ICM Tu-2 Bagged - Decals For 5 Different USSR Aircraft / One Indonesian Air Force 1954 / One Polish Air Force 1952, 1/72, 72031
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
$16
Bagged kit; there is no box. The box is shown for reference only. Nicely molded and detailed featuring all fine recessed details, very good cockpit with three crew, optional position bomb bay doors and internal bomb load, separately molded rudders and ailerons and more. Includes a paint guide and complete decals for the 7 aircraft listed. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Trabant 601S Trabbi, 1/24, 7334
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$38
1990 issue of this infamous automobile. Nicely done with 60 parts, full interior, separately molded suspension, rotating wheels, luggage rack, excellent decals and more. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: the thin top frame has closed splits (like most of these kits) but all parts are still attached. This is most easily repaired by installing the roof, then gluing the frame parts to the underside of the roof. This serves to automatically align everything and reinforce it. From Wikipedia: The Trabant is an automobile which was produced from 1957 to 1990 by former East German car manufacturer VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau. It is often seen as symbolic of the former East Germany and the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in general. The Trabant had a duroplast body mounted on a one-piece steel chassis (a so-called unibody), front-wheel drive, a transverse engine, and independent suspension- unusual features in 1957 but it remained much the same until 1989 when it acquired a (licensed) Volkswagen engine; its discontinuation followed in 1991. The 1980s model had no tachometer, no indicator for either the headlights or turn signals, no fuel gauge, no rear seat belts, and no external fuel door, and drivers had to pour a mix of gasoline and oil directly under the bonnet/hood (yes, that is right, it's a car with a two cycle engine). Called "a spark plug with a roof," 3,096,999 Trabants in a number of models were produced over nearly three decades with few significant changes in their basic design. It took up to 10 years to acquire your new Trabant; if you did not want to wait, a second-hand one cost your double what a brand new one cost. The Trabant's build quality was poor, reliability was terrible, closer inspection revealed "patchy assembly quality", with an atrocious maintenance record. According to automotive journalist Doug DeMuro, the Trabant was loud, slow, poorly designed, and badly built.
Monogram Focke-Wulf FW-190 A-8/R-3 - A-7/R2 - A7/R3 - A-5/U8 - A-8/R1 - A-5/U3 Tropical - Blue Box Issue, 1/48, 6804
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$36
1968 Monogram release of the impressive 'Four Star' kit from 1965. Please note that this kit has no Mattel logo and the older Monogram logo. Very well molded kit can make any of 6 versions listed and also includes decals for all variants. Has optional position canopy and landing gear with a very large variety of under-wing stores and gun options. Paint guide for all variants is included. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Monogram Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star Fighter-Bomber or Interceptor Versions, 1/48, 5404
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$30
1977 White Box and an excellent model for that time. Features detailed cockpit and machine gun bay, removable gun hatch, optional position canopy, detailed gear wells, removable tail section with detailed turbojet engine (aft section), a stand for the rear fuselage section and more. Includes colorful decals for two variants, fighter bomber or fighter interceptor. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Airbus A320 Condor - (A-320), 1/144, 04240
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$27
Very nicely detailed kit with all fine recessed panel lines. Includes optional position landing gear, detailed gear wells, very nice CFM-56 engines with good intake and exhaust and a very nice decal sheet. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram B-25J Mitchell or PBJ-1J (Navy), 1/48, 5502
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$52
1981 issue with excellent detail inside and out. Features full interior detail, optional position bomb bay with bomb load, rotating turrets and elevating guns, optional position crew hatch, and rotating props. Can be finished as a USAAF 396th BS, 41st BG aircraft from the Central Pacific or a unique Navy Blue/Grey scheme PBJ-1J. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Tamiya SU-85 Russian Tank Destroyer, 1/35, 3572
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$29
Still factory sealed. Excellent armor kit.
Frog Westland Wessex I (S-58) - Royal Australian Navy or Royal Navy - Red Series, 1/72, F247
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair+
$19
Very nicely molded model. Includes decals for both versions. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal clear factory sealed bag and includes decals and instructions. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. The Lines Brothers opened Frog in 1932, capitalizing on the fever caused by Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight. Almost overnight the western populations became 'Air-Minded', and anything aviation was in high demand. Frog created a quality line of stick and tissue rubber powered aircraft and gliders as well as innovative ready-to-fly rubber powered aircraft that required no assembly. The box even contained a built-in rubber motor winder and fuselage holder. Model airplane flight competitions were popular in Great Britain, and one category was 'Rise Off the Ground', or ROG. By changing this to 'Flies Right Off the Ground', the FROG name was born. In 1936 Frog created a line of injection molded plastic models, the first such kit line in the world (Hawk sold a line of injection molded aircraft models in 1934 but they were factory assembled and painted). Named 'Penguin' after the bird that does not fly, the kits were innovative beyond the means of production. At a time when models were simply built by wingspan, the Penguin line was a constant 1/72 scale. Furthermore, a large 1/72 Short S.30 Empire class flying boat contained a full interior and lights! A line of accessories such as AA guns, tractors, hanger, ambulance, sound locator, searchlights and lighting kits were quickly added to the line. WWII caused a pause in production. After the war the box color changed from silver to green, and Penguin kits were also marketed in the USA. Production ended in 1950. Frog quickly expanded and released the Red, Orange, Black, Green, Gold Token, Spin and Comet series as well as Trail Blazers and several others. It is noteworthy that while most manufacturers in the 1940s/50 were making toy-like models, Frog attempted to make very realistic models. For example, 'detailing' kits with excessively large rivets was once very popular. Frog ignored this trend and continued to mold aircraft with fine panel lines and no rivets. As a result, Frog kits can be built into very realistic replicas. Production ended in the late 1970s, but Frog molds are still in use around the world.
Frog DeHavilland Mosquito Mk4 or Mk6 - RAF or RAAF, 1/72, F187
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$22
'Green Series' issue Frog kit. As with most every Frog kit, there are very fine panel lines and no unrealistic surface detail. Features cockpit, crew, under-wing rockets and rotating wheels and props. Contains decals and parts for both air forces and parts for the bomber or fighter version. The model has not been started. All parts are still sealed in the internal factory bag and it includes decals and instructions.
Frog Blackburn Shark Torpedo Bomber - Red Series, 1/72, F179
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$38
From the 1960s but very well detailed. Can be built with floats or land/carrier versions and the wings can be folded or extended. Includes markings for 3 aircraft- Portuguese Air Force, FAA HMS Courageous 1937 or a Trainer. Molded in gloss gray and clear. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bag and includes decals and instructions.
Contest Craft So-Lo Class B Stunt Plane - 22 Inch Wingspan Flying Aircraft
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$95
Very rare model from 1949. Highly prefabricated and robust control line model from the "Contest Craft Company." Features high quality balsa parts that are all either factory cut to shape or die-cut, covering material, landing gear wire, full size plans and detailed instructions. This kit has been inventoried complete but NOTE: it has minor and 'professional' quality assembly. The center core of the fuselage (a flat assembly) is built. There is no other assembly. Thanks to Dusty Rhodes, we now know a little bit more about Contest Craft. Mr. Richard W. Backora registered the company name in 1949 and it appears that this model was one of his designs. Mr. Backora was born in New York, NY in 1924. He was a WWII Navy veteran and also served in the US Marine Corps. He was an Armament Equipment Branch Head for the Naval Air Systems Command and retired after 28 years of government service. He then spent 15 years in the private sector as a staff and project engineer with Thiebolt Aircraft, Republic Aviation and Melpar, Inc. Mr. Backora was very active in his local community in Church and secular organizations. He was also a member of the AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) and the Lewes R/C Club. Although no address is given for the manufacturer, the instructions state that you should ask your hobby dealer for other Contest Craft Company kits.
Berkeley Shoestring Goodyear Racer - 28 3/8 Inch Wingspan Control Line/U-Control Flying Model Airplane, 1/8
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$115
Large scale model for .14 to .36 sized gas engines. Ideal for flight or as a scale display. Features genuine Jim Walker U-Control System parts, shaped and notched leading and trailing edges, full color decals (two large sheets), formed sheet metal landing gear main strut, formed steel wheel pants, die-cut balsa and hardwood parts, formed metal spinner, formed metal cowl cheeks, formed clear plastic canopy (still in excellent condition and not yellowed), 'Step-Keel' Assembly Jig for the fuselage and much more. Inventoried and NOTE: missing two very easy to make balsa parts, both stabilizer ribs. They are easy to make because they come in pairs and the other one is present. Missing both wheels; otherwise complete with all other parts, decals and instructions. NOTE: kit has very minor and very neat 'professional' quality assembly as follows: F4 and F5 balsa parts glued together properly and F10 and F11 glued together properly. There is no other assembly. Berkeley is a very famous manufacturer of flying model kits from the Golden Age of flying aviation, about 1932-1954. 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.
Airfix Handley Page Halifax B.III - LV917-C 100 Missions, 1/72, 05004-7
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$36
Mid 1970s issue with the type four box logo. Features movable control surfaces, elevating guns, rotating turrets, retracting landing gear, rotating props and wheels. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. LV917-C was a Halifax operated by 158 Squadron that completed 100 operational missions and survived the war. Only one other Halifax had more missions, 'LV917-E 'Friday the Thirteenth', also of 158 Sq.
Revell Bristol Beaufighter MK IF Night Fighter - Milslides Issue, 1/32, 0251
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good++
$68
Still factory sealed. This is the special 1985 issue produced exclusively for Milslides of England. From the original 1974 molds and a well detailed kit of this British night fighter with airborne interception radar. The Beaufighter was flown by aces such like Flt./Lt. "Cat's Eyes" Cunningham. His final score stood at 20 victories and his aircraft is depicted in this model. Kit features detailed Bristol Hercules engines, removable cowling, two flight crew, optional position landing gear, full crew cockpits and radar antenna. The seal has drawn the box top concave as shown.
Revell Hawker Typhoon MK IB - Ace Roland Beamont, 1/32, H266
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$74
Still factory sealed but the seal has drawn the box top concave at the top edge. Features full cockpit detail and hinged entry/exit door, detailed Napier Sabre Engine with removable engine cowl, movable wheels and prop and decals for British Ace Roland Beamont.
Tamiya German Army Tank Crew, 1/35, MM119
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$12
Includes tank crew of four, two 55 gallon drums and paint guide. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Tamiya German Soldiers At Rest / German Infantry Weapons Set / German Fuel Drum Set, 1/35, MM111
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+ to Sealed Exc
$25
SALE!! Includes all three sets. Perfect for any 1/35 armor. The Fuel Drum Set is still factory sealed. The other two are open but never started and the parts are still in the factory sealed clear bags.
Tamiya Road Sign Set And TWO Barricade Sets, 1/35, 3567
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$19
SALE!! Includes all three sets. Perfect for any 1/35 modern armor or diorama. They have never been used. All the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags.
Italeri Junkers JU-86 Civil Version - Lufthansa or Swissair, 1/72, 1029
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$28
Still factory sealed. Nicely detailed and molded. Includes detailed cockpit, positionable pilots, cabin floor and bulkheads, optional position boarding door, optional position landing gear and decals for both air lines.
Tamiya British Universal Carrier MkII, 1/35, 35249
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$26
Still factory sealed. Very well molded and detailed armor kit.