Hawk Vought AU-1 Corsair (F4U) - US Marines, 1/72, 621
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$26
Softbox dated 1959 with Bill Campbell artwork. Due to the lack of a price extension, this kit is likely from the late 1960s. Well molded with mostly recessed panel lines and some fine raised lines. Includes full landing gear, drop tank, bombs and missiles. Includes colorful Marine decals. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Hawk North American OV-10A Bronco Chrome Plated, 1/48, 214
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$48
Still factory sealed. 1967 Chrome plated version with John Andrews box artwork. This model is still the only 1/48 injection molded kit of the short-wing 'A' Variant. It features gun packs, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, bomb load, good cockpit, optional position canopy and more.
Airfix DH Tiger Moth II - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 4-29
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$18
1960s issue with colorful artwork of a pilot and his instructor making a low airfield pass. Very nicely molded and detailed kit. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Kawanishi Type-94-1 Alf with Catapult - IJN Cruiser Nachi or Kashima Air Group, 1/72, NP11
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$42
Hard to find kit that features a highly detailed catapult and aircraft with choice of two decals. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Aurora Lockheed C-141A Starlifter, 1/108, 376-250
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
$129
First release hardbox dated 1969 and in 'excellent+++' condition. This is still the largest injection molded Starlifter model ever made. It is molded in silver and clear plastic and includes the early issue clear, two piece 'triangle map' based stand. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Maircraft Boeing F4B-4 - Solid Wood Model Airplane - (F4B4), 1/48, S16
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$22
Maircraft was originally founded in the early or mid 1930s by Gordon Christoph and went by the name Aircraft Model Company. The company produced a typical line of solid 'profile cut' kits that required the usual high talent levels for carving and finishing. A former Comet Model Airplane & Supply Co. salesman, Jack Mair, bought the company in the early 1940s and renamed it Maircraft. This company was one of the handful of solid kit producers who issued models in a consistent 1/48 scale during the 1930s and 1940s (others included Hawk and Dyna-Model). This lead to one of the most desirable and rare model kits ever produced in the USA - the wood/plastic 1/48 United DC-3 model issued immediately after World War 2. Other than the P-61 and a few other Maircraft offerings, most were simple kits that sold for the low price of about 35 cents and gave the owners many hours of pleasurable work. This kit features a full size plan with instructions steps and templates, 2D cut fuselage and wings, other wooden parts, a factory-sealed small envelope of details and full color decals by Walthers! (Usually it was just a cut-out insignia sheet). The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including instructions.
Pyro 1912 Packard Model 30 Touring Car, 1/32, C457-125
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$42
Still factory sealed but the seal has split on the short left and right side panels. 1967 Pyro 'Vintage Brass Car' issue from original molds. In the early to mid 1960s the Pyro company chose many of the kit subjects based more on historical significance than popularity. Luckily for us, Pyro not only made these kits but did an excellent job for the time. This Pyro car model is based on the Model 30 that was on display in the Auto Aviation Museum in Cleveland, Ohio that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. The model includes rubber tires, brass plated parts, colored injection molded parts and clear parts. Features detailed chassis, complete motor and interior and a removable hood or 'bonnet.'
Revell Challenger Space Shuttle with Boosters - Columbia / Enterprise / Atlantis / Discovery, 1/288, 4528
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$14
1982 issue that includes Space Shuttle, two solid rocket boosters, large center fuel tank and launch base display stand. Includes decals for 5 different shuttles. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: the decals have a light moisture stain on the left that comes about 1.25' inches in and runs from the top to the bottom of the decal sheet.
Tamiya Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat - VF-41 USS Ranger / VMF-223 Marines / VGF-29 USS Santee / VF-22 USS Independence- (F4F4), 1/48, 61034
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$30
Highly detailed, beautifully molded and still the favorite 1/48 F4F-4 Wildcat. Features all very fine recessed details, full cockpit, detailed engine, detailed gear bay and optional position canopy. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Karl with Munitionspanzer IV Ausf F - German Self-Propelled Gun 54cm Morser Karl, 1/72, 33
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$38
Very highly detailed kit which features 207 finely molded pieces and a track display base. Never started. All parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags including decals and instructions.
Life-Like Gloster Gladiator, 1/48, 09607
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$18
Ex-Pyro and nicely molded. Includes cockpit, positionable pilot figure and molded in realistic fabric surfaces. There is no assembly but NOTE: a few sink holes on the wings are neatly filled with modeling putty. Inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Airfix Spitfire IX - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 1222-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$24
1960s issue with wonderful Craftmaster artwork. Larger box with white sides issue. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram RB-66A Destroyer - Blue Box Issue, 1/83, PA204-130
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$38
1995 reissue that features the original 1967 artwork and molds (which are the original 1950s Four Star molds). Features rear gun turret, cockpit with three crew, opening bomb bay and bomb. Molded in silver and clear. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. When the Air Force phased out the B-66, they converted many into ECM aircraft, hence the RB-66A. Monogram seized this opportunity as a new lease on life for the B-66 molds and the result was this issue as RB-66 aircraft were being used in Vietnam in the late 1960s.
Airfix Dornier Do-217 E.2 - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 2-89
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$24
From the 1960s. Action-packed artwork shows a British fighter in a hot gun battle with the main Do-217, which is receiving major damage. Another Do-217 released it's bomb load, while the starboard wing on another snaps away in flames as the crew hits the silk. Kit features crew stations and a crew of four, elevating gun and rotating turret, separately molded ailerons, elevators and rudders, optional position landing gear (or even retractable undercarriage but not doors), choice of aft fuselage 'long' tail cone containing the early dive brake or 'short' tail cone after the dive brake was discontinued. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Hudson Miniatures 1909 Stanley Steamer - Old Timers, 1/16
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$74
Very well detailed large 1/16 kit from 1949. Features plastic wheels, grill, steering wheel, lights and other accessories and wooden main parts. Although all of Hudson's 1/16 kits have excellent detail, this one has even more detail than usual thanks to Hudson's engineers having access to the actual car. This kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts, plans and instructions present. Hudson Miniatures created a very popular line of automobile kits in a constant 1/16 scale shortly after WWII. The kits sold very well...so well that you could argue that Gowland & Gowland borrowed Hudson's subject matter for their ground-breaking 'Highway Pioneers.' The Hudson Miniatures 'Old Timers' even spawned a line of imitators, with Fador's 'Smallster' being one of the better in quality. Sales did drop on the appearance and popularity of the much smaller (and less accurate) Gowland/Revell 'Highway Pioneers' in 1951. When the all-injection molded Gowland kits proved not to be a passing fad, Hudson quickly planned and released his own all-plastic, small-scale competition called 'Lil' Old Timers Quickie Kits.' The kits were of excellent quality, but it was too little too late. Additionally, sales of the excellent wooden kits faltered further in the next few years with the introduction of accurate, 1/24 and 1/32 all-plastic cars in the mid 1950s. This forced Hudson to discontinue the wood kits and the plastic line was sold to Revell and subsequently re-released. Today, these excellent, big 1/16 kits are often the only model available of these early automobiles. In the mid 1960s Aurora thought so highly of Hudson Miniatures that they purchased the wood kit assets and released a very small number of these in all-plastic models.
Revell German U-Boat Type VIIC /41 Atlantic Version - U292 1 U-Flottille Brest 1944 / U318 13 Flottille Narvik Norway 1945 / U998 5 Flottille Kiel 1943 / 1004 31 Flottille Hamburg 1944, 1/144, 05100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$34
2010 issue from completely new molds. This Revell of Germany kit is very highly detailed and finely molded with over 100 pieces and measures over 18 inches long when assembled. Includes painting guide and decals for the four U-Boats listed above. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Messerschmitt Bf-110 G-4 - (Bf110G4), 1/32, H250
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$62
Hard to find 1974 issue with great box artwork. Large and well detailed kit features detailed engines, removable cowls, full cockpit, hinged canopies, crew figures, detailed weapons bay and removable access cover, complete radar antenna, very good landing gear detail and excellent decals. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Tamiya Aichi M6A1-K Nanzan (Seiran Kai) - (M6A1K), 1/72, 60738
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$20
Very well molded and detailed. Features all fine recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit, gear wells and undercarriage. Includes a painting guide and decals for two different aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
AV USK Kawasaki Ki-32 Mary, 1/72, AV1007
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$28
Limited edition kit that is very nicely molded. Features fine panel line detail, interior, full decals and painting guide. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix DH Comet 4B - Dan-Air Skyking Series, 1/144, 03170-7
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$34
Very nicely detailed and molded kit from 1980. Features clear windows, full landing gear and passenger boarding stairs. Includes colorful Dan-Air London decals. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The initial Comet Is were in operation long before the 707, which gave the British an incredible post-war lead in the expanding civil aviation market. Just as the Comet was flying high and orders were pouring in from around the world, Comets began to mysteriously fall out of the sky. Everything from lighting to terrorist bombs were blamed. For months the root cause went undiscovered. Then, in a landmark investigation that is considered the first modern post-crash autopsy, it was discovered that the stresses around a small ADF window on the top of the fuselage were causing metal fatigue failure when the fuselage was pressurized. To confirm this, a Comet I was placed in a water tank and subjected to pressurization stresses. After some time, a dramatic failure occurred. Then parts of a crashed Comet were pulled from underwater proving once and for all that this was the root cause.