Ye Olde Huff-N-Puff 50' Wood Sheathed Refrigerator Car - Olde Frothingslosh Beer - HO Craftsman Kit, 1/87, 80
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Very high quality wood and metal kit from the Golden Age of HO Craftsman kit. Builds a very accurate and highly detailed prototype of the 50' Wooden Reefer. Kit features pre-cut and pre-scribed hardwood sides that are factory painted and colored for 'Olde Frothingslosh' Beer, which has a unique history of its own. This beer started out in the 1950s as a fictional story on KDKA radio about 'the beer with the foam on the bottom'. DJ Rege Cordic's joke, however, grew a life of it's own. It was so popular that local breweries ask permission to bottle and label 'Old Frothingslosh' for the holidays. It was a hit, and the beer became an instant collectors item. Also includes pre-cut and milled floor and 'round' roof, other cut wood and stock as needed, metal underframes, doors, hatches, brake parts, bolsters, ladders and other metal details and more. The model has never been started. Most parts are still sealed in factory bags - those that were never sealed have been inventoried complete. Includes full size plans/instructions as well a the full story of Olde Frothingslosh Beer. If you have an interest in these kits and the revolution they created in modeling, please read the article about their history located on this website. Please cut and paste this link in your browser to see it - http://www.oldmodelkits.com/blog/plastic-model-kit-history/the-ho-scale-model-railroading-revolution-of-the-1940s/
ESCI Aggressor F-5E with Ground Support Group and Ground Crew - USAF 57 TTW 64 TFTS 'Agressors' / Swiss Air Force Staffel 11/18 Ueberwachungsgeshwader, 1/48, 4079
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Fantastic kit with all equipment seen on the cover, ground crew and also a vacuform diorama base. Decals and instructions are included for both the aircraft and the ground equipment. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bags including decals and instructions.
Revell US Coast Guard Icebreaker Eastwind - 'S' Issue, 1/285, H337-149
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Mint
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Original hardbox issue from 1956 with classic boxart. Box is in investment grade 'Mint' condition. It has no more wear than if it were just removed from the original shipping box. Like most of Revell's older ship models, this one is well molded and well detailed. Features rotating turrets/elevating guns, helicopter pad with helicopter and full rigging instructions. Molded in correct white, wood brown, and butterscotch. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The 269' U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eastwind, a Polar Class Icebreaker was commissioned on June 3, 1944. This cutter served in the North Atlantic during World War II, and on ice breaking in the Arctic and Antarctic. She was decommissioned in 1968.
Revell PZL P-11C, 1/72, H647
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
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1966 issue two-piece box from Revell of England. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Revell Polikarpov I-16 - Great Britain Issue, 1/72, H635
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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1970 Revell of Great Britain issue. Never started. 100% inventoried complete with all parts/decals and instructions present.
Air Lines Fokker D-21 (D-XXI - DXXI) Dutch Fighter (Ex-Frog), 1/72, 3902
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Jo Kotula box art. From quality Frog molds. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, 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.
MPC Commonwealth CA-13 Boomerang RAAF, 1/72, 5008-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Can be built 'stock' with RAAF decals or as a wild custom racing plane. This kit is from quality Airfix molds and is one of the MPC issues with custom decals and the unique clear modular display stand. Dates from the late 1960s/early 1970s. 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. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Airfix Boeing 747 British Airways - British Airways or Alitalia - With Microscale Air India Markings and 'Pagoda Windows', 1/144, 08174
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Includes Microscale #44-34, a large and very colorful Air India three sheet decal set with the unique pagoda windows. The kit itself is from 1987. Nicely detailed kit with optional position cabin and baggage storage doors, optional position landing gear and a very large, color decal sheet with full markings for either airline. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Authentic Models Holland Royal Yacht ' De Groene Draeck' - Plank On Frame Hull Wooden Ship Kit, 1/24, SM26
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Very highly detailed and nicely engineered kit. Features plywood keel and frames, many other hardwood parts, stripwood and dowels as needed, numerous sheets of photoetched parts, wood, brass and cast metal fittings, cloth sails, instructions, full size plans with detail drawings and more. Most parts are in internal factory sealed bags and those that were not factory sealed have been inventoried 100% complete including instructions and plans.
Westerfield 36' Fowler Sliding Door Wood Boxcar - Grand Trunk - HO Craftsman Kit, HO, 1502
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Out of production. Very high quality modern craftsman-style HO kit. The main parts are beautifully cast in high definition resin while the details are injection molded and metal. With transfers. The kit has never been started. The small parts are still in the internal factory sealed bag and the rest have been inventoried complete including transfers and instructions.
ODK Nakajima J1N1 Irving, 1/71, 100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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ODK was the logo used by Odaka Sangyo. Odaka began plastic model kit production in early 1960, but all production stopped by 1965. The Irving was their first kit, but I think that perhaps kit #1 Irving was the first issue. This kit is clearly the same kit, but is numbered 100. Includes the 'Odaka's Double Engine Plane Of The World' slogan on the sides. The box lists 1/55 as the scale, but it is 1/71. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including instructions. NOTE: missing decals.
Execuform Sikorsky S-43 Pan Am Baby Clipper (Y10A-8/JRS-1) - Bagged, 1/72
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
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Still factory staple sealed. Rare model of a wonderful subject. Kit includes rigging wire, window material and vacuform main components. Never started. A certain degree of modeling skill is required to build vacuform kits. They are not recommended for beginners.
Formaplane Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman, 1/72, 1
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Nicely molded with fine recessed detail. Includes clear canopy and brief aircraft history. Never started and complete with all parts and plans. A certain degree of modeling skill is required to build vacuform kits. They are not recommended for beginners.
ESCI North American F-86 E/F Sabre - 4th FIW 334 Sq Kimpo Korea Major James Jabara / South African Air Force No.2 Sq 'Cheetah' / Spanish C-5 (F-86F) 131 Sq 13 Wing 1958, 1/48, SC-4039
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Very nicely molded with very fine recessed panel lines. Features parts to build either version, very good cockpit and gear well detail, decals for all aircraft listed including rare South African and Spanish versions, optional position speed brakes with detailed wells, AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles and optional position canopy. The model as never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Revell Dornier Do-335 Arrow Prototype or A-6 Nightfighter, 1/72, H96
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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1978 issue. Builds either version. Optional position landing gear. Never started. Aircraft is 100% complete with all parts and instructions.
Revell Apollo Saturn V Moon Rocket, 1/96, 04805
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
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Still factory sealed. Out of production. The Revell Saturn V is the finest large-scale injection-molded kit of this legendary workhorse. Model actually comes apart and each sequence configuration of the Apollo Mission can be demonstrated with this model: Lift Off, 2nd stage, 3rd stage, separation, docking, lunar orbit, lunar module separation, lunar descent, lunar exploration, lunar lift-off, docking, starting for earth, separation, and reentry/recovery. Includes a clear panel so you can view the stowed lunar module.
Hasegawa EKA-3B Skywarrior, 1/72, K134
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Excellent quality kit. Contains decals for USN VAQ-135 USS Forrestal, USN VAQ-135 (another aircraft) and USN VAQ-130 USS Hancock. Never started. Factory sealed bags with decals and instructions.
Monogram B-52 Stratofortress with Jet Sound Vietnam Camouflage Issue, 1/72, PA215
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM++
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Rare issue has Vietnam-style boxart on a high-gloss box. 2nd release of this kit and the last with 'Jet Sound'. This model has been opened but is in investment grade condition. These models were designed with a major selling point - an internal parts display that could be seen by potential modelers at the store. The display showed major parts of the kit, glue and motor and called out numerous selling points. Then the factory shrink-wrapped these kits inside or glued a clear cello panel with a yellow cardboard boarder. Then box lid was installed and it was not shrink-wrapped again, so that the kit could be inspected at the point of sale. This is an issue with the cello and yellow cardboard. It was removed but is in mint condition. Inside, all cardboard presentation is still mint and everything is just as it left the factory down to the tissue paper. At this point (1968), Monogram had ceased making 'Monoglue', but the B-52 presentation cardboard has a spot for glue - so the factory put in a tube of 1968 Testors glue with rubber bands (I have seen Testors glue inside this kit that was factory sealed). Contains 207 parts. Very nicely detailed. Features crew of three, detailed cockpit, elevating and traversing rear turret, opening and closing bomb bay doors, operating wing flaps, operating spoilers, optional position entry hatch and landing gear, and optional parts to display one nacelle open to show the jet engine. Never started. Factory sealed bag or 100% inventoried with all parts decals and instructions present.
Pyro 1906 Renault Towne Car, 1/32, C454-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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1967 Pyro issue from original molds. In the early to mid 1960s the Pyro company chose many of it's 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. The Pyro car models are based on the actual cars that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. In some cases, the specific car and owner is on the box - in this case, a Renault at the Montagu Motor Museum in England. 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'. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including instructions.
AMT 1960 Pontiac Bonneville 2 Door Hardtop - 3 In 1 - Stock / Show / Track, 1/25, 139
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Rare original issue from 1960. Includes optional parts to build one of three versions as well as stock, wild competition and custom decals. Kit features full interior with floor shift, tachometer and seat belt, molded in detailed underside, lowering blocks, optional lake pipes, fender skirts and gun sight tail lights, continental kit or standard rear bumper, optional hood scoops, front fender mirrors, spotlights, wheel disks, gauges and much more. Molded in white, chrome, clear, red tint clear and with rubber wide whitewall tires. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.