ESCI North American F-100D Super Sabre - Escadre de Chasse 1/11 France / 1st Air Force Turkey, 1/72, 9042
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$24
One of the finest 1/72 Hun models ever produced. Well molded and detailed. Features all fine recessed panel lines, good cockpit and gear well detail, optional position speed brake, two drop tanks and paint guide and decals to build one of the two aircraft listed. The model as never been started. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
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+
$38
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.
Guillows Curtiss P-40 Warhawk - 16 inch Wingspan Rubber Powered Balsa Wood Kit, 501
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$25
From the 1970s. One of a very popular 16.5 inch wingspan series of World War 2 stick and tissue flying kits. Includes die cut balsa parts, vacuform nose, wheels, plastic propeller, hardware, vacuform canopy, colored tissue, insignia and full size plans with detailed building instructions. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Guillow's founder, Paul K. Guillow, was a WWI naval aviator. In 1926 he began producing wooden model airplane kits. His 'Shelf Models' were some of the earlier non-flying models in production. Guillow's grew during the model boom of the 1930s, and when the Depression hit the hardest, Guillow's responded with lower prices and became one of the low price leaders, frequently advertising in Model Airplane News and other leading publications. During the war, like most manufacturers, Guillow's was forced to alternative materials such as cardboard and pine. Guillow's survived the post WWII slump by creating many inexpensive profile flying rubber powered aircraft and gliders in the 1950s (along with North Pacific) which became famous - some are still available today. The stick and tissue lines have been updated with laser cut parts and are still in production as of 2009.
OK Herkimer Metal Streamliner Baggage Car - HO Scale Metal Kit, HO, 34
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$32
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. 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.
Air Lines Percival Proctor IV Trainer, 1/72, 4905
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$36
From quality Frog molds. Finely molded in silver. Features separately molded ailerons, elevators and rudder. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. Box art is by the famous Jo Kotula who did 1930s covers for the magazine 'Model Airplane News' and later the Aurora box art of the late 1950s. Air Lines kits are all Frog molds that the Lines Brothers imported to the USA between 1964-1966. The kits, decals and instructions were made in England, then imported to the USA where Testors created the boxes with the colorful trading cards on the back. There are one or two trading cards on each box which show the boxart but not the advertising/logo. Some kits contain a Testors color painting guide also, but it is not specific to any model.
Italeri AV-8B Super Harrier - USMC or Harrier GR Mk5 RAF, 1/72, 137
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG-
$10
Older but well molded and detailed. Includes decals for both aircraft and color painting guide. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
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.
Airfix RAF Rescue Launch, 1/72, 05281
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$38
Still factory sealed. Very nicely detailed large-scale kit.
Cleveland SE-5 British Pursuit - 22 Inch Wingspan Flying Model, EZ-9
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$38
From 1949. An excellent model designed to fly with rubber power. Features die-cut balsa parts, fully formed wheels, factory cut stringers and spars, balsa nose block, metal stock, covering material and excellent full size Cleveland plans with instructions. The kit has not been started. NOTE: missing four wing ribs and 4 rib fronts. Easily made since you can trace the pattern from the die-cut sheet. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts present. Includes plans. One short end of the box is missing two inner tabs and the closing flap. The closing flap is present on the other side but the two smaller tabs are gone.
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.