Heller Paquebot Avenir - Car Ferry Steamer of De La Cie De Navigation Mixte, 1/200, 1010
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair++
$345
Very rare kit of this Deluxe Automobile Ferry from the 1960s. Early gloss box art 'L' issue with yellow background logo. This is a large model measuring 26 inches long when built - ideal for RC conversion. Includes an original color brochure for Avenir from Navigation Mixte. The brochure is of the large fold out type and shows the exterior, interior, deck spaces and Marseille-Tunis route map. The kit is Molded in white and clear. Very highly detailed down to individual clear portholes and railings. This kit has not been started. The parts are still in the factory sealed bag and decals and instructions in English and French are included. Please note that there is a short closed crack on one hull half. It closes back perfectly by hand so you cannot even see the crack, so it will be a simple repair. I have stabilized it so it will be safe in shipping. Please note that this kit must be shipped insured.
D&S Resin Me-109G (Bf-109G) - Experimental V-Tail (VJ-WC - werk no. 14003) Conversion, 1/72, C1
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
$18
Rare cast resin conversion to make the V tail '109. Requires a base kit - Hasegawa 1/72 Bf-109G - to complete. Contains new aft fuselage section and rudders/elevators. Still factory sealed. Contains full and detailed instructions on the conversion and this unique aircraft. NOTE: rudders have warped, as is usual with fine, thin resin castings. You must be familiar with bending resin under hot water to make them straight again.
Hasegawa Focke-Wulf Fw-190 A - (FW190A), 1/72, AP7
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$20
Still factory sealed. From 1992 and a high quality model from excellent molds.
Monogram Slingshot Dragster - For Use With Jetex 50B or CO2 Capsule - 'Four Star' Issue, PC49-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$155
Rare. Original 'Four Star' issue from 1959. The box has excellent color and gloss, four solid corners, no tape or price tags and no missing or torn litho. Moderate corner wear on the left and minor corner wear on the right are the only flaws. The kit is molded in the correct high gloss dark blue, silver and black. Features driver, Chrysler dummy engine, six carburetors, drag 'slicks' and pin stripe decals. Includes rope guides and motor mount for powered racing. The instructions provide details on attaching the Jet-X unit to the car. The kit has never been started. NOTE: pinstripe decals are present but 'slingshot' and '7' are missing from the decal sheet. All parts have been inventoried complete including instructions and remaining decals.
Cooperativa Fairey Swordfish Mk.I / III - 810 Sq FAA HMS Ark Royal North Sea May 1941 / 119 Sq. RAF Coastal Command Belgium 1945, 1/72, R72004
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
Very nicely detailed and molded, probably from Frog molds. Includes many photoetched parts, film instruments and decals for the two aircraft listed. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Bendix Talos US Navy Missile SAM-N-6 RIM-8 - 'S' Issue, 1/40, H1808-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$225
First and only issue of this rare kit. 1957 hardbox with the 'S' logo on the sides and the fantastic box art that has made these kits so collectible and valuable. This box has perfect color and gloss, four solid corners, no fading, rips or creases, no price tags or tag marks and no tape or tape marks other than the factory sealing tape (of course). Flaws included light general wear as shown. Large scale and well detailed featuring two stage missile with moving top stage forward fins, working launcher with instrumentation and a crew of three. Molded in dark olive drab and white. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Glencoe Convair Manned Observation Satellite - (ex Strombecker), 1/200, 05911
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$55
1997 reissue is from the original 1950s Strombecker molds. One of a series of classic and very famous Strombecker sci-fi kits. The model measures 24 inches long when assembled. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. Designed by Krafft Ehricke of Convair's Astronautics Division as a 200 foot long, 600 mile-high orbiting laboratory for 4 men.
Trumpeter USS New York BB34 Battleship Plus Pontos Detail Up Set, 1/350, 05339
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$219
Built the ultimate USS New York. Includes Pontos #35023F1 1/350 USS New York BB-34 1944 Detail Up Set with highly realistic pre-stained real wooden deck, four photoetched sheets, 260 pieces of scribed brass parts, 95 resin parts and dry transfers. It is still factory tape sealed. The actual ship kit is very highly detailed with 840 parts and several good-sized PE frets. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
AMT 1969 Buick Riveria Hardtop - Stock or Custom, 1/25, 2201
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$38
Still factory sealed. Earlier issue from the late 1960s or early 1970s. Well detailed inside and out featuring optional parts for either version, complete engine, opening hood, detailed chassis, full interior and more.
Hasegawa F-4F Phantom II - Luftwaffe, 1/48, P7
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$79
Still factory sealed. Limited release that is widely considered the finest 1/48 F-4 injection molded kit. Includes decals for JG71 ' Richthofen' and JG74 'Molders' West Germany.
Monogram Bell UH-1B Iroquois Huey Helicopter - Rambo Combat Chopper, 1/24, 6038
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$119
1985 issue as a tie-in with the famous movie. Very large 1/24 scale kit is over 19 inches long when built. Actually, this model is made from the same molds as the Phantom Huey kit from the late 1960s, except it is molded in color and excludes the non-relevant parts. The results is a wonderfully detailed kit with full interior, two pilots, full instrument panel and radios, detailed engine and transmission, opening cabin doors, and rotating main and tail rotors. Includes XM-16 armament subsystem with quad 7.62 mm machine guns with ammunition belts and two LAU 32A/A (Aero 60) rocket pods. Molded in olive drab, silver, flexible black and clear. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags; the parts that were never sealed have been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Academy Mig-29A Fulcrum A Ukranian Demo Team, 1/48, 2128
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$20
large scale, highly detailed model that features all recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit and gear wells, two piece canopy, AA-10D, AA-11 or AA-8 missiles, drop tanks and markings for the colorful box art aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Herpa Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-144S Supersonic Transport, 1/400, 562430
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$24
SALE!! Brand new in the box; never removed. Very high quality die-cast metal aircraft that is completely factory built, painted and lettered.
Hasegawa Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker Test Pilots, 1/72, SP123
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
$29
Still factory sealed. Limited special edition that is very highly detailed with 97 pieces. Features all very fine recessed panel lines, complete cockpit and gear well detail, optional position canopy and speed brakes and more.
Comet North American NA-35 (Vega 35) - 17 1/8 inch Wingspan For Free Flight, 3301
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$42
Still factory sealed. Dated 1963 on the plans but this issue is from the early to mid 1970s. Stick and tissue kit can be powered by rubber or electric, or built for static display. Kit features traditional construction techniques with quality, die-cut balsa sheet parts, stripwood, fully formed wheels, spars and wood stock as required, fully formed wire landing gear, rubber motor, plastic prop, wood thrust button, clear material for windscreens, insignia, covering tissue and detailed, full-size plans and building instructions. 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.
StromBecker Piper Cub Super Cruiser, C-34
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$125
From the 1950s. StromBecker was famous for this line of precarved hardwood kits. All quality hardwood - no balsa. Builds to an impressive display. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Before plastic kits were introduced, Strombecker was famous as the premier hardwood preshaped model manufacturer. In the 1940s and 1950s, Strombecker kits were flawlessly engineered but not inexpensive. All wooden parts are hardwood and are precarved to shape - you only had to glue, sand and paint to finish them.
Bandai Panther G Sd.Kfz.171 - Panzerkampfwagen V Motorized Remote Control, 1/24, 0535405
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$389
Very rare and even rarer in this condition. This large model is designed for dual motorized operation, includes a wired remote unit and is easily converted to Radio Control. The drive system features all-metal dual drive gear box, factory-wired harnesses and special electrical connector plugs, realistic twin drive through the drive sprockets, wired, full function hand-held remote and more. The tank is highly detailed and features complete turret interior, rotating turret and elevating gun, individual treads with brass pins, opening hatches, rubber bogie wheel rims, working suspension, detailed engine with flexible hoses, many other interior hull details and more. The kit has not been started. Almost all parts are still factory sealed inside. The few that were opened have been inventoried complete. Includes decals and instructions. Please NOTE that Bandai did not furnish the R/C gear or motors with this kit. And standard 2 channel or great R/C set will work and the suggested motors are the commonly available RE-280s.
Hawk Grumman TBF-1 Avenger, 1/48, 3
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$39
From 1945. Rare kit for the advanced collector. This issue is in a very fancy box for solid model kits from this time. It is a hardbox with a litho 'slick' showing a nice illustration of the aircraft. The model contains a 3D carved and tapered wooden main fuselage, excellent factory cut wings, rudder and elevator, two metal seats for the interior, wood stock, clear vacuform canopy in excellent condition (clear, not yellowed), plastic propeller, pre-carved wheels, color decals, large and complete cardboard template set, sandpaper, metal display stand and full-size, well-detailed plans with full instructions. The model has not been started and is 100% complete. Even includes original factory tissue packing paper. Hawk was one of the few manufacturers making wooden kits to a constant scale of 1/48 in the 1930s. Hawk kits were very complete and included metal details and superb quality drawings for the true scale enthusiast.
Aurora Martin B-26 Marauder, 1/46, 371-259
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$325
Very rare first issue from the early 1950s. When Aurora moved to the West Hempstead plant, they planned a series of very large scale bombers. All kits released up to this time had been small. Aurora's instincts were correct, and the B-26, B-25 and B-29 were a big sales success. This box art was done by Jim Cox and was only used for about one year, making it very rare. The kit has never been started and is inventoried 100% complete with the original tissue paper, all parts, large clear stand, instructions and decals. The box has very good color, four solid corners (no repairs), no fading, stains or tears and no price tags or tape (other than the factory sealing tape). It does have moderate general wear as shown, a small (3/4" x 3/8") price tag tear on the left short side, edge wear (more on the on the left than the right) and litho chips on the top long side along the edge.
Planet Models Faun ZRS On Road, 1/72, MV 009
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$29
Limited edition, highly detailed cast resin kit with photoetched details. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including instructions.