few hobby shops could afford them. There were other difficulties too. Once in public, there was heavy attrition; parts easily broke, and when the new kits came out next year, they were thrown away to make room for more. Which makes condition of this one even more exceptional. The actual model is very neatly built and Revell factory airbrushed. You can always tell the Revell-built models by the airbrushing and the way the parts were masked. The actual car is complete, nothing is broken and there are no repairs. Even the base is in very good condition; however the clear cover is missing and the car could use a cleaning. 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.
Airmodel Me-262 B-1A/U1 Conversion, 1/72
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$5
Includes finely cast resin radar and loop antenna with vacuform canopy. Never started and complete with all parts and instructions.
Monogram A/B-26C Invader - (A-26C / B-26C), 1/48, 5508
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$42
From 1993 and very nicely detailed. Features full interior with all stations represented. Optional position landing gear and bomb bay doors with detailed bay and weapons. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Experimental Bumpers and Grilles, 1/25, C1152
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$26
Rare. Narrow-box issue of the 'Custom Car Parts' from the early to mid 1960. Oddly, this is the same kit number and parts tree as "Dream Car Bumpers and Grilles" but with a different name. All parts are chrome plated and the instructions are on the reverse of the card. Never used and inventoried 100% complete.
Hawk F8F Bearcat, 1/48, 87
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$36
For the advanced Hawk collector. Solid wood, wartime scale kit from 1946. Features 3D cut and tapered fuselage, completely finished engine nacelle, very nicely factory-cut wings, horizontal & vertical stabilizers, fully finished wheels, metal seat, clear vacuform canopy (still clear, not yellowed), plastic propeller, wood stock as necessary, color decal sheet, and excellent Hawk full size plans. Never started and inventoried 100% complete. Hawk was one of the few manufacturers making wooden kits to a constant scale of 1/48 in the 1930s. Hawk kits were very complete and included plastic or metal details and superb quality drawings for the true scale enthusiast.