LS Nakajima Ki-43-I Hayabusa 'Oscar' - Motorized (Ki43I), 1/72, 101-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still factory sealed. Very nicely detailed as with most LS kits. Features recessed panel lines, two piece canopy, movable ailerons, rudder and elevator and two bombs. This kit is made to be motorized.
Mach 2 Sikorsky S-51 / HO3S-1 - US Navy or French Navy - Bagged, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Limited run kit. Features detailed cockpit and cabin and markings for the two helicopters listed. NOTE: the kit has minor assembly - the bulkhead is neatly glued to the floor. There is no other assembly. The cockpit has been painted; there is no other painting. The kit has been inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions. NOTE: one tiny rudder pedal is broken from the floorboard and missing. Decals have stains on the backing paper and may not be good.
Airfix Short Sunderland Craftmaster, 1/72, 1-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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SALE! Hardbox is in investment-grade 'near mint' condition with as-new color and gloss, four solid corners, no tape or tags, no fading and no tears. There is only light edge wear. A merchant ship is sinking on the left and the crew is in lifeboats in the foreground on lower side panel. The Sunderland is preparing to rescue them, while the other Sunderland depth-charges the U-boat responsible for the sinking. The Sunderland's 21-year record with the RAF has made it a legend. Derived from the Empire Class Flying Boat Airliners, Sunderland IIIs had a top speed of 210 mph and an endurance of 12 hours. These qualities made the Sunderland a superb platform for North Sea and North Atlantic patrols, ASW and SAR. Crews usually loved the airplane; its large size afforded many airborne comforts that bomber or fighter crews could only dream of, such as bunk, a head and an area for food preparation. Kit features beaching gear, rotating turrets with elevating guns, movable control surfaces, external bomb load and rotating props. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Monogram Grumman Hu-16B Albatross - (SA-16B) Blue Box Issue, 1/72, PA160-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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The 3rd issue of the classic 'Four Star' kit. Features retracting landing gear, rotating wheels/props, three man crew, optional position door and two survivors in life rafts. Never started. NOTE: missing one very small antenna - easily made. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts, decals and instructions present. The Albatross was the primary sea rescue aircraft of the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service, a branch of MAC - Military Airlift Command. Operational service began in 1947 and Hu-16s saw wartime action in Vietnam.
Airfix Boeing 747 Big Orange Braniff Airlines, 1/144, 6101
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
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Factory Sealed from 1980. From 1980. Nicely detailed kit with optional position cabin doors and baggage storage areas. Includes clear windows for the entire cabin and cockpit, optional position landing gear and Braniff decals for the 'Big Orange' aircraft pictured.
DML USS Benjamin Franklin SSBN640 vs Soviet Sierra with TU-26M Backfire and 2 Ka-27 Helix A Helicopters, 1/700, 7006
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
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Still factory sealed. Excellent kit contains both subs that can be built waterline or full hull, display stands, and two each of the helicopters and one Backfire Naval Bomber.
Atlantis DC-9 Hughes Airwest or TWA (ex-Aurora), 1/72, AMC6004
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still factory sealed. From original Aurora molds; very limited edition. Includes decals for both airlines.
Guillows (2) 601-150 Cessna 180 20 Inch Wingspan / 604-150 Lancer 24 Inch WS - Flying Model Airplanes
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc to Sealed
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SALE! Includes 3 kits. All three are from 1966 and were purchased new in that year. One Cessna 180 is still factory sealed. The other 180 and the Lancer have been opened but have not been started. They are both complete with all parts and plans. All three are stick-and-tissue style, rubber powered free-flight models.
Guillows De Havilland DH-80A Puss Moth - 24 inch Wingspan RC/CL/Rubber Powered Kit, 306
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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From the 1960s. Can be flown rubber free flight, gas free flight, or converted to electric RC using modern servos and receivers. A very nice kit featuring die cut balsa parts, die-cut plywood firewall, completely finished wheels, wood propeller (should be plastic!), vacuform nose, rubber motor, hardware, clear window material, very large decal sheet, green colored tissue and excellent full size plans. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions, except NOTE there is a wood prop instead of the plastic one it should have. The PUss Moth was the first aircraft to make a solo crossing of the Atlantic OCean from east to west. Guillow's founder, Paul K. Guillow, was a WWI naval aviator. In 1926 he began producing wooden model airplane kits. His 'Shelf Models' were some of the earlier non-flying models in production. Guillow's grew during the model boom of the 1930s, and when the Depression hit the hardest, Guillow's responded with lower prices and became one of the low price leaders, frequently advertising in Model Airplane News and other leading publications. During the war, like most manufacturers, Guillow's was forced to alternative materials such as cardboard and pine. Guillow's survived the post WWII slump by creating many inexpensive profile flying rubber powered aircraft and gliders in the 1950s (along with North Pacific) which became famous - some are still available today. The stick and tissue lines have been updated with laser cut parts and are still in production as of 2009.
Sasquatch Boeing 747SP Conversion Kit, 1/200, SQ-22
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Rare conversion kit. Makes any Hasegawa/Minicraft 1/200 747 into the SP version. Contains resin fuselage halves with rudder and correct SP horizontal stabilizers. Requires base kit (not included). Never started and complete.
William H Low Co Two Horses and Boston Fire Department Style Harness - Wilo Line Fire Trucks, 1/24, F16
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Very rare. Likely from the 1940s. William H Low Co., of Braintree Mass., issued the 'Wilo Line' which included a superb series of antique commercial firefighting equipment. The scale is given as 1/2" (1/24). The kits were very advanced for the time and shared many of the pre-fabrication methods of Hudson Miniatures. These are the excellent horses, which are almost never seen. The animals are the correct scale for the equipment and come with a harness kit that used the Boston FD stand-by harness as the prototype. Includes detailed text instructions with excellent illustrations and even a painting guide for the harness equipment and the horse. The harness is still in the internal factory sealed bag and the horses are complete with instructions/plans. The kits in this line include Amoskeag Steamer, Hose Reel, Hose Wagon, Chemical Engine and others.
Maco Four Wheel Cab Over Engine Ladder Truck / Fire Engine, 1/24
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Very, very rare. Dated 1946. This is a fully-scale, highly detailed wooden kit that measures just shy of two feet long when assembled. The box top photo does show the actual built model but was slightly retouched. The kit has a very high degree of prefabrication; all wood blocks are fully factory carved and labeled for identification, ladder frames are cut and drilled for rungs, numerous parts are cut to shape, wheels are completely formed and there are many smaller parts that are fully carved to final shape. Kit materials consists of hardwood & plywood parts, one sheet of printed balsa parts (fenders, I believe), hardwood stock, clear for windows and a few metal parts. There are amazingly detailed full size plans that include side, top, front and back elevations, detail drawings for the operating ladders and more and detailed text instructions as well. The plans are in 'excellent' condition with slight edge wear and slight yellowing as the only flaws. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts to the best of my knowledge. Such a kit is difficult to inventory past the larger, labeled parts but it certainly appears to be complete. Little is known about Maco Model Company beyond the fact that it was located in California and made this kit in 1946.
DML P-61A Black Widow, 1/72, 5016
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Excellent kit with all recessed panel lines, very good cockpit detail, PE parts and more. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: the decals are microcracking. The box has never been subjected to moisture; it looks like the decals are factory flawed. Be prepared to use your own decals.
Airfix Northrop RF-5E (Recon F-5E) Tiger Eye - Malaysian Air Force No. 12 Sq Butterworth 1983 / Royal Saudi Air Force No. 17 Sq Tabuk 1986, 1/72, 03057
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still factory sealed. From 1990. Unusual recon variant of the famous Northrop Tiger family of light-weight fighters. Nicely molded with 75 parts, cockpit detail, pilot, optional position canopy and landing gear, AIM-9 Sidewinders, Maverick missiles, gravity bombs and drop tanks, special nose with clear camera ports and decals for two air forces.
Pegasus Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk with Metal Details and Decals - USS Macon and Akron Airships, 1/72, 1002
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
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Still factory sealed but header has damage as shown. Very limited production kit. Accurately molded with fine recessed panel and control surface detail. Includes cast metal details and full color decals. These are the famous aircraft of the Navy rigid airships Akron and Macon. The tiny fighters were actually based inside the airships and were launched and recovered while the airship was in flight during the 1930s.
Pyro Gulf Star Tuna Clipper, 1/58, 264-349
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair+
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Modeled from the two Tuna Clippers (sister ship is Sea Magic) of the Avondale Marine Ways Company of New Orleans. These hard-working boats and crews roamed the ocean year-around in a dangerous business. Many vanished without a trace. The Gulf Star was wrecked on a reef off Peru. Model has a hull length of 13.5 inches. Very nicely detailed kit even includes rigging material and rigging instructions. Never started. Parts are still in factory sealed bags. Includes instructions.
ESCI Mil Mi-24 Hind F, 1/72, 9067
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
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Still factory sealed.
Comet Aeronca K Struct-O-Speed - 15 inch Wingspan Flying Aircraft, Q3-29
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Early 1950s issue flying model in the 'Coca-Cola' bottle box. Comet 'Struct-O-Speed' was created to dramatically reduce building time and allow you to fly your model faster. It worked on both counts. All parts are die cut - you build a cabin aircraft, not a profile. There is no tissue covering. It comes with quality balso parts, factory formed wire landing gear and wheels, a plastic prop and thrust bearing, rubber motor and excellent instructions. Never started and 100% 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.
Fujimi Nakajima B6N2 Jill Torpedo Bomber - 50th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, 1/72, 72012
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
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Still factory sealed. This model dates from when Fujimi made the finest models in the world. Features all fine recessed panel lines, gear well and cockpit detail and optional bomb or torpedo loads.
Lindberg 1980 Corvette Mid-Engine Concept Car, 1/18, 672
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. Large-scale kit molded in colored plastic, chrome, clear and with rubber tires. Nicely done with full engine and interior.