Revell Lockheed F-94C Starfire 'Academy' Issue, 1/56, H123-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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1961 issue with unique box art. This is the US 'Academy' issue. This kit was made from the original Pre-S kit molds and makes an ideal builder. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
ITC 105mm Howitzer and M274 Mechanical Mule / Army Mule - Ringo Issue, 1/16, C584-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
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ITC kit from the final days of ITC Production. Ringo was the name used to clear the ITC Warehouses of stock. Large 1/16 scale 105mm recoilless rifle and M274 Mechanical Mule kit is well detailed and has many operating features. Never started and complete with all parts and instructions. NOTE: As with most if not all Ringo releases of this kit, there are no decals and no parachutes.
Minicraft 1919 Hispano-Suisa Alfonso Race Car, 1/16, 11207
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Very large 1/16 scale kit. Highly detailed. Ex-Entex, ex-Bandai molds. Includes completely detailed engine, compartment, underside with suspension and exhaust and interior. Still factory sealed.
Kemziv Antonov AN-2M, 1/50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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This is a large almost 1/48 scale kit of the popular and successful AN-2, the world's largest single engined biplane. The model has never been started and is complete with markings and instructions. The small parts bag is still factory sealed. The markings are CCCP and Aeroflot for a civil AN-2 transport. This model is the Ex-MEE 1/50 AN-2 kit that was sold as a built up display model and a kit. Production ended at MEE in about 1984. Some molds passed to Genton at that point, and obviously Kemziv got them at some point. Thanks to Tom Marino for help on this.
Monogram Convair B-36 Peacemaker, 1/72, 5703
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
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1980 first issue with excellent mold quality. The box has wear and tape as shown but the kit inside is mint. Very highly detailed and large kit. Features fully detailed cockpit, nose compartment and landing gear, crew of four, optional position bomb bay doors with 80 bombs, optional electronic fairings, rotating props, moving tail turret and optional position landing gear. Never started. The two factory sealed bags are still sealed and the one non-factory sealed tree of parts has been inventoried 100% complete. Includes decals and instructions in excellent condition.
Scale Flight Comet's Mr. Mulligan - 16 inch Wingspan Dime Scale Flying Airplane, Dime
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Scale Flight Model Company in Bloomington, Indiana, USA was dedicated to releasing authentic reproductions of the finest "Dime Scale" flying model (stick and tissue) kits from the 1930s/40s. Dime Scale models used to sell for a dime in the 1930's, hence the name. They are actually box scale, but as a general guideline, they usually had a wingspan of 16 inches and have simple and light construction. "Dime Scale" models are now a class flown in some competitions. Kit consists of contest grade printwood, contest quality strip wood, machine cut balsa propeller, the best Japanese tissue, wooden wheels, competition bushed nose plug, brass thrust washers, prop shaft, prop freewheeler, FAI rubber strip motor and a copy of a genuine dime scale plan that was used in the 1930s-1940s. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.
Williams Brothers Boeing 247 Roscoe Turner Racer or United Air Lines, 1/72, 72-247
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Often called the first 'Modern Airliner', the successful Boeing 247 was one the earliest transports with all metal construction, retractable landing gear, de-icers and controllable pitch props. Includes two types of windshields, rubber tires, optional position landing gear and struts. Has full interior detail for two ships: long-range tanks and accessories for Col. Turner's MacRobertson Race Entry, and complete passenger seat interior for United version. Colorful markings for Turners racer or the UAL ship shown on the cover. Never started and complete.
Haji 1950s USAF Biplane - Tin Lithographed Friction Powered Toy with Rotating Propeller, 1/48
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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Very clean and original all-metal tin litho toy from Haji in Tokyo, Japan. Also known as Mansei Toy Company, they went into business in 1951 to no doubt enter the booming post-war toy export market. Measures 8.25 inches long with a 11.25 inch wingspan; I have listed the scale as roughly 1/48 as it looks like a JN-4 Jenny in that scale. This piece is guaranteed to be old and not a reproduction. It came from the estate of a model collector who took exceptional care of his toys. There are no dings or dents - it appears to have never been played with. The paint is graded as 'excellent+++' but with cleaning it could be 'near mint'. Gloss and shine are as new. Identified as 'Haji Made in Japan' on the right fuselage just below the horizontal stabilizer. The motion is from a friction motor which also turns the propeller and makes a loud, satisfying noise.
Monogram B-25H Mitchell Medium Bomber, 1/48, 5500
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Second issue in the 'short' box dated 1977. Features full interior, optional position bomb bay with bomb load, rotating turrets and elevating guns, optional position crew hatch, and rotating props. Very finely molded and detailed kit with traditional high Monogram quality. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Revell The State Coach of England - Circa 1760 - with 8 Horses and 6 Figures - Miniature Masterpieces Issue, 1/48, H506-129
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Rare 1954 kit in investment-grade condition. The box is near mint and has like-new gloss and shine. Inside, the kit is molded in the correct red (wagon) and white (horses and figures). The kit has never been started and is still sealed in the original krinkle bags. The instructions are in excellent condition. 'Miniature Masterpieces' was formed through an alliance of Lew Glasser (Revell) and Steve Adams (Adams Action Models) in 1953. Although the molds were made at Adams and it had the appearance of an independent company, the firm was run by Revell down to the prototypes being made at the Revell plant. Originally there was no evidence of the parent company on the surface. The State Coach of England was the first kit - without figures and horses, issued in 1953. More kits of excellent quality followed. Revell completely took over the line in 1954 and in that year and the next, kits were labeled 'Revell' with a 'Miniature Masterpiece' label on the box top also. At the time of the 'takeover', Revell cut the horses and figures for this kit and it was the first 'Revell' release. 1954 advertisements from Revell list the complete line as the H506 State Coach of England, H510 Ranch Wagon, H503 Covered Wagon, H502 Marquis de Lafayette Carriage, H504 Roman Racing Chariot, H501 Wells Fargo Stage Coach, H509 Western Figures and H507 Chuck Wagon.
Fujimi A-1H or AD-6 Douglas Skyraider, 1/70, 7A14-400
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. Very finely molded earlier Fujimi kit. Has decals for VA-145 US Navy and the very colorful red and gray Marine AES-12 as well as a nice color painting guide. Includes extensive underwing weapons.
Model Technologies 1/32 F-14 Tomcat Canopy Detail Set, 1/32, MT0036
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
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Model Technologies was an early marketer of high quality photoetched metal accessories for aircraft. Still factory sealed.
Model Technologies 1/32 F-15C Eagle Canopy Detail Set, 1/32, MT0039
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
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Model Technologies was an early marketer of photoetched metal accessories for aircraft. Still factory sealed.
Frog Westland Wallace Trail Blazers 'Red Series' Issue, 1/72, F167
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Very nicely detailed kit that builds into a realistic model. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Monogram Space Shuttle With Fuel Tank and Boosters, 1/72, 85-4170
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Very large 1/72 scale kit measures over 31 inches tall when assembled. Features liquid fuel tank, two solid rocket boosters, detailed cargo bay and special stand. Has markings for several Shuttles - Enterprise, Discovery, Challenger and Atlantis. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag and all parts that were never factory bagged have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts including decals and instructions.
R&L Apollo Command Module - Bagged, 1/200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
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Still factory sealed. Small scale model from R&L in Australia. R&L marketed these kits independently but they were also sold by Minicraft/Hasegawa, Academy, as the Aurora 'Snaparoos' and in Kellogg's Cereal as premiums. Very well detailed and molded. Features opening door and three seated astronauts.
Revell Neptune P2V-7 with Skis Operation Deep Freeze - (P2V7) Famous Aircraft Series, 1/104, H170-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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1960 issue of this rare Neptune variant. This is the classic 'S' kit with ski landing gear and decals for Arctic service. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Monogram OS2U Kingfisher Mexican Naval Air Force - Wheels or Floats, 1/48, 5304A
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
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Rare. Still factory sealed. Necomisa issue dated 1977. Includes markings for sea or land base Mexican Kingfishers. Can be built with wheels for land operation or floats.
Megow Corben Ace - 24 inch Wingspan Balsa Flying Model, C-6
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG-
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I located this kit in the 1938 Megow catalog, so it is from near that year. Part of the famous 24 inch wingspan series of kits which were 25 cents each. Features print wood, pre-cut stringers, spars, wood stock, preformed wheels, very nicely pre-carved wooden propeller blank (needs sanding to complete), tissue paper and full size plans. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including plans. Fred Megow was a famous pioneer in the model aircraft field from the late 1920s and a very early manufacture for HO scale trains in the 1930s. His product lines of semi-prefabricated, solid and stick and tissue kits won him national and extensive world wide distribution - possibly the first modern model manufacture to achieve this. His fascinating story involves trying novel and untested marketing ideas in the Great Depression, followed my explosive world-wide growth. Mr. Megow was a true pioneer in the early days of modeling and a leader in the low price field so that every boy could afford a kit during those difficult times. Megow also produced scale operating train and trackside kits, ship models (large and small) and automotive subjects. Megow's catalogs claim that they were pioneers in HO scale, and there is documentation to support this fact. Megow's early HO train kits served not only to promote this now-popular scale nationally, but were among the very first train kits. Model train kits were responsible for the explosion in model railroad popularity in the late 1930s - please see the article in this website about these kits.
Revell Battleship USS Wisconsin - Bagged Kit, 1/535, H352
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
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Bagged kit only - no box. The box is shown for reference only. Good builder. 1969 issue of the "Big W". Features movable guns and turrets, two float planes and crane and flag sheet. This kit has never been started. It has been inventoried with all parts and instructions. NOTE: missing decals. NOTE: 5 small parts are a lighter shade of gray. They are 100% correct for a Revell Wisconsin but are from another issue of the kit.