Comet Taylorcraft - 54 inch Wingspan For R/C or Free Flight, 3505
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$82
This is a very large scale kit from the late 1960s. It has a 54 inch wingspan and can be built for rubber or gas free flight or R/C (radio control). This is a reissue of a much older Comet kit and features traditional wood/tissue construction, high-quality balsa pre-cut stringers, balsa printwood, detailed full size plans, building instructions, wheels, tissue and propeller. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and 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.
Airfix Bristol Bloodhound Missile with Truck and Transporter / Launcher and Crew, 1/76, 02309-0
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$59
From the 1980s and from the original 1960s molds. Nicely detailed and well molded for that time. Includes one Bloodhound missile, the transport truck, working launcher assembly, transport trailer, crew of three and a dog. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions. The Bloodhound was an early Mach 2 surface to air missile that defended Great Britain. The range was about 60 miles. The Bloodhound was launched with four solid rocket boosters. Once these burned out and fell away, the main ramjet took over and the missile road a radar beam to the illuminated target.
Revell Spad XIII, 1/72, H627-70
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$32
Still factory sealed. 1971 issue in a one-piece box and framable box artwork.
Revell Focke-Wulf FW-200C Condor- KG40 (F8+DH) Bordeaux 1940, 1/72, H204
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$52
Revell of Great Britain issue with unique box art and dated 1965. This model features movable control surfaces, working wing trailing edge flaps, good cockpit, crew figures, rotating propellers, wheels & gun turrets, elevating guns, bomb load and opening bomb bay doors and more. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Revell Bell X-5 - History Makers Issuje, 1/40, 8619
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$34
Still factory sealed. 1982 issue is from the original 1960 molds. The X-5 was the first aircraft to change the angle of wing sweepback in flight, and paved the way for the legendary F-111 and F-14. features variable sweep wings, retractable landing gear, detailed jet engine and movable control surfaces.
Hasegawa P-51D Mustang - 3rd FS 3rd FG 'Jumpin' Jacques'/ 487 FS 352 FG / 353 FS 354 FG, 1/48, J14
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$34
Dated 1991 and very highly detailed. Superbly molded with 118 pieces and all very fine recessed panel lines. Features very highly detailed cockpit and landing gear wells, drop tank, bomb and rocket load-outs, two piece canopy and a very large and detailed decal sheet for three USAAF aircraft. Also includes all stripes as shown in the box art. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Douglas F4D-1 Skyray - Navy or Marines - (F4D1), 1/72, 03027-4
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$22
Still mint in the factory seal. First issue dated 1976. Nicely detailed model that features fine raised panel and recessed control surface outlines, full cockpit, detailed optional-position landing gear and several underwing stores options with drop tanks, rocket pods, Nav Radio Pod and Sidewinder AIM-9 missiles. Includes a large decal sheet for Marines VMF (AW) 115 USS Independence or VF-213 US Navy.
Sterling Aeronca C-3 - 36 Inch Wingspan for Free Flight or R/C, A25
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$69
From the mid 1960s. This 36 inch wingspan kit is designed for rubber free flight, radio control conversion (R/C) or control line. Features die cut balsa parts, die-cut plywood parts, vacuform engine, cowling and other detail parts, completely formed scale wheels, metal and nylon hardware for the gas powered version, pre-formed metal gear struts, rubber, tissue, plastic propeller, clear windshield material, full size plans, other wood stock as needed and a very large color decal sheet. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and plans/instructions. Sterling was a famous manufacturer dating back to the 1930/40s flying model craze. Although they continued to produce kits for decades after the flying model slump following World War II, they eventually fell victim to the general lack of interest in modeling that occurred in the early 1980s. I always considered Sterling models to be deluxe kits as they were very complete.
Lindberg Douglas F4D-1 Skyray, 1/48, 523-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$40
1950s issue with fantastic Ray Gaedke artwork. This kit features fine raised panel lines, moving rudder and wing control surfaces, complete jet engine with opening inspection cover, pilot, two drop tanks, under wing rockets and a clear display stand. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Lindberg is a company with a fascinating history The original 'Lindberg Line' stretches back to the 1930s when Paul Lindberg drew plans for famous modeling magazines and marketed his balsa wood 'stick and tissue' by urging dealers to carry the '...Complete Lindberg Line'. After the war, Lindberg and Olsen had a strong hand in early United States injection molded kit development. Please see the article located on this website about early USA plastic kit manufacturers.
Hasegawa Grumman S2F-U Tracker Target Tow Plane, 1/72, 00048
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$68
Rare special issue from 1999. Includes special resin parts to make an accurate S2F-U Towplane and the standard Hasegawa Tracker kit. Includes a painting guide and special Target Tow version decals. Never started. The clear and resin parts are still factory sealed; all other parts have been inventoried complete. With decals and instructions.
Monogram Stealth F-19 Fighter, 1/72, 1128
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$74
Rare 1987 kit of the incorrect stealth concept fighter. While the Monogram designers missed the mark, their design actually looked more like future stealth designs than the F-117 that they were researching. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Matchbox M-40 GMC Self Propelled Gun - With Diorama Display Base, 1/76, PK86
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
Very nicely molded kit from the Matchbox 1/76 scale series. Comes with realistic diorama battle display. 446th Armoured Artillery Battalion 13th Division Luxembourg or 22nd Armoured Artillery Battalion 4th Division, Cologne Germany June 1944. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Tamiya Douglas F4D-1 Skyray - US Navy VF(AW)-3 / Marines MVF(AW)-114 / VMF(AW)-115 - (F4D1), 1/72, 60741-900
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$20
From 1998. Very highly detailed kit with all fine recessed panel lines. Includes decals for the three aircraft listed. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix DeHavilland Chipmunk - RAF Cambridge University Air Squadron Cambridge Airport 1959 / Canada RCAF DHC-1 Central Flying School CAF Portage La Prairie Manitoba 1970 / RAF Air Experience Flight Newton 1994, 1/72, 01054
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$18
Features optional canopies for RAF and Canadian versions, two pilots and more. Includes full size, four view paint guides and markings for all three aircraft. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Italaerei Opel Blitz 3 (t) S. Type German Truck, 1/35, 216
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$32
Very highly detailed and well molded kit. Features full interior, crew of two, very good engine and chassis detail, full truck bed interior, optional canvas top and decals for a very wide variety of WWII trucks. The model as never been started. The parts are still in the factory sealed bag with decals and instructions.
Glencoe Mars Liner TWA Moonliner Disney Rocket to the Moon - ex Strombecker, 1/144, 05914
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$40
1996 re-issue of the classic Strombecker kits from the original molds. Never started. The parts are either inventoried complete or still in the internal factory sealed bag. Includes decals and instructions.
Revell Honest John Missile with Mobile Carrier and Truck, 1/48, H1821-169
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$54
1996 reissue of the classic 1958 kit. Missile can be disassembled put into individual crates on the trailer. Trailer unhitches from cab and all 18 wheels rotate. The trailer has a detailed underside and the truck features an opening hood with detailed engine and cab interior. Crew of 2 included. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Pavla Arado Ar-231 V1 U-Boat Float Plane, 1/72, 72014
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$27
Limited production kit. Contains photoetched details. The small Ar-231 was designed as a scout/recon aircraft to be carried on U-Boats in a water-tight hangar. Six prototypes were built and extensively tested. The aircraft proved to be a handful even in calm weather, and design restrictions made the Ar-231 small and underpowered. . Would look great with a modified Revell 1/72 U-Boat kit. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell PZL P-11C, 1/72, H647-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$29
1966 one-piece box issue of the first aircraft to destroy a German aircraft in WWII. This is just one of an incredibly popular line of Revell 1/72 scale single-engine WWII and WWI fighters that were first introduced in the mid 1960s. The line proved so successful that Revell added new kits yearly all through the decade and also issued them in sets of three aircraft in a themed single box. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Cessna A-37A - USAF, 1/72, JS-036-175
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$26
Still factory sealed. Very well molded with 52 pieces and features very fine raised panel lines, Cockpit and gear well detail, two pilots and 100 Gallon drop tanks, Aero-6A and LAU-3A loadouts and more.