Comet Aeronca Sedan Struct-O-Speed Deluxe Issue, 2301-100
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Deluxe version; please read carefully. 1960s issue with a 13.25 inch wingspan. Comet would advertise that the Struct-O-Speed series 'Puts Itself Together...That Quick!' on the box top, and it was not a completely idle boast. This exactly model is highly prefabricated and more along the lines of a Speedee-Bilt than a Comet kit. Features a completely machine formed and finished wing with airfoil (like the Monofoil wing), other factory carved parts, die-cut and factory painted balsa sheet parts, a beautiful scale plastic full cowl, plastic prop and thrust bushing, fully formed wire landing gear and prop shaft/rubber hook, finished wheels, rubber motor, complete plans with instructions and even color insignia. Never started and complete. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.
MPC Lockheed C-130 Hercules - USAF (Airfix Molds), 1/72, 2-3400
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Kit has over 150 parts. Features full interior including cargo bay, opening cargo doors, optional position landing gear, moving control surfaces, rotating wheels and props and optional position boarding stairs. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
AMT 1932 Ford Phaeton - Street Customs, 1/25, 31758
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Factory sealed 2003 reissue of the 1950s kit.
Life-Like Gertrude Thebaud Fishing Schooner and America Cup Schooner Racer - (ex-Pyro), 1/96, 09206
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Ex-Pyro molds of the famous schooner that would race between New York and Bermuda. Older but nicely detailed full hull model that includes full rigging instructions and rigging material. Measures about 19 inches long when built. Never started. Factory sealed bags with instructions present.
Monogram Kenworth Aerodyne Conventional Semi Tractor Truck, 1/16, 2502
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
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Still factory sealed. From 1982. Rare. Very large 1/16 scale semi that is very well detailed. The model builds up from a rolling chassis just like the actual truck with complete engine, suspension, exhaust and drive line detail. Features detailed engine compartment, opening hood, sleeper, complete interior, lloy wheels, dual exhaust stacks, twin antennas, 5th wheel, air horns and side mirrors, pinstripe decals, license plates and more. Molded in metallic metal glow plastic (body), black, chrome, clear and with rubber tires.
Lindberg American Cup Racer - with Sails (ex-Pyro), 1/96, 710
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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From original Pyro molds. Wonderful older kit of the famous schooner that would race between New York and Bermuda. Very nicely detailed and includes one piece hull, very crisply vac molded billowing sails, rigging material and full rigging instructions. Measures about 20 inches long when built. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including instructions.
Revell North American OV-10A Bronco - US Marines, 1/72, H145
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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From 1970. Nicely molded and detailed with US Marine markings. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Revell LTV A-7D Corsair II - Strategic Airpower Issue, 1/72, H133-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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1968 release with the -100 price extension. In 1969, Revell dropped the price extension on this kit. Nicely molded and detailed kit for the time. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Revell US Navy A-7A Corsair II, 1/72, H114
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Revell of Great Britain issue from the late 1960s/early 1970s. A very nice kit for that time, it features good inlet and exhaust, pilot figure, optional folded or extended wing tips, optional position landing gear, detailed gear wells, a full load of iron bombs on 6 underwing pylons, two AIM-9 Sidewinders on two side fuselage pylons, refueling probe and colorful decals for the box art aircraft. Never started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing one part, a straight cylindrical strut brace. Otherwise includes all other parts, instructions and decals. The box would grade higher than 'good', but there is wear and some clear tape on the side panels.
ICM Spitfire MkXVI + Eduard PE - RAF 74 Sqn Drope Germany April 1945 / Sqn Ldr K. Pniak (7 victories) No. 308 Krakow Sqn England Summer 1945, 1/48, 48071
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Includes Eduard #FE366 Color PE Interior details, which is still factory sealed. The kit itself is very nicely molded and detailed with 136 parts. Features all fine recessed panel lines, complete engine with firewall and engine mounts, removable engine cowls, excellent cockpit detail, optional position canopy, detailed gun bays with removable panels, separately molded ailerons and rudder, optional centerline fuel tank or bomb load, outer wing station bombs and detailed paint and marking guide for the two aircraft listed. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Aires TWO Junkers Jumo 211 Engines - For Ju-87 Stuka / Avia S-199 / He-111 / Ju088C / Ta-154, 1/48, 4006
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
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Both are still factory sealed. Includes super-detailed resin engine models with a large number of PE details.
Lindberg Blue Devil Fletcher Class Destroyer Motorized For R/C, 1/125, 815M
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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From original 1960s molds. Very large scale kit that was well detailed for that time. Can be built for display, free run or remote control. For free running it can be programmed to do rectangles, figure 8, circle or go straight. Never started. The small bags including gears and hardware are still factory sealed. All other parts have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions.
Revell Grumman F11F-1 Tiger - 'S' Issue - (F11F1), 1/55, H249-89
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Original issue 'S' kit from 1956. Hardbox has nice color and gloss but general wear as shown. Mold in the correct light gray and clear and with the Revell 'Swivel Base' clear globe stand. Never started. 100% inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
ESCI M60A1 Blazer Tank Isreal, 1/35, 5042
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Older but nicely molded and detailed armor kit. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
ESCI M998 Tank Hunter Hummer, 1/35, 5017
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
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Still factory sealed.
AMT 1932 Ford Convertible or Coupe, 1/25, 38017
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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2003 issue. Includes optional parts to build top down convertible, top up convertible or standard coupe. Feature optional hood sides, detailed engine and engine compartment, optional blower, removable hood, detailed chassis and full interior. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Prototype Modeler 1926 Pacific Fruit Express R-30-13 Wood Sheathed Refrigerator Car - HO Craftsman Kit, 1/87, 1002
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
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Very high quality wood and metal kit from the Golden Age of HO Craftsman kit. Builds a very accurate and highly detailed prototype of the R-30-13 Wooden Reefer, of which 4,038 were built, all in 1926. Many saw service well into the 1950s and even the '60s. Kit features pre-cut and pre-scribed hardwood sides, cut and pre-milled hardwood roof and floor, milled hardwood underframe details and other parts as needed, wood and metal stock as required, metal ladders, reefer door hardware by Grandt Line, KC Westinghouse brake equipment by Cal-Scale, metal grab irons, cast metal ice hatches and lower car ends, a large, full sheet of Rock Island decals and more. This kit it intended to have a completed detailed and complete underside and brake assembly with all levers, piping, etc. The model has never been started. Most parts are still sealed in factory bags - those that were never sealed have been inventoried complete. Includes decals and full size plans/instructions. If you have an interest in these kits and the revolution they created in modeling, please read the article about their history located on this website. Please cut and paste this link in your browser to see it - http://www.oldmodelkits.com/blog/plastic-model-kit-history/the-ho-scale-model-railroading-revolution-of-the-1940s/
Revell Convair B-24 Liberator - 'Blue Streak' or Checkered Formation Ship - Japan Issue, 1/72, H203-1000
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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1976 Japan issue hardbox with unique boxart. Has decals and paint guide for "Blue Streak" or a very colorful "Formation Ship" painted in a checker-board pattern. When B-24s would reach the end of the road but were still airworthy, they would be painted in very colorful schemes. These special Formation Ships would take off first, and groups would form up on their Formation Ship before departing on a mission. Has many action features: landing gear retracts and extends, control surfaces move, guns elevate and turrets rotate, wheels and props spin, flaps extend/retract, and has optional position side gunner's position (open or closed). The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Scientific Ju-87 Stuka Dive Bomber - 18 Inch Wingspan Flying Aircraft, 153
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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From the late 1960s or early '70s. Nice stick-and-tissue kit featuring excellent quality balsa printwood, generous stripwood, spars, completely formed and finished wheels, formed wire landing gear struts, rubber motor, plastic prop, formed thrust button, metal shaft, shaft washer, vacuformed canopy, covering tissue and excellent full size plans with detailed instructions. This is a later issue of the 'Super Flyer' line. Originally in 1966 the Super Flyer line consisted of a P-40 that dropped bombs in flight, a Stuka and dropped bombs in flight, a Taylor Cub that dropped a parachute in flight, this Cessna 185 with parachute and a F-51 Mustang & Messerschmidt Me-109. Scientific removed the operating features in later issues (like the one for sale here).
Berkeley Curtiss P-6E Hawk - 23 Inch Wingspan Flying Aircraft, 1/16
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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NOTE: builder kit only, please read carefully. Large high quality kit in the agreed museum scale of 1/16. Originally designed as a .09 to .15 has powered model for control line, or can be converted to electric power if you wish. Features full size plans, metal wing struts, metal engine cowl, die cut balsa and plywood parts, shaped leading and trailing edges, metal hardware, formed wire landing gear, wheels and authentic decor. The model has not been started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing the fuselage bulkheads and stringers/planks and one (of two) plywood firewalls. The fuselage bulkheads are shown full size on the plans, so you can cut them yourself. Fuselage precarved blocks ARE present. Otherwise inventoried complete with all other parts, decals and plans present. Berkeley is a very famous manufacturer of flying model kits from the Golden Age of flying aviation, about 1932-1954. Most all Berkeley kits contain a high degree of prefabrication to speed up assembly. Founded in 1933 by William Effinger, the company was quite progressive in producing quality kits - it was likely the Berkeley 'Buccaneer' was the first gas powered model in kit form. In the later 1930s, Effinger acquired the services of a very talented Henry Struck. Struck went on to design numerous award-winning kits under the Berkeley name. Berkeley weathered the post WWII recession and emerged as a major kit producer in the late 1940 and 1950s. These were great years for Berkeley and they produced some incredible and large kits. The company went bankrupt in about 1960 however. Fox engines (Duke Fox) bought the company and released the kits alongside his own FOX models and engines. This arrangement did not last, and in the early 1960s the Berkeley name disappeared from hobby shop shelves.