ITC US Navy WWI Submarine Chaser (Sub Chaser) - ex-ITC, 1/74, C-582-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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The US Navy WWI Submarine chaser was a 110 foot wooden vessel. The ships carried a crew of 25 and were armed with a 3 lb deck gun and a 'Y' gun for discharging depth charges. The ships proved valuable in combating the German U-boats in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Some were updated and saw service in WWII. This is the large and nicely detailed ex-ITC kit from the 1960s. When ITC discontinued plastic kit production, 'Ringo' was the name give to the 'clearing house' company that cleansed the ITC warehouse of left-over stock. Ringo kits normally did not come with decals or flag sheets - this kit is no exception. The kit has not been started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed bag. The larger parts have been inventoried complete. With instructions.
Comet Martin B-26 Marauder, 1/64, M2
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG-
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Rare. 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 issued blocks of wood and a plan - the famous (or infamous) 'Make Wood Look Like Plane' kits. A few manufacturers made expensive super detailed kits with metal accessories (like Dyna-Products). Comet came in the middle and struck a nice balance of detail and cost. The B-26 features a beautiful 3D cut fuselage, 2D cut wings and nacelles, 2D cut horizontal and vertical stabilizers, fully finished wheels, two sheets of quality printwood, full template sheet made of cardstock, wood stock, sandpaper, full color decals for 'Stinky' and a very large and detailed sheet of drawings including detailed and illustrated construction steps. 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 its 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.
MPC Battle of Britain Diorama Spitfire / Bedford QL / AEC Tanker and Crew, 1/72, 2-1206-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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1970s kit is a complete diorama of a Battle of Britain scene. Features airfield display base, Spitfire model, AEC Tanker and Bedford QL kits and 11 crew. The model has not been started. All the parts are still sealed in the factory bag except the Spitfire, which has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Airfix Porsche 917, 1/32, 02411-2
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Older but very nice kit with good suspension and transaxle detail, individual disc brake rotors, driver with cockpit and firewall and decals. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: instructions are photocopies from a later issue.
Revell Hawker Typhoon MK IB - Ace Roland Beamont, 1/32, H266
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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1973 USA release. 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. Never started. Inventoried with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Italeri Lockheed X-35 Joint Strike Fighter JSF, 1/72, 1209
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Lockheed/Martin's successful entry into the CALF - Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter competition. The aircraft beat out the X-32 to win contracts from the USA and possibly from other Allied nations. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Italeri Boeing X-32 Joint Strike Fighter, 1/72, 1208
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Hard-to-find kit of the Boeing entry in the CALF - Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter. Although a capable aircraft and well designed, it lost the competition to the superior Lockheed X-35. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Atlas 1156-10 Union Pacific Hart Ballast Hopper Car / 20000-204 Union Pacific Thrall 2743 Gondola / Roundhouse 84363 Northern Pacific 3 Window Standard Wood Caboose / Life-Like Proto 2000 30337 Union Pacific 50' Automobile Car, 1/87
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Includes all four very high quality, factory assembled, painted and lettered cars. Cars are a mix of 'mint in the box' (never run) and 'near mint in the box' (very light use, run a few times and returned to the original box). NOTE: the Automobile box car has been tastefully weathered and run more than the others.
Life-Like Proto 2000 Series 23845 CV&Q 50 Ton War Emergency Hopper / 23786 Rock Island PS-2CD High Side Covered Hopper / 30894 C&IM Mather 40' Box Car / 7680 TLDX PS-2CD High Side Covered Hopper / 30327 CB&Q 50' Automotive Boxcar - HO Scale, 1/87
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Has a retail value well over $100. Includes all five Proto 2000 very high quality factory assembled, painted and lettered cars. Cars are a mix of 'mint in the box' (never run) and 'near mint in the box' (very light use, run a few times and returned to the original box).
AMT 1968 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport SS427 Coupe 'Shut Down Shaker' - Custom or High Performance, 1/25, 6728-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Rare. From the 1960s and nicely detailed. Features big block 427 with single or multiple carb set ups, removable hood, detailed chassis underside with separately molded suspension, shocks, springs, differential and exhaust, full interior, decals and more. Molded in gloss white, clear, chrome plate and with rubber narrow whitewall tires (with narrow red lines on the back). The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Toko Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter Trainer, 1/72, RO138
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
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Very finely detailed and molded. Includes paint guide and excellent decals for multiple aircraft. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
MPC Avro 504K (Airfix Molds), 1/72, 5005-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. Dates from the late 1960s/early 1970s. This kit is from quality Airfix molds and is one of the MPC issues with custom decals and the unique clear modular display stand. Note that this issue still has 'Craft Master' under the MPC logo. Before this, MPC was marketing Airfix kits under the Craftmaster name in the USA. This continued for several issues and was finally discontinued although MPC continued to distribute Airfix and their own models.
Frog Dewoitine D-520C (D520C) - Blue Series, 1/72, 155P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
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Very finely molded in medium gray. Features separately molded ailerons, elevators and rudder. This kit has never been started. It is either still in the internally sealed factory bag or has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, 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.
Revell Spad XIII - Great Britain Issue, 1/72, H627
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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1963 Revell Great Britain 'small box' issue with framable box artwork. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg 1914 Mercedes Racer, 1/16, 6605
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Big scale issue from 1977. Features engine, rolling chassis, interior, body and decals. Molded in bright yellow and black. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Please note this is the very old Saunders Swadar kit from the 1950s. Saunders Swadar Toy Company was located in Aurora, Illinois. In the early 1950s they decided to make a line of cars which they called 'Classics of Road and Track.' Theses were possibly the largest injection-molded car models to date, measuring in at 1/16. Although they had a low piece count, they were revolutionary at the time, having much greater scale fidelity than the Revell Highway Pioneers.
Dikar Carla Trawler, 250
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Perfect kit for your first wooden ship project. Measures 9.5 inches (24cm) long when assembled. Features completely finished and smooth hardwood hull, dozens of hardwood parts completely cut to shape, die-cut plywood cabin walls, complete metal and wood fittings, rigging thread, detailed full-size plans and step-by-step English instructions. The kit has never been started. All parts but the hull are still in the sealed bags. With plans and instructions.
Aeroclub Clerget 9 Cylinder Rotary Engine and Propeller - World War I, 1/72, AEP013
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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With header card. Still factory sealed. Very highly detailed metal casting. Much higher detail than injection molded plastic.
Monogram Curtiss SB2C Helldiver - Four Star Issue, 1/48, PA69-149
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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First issue 'Four Star Kit' with 1961 copyright on the hardbox. Box is complete but has wear as shown. Model includes many action features: Folding wings, retractable landing gear, bomb bay opens and bomb drops (after swinging clear of the prop!), rear guns can be stowed or elevated, canopies open and close and the wheels and prop rotate. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Mamoli Rattlesnake 20 Gun Privateer 1781, 1/64, MV36
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Large scale plank-on-frame kit that measures 70cm (27.5 inches) when assembled. Very highly detailed. Features perfectly factory-cut hardwood keel, deck and bulkheads, quality stripwood and complete fittings made from wood or metal. Includes all rigging materials and 7 pages of full size plans and instructions. The kit has never been started. Almost all parts are still in the sealed bags. The two parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including all paperwork.
Mantua Nina Caravel of Christopher Columbus - 15.75 Inches Long, 1/50, 756
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Excellent laser-cut plank-on-frame kit. Includes all quality hardwoods, complete fittings (carved wood and metal), printed cloth sails and flags, two huge full size plan sheets and more. All small parts are still factory sealed. The larger ones that were never sealed have been inventoried complete.