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Revell CV-9 USS Essex Angle Deck Carrier With Starfighter Decals - 'S' Issue, 1/530, H353-249

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good

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Includes Starfighter #540-2 Essex Ship and Airwing (Carrier Air Group 11 1956-57) Decals. Includes two big, extensive sheets in mint condition with decal placement guide. The actual kit is the first issue hardbox from 1957. Builds up to an impressive and well detailed kit. Airwing includes helicopter, F9F Cougars, F8U Crusaders, A-1 Skyraiders, A-4 Skyhawks and F11F Tigers. Has deck crane and 6 deck tractors. Side elevators go up and down; mid-deck bow elevator can be shown down or up. Large (Revell) decal sheet includes full ship numbers, name, extensive deck markings and aircraft markings as well. Molded in correct gloss gray. This kit has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

Revell CV-10 USS Yorktown Angled Deck Carrier With Starfighter Decals, 1/547, H446

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good

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Includes Starfighter Decals #540-2 USS Yorktown CVS-10 with two big sheets and extensive markings for the carrier and airwing; in mint and never used condition. The actual model is very rare. This is the 1975 issue that was only made for the store at Patriot's Point where the Yorktown is a museum ship. Reportedly several hundred of these kits were made and they remain the only kits of the angled deck (final configuration) Yorktown. This the second Yorktown of the Essex class which replaced the first one which was lost at the Battle of Midway. Launched in January of 1943, the Yorktown saw and incredible service ranging from WWII, then to Korea and finally in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. Model is 20" inches long when built, has movable elevators and cranes, full decals and flags and has an airwing of S-2 Trackers, F-8 Crusaders, A-4 Skyhawks and HH-3 Sea King Helicopters. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including correct Yorktown angled deck decals and instructions.

Life-Like Robert E. Lee Mississippi Steam Boat - (ex-Pyro), 1/160, B237-800

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good-

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1970 issue from original Pyro molds. Very large and well detailed kit for that time. The race between the Lee and Natchez is considered a classic tale of The River. Although the Lee won, the circumstances were suspect and many people still considered the Natchez the fastest paddle-wheel packet ever. (For example, the Lee carried no payload and the Natchez was carrying passengers and a normal payload.) All details of the real ship, including the wooden railings and carvings are duplicated in plastic. Includes full rigging instructions and thread. Molded in tan and ivory plastic. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The very few parts that were never factory sealed have been inventoried complete including decals/flags and instructions. NOTE: parts are from the Life-Like issue, but the instructions and decals are from a newer Lindberg issue. This is ideal as a builder because you get the earlier mold quality, the Lindberg instructions are much better and the decals are fresh and also better than what Life-Like provided.

Pyro Robert E. Lee Mississippi Steamboat, 1/163, B237-800

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Fair+

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Very colorful boxart by A.V. Rudisill. Very large and highly detailed kit has over 360 parts and measures 22 inches long. Molded in white and tan plastic. All details of the real ship, including the railings and carvings are duplicated. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed (about 95%) are still in the sealed bags. The parts that were not factory sealed (large hull and deck parts, paddle wheels) have been inventoried complete including flag sheet, rigging material and instructions. Please NOTE that the box is graded 'fair+' because the left short side of the box top is torn off along the box fold and corners. It is included inside the box.

Dragon USS Long Beach CGN9 Guided Missile Cruiser, 1/700, 7091

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

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From new molds and is very finely detailed with over 180 pieces. You can built it waterline or full hull and it includes a display stand with pedestals, PE parts, full decals and much more. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Ideal Aeroplane & Supply USS O'Bannon DD450 - 18 Inch Long Fletcher Class Destroyer - Wooden Model Kit, 1506

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

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Rare ship model dated 1946. Contains the Ideal 'Premolded Hull' which is a completely formed and finished hollow hull made from a wood composite. It is 'paint or primer ready.' The hull is 18 inches long in like-new condition with no warping and no cracks. Also includes a small wax bag of fittings, three sheets of quality printwood, wood stock and dowels as required, metal stock and full size plans/instructions. The plans are excellent and very detailed. They even include full text step-by-step building instructions. The kit has never been started. Inventoried complete with all parts and plans.

Revell Avro Dam Buster Lancaster With Secret Bomb, 1/72, H202-198

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+

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First issue hardbox from 1963. Features specially modified Lancaster fuselage with Dam Buster bomb and release mechanism. Landing gear retracts, props and wheels turns and control surfaces move. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The Dam Busters squadron was famous for its daring raids on three German dams on May 16, 1943. Carrying the special Barnes Wallis-designed bombs, the Lancasters flew very low over the water in the face of heavy flak to drop the rotating bombs perfectly. Many did not return. The bombs did perform as promised, first skipping over the water, hitting the dam, then rolling down 30 feet before exploding with tremendous force. In an airburst, these bombs would not have damaged the dams, but since water is incompressible, the dams were breached.

Hasegawa Lockheed P-38 J/L Lightning - McGuires 'Pudgy' or Morris 'My Dad', 1/72, 816

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good+

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Features good cockpit and pilot figure, rotating props, optional drop tanks and rocket load-out and has paint guide and markings for either aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Revell Hawker Tempest V, 1/72, H620-50

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc++

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1963 two piece box issue. Never started. 100% inventoried complete with all parts/decals and instructions present.

Revell Space Shuttle Columbia - with Spacelab, 1/72, 4702

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed VG++

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1979 issue. Still factory sealed but the seal has splits and has drawn the box concave. Very large 1/72 scale kit. Well detailed. Has fine, engraved tile detail. Has decals for all four shuttles. Includes full cockpit, Space Lab Module and airlock, ESA Experiment Module with Telescope, Articulated arm, opening/closing bay doors and two position landing gear. Includes crew members.

Life-Like Silesian Wheelock Rifle and Wall Brackets, 1/1, 09198

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc+

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Still factory sealed and comes with wall display brackets. Dated 1970s and made "...Under License From Pyro Plastics." Very large, life-sized 4 foot 2 inch long rifle that was well detailed for that time. Exact reproduction of a Tschinke type developed between 1585 and 1620. It weighed only 6 lb and 12 ounces and had a .32 caliber bore with chiseled and gilt lock. The walnut stock was inlaid with engraved Stag-Horn and Mother-Of-Pearl. The cheek piece has representations of St. George and the Dragon.

Monogram 3 Fighting Planes of the Thirties F4B-4 / F11C-2 / P-6E - Blue Box Issue (F4B4 F11C2), 1/72, PA216-200

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc++

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Still factory sealed. Purchased new on January 4, 1969 at Uncle Bill's Hobby Shop in Cleveland, Ohio. All three kits are included in this special release box. Very finely molded and detailed for that time with traditional Monogram fit and finish.

Frontier Beer Wagon, 1/24

Wood and Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

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Rare. Multi-media kit from the late 1940s/Early 1950s. Includes 12 completely pre-carved hardwood beer barrels, die-cut hardwood, plywood and balsa parts, acetate wheels, axles and hubs and metal stock as required. Very nice large scale model. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. Frontier Novelty Manufacturing Co. of Los Angeles California was founded by Eli LaCaille. Mr. LaCaille specialized in kits from the 'Pioneering Days' of the USA. He probably began production in the 1940s. By 1951 he was selling 85,000 kits a year. It was also called 'Frontier Manufacturing Company' and that address was given simply as 'Hollywood, California.' These were deluxe, high-quality multi-media models that included the Ox Cart, Buck Board, Covered Wagon, Stage Coach, Ranch Wagon, Chuck Wagon, Surrey With The Fringe On Top, Ore Wagon, Beer Wagon, big-scale 10 Mule Team Borax vehicles, Top Buggy and more.

US Borax Borax Twenty Mule Team and Wagon (20 Mule Team), 1/48

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc+

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Still factory sealed. The Borax company commissioned this kit as a tie-in to the TV series 'Death Valley Days'. This box is in excellent sealed condition with the only real flaw being where the address label was removed. Originally a radio program, 'Death Valley Days' had a long run on television and ended as one of the longest running westerns in entertainment history. Very nice kit of the famous borax wagons that would cross 162 miles of Death Valley with 20 mules in the days before the railroad. There was not a single house or other sign of habitation along the route. One leg was 60 miles with no water. The two wagons carried 25 tons of Borax and the mules covered 16 to 18 miles a day with a two man crew. The sturdy wagons were purpose built for the trip. Although they carried huge loads, there is no record of one every being stranded.

Hudson Miniatures 1911 Brush Model C Delivery Old Timers, 1/16

Wood and Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

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Dated 1949. Large scale and very well detailed for that time. Features numerous die-cut and machined/cut to shape wooden parts, beautiful plastic wheels, grill, steering wheel, lights and other accessories, metal louvered hood, metal stock and parts and die-cut cardstock. Although all of Hudson's 1/16 kits are excellent, this one has even more detail than usual thanks to Hudson's engineers having access to the actual car owned by Mr. Austin Clark. This kit has never been started. The small parts are still factory bag sealed while the parts that were never sealed have been inventoried complete including two sheets of excellent plans/instructions. The Brush Delivery Model C was manufactured by Brush Runabout Company, which was a division of the famous United States Motors. It sold for $650 and was powered by a one cylinder 64 HP engine linked to a gear-set type two speed + reverse multiple disc clutch transmission. Hudson Miniatures created a very popular line of automobile kits in a constant 1/16 scale shortly after WWII. The kits sold very well...so well that you could argue that Gowland & Gowland borrowed Hudson's subject matter for their ground-breaking 'Highway Pioneers.' The Hudson Miniatures 'Old Timers' even spawned a line of imitators, with Fador's 'Smallster' being one of the better in quality. Sales did drop on the appearance and popularity of the much smaller (and less accurate) Gowland/Revell 'Highway Pioneers' in 1951. When the all-injection molded Gowland kits proved not to be a passing fad, Hudson quickly planned and released his own all-plastic, small-scale competition called 'Lil' Old Timers Quickie Kits.' The kits were of excellent quality, but it was too little too late. Additionally, sales of the excellent wooden kits faltered further in the next few years with the introduction of accurate, 1/24 and 1/32 all-plastic cars in the mid 1950s. This forced Hudson to discontinue the wood kits and the plastic line was sold to Revell and subsequently re-released. Today, these excellent, big 1/16 kits are often the only model available of these early automobiles. In the mid 1960s Aurora thought so highly of Hudson Miniatures that they purchased the wood kit assets and released a very small number of these in all-plastic models.

Ranco Models Tractor and Two Trailers - Super Hi-Way Transport, 1002

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: NM

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This kit was found in the stock room of a long-closed hobby shop and is in factory-new condition. This is one of the Ranco '2 Kits 2 Bits' and is from the 1940s. Kit contains wooden parts and plans to build a very simple semi tractor and two very simple trailers. Includes wood blocks, fully formed wheels, cardstock and plans for both models. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Other kits in the '2 Kits 2 Bits' line included #1000 Electric Engine - baggage and mail car-diner, #1011 Pullman and Observation Cars, #1003 P-51 Mustang and Curtiss P-40 and #1004 Grumman Wildcat F4F and Curtiss Helldiver.

Fujimi Aichi type 99 Model 22 D3A2 Val Carrier Dive Bomber - Markings for Two Aircraft, 1/72, 8

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed NM

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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, cockpit detail, rotating propeller, dive brakes and centerline and wing mounted bomb loads. Decals represent two different aircraft.

Testors Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Razorback or Bubble Top - USAAF or RAF - (ex-Hawk), 1/48, 591

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good-

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From quality Hawk molds. Older kit with nice detail. Can make Razorback or Bubble Top versions and has decals for RAF or USAAF versions. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

MPC Sea Harrier FRS.1 - 'Air Combat Hero of the Falkland Island', 1/48, 1-4410

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good++

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Large 1/48 scale kit. Features detailed cockpit, pilot, positionable thrust nozzles, two piece canopy, optional position speed brake and a loadout of drop tanks, SAMs and AAM. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.

UPC Curtiss P-36A - (ex-Aoshima) - US Army Air Force, 1/100, 8006-50

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

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From Aoshima molds with box art by Scott Eidson. Nice early kit molded in dark navy blue and clear, with rotating prop, working ailerons and flaps and opening canopy. Has decals for pre-war USAAF. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. UPC stood for Universal Powermaster Corporation which was based out of New York City, NY. UPC did not cut their own molds, but bought kits already molded from other manufacturers and re-boxed the kits in the USA. Scott Eidson, the famous artist best known for his artwork with Revell, also did UPC box art in the 1960s. All UPC production ended in the 1970s.