Lindberg Japanese Zero Motorized, 1/48, 304M-129
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$85
First motorized issue from the late 1950s with great hardbox artwork by Ray Gaedke. Includes electric motor and all hardware. Molded in silver and clear. never started. The motor is still factory sealed and all other parts have been been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Please NOTE that that one of the prop blades is cleanly broken off at the hub; it is present for an easy repair. The meticulously researched box art scene may be of particular interest to admirers of Mr. Gaedke's work. The colorful aircraft combines with abrightly painted, grassy background, including a well turned out (Army) ground crewman, to produce an almost storybook, 'beautiful day in theneighborhood' atmosphere. A most attractive and, in an historical context, almost whimsical image. Please read the biography of Ray Gaedke, which is located on this website. 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.
Delta Campini Caproni With Book, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$48
Includes well produced and illustrated Campini Caproni paperback history book. The Campini Caproni was a early jet with a unique propulsion system. A regular piston engine turned the compressor stages. The compressed air was mixed with fuel in a combustion chamber behind the piston engine and ignited. NOTE: has minor and professional quality assembly: the seat is glued to the cockpit floor. There is no other assembly. The aircraft has been inventoried with all parts, decals and instructions. NOTE: missing display stand.
Revell Search and Rescue Cruiser Berlin - (Seenotkreuzer Berlin), 1/72, 5226
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$42
Large scale and well detailed model from 1988 features a one-piece hull, fully detailed bridge, superstructure and deck fittings, upper navigation station with detailed equipment, ships boats and much more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix BAe Sea Harrier FRS1 - No.899 NAS HMS Hermes Falklands Campaign May/June 1982 / 700A Flight FAA RNAS Yeovilton UK 1979 / No. 801 NAS FAA RNAS Yeovilton 1988, 1/72, A03078
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$18
An excellent kit featuring fine recessed panel lines, very good cockpit, detailed engine inlet and compressor fans, optional intake parts, detailed gear wells, optional position speed brake and landing gear, drop tank, air to surface missiles, AIM-9 Sidewinders and a full color painting guide and decals for all aircraft listed. NOTE: this kit has "professional" quality minor assembly as follows: wing halves; parts 36 (2 parts) to fuselage sides; seat to cockpit floor. There is no other assembly. Inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Aurora Scotch Lad, 1/8, 419-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$75
Rare kit dated 1957. Part of the 'Guys and Gals Of All Nations,' these very well detailed models simply did not sell well. Aurora quickly dropped them from the line, which made them instant collector's items. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Kobo-Hiryu IJN Survey Ship Katsuriki 1942, 1/700, R03
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$68
Very rare limited production model of this IJN Auxiliary. Very well detailed resin waterline model that includes full illustrated instructions and even a painting guide. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags. The Katsuriki had a very interesting and long career. She was originally completed in 1917 as minelayer, and the first ocean going ship of this type in the Japanese Navy. In WWI she served around the Japanese home islands. In the 1920s she was guardship off many of the the South Pacific Mandate Islands and began doing survey work of these new Japanese territories. With expansionist policies already in place, the need for a specialized survey ship was obvious and in 1935 she was converted to that role. The minelaying equipment was removed and surveying devices from the retired survey ship Manshu were installed. She took part in much intelligence gathering off the coast of China, then examined future targets for the Imperial Navy before WWII. Some areas she visited included the Spratly Islands, Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands, and surveyed and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. When World War II started, Katsuriki was re-designated a 'secret military vessel' on 20 July 1942, although her mission was still maritime surveying. She mapped the coasts of the Strait of Malacca, Burma, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies and north coast of New Guinea in support of Japanese troop landings and combat operations. On 21 September 1944 Katsukiki was torpedoed by USS Haddo southwest of Manila and sank. The Haddo spotted about 40 survivors and attempted to rescue, but the Japanese chose to drown themselves.
Italeri Stirling Mk.IV Glider Tug Paratroops Transport D-Day Normandy 1944, 1/72, 1350
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$42
Very well molded with all fine recessed panel lines. Highly detailed inside and out and includes PE parts and decals for four different versions. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Skywave Equipment for Japan Navy Ship WW2 (II), 1/700, E-5
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$22
The ideal upgrade for your 1/700 ships. Contains multiples of all the items shown on the box top. These are very fine moldings with greater detail than standard parts and includes many parts that do not come with ships. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes extensive decals and instructions.
Airfix HMS Victory With Sails - Type One Logo - Bagged, 1306
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$64
Very rare first issue from the 1950s. The paper header is in 'excellent++' condition and has like new color and gloss, no price tags, tape or tears. Well molded, small-scale waterline model that includes billowing sails, clear printed ratlines and a water display stand. Measures just over 4.5 inches in length when built. The kit has never beens started. It has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, ratlines and instructions present. It is in the original clear bag but has been carefully opened and re-stapled.
Fujimi Chance Vought F4U-5N Corsair With Color Painting Guide - (F4U), 1/70
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$34
Fujimi-Mokei issue from the very early 1960s; please note this is before Fujimi used part numbers. Japan issue with very collectible artwork and high gloss box top. Includes the original glue and a very nice full color painting guide for 5 different aircraft. Features rotating prop, working ailerons, rockets, drop tank, wing radome and pilot figure. The model has never been started. The parts are still in the factory sealed bag and even includes a near mint condition Fujimi color bag header. Includes decals and instructions.
Sanwa Messershmitt Me-110 C-4, 1/90, 169
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$55
Very Rare. Early, colorful issue from the late 1950s. The kit is dated by the 'Sanwa Plastic' logo, which was normally used in the late 1950s up to 1960. NOTE: there is currently no assembly, but two parts were very neatly joined in the past. At one time, one top wing was very neatly glued to a lower wing by an adult to 'professional' quality. But the glue got old and it fell off. Inventoried 100% complete including all parts, decals and instructions. The box has damage and a few crunches as shown including two on the long lower side. Sanwa was one of Japan's earliest post-WWII kit producers, making model kits in the 1950s; some sources say 1955. Kits were marketed under Sanwa and Tokyo Plamo, with the general consensus being the the later logo came out around 1960 or later. Production ended in 1964, making all Sanwa kits rare and collectible. The entire line was extensive. It included very small scale tanks (some that were motorized), battleships in three scales with the larger ones motorized with dual prop drive, slot cars, civil sport boats and an electric outboard, a full line of hand gun models that actually shot plastic bullets, two fighter groups and bomber groups (probably Monogram), several different lines of scale aircraft, missile kits, scale (static) car models of early Japanese automobiles, at least 7 flying model aircraft that had electric and rubber motors, a 'Super Control Stand' P-51 that moved with a joystick and had an electric propeller and sound unit, two different lighthouses and a windmill, an air cushion boat, motor cycles, a diving submarine (electric) and a working (rubber band) George Washington Class SSBN and even a garden tractor with an electric motor. Just before going out of business, Sanwa issued some kits in conjunction with the 1964 Tokyo Olympic games - these kits even included a copy of an Olympic medal.
Muir Models Inc 2 Rayonier Bunk Cars HOn3 - HO Scale Craftsman Model, 1/87, 042
Wood and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$45
Highly detailed featuring pre-cut and scored hardwood, scale metal corrugated siding and plastic details such as window frames. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The few parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including instructions.
Aurora Spad XIII, 1/48, 107-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$58
Second issue hardbox is dated 1957 and has great Jo Kotula artwork. Please note the 79 cent price extension, oval 'Famous Fighters' logo with the sunburst and NO Parents' Magazine seal at the middle right. Molded in correct high-gloss olive drab and black plastic. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Aurora Sopwith Triplane Black Maria, 1/48, 100-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$59
True first issue dated 1963 and with a 79 cent price extension to the kit number. Jo Kotula did the amazing artwork. This early issue has 'Famous Fighters' in the four logos on the box sides. Nicely done kit for that time with fair cockpit and engine detail, ground base, pilot figure and mechanic. Molded in gloss black. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Please note, the box has wear as shown and is graded only 'good.'
Hawk Vickers Viscount Jet-Prop Capital Airlines With Capital Viscount Flyer - Picture Gallery Issue, 1/96, 503
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$85
Rare model of the first commercial turboprop airliner, and it includes the rare Capital Airlines one page "The Jet Prop Viscount' advertising sheet. The box displays beautifully and is in 'Excellent' condition with as new color and gloss, four solid corners, no tape and no price tags, no fading and no litho tears. Light general wear and a very light stain on the lower part of one long side are the only flaws. Includes passenger boarding ramp and Capital airlines decals in 'excellent+' condition with light age yellowing as the only flaw. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The box top would grade even higher than 'excellent++' but is graded as such because there is a very light stain on the top long side.
Maquette Handley Page Dart Herald Channel Express Airlines or BIA British Island Airways - (ex-Frog), 1/72, MQ-7221
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$95
Hard-to-find and from original Frog molds. One of the very early British Prop-jet airliners, Heralds carried 56 passengers or 6.5 tons of freight at a range of 1000 miles and a cruising speed of 275 mph. Kit features separately molded rudder, ailerons and elevators, two position passenger and cargo doors, rotating props and wheels, seated and standing pilots. Includes two very colorful decal sheet and painting guide for both aircraft. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried and NOTE: missing one small part, a nose gear door. This part can be made from sheet plastic or cardstock. Includes all other parts, and decals and instructions. I did not see the boarding stairs with this kit, but they are not shown on the instructions. They were with the original Frog kit, but it appears they were not with this much later Russian issue.
Revell F-8E Crusader Jet Commando Issue, 1/67, H255-130
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$34
1969 Jet Commando issue. This is a reissue (probably the last) of the original S kit from the 1950s. Makes a perfect 'Classic Build' model. Features optional position landing gear and wing tips, VF-11 markings and four AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Please NOTE there is bug damage to the decal backing paper, but the actual transfers have no bug damage. The box has corner damage in the lower right and a 2" x .75" section missing on the upper long side.
Hasegawa Hughes 500D CHP Highway Patrol With Motorcycle and Figures - (CHiPs), 1/48, 1203
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$52
Hard to find Police Highway Patrol version. Features very fine recessed and raised panel lines, fully detailed cockpit and passenger interior, optional position entry door, two positionable helicopter crew, excellent decals, a very well detailed police motorcycle with over a dozen parts, positionable motorcycle police officer and more. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hawk Vickers Viscount Jet-Prop Capital Airlines With Capital Add Page - Picture Gallery Issue, 1/96, 503-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$58
Rare model of the first commercial turboprop airliner. This model still has the rare Capital Airlines Viscount promotional flyer. Includes passenger boarding ramp and Capital airlines decals in 'excellent+' condition. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Hawk North American OV-10A Bronco Chrome Plated, 1/48, 214
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$46
1967 completely Chrome Plated softbox issue with John Andrews box artwork. The chrome is in rare 'Excellent+' condition with the exception of the lower wing half, which does have some wear and would rate as 'average.' Still the only 1/48 injection molded kit of the short-wing 'A' Variant and an excellent kit for that time. Includes gun packs, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, bomb load, 'good' cockpit detail, pilot figure and 3 piece optional position canopy. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.