Revell Douglas A-20C Havoc / RAF Boston III Medium Bomber, 1/72, H115-130
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$28
1967 softbox issue that builds either aircraft. Features removable cowling with detailed Wright R-2600 engines, optional position landing gear and movable wheels and props. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried and the actual aircraft is complete with decals and instructions but NOTE: Missing optional tail stand.
Cooperativa Lavochkin La-15, 1/72, 001
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$22
Very nicely detailed and molded. Includes and extensive decal sheet and film instruments. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Heller Nina Columbus' Exploration Ship, 1/75, 815
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$36
Nicely detailed model of one of the three ships that Columbus used on his exploration voyage. Large 1/75 scale with very good detail. Features full hull, billowing vacuform sails and full rigging instructions. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Frog Westland Wallace Red Series, 1/72, F167
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$32
Older but nicely detailed kit that builds into a realistic model. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Life-Like Revolutionary War Cannon - (Ex-Palmer), 1/24, 09691
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+++
$42
Still factory sealed but the seal has split. From Palmer molds. Older large scale kit with 'good' detail.
Lindberg North American F-86 Sabre Jet, 1/48, 505-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$64
From the 1950s. Early issue with the circular 'script' logo on 2 sides and the yellow rectangular 'Lindberg Line' logo on top. Early dramatic Ray Gaedke box artwork. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Lindberg is a company with a fascinating history The original 'Lindberg Line' stretches back to the 1930s when Paul Lindberg drew plans for famous modeling magazines and marketed his balsa wood 'stick and tissue' by urging dealers to carry the '...Complete Lindberg Line'. After the war, Lindberg and Olsen had a strong hand in early United States injection molded kit development. Please see the article located on this website about early USA plastic kit manufacturers.
MPM Aichi M6A1 Seiran, 1/72, CZ003
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$18
Limited issue injection molded kit with fine recessed panel detail. Never started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The M6A1 Seiran was a late war submarine based float plane. The new I-400 class contained a large, water tight hanger and this aircraft was designed specifically for that space. The wings and tail folded to fit but the aircraft could be assembled in 7 minutes by a trained crew. To aid in night assembly, the critical parts were painted with florescent paint. The first planned attack was the Panama Canal, but this was cancelled in favor of Ulithi Atoll anchorage. The war ended before the attack could take place.
Scale Models 1912 Ford Model T Delivery Truck - (ex Hubley), 1/20, 4027
Metal and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$68
Large 1/20 scale kit from ex-Hubley molds. One of a series of popular and desirable metal and plastic kits reissued by 'Scale Models' (and earlier Gabriel from original Hubley molds. The metal castings are very well done and detailed. Features over 100 parts, cast metal body, roof, hood, engine, suspension and more, many injection molded parts such as spoke wheels, interior seats and many other details. Includes real white rubber tires. Features two trees of brass plated parts, steering front wheels, full engine detail, removable hood, detailed exhaust, suspension and driveline, complete interior, flexible engine hoses, woodgrain decals, choice of license plates and more. The kit has never been started. The small metal parts are still in factory sealed bags; the big metal parts and plastic parts are not sealed and have been inventoried complete. With decals and instructions. Likely dates from the 1980s.
Sealsmodel Fuji Pre-Dreadnought Battleship, 1/700, SMP0103800
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$42
Very highly detailed and finely molded waterline model. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes flags and instructions. Fuji was a very famous and active Japanese capital ship. In the late 1890s the Japanese shipyards were not quite yet ready for such a project, so the Navy contracted with Thames Iron Works in Great Britain to build the class of four. Fuji took parts in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) in the Battle of Port Arthur with her sister Yashima. Fuji then engaged Russian forces in the Battle of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima. In 1910 she was designated a coastal defense ship in 1910 and served in a training roll. She was hulked in 1922 and actually survived WWII to be scrapped in 1948.
Pegasus Boulton-Paul P111A (P-111a), 1/72, 017
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$34
Delta wing research aircraft with a single jet engine. Limited production injection molded kit. Includes full color decals. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.
Aeroclub (2) In-Flight Refueling Probes, 1/72, AV001
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$4
Factory new. Very clean castings. Never started and complete.
StromBecker North American FJ-2 Fury, C-46
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$69
Beautiful kit from the 1950s made of quality hardwood - no balsa. The carving is done to the final shape. When complete it makes an impressive model and comes with a unique display stand. Features all carved and smooth wood parts, clear plastic canopy, full color decals, glue, wood filler, sandpaper and special display stand. Never started. Inventoried complete with all parts and plans. 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 - you only had to glue, sand and paint to finish them.
William H Low Co Rumsey 'Big City' Hose Wagon Circa 1890 - Wilo Line Fire Trucks, 1/24, FH130
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$64
Very rare. Likely from the 1940s. William H Low Co., of Braintree Mass., issued the 'Wilo Line' which featured a superb series of antique commercial firefighting equipment, all in 1/48 scale. Bill Low was the designer of all kits and he was a superb model maker. The scale is given as 1/2" and the finished 'Big City' model wagon is approximately 7 inches long without the horse hitch and ~ 13 inches long with it. The kits were very advanced for the time and shared many of the pre-fabrication methods of Hudson Miniatures. Wilo Line kits features "all parts in this kit cut to size and shape." Includes plastic injection molded spoke wheels, precut and machined large and small wooden parts, beautiful, fully finished fire extinguishers, metal stock, a sealed bag of smaller parts including a great many more fully carved wood parts, metal parts and full size plans with numerous drawings and detailed text instructions. There is even a big photo of the actual prototype. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed small-parts bags with the non-sealed parts inventoried complete including instructions/plans. The kits in this line include Amoskeag Steamer, Hose Reel, Hose Wagon, Chemical Engine and many others. In most cases they are the only kits in existence of these historic vehicles. Bill Low did design at least one 'non-fire truck' kit in his Will-O-Line - a Conestoga Wagon, advertised as being 1/24 scale, kit #B14 for $2.85 listed as "This is another Museum Piece by Bill Low." After seeing these fire truck kits, I do not doubt that.
MPC Mikoyan Gurevich Mig-23B or Mig-23E Flogger - (ex-Airfix), 1/72, 14201
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$12
1982 MPC kit from quality Airfix molds. Features wings that swing, operating elevators, optional position landing gear and underside fin, drop tank and weapons loads for 'B' or 'E' variants. This kit has not been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Cleveland Nieuport 17 Scout Plane - Balsa Flying Model Airplane Kit, 1/16, M-12
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$95
Dated 1949. This is a Cleveland Master kit Scale Flying model in 1/16 museum scale. The box has wear as shown but the insides are in excellent condition. All Cleveland kits were exceptionally complete and this one is no exception. Features very high quality balsa printwood and strip wood, wood stock as required, completely machine carved cowl/engine, fully formed and painted scale wooden wheels, fully formed thrust bearing and rubber motor retainer, metal stock, clear windshield celluloid, 5 sheets of color insignia including an instrument panel, rigging thread, two colors of covering material, highest quality plans and more. The model has not been started. The parts have been inventoried 100% complete with all paperwork included. Plans are in 'excellent+' condition. The Cleveland Model and Supply Company played a pivotal role in the development of true scale models. In 1909 Bleriot's English Channel flight caused a surge in aviation and model aircraft around the globe. Several companies were ideally positioned to take advantage of the aviation craze. In the USA, Wading River Manufacturing Co. (1909), White Aeroplane (1911), Ideal Model Aeroplane (1911) and Broadfield Model Aeroplanes (1919) were among these pioneers, offering everything from plans and parts to complete kits and ARF models. Lindbergh's 1927 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean caused an even bigger world-wide phenomenon called "The Aviation Craze" that extended up to the start of World War II. Many companies such as Megow, Guillow's and others started right around this time. Some of these models flew and flew well, but they all had one thing in common - they were generally not accurate scale representations. In 1929, a youngster named Ed Packard had a very advanced dream-to produce incredibly accurate, true scale models that flew perfectly. This radical idea established the world's longest operating single-owner model airplane supply business- Cleveland Model and Supply Company. To this day, Cleveland models are treasured as the most accurate flying scale models produced. The fact that Mr. Packard started and successfully grew this business during The Great Depression is a testament to his ideals and business skill. I highly suggest the excellent book called 'Aviation's Great Recruiter - Cleveland's Ed Packard' by H.L. (Herm) Schreiner. It is an excellent history of the man, his company and the times of the Golden Age of Model Aviation.
DML Mi-28 Havoc, 1/72, 2501
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$19
Still factory sealed but the seal has drawn the box top concave. Very well detailed kit from modern molds.
California Model Co Furniture Factory Corrugated Metal - Craftsman Kit (ex-Suydam), HO, 1
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$26
Excellent kit featuring all main, corrugated metal parts, other metal stock, metal fittings, clear windows with printed mullions, a variety of different factory signs and names and more. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including signs and detailed instructions.
Merlin Models Morane Saulnier 28, 1/72, 95
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$58
Rare and believed to be the only 1/72 injection molded kit of this subject. Features very nice limited-run injection molded main parts, many cast metal details, airfoil strut material and decals. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Frog Sea Venom F.A.W. Mk. 21/53 - Australian Navy or Royal Navy, 1/72, F295
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$24
Includes color paint guide and markings for HMAS Melbourne RAN or HMS Ark Royal RN. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Gloster Meteor III, 1/72, 02038-1
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$20
Still factory sealed. Fourth logo type.