Lindberg Model Kits
Lindberg Lockheed F-104 Starfighter NATO Jet Fighter, 1/48, 559-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$49
Very rare 'NATO' release of the large scale Starfighter. Kit features removable tail section, dolly to hold tail section, detailed jet engine and afterburner, jet engine dolly, operating ejection seat and Luftwaffe or USAF decals. Never started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing tow tractor & driver. Otherwise inventoried complete with all other parts, decals and instructions present. NOTE: decals have very light age staining on the backing sheet only. The box displays slightly better than the 'good-' grade but is rated as such because there is a large (2" x 1.25") litho tear on the short left side.
Lindberg Lockheed Vega Winnie Mae - Post's Round the World Record Setting Aircraft, 1/48, 533-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$39
Original 1950s issue with fantastic Ray Gaedke box art. In 1931, Post and Gatty flew the Vega 'Winnie Mae' around the world in 8 days, 15 hours and 8 minutes for a new world record. In 1933 Post tested a gyroscope automatic pilot and radio direction finder in another record flight lasting 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes. This aircraft is now in the Smithsonian Museum. Kit features moving control surfaces, cockpit, rotating prop and wheels and clear display stand. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Lindberg Vought F7U-1 Cutlass - (F7U1), 1/95, 427-39
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$27
From the very early 1960s issue with Ray Gaedke artwork and the 39 cent price extension on the kit number. This small-scale model has a wingspan of very close to 5 inches, which would make it approximately 1/95 scale. The original molds were cut by Trim Model Products in the early to mid 1950s. Trim sold them in bags or in hardboxes, but eventually decided to leave the plastic model business and sold the molds to Lindberg in the early 1960s. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Lindberg Northrop SM-62 Snark - Intercontinental Guided Missile, 1/48, 687
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$54
Very nicely molded and detailed large 1/48 scale model. Molded in red, yellow and green. Kit includes mobile launching platform, detailed missile, stair lift check stand, tractor and jet engine and a very large and extensive decal sheet including all white stripes on the missile. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The Snark was America's first Intercontinental Cruise Missile. Max speed was 650 MPH and range was 6000 miles. Guidance was by an internal celestial system and the warhead was nuclear. SAC units operated Snark from 1958 to the early 1960s.
Lindberg Me-109F Destroyer - Bf-109F, 1/72, 586-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$28
Early 1960s one-piece box issue with a full color trading card on the back. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Lindberg Lockheed Vega Winnie Mae - Post's Round the World Record Setting Aircraft, 1/48, 533-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$37
Original 1950s issue with fantastic Ray Gaedke box art. In 1931, Post and Gatty flew the Vega 'Winnie Mae' around the world in 8 days, 15 hours and 8 minutes for a new world record. In 1933 Post tested a gyroscope automatic pilot and radio direction finder in another record flight lasting 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes. This aircraft is now in the Smithsonian Museum. Vegas did see military service, with a few operated by the RAAF, Spanish Republic Air Force, and USAAC. This model features moving control surfaces, cockpit detail, rotating prop and wheels, clear display stand and very colorful Winnie Mae decals. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete including all parts, decals and instructions.
Lindberg Stearman PT-17 Kaydet Motorized, 1/48, 508M-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$39
Hardbox issue is dated 1966 and features motorized propeller action and Tom Morgan boxart. Molded in yellow and clear. The kit has never been started. The motor parts are are still in the factory sealed bag and all other parts have been inventoried complete with decals and instructions. The Stearman was the last standard biplane produced for the Army and Naval Air Forces. Production was over 10,000 planes, making if more prolific than any other US Biplane design. Kaydets help to train over 60,000 allied airmen in WWII.
Lindberg F-80C Shooting Star - (P-80), 1/48, 500-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$35
From the early to mid 1950s. Rare very early Lindberg issue with the first Lindberg logo - 'Lindberg' in the center of a circle made by the words 'Products' and 'Incorporated'. Lindberg never wasted materials like left over instructions, plastic parts, boxes or decals - and the P-80 kit is a primary example of this practice. This kit is one of the earliest within the first Lindberg issue. There are three sets of known instructions with this kit; one with no pilot and no seat; one with a pilot and 'plank' for a seat and another with the pilot and proper seat. But large numbers of these kits have surfaced with these instructions, a pilot but no seat - not even the 'plank'. Correctly molded in early high-gloss silver, all recessed panel lines and no rivet detail. The kit has never been started. Inventoried and NOTE: no surprise, it's missing the seat like about 40% of them that I have seen. Otherwise complete including decals and instructions. Paul Lindberg got his start in 1930s model aviation by designing, building and flying stick and tissue aircraft. His plans appeared in Popular Aviation magazine and he soon made a name for himself. When injection molding showed the way to increased kit sales in the late 1940s/early 1950s, he quickly teamed up with Mr. Olsen to create 'O-lin' models. Ray Gaedke was one the the early artists for O-lin, and he help pioneer dramatic and colorful box artwork. In the early 1950s Paul Lindberg was running the company and had the logo changed to his name. The first logo was circular, with 'Lindberg' in middle and 'Products' 'Incorporated' arched across the top and bottom. The second logo is the 'Yellow Square' that is on this kit. Ray Gadke continued his bold and colorful artwork for Lindberg and did this F-80C boxart as well.
Lindberg Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, 1/48, 520-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$42
Mid 1950s second issue with wonderful Ray Gaedke artwork showing Lindberg's Ryan triumphantly flying over Paris. Nicely molded for that time in silver and clear plastic. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Lindberg Lockheed Vega Winnie Mae - Post's Round the World Record Setting Aircraft, 1/48, 533-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$34
Original 1950s issue with fantastic Ray Gaedke box art. In 1931, Post and Gatty flew the Vega 'Winnie Mae' around the world in 8 days, 15 hours and 8 minutes for a new world record. In 1933 Post tested a gyroscope automatic pilot and radio direction finder in another record flight lasting 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes. This aircraft is now in the Smithsonian Museum. Vegas did see military service, with a few operated by the RAAF, Spanish Republic Air Force, and USAAC. This model features moving control surfaces, cockpit detail, rotating prop and wheels, clear display stand and very colorful Winnie Mae decals. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg US Fleet Submarine - (ex Varney), 1/240, 703-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
$125
Rare kit with a fascinating history. These molds are believed to be the oldest production plastic ship model in US modeling history. The kit started as the Varney Fleet Sub in the mid 1940s. It is widely regarded as the very first USA all-plastic construction kit of a military vessel. Varney produced an all plastic aircraft kit at the same time, the PT-17. It is the #1 candidate for the first plastic airplane kit in the USA. Varney was a famous manufacture of model trains, first O then a leader in HO models. The two new additions did not sell very well - remember, the Gowland/Revell 'Highway Pioneers' had yet to be issued, so the boom in modeling had not occurred. Varney soon sold the molds for the Fleet Sub and the PT-17 to O-Lin (along with the molds for a fantastic multi-media kit with a wooden hull and plastic fittings, the Varney PT Boat). O-Lin was a joint venture by Paul Lindberg and Mr. Olsen. O-Lin successfully reissued the PT Boat with an injection molded hull and deck, PT-17 Stearman and Fleet Sub but modified the molds for the Sub. The original Varney kit had a solid, one-piece black hull and gray fittings. O-Lin engineers created a two-piece hull that provided a hollow hull and made from the same shot of plastic as the fittings. The 'Lin' in O-Lin, Paul Lindberg, was already well known for his publication of articles and plans for flying model aircraft in some of the leading aviation publications in the 1940/50s. Mr. Lindberg soon bought out Mr. Olsen and began marketing the same O-Lin kits under 'The Lindberg Line.' One immediate change was the box art. O-Lin box art was usually two or three color and not very exciting. Near the end of O-Lin, the partners asked Ray Gaedke to provide some box art. The bright colors and vivid action were an immediate hit, and Paul Lindberg took this lesson and Mr. Gaedke with him to the new 'Lindberg Line.' Lindberg continued to issue the old Varney kits with the O-Lin modifications. The kit has been issued by a resurgent Lindberg as late at 2009, likely making it the longest running plastic ship kit in US history. This model is in superb condition. The Ray Gaedke box art has perfect color and gloss, four solid corners and only the light wear shown. Inside, the model has not been started. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes 'excellent+' condition decals and 'near mint' condition instructions.
Lindberg Douglas X-3 Stiletto - High Speed Research Aircraft, 1/48, 71425
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$24
Still factory sealed. This Crafthouse reissue is probably from the 1990s. It is from the original 1950s molds and features detailed engines, opening inspection hatch, pilot and ejection seat.
Lindberg Jaguar XK 120 - Cellovision Issue, 1/32, 609-29
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$38
late 1950s Cellovision issue with great Ray Gaedke artwork. This XK 120 is molded in light blue and features a one-piece body (excellent for slot car conversion), windshield, chassis/underpan, steering wheel and four wheels/tires. While a simple kit, it does have very good interior and realistic lines. Never started. The actual car has been inventoried with all plastic parts and instructions present. NOTE: missing decals. The Cellovision window is intact and in 'very good' condition and the trading card is also 'very good.' The scale is not given; I have approximated it as 1/32. The actual model is 5.125 inches long.
Lindberg Destroyer Escort USS Rudderow DE-224 - Cellovision Issue, 1/300, 753-49
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$58
From the late 1950s and features classic Ray Gaedke box artwork. This is the Cellovision issue with the clear panel at the left so the prospective buyer could view the detail. Very nicely detailed for the time, this full-hull large scale model features one piece hull, detailed deck, superstructure, primary and secondary armament and more. Never started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing (1) of (2) tiny propellers. Otherwise complete with all other parts and includes decals and instructions. Other DEs in this class that could be modeled with this kit include Day - Chaffee - Hodges - Riley - Leslie L.B. Knox - McNulty - Metivier - George A. Johnson - Charles J. Kimmel - Daniel A. Joy - Lough - Thomas F. Nickel - Peiffer - Tinsman - DeLong - Coates - Eugene E. Elmore - Holt - Jobb - Parle - Bray.
Lindberg JN-4D Curtiss Jenny, 1/48, 534-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$39
1950s hardbox issue with beautiful artwork by the famous Ray Gaedke. The box has four solid corners and perfect color and gloss; the only flaws are very light general wear and a scuff & light crease on the lower long side. This was an excellent kit for that time and superior to the Aurora offering; the Lindberg model features a detailed engine with removable cowling, dual cockpit with instrument panels, rudder pedals, seats & control sticks, control horns & king posts, wheel chocks, full cockpit, two pilots, ground crewman, aircraft tail dolly and an illustrated rigging diagram on the back of the instructions. The model is molded in a stunning gloss yellow and clear. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Lindberg USS Manchester CL83 Light Cruiser, 1/600, 1723
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$34
Dated 1990. One piece, full hull kit from the original late 1950s molds. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg US Navy Tanker - Fleet Oiler USS Mattaponi (AO-41) - Kennebec-Class Oiler), 1/520, 750-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$59
Rare Cellovision issue kit from the late 1950s. Smaller scale but very nicely detailed kit of this famous and very active WWII Fleet oilier. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Lindberg Curtiss JN-4D Jenny, 1/48, 534-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$34
1950s issue with early classic box art by Ray Gaedke. Nice kit with detailed engine, removable cowling, full cockpit, two pilots, ground crewman and aircraft tail dolly. Molded in a beautiful gloss yellow and clear. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried and NOTE: missing one tiny part, (1) of (4) kingposts, which can be easily made with pulled sprue. Otherwise complete with all other parts and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg Diesel Tug - Sea Going Diesel Tugboat Despatch No. 9 of Standard Oil - (ex Pyro), 1/76, 77221
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$32
Still factory sealed. From quality Pyro molds. Measures 13.5 inches long when assembled and very nicely detailed for that time. Could be motorized and made R/C (as some other releases were, but you must supply the hardware for this issue). Despatch No.9 was built by the Tampa Marine Corporation in Florida in 1945 for the fleet of tugs operated by Standard Oil of California in Sacramento Bay and the San Joaquin River.
Lindberg Grumman F6F Hellcat British Carrier Fighter, 1/48, 558-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$69
Rare 1950s hardbox first issue in excellent condition. Features superb Ray Gaedke artwork. Box has like-new color and gloss, four solid, original corners, no tape or tape marks and no creases. The flaws are edge wear as shown, general light wear and a very small 15 x 11 millimeter price tag litho tear on one end panel. Kit includes external bomb load and centerline fuel tank, pilot with seat and display stand. Molded in dark gloss blue and clear and has Fleet Air Arm decals. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The box displays better than 'excellent' but is graded as such because there are two small tape pulls; one on each of the short sides.