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Airfix Avro 504 K (504K) Blister Pack, 1/72, 01048-5

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed VG+

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Factory sealed blister pack with header. Very nicely molded kit.

Berkeley North American T-28 Trainer Flying Model Airplane Kit

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

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Large high quality kit that 'Can be completely built and ready to fly in less than two evenings!" has a wingspan of 30 inches. Originally designed as a gas powered model for control line, or can be converted to electric power and modern RC (radio control) gear. Features clear canopy, full size plans, metal engine cowl, die cut balsa and plywood parts, shaped leading and trailing edges, metal hardware, formed wire landing gear, wheels and authentic decor. 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. Berkeley is a very famous manufacturer of flying model kits from the Golden Age of flying aviation, about 1932-1954. Most all Berkeley kits contain a high degree of prefabrication to speed up assembly. Founded in 1933 by William Effinger, the company was quite progressive in producing quality kits - it was likely the Berkeley 'Buccaneer' was the first gas powered model in kit form. In the later 1930s, Effinger acquired the services of a very talented Henry Struck. Struck went on to design numerous award-winning kits under the Berkeley name. Berkeley weathered the post WWII recession and emerged as a major kit producer in the late 1940 and 1950s. These were great years for Berkeley and they produced some incredible and large kits. The company went bankrupt in about 1960 however. Fox engines (Duke Fox) bought the company and released the kits alongside his own FOX models and engines. This arrangement did not last, and in the early 1960s the Berkeley name disappeared from hobby shop shelves.

Airfix American Civil War Confederate Artillery Batteries, 1/87, 01714-5

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Good+

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Still factory sealed. Type Four Airfix logo issue. 33 piece set includes mounted officers, horses, cannons and limbers.

MPC American Civil War Confederate Artillery Batteries, 1/87, 1-6006

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc+

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Still factory sealed. From Airfix molds. 33 piece set includes mounted officers, horses, cannons and limbers.

Matchbox M-40 GMC Self Propelled Gun with Diorama Display Base, 1/76, PK86

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

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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.

Airfix Henschel HS 126 (HS-126), 1/72, 03028

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

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German WWII light observation aircraft. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

Aurora Ryan X-13 Vertijet with Trailer / Launcher, 1/48, 376-198

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

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Rare. Late 1950s issue. This is a very nice kit in large 1/48 scale with a fully operational mobile operations trailer. The aircraft is molded in gloss silver and the trailer/launcher in bright yellow. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.

Aurora Nieuport II, 1/48, 101-79

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good++

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Third issue still dated 1956 but probably from 1957 (no Parents' Magazine Seal). Jim Cox artwork. The square Northern Lights logo has been replaced with the first famous oval logo sunburst, but the square background remains. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. NOTE: the box would grade higher, but there is light bug damage on the end panels.

Monogram Mustang P-51B 'Ding Hao!' - Blue Box Issue, 1/48, PA136-6806

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+

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1968 issue. This kit is one of the 'transition' kits between the old Monogram 'PA' kit number system and the future four digit system - note that the model uses both systems. Nicely molded kit. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.

Frog Northrop P-61 Black Widow - 'Double Trouble' or 'Husslin Hussey' - Bagged, 1/72, F170

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: No Box

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Very nicely molded kit with fine raised panel detail - no rivets. 61 parts. Features separately molded ailerons, elevator and rudders as well as optional position landing gear, crew and crew stations and detailed motors. With decals for two aircraft. This kit has never been started. NOTE: missing display stand. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts, decals and instructions. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. The Lines Brothers opened Frog in 1932, capitalizing on the fever caused by Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight. Almost overnight the western populations became 'Air-Minded', and anything aviation was in high demand. Frog created a quality line of stick and tissue rubber powered aircraft and gliders as well as innovative ready-to-fly rubber powered aircraft that required no assembly. The box even contained a built-in rubber motor winder and fuselage holder. Model airplane flight competitions were popular in Great Britain, and one category was 'Rise Off the Ground', or ROG. By changing this to 'Flies Right Off the Ground', the FROG name was born. In 1936 Frog created a line of injection molded plastic models, the first such kit line in the world (Hawk sold a line of injection molded aircraft models in 1934 but they were factory assembled and painted). Named 'Penguin' after the bird that does not fly, the kits were innovative beyond the means of production. At a time when models were simply built by wingspan, the Penguin line was a constant 1/72 scale. Furthermore, a large 1/72 Short S.30 Empire class flying boat contained a full interior and lights! A line of accessories such as AA guns, tractors, hanger, ambulance, sound locator, searchlights and lighting kits were quickly added to the line. WWII caused a pause in production. After the war the box color changed from silver to green, and Penguin kits were also marketed in the USA. Production ended in 1950. Frog quickly expanded and released the Red, Blue, Orange, Black, Green, Gold Token, Spin and Comet series as well as Trail Blazers and several others. It is noteworthy that while most manufacturers in the 1940s/50 were making toy-like models, Frog attempted to make very realistic models. For example, 'detailing' kits with excessively large rivets was once very popular. Frog ignored this trend and continued to mold aircraft with fine panel lines and no rivets. As a result, Frog kits can be built into very realistic replicas. Production ended in the late 1970s, but Frog molds are still in use around the world.

Monogram Fairchild A-10A Thunderbolt II 'Warthog', 1/72, 5405

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc++

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1977 issue. Kit features boarding ladder, pilot, optional position engine inspection cover with detailed engine, complete cockpit, opening canopy, internal gun, 6 laser guided bombs, 18 additional bombs and an external fuel tank. Very finely molded and detailed kit with traditional high Monogram quality. The model has 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.

Matchbox BAC 'S' Jaguar - RAF 54 or 6 Squadron, 1/72, PK-102

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed NM

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Still factory sealed. Very nicely molded kit with recessed panel lines. Includes under-wing weapons load (missiles and rocket pod) and decals for both squadrons.

Matchbox LTV A-7D Corsair II - 356 TFS 'Green Demons' 354 TFW South Carolina 1972 or 357 TFS 'Licking Dragons' 355 TFW Arizona, 1/72, PK-101

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc++

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Nicely molded kit with mainly recessed panel lines and some raised lines. Includes folding wing tips and a very large bomb loadout as well as decals for both aircraft. 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. NOTE: canopy is intact but has a 1/2 inch crack.

Matchbox Gnat Mk.1 Trainer, 1/72, PK-15

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+

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Has markings for 'The Red Arrows' RAF Aerobatic Team-RAF Kemble or No. 4 Sq Central Flying School-Little Rissington. Never started. Kit is either 100% inventoried with all parts/decals and instructions or is factory sealed/factory sealed internal bags.

Lindberg F-100 Super Sabre Motorized with Jet Sound, 1/48, 309M-100

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good++

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1965 hardbox issue. Large 1/48 scale F-100 with motorized jet sound, movable rudder, elevators and ailerons, detailed ejection seat and pilot, full jet engine detail and opening engine access hatch and a load-out of two drop tanks and 8 missiles. Includes colorful decals for the box art aircraft. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. NOTE: box would grade much higher than 'Good++' but there is clear tape along the lower sides.

Aurora USS Iowa Battleship - (With Decals for Iowa / Missouri / Wisconsin / New Jersey), 1/600, 705

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+

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1972 'Big A' logo issue of this popular kit. Features one piece full hull, rotating triple 16" gun turrets, 5" secondary turrets, pom-pom guns, lifeboats, prop and rudder detail, 2 float planes with catapults, display stand and decals for the Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri or New Jersey. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.

Maritime Art Chesapeake Bay Workboat #3 'Drake Tail' Fitted For Oyster Tonging - HO Scale, HO, 3

Multimedia Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc+

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Very highly detailed waterline HO scale craftsman kit. Complete model - includes all parts as pictured. Includes resin hull, hardwood parts and stock, cast resin and/or wood details, metal stock, decals/stickers, templates (as required), written instructions and a CD with prototype and construction photos. Factory tape sealed box with clear cover. Inside, all small parts are still in factory sealed bags.

Guillows Sopwith Camel - 18 inch Wingspan Rubber Powered Balsa Wood Kit, WW-6

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+

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One of a very popular line of World War 1 flying aircraft stick and tissue kits with 18 inch wingspan. Kit features scale plastic wheels, plastic propeller, light vacuform nose cowl, die cut balsa parts, colored tissue, rubber motor and full decals. Includes full size detailed plans. 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.

Revell The Thermopylae Clipper Ship - 3 Feet Long, 1/70, 5610

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc

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Still factory sealed but the seal has split in the lower right. 1980 issue of the Cutty Sark's famous competitor. Beautiful boxart. Highly detailed large kit. Measures 36 inches long when built. Has complete running and standing rigging instructions; can be built with sails or without. Molded in green, black and ivory plastic. Includes rat lines, assembly instructions, rigging instructions, billowing sails, decals, flag sheet, rigging lines and metal chain.

Lunar Models Gerry Anderson's Fireball XL5 Spaceship - Bagged

Multimedia Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc

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Rare. Fuselage measures just over 9 inches in length when assembled. Kit consists of accurately scaled vacuform fuselage, wings, rudder and other details, transparent canopies and instructions. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including instructions.