Revell Northrop F-89D / F-89J Scorpion, 1/48, 4548
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$75
Dated 1990. Hard-to-find, large well detailed kit that includes optional parts to correctly build the "D" or "J" variants. Features detailed cockpit, optional position canopy, good intake and exhaust detail, detailed gear wells, drop tanks, wing tip rocket pods, underwing mounted Falcon guided air-to-air missiles, Genie unguided nuclear rocket, decals for both variants and more. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Czech Master DFS Kranich Glider, 1/72, G27
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$38
Very high quality limited edition resin kit. Features very finely detailed moldings, full cockpit and complete decals. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Merlin Models Hawker Osprey Frog Penguin Replica, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$42
Very limited edition replica of the historic Frog Penguin kit. Nicely molded. Also includes photocopies of the original Penguin instructions. The kit has never been started and is still sealed in the internal factory bag with all paperwork. In the late 1930s, before WWII, Frog created the world's first line of injection molded plastic model kits. Since Frog stood for 'Flies Right Off the Ground' and Frog had a famous line of flying models, the world's first all injection molded kits were called Frog Penguin for the bird that does not fly. The Penguin Osprey was among the early pre-war releases by Frog. The kit is reproduced from actual Frog Penguin kits belonging to the extensive collection of the owner of Merlin Models. Only 2000 copies were made and each is serial numbered.
Easy Built Models Fairchild 24 - 12 inch Wingspan for Free Flight, FF-37
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$18
Still factory sealed. Easy Built was a Canadian manufacturer who made excellent reproductions of classic flying designs from the 1930 and 1940s. Original plans were used. High quality modern kit made in the finest tradition of the stick and tissue flyers. Features high quality printed balsa, strip wood, propeller, rubber, full sized plans and other accessories.
Heller Breguet 693, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$29
This is a very early Heller issue with no part number, very high gloss box with wrap-around full artwork and the yellow-backed Heller Logo. Very nicely molded and finely detailed. Contains early small catalog. Never started. Factory sealed bag with decals and instructions. Sleek and beautiful, the Breguet 693 was a fast low-level twin engine attack bomber with a crew of two. Armament was one 20mm cannon and two machine guns in front and one turret mounted machine gun facing aft. Bomb load was 6 to 8 50 kg bombs.
Aurora Cutty Sark Clipper Ship, 1/260, 432-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$39
Excellent builder kit. Nicely molded, smaller scale full-hull kit. Kit features molded rat lines, detailed deck and fittings, display stand and rigging instructions. Molded in green, wood tan and black. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts including flag sheet and instructions. NOTE: the smallest yard has 1/3 of the tip broken off and that tip is missing.
Comet Stinson Voyager Struct-O-Speed Flying Aircraft - Coke Bottle Issue, Q4
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$32
1950s/very early 1960s issue with a ~14.75 inch wingspan. Comet advertised that the Struct-O-Speed series 'Puts Itself Together...That Quick!' on the box top, and it was not a completely idle boast - they were highly prefabricated, built in a fraction of the time of regular stick-and-tissue models and flew well if properly built and trimmed. Features high quality die cut balsa sheet parts, pre-formed wire landing gear strut, fully formed wooden wheels, plastic prop and thrust button and excellent plans with instructions and flying tips. Never started and 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. The entire 1950s "Q" line included (at the date of this kit) Q1 Piper Cub, Q2 Taylorcraft, Q3 Aeronca, Q4 Stinson Voyager, Q5 Cessna, Q6 Fokker DVIII, Q7 Beech Bonanza, Q8 Ryan Navion, Q9 Globe Swift, Q11 F-51 Mustang, Q12 Spitfire, Q13 Thunder Jet (F-84) and Q14 F-86D Saber Jet. Some of these kits were reissued later with different part numbers and various internal parts changes.
Monogram P-40N Curtiss Warhawk - Blue Box Issue, 1/64, PA165-70
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$29
Still factory sealed. Blue box issue from 1967. Very finely molded with excellent detail and traditional Monogram quality.
Battle Axe Republic F-84G Thunderjet, 1/48, 48BA01
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$22
Very detailed metal, resin and plastic multi-media kit. Never started. Factory sealed box/bag or 100% inventoried with all parts decals and instructions present.
OK Herkimer Metal Streamliner Baggage Car - HO Scale Metal Kit, HO, 34
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$29
Please read the article on this website about older HO train kits and the modeling revolution they caused in the late 1930s/1940s. During this time, OK (Herkimer Tool and Model Works) created a line of real metal streamliner cars. The ends and body are made from cast aluminum. If you polish them and assemble the model, the look like the real thing. The kit comes with fully assembled Talgo metal trucks, predrilled floors, sealed small parts and NMRA couplers. The aluminum is in excellent condition and has not corroded. The model has not been started and is complete.
Monogram A-37 Dragonfly - USAF or South Vietnam Air Force, 1/48, 5486
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$34
1995 issue of this very good kit. A-37s served as close support aircraft in Vietnam. The Dragonfly carried a nose mounted minigun that fired 6000 rounds per minute and had a large variety of underwing stores. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
MPC Vickers Wellington Profile Series - No. 9 Sq Honnington England 1938/39 / No. 75 New Zealand Sq / No. 311 Czech Squadron 1941, 1/72, 2-2005
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$32
In the 1970s, MPC released the very popular Profile Series. Inside each box was a quality Airfix kit but with MPC decals to build any of the three aircraft shown on the box top. Well detailed kit. This kit has never been started. It is still in the internally sealed factory bag with decals and instructions.
Orange Crush-Revell 1915 Ford Model T Sedan - Bagged, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Bagged
$22
Very rare kit with a fascinating history. Around 1958/59, Orange Crush of Mexico offered a promotion. They offered free, colorful, plastic model cars if you collected correctly-marked Orange Crush bottle caps. The models are 1/32 scale Revell Highway Pioneer series - although there is no mention of Revell or Lodela anywhere on the boxes. Orange Crush had the boxes and even the instructions specially made for them with no mention of a manufacturer. They were never given part numbers. NOTE: there is no assembly, but one driving lantern has been painted. There is no other painting. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes photocopied instructions. You could redeem your caps two ways - at the Orange Crush truck and at a Modelandia Hobby House. Orange Crush also released two full-color booklets and a complete paint set for the cars. A colorful cardboard box held 7 colors of paint in glass bottles, complete with 'Orange Crush' screw-on caps! The entire promotion was done in coordination with Modelandia Hobby House which had up to 19 stores. Modelandia's name appears on each of the boxes and the paint as well. Robina S.A. was the bottler or distributor of Orange Crush in Mexico at that time. The box side lists the other 18 kits with small color pictures of each and shows three sizes of OC - Family Size (Familiar), Grand (Grande) and Normal. You could also obtain models with Titan bottle caps. Titan was also bottled by Robina and came in large (Titan) and smaller (Titancito) sizes and apparently more than one flavor. We do not know how Orange Crush had access to the plastic kits or who sealed the internal bags with the Crush instructions inside them. We can assume that it may have been Lodela, since they would have had access to the Revell molds. It is not know for how long the promotion lasted, but Orange Crush was one of the most dominant soft drinks in Mexico at that time. Here is one clue: some boxes claim that Modelandia had 13 locations; other boxes, which obviously came later on, claim 19 locations. This may indicate that this promotion went on for a significant amount of time.
Aeroclub Martin Baker Mark 10 Ejection Seat - Mk10, 1/48, EJ408
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Bagged
$4
Includes one highly detailed ejection seat. Precision all-metal 1/48 scale castings are an excellent upgrade for your model. Never used and inventoried complete with all parts.
Testors 1930 Laird Solution Racer - (ex-Hawk), 1/48, 914
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$20
Nicely molded from ex-Hawk molds. Includes 'Bendix Pylon' style stand. This kit has not been started. NOTE: missing the prop retainer, which is easily made and not seen once the kit is built. Inventoried with all other parts including decals and instructions.
Mania Mitsubishi C5M1 Ki-15 I Babs, 1/72, R-2001
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$22
Very high quality model. Features excellent detail throughout, very complete interior and crew stations and more. With a beautiful full color painting guide and decals for several aircraft. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Mig-15 Fagot - Polish or USSR Air Forces - Bagged, 1/72, 97
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Fair
$18
Still factory sealed. Bagged kit with header. Airfix third type logo. Has decals for both air forces.
Azur Cierva C30 Autogyro - (C30), 1/72, 015
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$32
Still factory sealed. High quality limited production kit. Features recessed panel lines, resin details and full decals.
Airfix Bristol Beaufighter T.F.X. - Type Three Logo Issue, 1/72, 283
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$28
Still factory sealed. From the 1960s. Features rotating wheels and props, crew of two, optional position landing gear, wing mounted rockets and centerline torpedo.
Heller Morane Saulnier MS-225 - Armee de l'Air 7 Escadre Patrouille de Dijon, 1/72, 216
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$22
1970s Heller issue with 'Black Box' design that has black background on the box top and all 4 sides. Includes markings for the aircraft shown in the box art. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.