Aurora F6F Hellcat, 1/43, 40-130
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$149
Still factory sealed but the seal has split on the left short side. Aurora of Canada issue. The factory-applied stickers have a '130' price suffix, but the box was originally '100' priced. Dated 1964 with fantastic Mort Kunstler artwork.
Heller De Havilland FB.5 Vampire - RAF 112 Sq or 4 Esc 1/4 Lafayette Friedrichshafen Germany 1951, 1/72, 283
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$18
1970s Heller issue with 'Black Box' design that has black background on the box top and all 4 sides. Very nicely molded older kit with recessed control surfaces and fine raised panel lines. Includes markings for the two aircraft listed. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Renwal USS King Destroyer Leader DDG10 - Farragut Class Guided Missile Destroyer, 1/500, 603
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$110
Rare 1950s early issue with the best mold quality. This is well detailed and rare kit of the 512 foot-long large destroyer designed for anti-air and ASW duties. It features full rudder and propeller detail, excellent superstructure, separately molded main guns, 40mm mounts & 20mm cannon, twin Terrier missile launcher and all guidance and tracking units, ship's boat, life rafts and more. Includes a display stand and decals with hull number, draft markings and stern name. With display stand. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals, color flag sheet and instructions. The decals have light bug damage to the backing paper only; the actual transfers have no damage.
DML HMS Trafalgar vs Soviet Oscar Class SSGN and Nimrod MR2 and (2) Westland Seaking HAS5, 1/700, 7004
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$22
Very nicely molded and detailed with all recessed lines. Includes both subs, one aircraft, two helicopters and an excellent decal sheet. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Aurora Regulus II Guided Missile with Launcher, 1/48, 378-249
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$379
1958 release of this kit featuring classic Jo Kotula boxart. The large 1/48 scale missile comes with a fully operational scale launcher. The hardbox has 'very good' color and gloss, four solid corners, no price tag or tape tears and no torn or missing litho. Flaws include general wear and edge and corner wear as shown. The kit has never been started and is factory new inside right down to the original tissue packing paper. Aurora factory sealed the silver parts and the red missile parts; these are both still sealed. The deep blue parts were not sealed but have been inventoried 100% complete. Includes decals and instructions in 'excellent' condition. This kit must be shipped insured. The Aurora "Missile Line" is legendary. In the late 1950s, the first missile model kits sold briskly, so Aurora and Revell both planned extensive lines. However, the missile modeling craze disappeared as quickly as it started. Models that were in the works were canceled or completed if they were far enough along. Those that were completed were fine efforts but sold poorly and had very short lives, making them rare collector items today.
Fowler TWO Boeing 727-200 Conversion Kits - Bagged, 1/144, CF-1
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$8
Includes two very nice 727-200 'Stretch' fuselage conversions - Possibly from the Griffon molds. Includes full instructions. Never started. Complete with all parts and instructions. Please note that a base kit is required and not furnished. Fowler recommends the Airfix 1/144 727.
Aurora De Haviland DH-10 Bomber, 1/48, 125-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$125
Dated 1957 with classic Jo Kotula box art. This is the edition with the '198' price circle in the upper right and no Parent's Magazine approval seal. Box is in 'excellent+' condition with like new color and gloss, four solid corners and no tape or price tags. Flaws include very, very light wear and creasing. Molded in gloss olive drab and clear. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Even includes the original tissue packing paper.
MPC 1973 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 - Stock / Tiny Lund's Grand Am Racer / Injected Street Rod, 1/25, 1-7319-225
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$225
Still factory sealed. This very rare original issue dates from late 1972/73 and can be built as one of three versions. Features detailed 350 CID 4 bbl engine, opening hood, detailed front suspension, rear differential, exhaust and drive shaft, full Grand Am Racer interior with complete roll cage, optional street rod interior with bucket seats, many other Grand Am special parts and more. Molded in white, clear, red-tinted clear, chrome plate and with rubber tires and metal axle. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes 'near mint++' condition decals and 'very good' instructions. The box is in 'very good' condition; the only significant flaws are light shelf wear as shown and in the middle of both long sides there is a stain from old tape (the tape has long since fallen off).
Trumpeter USS Arizona BB39 Battleship 1941, 1/200, 03701
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$179
This giant, superbly detailed model needs no introduction. The kit has never been started. Inside, everything is in factory-new condition. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram B-24 Liberator Speedee-Bilt - Five Star Super Deluxe Kit, 1/60, H4-495
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$550
Dated 1954. Rare, desirable and very collectible. Classic early multi-media kit with a fantastic internal box presentation. The box top has excellent color and gloss but general wear as shown, two properly repaired (from the inside) split corners and a closed tear (also repaired) on the lower side. Inside, the kit is factory new. All of the factory cardboard presentation material is present and grades from 'mint' to 'excellent++.' Includes numerous plastic parts in red, gray, clear and black, four unopened glass bottle of Mono*Dope that are still good, an unopened tube of MonoGlue still in the original mint box, all prefabricated wooden parts including the amazing Monofoil wing, three sheets of die-cut and factory painted wood (unpunched), colored die-cut cardstock sheet, sandpaper, gun barrel plastic material, decals in amazing 'near mint' condition, 'near mint' instruction book and full size plans and even a miniature Monogram Catalog showing this kit and the entire Speedee-Bilt line for '54. The kit has never been started. It has been carefully inventoried 100% complete with all parts, paperwork, instructions, plans and decals. Amazingly, the celluloid plastic parts range from no warping to very slight warping (on two of the nacelles). This is very rare, as that type of plastic was unstable and warped easily over time. Before injection molded plastic kits were common, Monogram issued the famous 'Speedee-Bilt' and 'Super Kits' which featured injection molded details and precarved wooden parts. Of these, the Speedee-Bilt B-24 and B-17 were the finest. These kits are very rare today due to their relatively high original price of $4.95. This kit must be shipped insured.
StromBecker American Airlines Convair Flagship - 10 Inch Wingspan Solid Wood Kit, C-38
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$119
Superb kit from the 1950s and makes a very impressive display when built. This highly prefabricated model made from solid Western Pine - not balsa wood. Features completely precarved fuselage, wings, engine nacelles & tail feathers, ready to install propellers, full landing gear and even wood filler, glue, and sandpaper. With detailed instructions and drawings with aircraft history and a large, colorful American Airlines decal sheet in amazing "Near Mint" condition. Never started and complete with all parts and plans. Before plastic kits were introduced, Strombecker was famous as the premier hardwood preshaped model manufacturer. In the 1940s and 1950s, Strombecker kits were flawlessly engineered but not inexpensive. All wooden parts are hardwood and are precarved to shape - usually only a quick sanding would finish them.
Model Airways Sopwith Camel F.1 - Skeleton Kit With A 21 Inch Wingspan, 1/16, MA1030
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$145
This amazing model from 2010 builds a skeletal Camel with over 220 laser cut hardwood (basswood and plywood) parts, over 220 Britannia metal cast details, copper, aluminum, steel, brass and rubber parts. The Clerget engine is a model all to itself with over 70 Britannia metal castings and all cylinders, distributor, magneto and crankcase & more. Other aircraft details include turnbuckles, guy wires, compression bar, pulleys, wire support brackets, struts, flight instruments, tires and much more. Includes several sheets of full size plans and very detailed instructions. Never started. All parts are still in the factory sealed bags and containers. Includes all plans and instructions.
OldModelKits SS Normandie Ocean Liner - 1935, 1/350
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$850
Finally! A museum-quality 1/350 scale model kit of the SS Normandie - The World's Most Beautiful Ocean Liner. This nine-year project is a 100% new kit. Seven of those years were spent accurately modeling the ship from scratch in TurboCAD. All design work was done in CAD by Ken Friend, a master modeler and engineer who specialized in CAD/CAM/CAE Systems Management and Implementation. This limited-run kit represents the Normandie from her 1935 maiden voyage to New York and has over 1,000 individual parts. The hull and larger parts are pressure-cast resin from de-aired molds. There is one very large photoetched brass sheet for railings, ladders & fine details, a set of ultra-high resolution 3D printed davits, three sheets of real wood printed decking (laser printed so they are colorfast; not ink that can run), decals, flag sheet and a DVD with detailed, highly illustrated instructions including painting guide, step-by-step rigging instructions and research material. This is a previously owned kit; I sold this model years back and then purchased the buyers entire estate. The kit has never been started. This model has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions included. NOTE: this kit must be shipped insured.
OldModelKits SS Normandie Ocean Liner 1935, 1/350
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$850
Oldmodelkits.com had received exclusive world-wide license from French Lines/CGT to produce and sell the SS Normandie in 1/350 scale. This nine-year project is a 100% new kit. Seven of those years were spent accurately modeling the ship from scratch in TurboCAD. All design work was done in CAD by Ken Friend, a master modeler and engineer who specialized in CAD/CAM/CAE Systems Management and Implementation. This limited-run kit represents the Normandie from her 1935 maiden voyage to New York and has over 1,000 individual parts. The hull and larger parts are pressure-cast resin from de-aired molds. There is one very large photoetched brass sheet for railings, ladders & fine details, ultra-high definition 3D printed davits, three sheets of real wood decking which is laser printed (and colorfast, unlike ink which can run when it gets wet), decals, flag sheet and a DVD with detailed, highly illustrated instructions including painting guide, step-by-step rigging instructions and research material. Please note, this is a previously owned kit. It was sold to a customer years ago; he did not build it and sold it back to me. NOTE: this kit must be shipped insured.
Varney US Navy Fleet Submarine, 1/240
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$1100
This model is a landmark in the history of Plastic Kits. The Varney Fleet Sub is the primary candidate for the first all-plastic ship kit made in the USA. The famous HO/O train manufacture, Varney, branched out into other scale model kits at the end of WWII. In late 1945, they introduced what are thought to be the first USA produced plastic model kits - the Fleet Sub and the PT-17 Stearman. Both kits were excellent scale models given the state of modeling at that time. However, Varney was 6 years too early. The Fleet Sub and PT-17 met a cool reception when it was introduced to retailers. Hobby Shops were not sure if it would sell, and did not know how to sell it. Consequently, most retailers would not order it and those who did put them where they were not seen by the public. Distributors stopped carry the kits due to a lack of reporders. The result was inevitable - they did not sell, and Varney pulled both kits from production very quickly. Varney was committed to cutting the molds on the LST and it was released in 1946 with the same result. That marked the end of Varney's venture into non-train scale plastic models. Varney dedicated all production to HO trains and in the late 1940s they sold the molds for the Fleet Sub, the LST and the PT-17 to O-Lin. The molds underwent modification (the hull was divided into two parts instead of one) and were released by O-Lin and Lindberg. This kit is a superb, investment-grade "excellent++" example. The box top has like-new color and gloss, four solid corners with no repairs, no tape or price tags, no marks from tape or tags and no tears or other litho damage. Flaws include very light and even edge wear (as shown), very slight 'dishing' inward and very light foxing on two box sides. Inside, the kit is still as it came from the factory. The yellow parts display is 'very good++' and the only flaw is the scuffing as shown. The small parts bag is still factory sealed and factory stapled to the yellow display. The glass display stand arm is tucked into its holder. The heavy one-piece molded hull is beautiful and in rare crack-free condition and cradled into the holder. The base was factory glued to the yellow display but has come loose. It also includes the unused factory tube of Testors cement in its own holder. Very large instruction sheet is near mint and folds out to illustrate construction and offers numerous display ideas for this new medium in hobby kits. Decals were not provided with the kit. This kit was made with gray injection molded details, glass stand arm and black injection molded stand and sub hull. I have seen versions with no paint on the base and hull; however, this one has the base and hull factory painted gray. The paint is in 'near mint' condition on the hull and 'excellent' on the stand base. A rare example of a classic kit. Shipped with insurance only.
Mamoli Halifax English Colonial Schooner 1774, 1/54, MV37
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$165
Very highly detailed plank-on-frame model that measures 59cm when built. This is a superb kit featuring numerous factory cut wooden parts, numerous die-cut hard and plywood parts, high quality stripwood, a large and very complete fittings pack, sailcloth, printed cloth flags, full size plan sheet with complete rigging details and more. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes plans/instructions. The Halifax was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1768 and transformed at Portsmouth into a typical colonial schooner of that time. She saw service along the American coasts in a rather complex period the history of this country.
Monogram Douglas DC-3 TWA, 1/90, PA9-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$145
Still factory sealed but the seal has drawn the box top slightly concave. This is the second issue dated 1955; the first issue has same art but kit #P9-98. The box has as-new color and gloss. Features optional position cabin door, rotating propellers & wheels, pilot, copilot, hostess and passenger figures and colorful TWA decals.
Faller V-1 V-2 - With Launcher - (Fi-103 And A4), 1/100, 520
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$129
Rare. Very nicely molded smaller scale V-1 and V-2 with launcher and trailer. The V-2 can be displayed ready to launch or stowed for travel. The V-1 is molded in red, while the V-2 rocket is molded in white and the launcher/trailer in swirl brown. There is a clear stand for the V-1. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The box displays slightly better than the 'good+' rating but is graded as such because there is a 1 x 1/2 inch tape tear on the long lower side.
AMT 1970 Chevrolet Fleetside Truck Stock or Beast of Baja, 1/25, Y733-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$200
Very rare and even rarer in factory-sealed condition. First and only Best of Baja issue and a well detailed model that can be built one of two ways. Features optional parts, full engine and compartment, opening hood, detailed underside, full interior and more.
Aurora 12 O'Clock High P-51 Mustang, 1/48, 345-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$145
Rare limited issue. Hardbox is dated 1965. Issued as a promotion with the famous TV show "12 O'Clock High," which centered on the exploits of USAAF B-17s flying over Hitler's Germany. Has many working features: detailed engine with removable cowling, full cockpit and retractable landing gear. Molded in gloss olive drab and clear. The kit has no assembly, but NOTE: the interior parts are painted with one thin coat of zinc chromate green. There is no other painting. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Other kits in this rare series include the B-17 Bomber Formation (3 kits with a special stand and battle-damaged decals), P-38 Lighting, ME-109 (Bf-109), P-47, B-25, B-26 and Fw-190.