Lindberg Douglas F4D-1 Skyray, 1/48, 523-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$48
1950s issue with fantastic Ray Gaedke artwork. Kit features fine raised panel lines, moving rudder and wing control surfaces, complete jet engine and opening inspection cover, pilot, two drop tanks, under wing rockets and a clear display stand. Never started. Inventoried with all plastic parts, decals and instructions present but NOTE: missing metal stand rod (easily made from aluminum rod). 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.
MPC Super Dualie Chevy Pickup - Chevrolet Scottsdale 10 Truck, 1/25, 1-0424
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$89
Still factory sealed and in investment-grade 'near mint' condition. Dated 1978 and features detailed engine and compartment, opening hood, full interior, detailed underside, roll bar, grill guard, giant hood scoop, lift-up tonneau cover and more.
Airfix Messerschmitt Bf-109E-1/E-3/E-4 - (Bf-109 E), 1/48, A05120
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$27
From all new molds and features optional parts, color paint guide and markings for three different aircraft: Adolf Galland JG26 France late 1940, 4/JG51 'Molders' France July 8, 1940 and II Schlacht/Lehrgeschwader 2 Calais-Marck Sept. 1940. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero Fighter Type 32, 1/48, JT18
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$28
Still factory sealed. Very highly detailed kit. Superbly molded with all very fine recessed panel lines. Features very highly detailed cockpit and landing gear wells, drop tank, optional position canopy and a very nice decal sheet.
Hasegawa Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star, 1/72, JS-038
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
$22
Still factory sealed. Well molded early 1/72 Hasegawa kit and a nice model of this venerable two seat trainer. Features 40 finely molded parts, cockpit detail optional position landing gear and speed brakes and tip tanks.
Hasegawa Curtiss SOC-3 Seagull - Land Based Version, 1/72, 057
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$24
Rare version with landing gear instead of floats. Includes markings for a hi-vis pre-war paint job. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Academy Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker B - Advanced Technology Composite Materials Series, 1/48, 2131
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$32
Very highly detailed kit with photoetch details, raised letter rubber tires, fine recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit, intake and exhausts, optional position speed brake, two piece canopy, separately molded leading edge slats, wing flaps and rudders, highly detailed landing gear and good gear well detail, an excellent variety of missiles and more. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bags including decals and instructions.
Bandai M4A3 76mm Sherman Tank, 1/48, 058264
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$44
Still factory sealed. Rare 1/48 scale kit from the classic and highly detailed Bandai Pin Point armor series. These kits are beautifully molded and feature full interior detail as well as flexible treads, many operating features and very detailed crew members that can be assembled in almost any position.
AMT White Freightliner Dual Drive Semi Truck Tractor, 1/25, T568
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$64
Rare first release from the 1970s with the best mold quality; not the common modern reissue. This is a very highly detailed model that features more than 280 parts, a full rolling chassis build just like the full-size truck, complete engine and engine compartment, detailed cab with complete interior, opening hood, full suspension, underside details and more. Molded in white, clear, red and amber tinted clear, chrome plate and with metal axles, flexible brake lines and rubber tires. 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 decals and instructions.
Entex Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing, 1/16, 9019
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$185
Still factory sealed but the seal has many splits. Very large scale and highly detailed model fatures fully detailed engine and engine compartment, opening hood, complete inner-body substructure, suspension and steerable front wheels, full interior, opening Gullwing doors and more. Usually molded in white, dark red, black, silver, chrome plated and with rubber tires.
C&S ZMC-2 Metal Clad Blimp US Navy - 10 Inches Long - (ZMC2), 1/181
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$125
Rare 1930s model of this early US Navy Blimp. The ZMC-2 (Zeppelin Metal Clad 200,000 cubic foot capacity was the only successfully operated metal-skinned airship ever built. She was built at Naval Air Station Grosse Ile by The Aircraft Development Corporation of Detroit. ZMC-2 was operated from 1929 to 1941 by the U.S. Navy at Lakehurst, New Jersey base. She was scrapped in 1941. During her service ZMC-2 completed 752 flights for 2265 hours of flight time. This model was made by C&S Model Company, Trenton, New Jersey. They had quite a line of airships as I have seen their adds in very old Model Airplane News magazines. This kit has stick and tissue construction and features printwood, stock wood parts, stringers, blocks, covering tissue and full size plans. The model has not been started. All smaller parts are still wrapped in the factory tissue paper. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and paperwork included. The box displays much better than 'fair' but I have listed it as such because the end flaps are all missing one one side and other includes an end flap that is no longer connected. This kit is advertised on the short side panel as being 12 inches long; however, it measures 10 inches long on the plans.
Lincoln Douglas DC-3 - Sabena - (ex Kader), 1/96, 3912
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$39
Nicely made small scale kit from high quality Lincoln molds. Dates from the early to mid 1960s. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Lincoln was based in Hong Kong. Plastic kits were not the primary business, but they established quite a line of them before discontinuing production in the late 1960s/early 1970s. Many molds moved to Kader, also in Hong Kong, who reissued the line. Many molds eventually found their way to the USA either through ATP (who purchased the excess kit stock when Kader sold out) or IM.
Guillows Junkers Ju-87 B Stuka Dive Bomber - 34 Inch Wingspan For RC / Control Line / Free Flight, 1002
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$69
Giant scale kit that is well detailed and includes instructions for all these optional features: flame dampers, sliding canopy, detailed cockpit interior, operating bomb trapeze, movable drive brakes/flaps and movable elevator and rudder. Features all die cut parts, complete set of beautiful decals, scale plastic wheels, light plastic nose cowl, spinner, exhaust stacks, machine gun pods, bomb, wheels pants and machine gun, clear bubble canopy, wire for bomb trapeze, two color cockpit interior layout, large wide blade prop, 6 feet of rubber motor, light silkspan, reinforced wire landing gear, plywood firewall, bellcrank base and control line handle, push rod wire, horns, hinge material nylon flying line and more. Never started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed bag; the parts that were never sealed have been inventoried complete including all paperwork.
Crielmodel Sturm Infanterie Geuschutz 33B, 1/35, R008
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$58
An excellent, high-definition resin model manufactured in Italy by Massimo Bartoli, otherwise known as Crielmodel. Well detailed and never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes paint guide and instructions.
Comet Stinson - 6 Inch Wingspan Solid Wood Model Airplane, 1/187, S6
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$24
Rare 1950 issue features 2D factory cut fuselage & wing, a die-cut sheet of parts, fully finished wheels and excellent plans/instructions. NOTE: the fuselage has been slightly started. There is no other assembly. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts & plans present. In the 1930s and 1940s, most modelers built the flying stick and tissue type models with rubber, co2 or gas power. But there were a small but measurable percent that built solid aircraft display models of great detail. This required great skill worthy of the shipbuilders of old, especially considering the limited offerings. Many manufacturers, such as Comet issued blocks of wood and a plan - the famous (or infamous) 'Make Wood Look Like Plane' kits.
Comet Patrol Torpedo Boat - PT-9 - 10 Inches Long - Solid Wood Model, J3
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$39
Late 1930s or early 1945 issue. Almost everyone has heard of the Comet flying aircraft kits that boys and men built from stick and tissue, but few know that Comet had a line of ships also. Very nicely done wooden kit that measures 10 inches long when assembled. The hull had been very neatly factory machine cut in three dimensions. Also includes a sheet of printwood, balsa blocks and other wood parts for the superstructure, decals and full size plans. The plans are superior to most ship plans of the day with 4 hull sections, full size top and side drawings, illustrated instructions and a very large number of detail drawings. The decals are in 'good-' condition due to bug damage but could be easily scanned and restored as most of the transfers are fully intact. The plans are 'excellent.' The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts.
Comet Flash-Bilt Douglas Skyknight F3D - 11 Inch Wingspan Glider, H5
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$34
Rare, highly-prefabricated flying model from the early 1950s in very good condition. The Flash-Bilt Skynight features completely printed color designs in red and green on the balsa wood, all die-cut parts, nose weight, hardwood launching dowel, launch stick, rubber band and step-by-step detailed and illustrated assembly instructions and illustrated flying instructions as well. Comet had an incredible line of stick and tissue flying models, solid wood scale model, gliders and display models in the 1950s. The back of this box lists no less than 12 Flash-Bilt Gliders (H1-H12), 25 Cent Flying Scale Models (E1-E26), 25 Cent Struct-O-Speed Flying Models (F1-F14), Solid Scale 25 Cent models (S1-S12), the larger 50 Cent Struct-O-Speed Flying models (K1-K6), larger 50 Cent fliers (L1-L12), even bigger $1 Struct-O-Speed flyers M1-M9) and $1 flying models (P1-P12), Jetex Powered Flying Scale model SP-1, which was a F-94C Starfire at whopping $2.49, Ship Models J1 through J6, the top-of-the-line Gas Models T6 Rookie Trainer ($3.50), T17 Little Schmoe ($1.50), free-flight T4 Pacemaker ($2.50), various Gliders and Auto Racer Z2, the Jetex powered Jet Racer.
Comet Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless - 20 Inch Wingspan Flying Balsa Airplane Model, 3401-150
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$38
1970s reissue of this very popular comet model, which was originally issued in the 1950s. This kit features traditional wood/tissue construction, quality printwood, factory-cut stripwood and sparts, wire rubber hook/propeller shaft, fully formed and finished wood wheels and thrust button, clear canopy material, rubber, tissue, propeller and detailed full size plans with building instructions. The model has not been started. Inventoried 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.
Classic Airframes Supermarine Attacker, 1/48, 4102
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$24
Out of production. Very high quality kit with all fine recessed panel lines, separately molded wing flaps, nicely done intake and exhaust, resin cockpit and other resin details, photoetched details and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. NOTE: missing decals.
Russian Project Antonov An-26 Curl - Limited Edition With PE Parts, 1/72, RP0201
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$58
This model of the venerable An-26 features main injection molded parts gray and clear parts, special brass PE details, good cockpit and more. Includes decals for multiple aircraft. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.