Revell Super Carrier USS Forrestal - 'S' Kit, 1/542, H339-298
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+++
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First issue dated 1956 in the "S" hardbox. Molded in the correct gloss gray and blue. Elevators, crane and antenna booms moves. Elevators, crane and antenna booms moves. Includes airwing with helicopters, A3D Skywarriors, FJ Furys, F7U Cutlass and Banshee aircraft. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Revell USS Campbell Coast Guard Cutter -'S' Kit, 1/301, H338-149
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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First issue 1956 'S' issue with fantastic box artwork. Like almost all of Revell's early ship models, this one is very finely molded and has very good detail. Full hull, large scale kit features complete deck fittings, rotating and elevating main 5" gun, 8 depth charge launchers, rear depth charge racks, very nicely detailed superstructure with separately molded AA guns, life rafts, seach lights, radar and more, full under hull detail with rudder, props and shafts, davits, lifeboats, booms and more. Molded in classic gloss white, butterscotch and very dark gray. This kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Hand-Made U-Control (Control Line) Aircraft - Never Flown
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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This dated from the early to mid 1960s and was in a collection of incredibly well build stick & tissue and solid models. This is not store bought but is a home-made flying model. It has a 24 inch wingspan and is 18 inches long. The model is very, very durable. I do not know what it is made of, but it's so tough that you can't poke a hole in it with your finger. It is not plastic - I tend to think it has a balsa fuselage and balsa or sheeted wings. The wing and stabilizer have a beautiful airfoil, and the fuselage is perfectly symmetrical. The gas tank is built into the fuselage and has brass fill and vent tubes. The engine mount is carved out of solid wood and even includes three of four mounting screws and washers. The elevator controls are metal and work perfectly. The landing gear is strong spring steel and the wheels spin freely. They are held in place on the front and back by soldered brass washers. The paint job was done by hand and is fantastic. If you install and engine, she is ready to fly or display.
Monogram AD-6 Skyraider - Bagged, 1/48, 5429
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
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Bagged kit - no box. The box is shown for reference only. 1983 issue. Very nicely detailed and well molded with traditional Monogram quality. Features complete cockpit, detailed main and tail wheel wells, optional position canopy, a variety of load-out options, rotating prop/wheels and more. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Cleveland Mile Fliers The Flying Dutchman Amphibian - Skystick Style Balsa Flying Model Airplane Kit, C-5
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Early World War II kit. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. The Cleveland Model and Supply Company played a pivotal role in the development of true scale models. In 1909 Bleriot’s English Channel flight caused a surge in aviation and model aircraft around the globe. Several companies were ideally positioned to take advantage of the aviation craze. In the USA, Wading River Manufacturing Co. (1909), White Aeroplane (1911), Ideal Model Aeroplane (1911), Broadfield Model Aeroplanes (1919) were among these pioneers, offering everything from plans and parts to complete kits and ARF models. Lindbergh’s 1927 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean caused an even bigger world-wide phenomenon called “The Aviation Craze” that extended up to the start of World War II. Many companies such as Megow, Guillow's and others started right around the time of Lindbergh’s flight. Some of these models flew and flew well, but they all had one thing in common - were generally not accurate scale representations. In 1929, a youngster named Ed Packard had a very advanced dream – to produce incredibly accurate, true scale models that flew perfectly. This radical idea established the world’s longest operating single-owner model airplane supply business – Cleveland Model and Supply Company. To this day, Cleveland models are treasured as the most accurate flying scale models produced. The fact that Mr. Packard started and successfully grew this business during The Great Depression is a testament to his ideals and business skill. I highly suggest the excellent book called ‘Aviation’s great Recruiter – Cleveland’s Ed Packard’ by H.L. (Herm) Schreiner. It is an excellent history of the man, his company and the times of the Golden Age of Model Aviation.
Revell CV-13 USS Franklin (Essex Class), 1/720, H484-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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1967 issue. Can be built as waterline or full hull version. Nicely molded and detailed with all AA guns and an air wing of Hellcat and Helldiver aircraft. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Airfix Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident (DH-121) - BEA Airlines, 1/144, SK504
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Type three logo issue that is still mint in the factory seal.
Airfix British Airways VC10 (VC-10) - Sky King Series, 1/144, 04171-3
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Airfix type four logo box in exceptional condition. Has decals for three VC10 of British Airways. Well-detailed kit with optional position baggage/cargo and passenger doors, optional position landing gear and boarding stairs. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Nitto Toyota Sports 800 - Motorized, 1/20, 461-1000
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Hard to find large 1/20 scale car kit. Motorized with the included electric motor. Drive is though a metal gear box with nylon gears and a forward-reverse switch. Features opening hood, trunk and doors, steerable front wheels, good underside detail including exhaust, interior dash, seats and interior door panels, removable top and more. There is an option to include working headlights, but the bulbs are not included. Molded in bright dark red, clear, chrome and black with real rubber tires. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bags including instructions.
Airfix Comet 4B Jet Airliner - Skyking Series, 1/144, SK500
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Early type two logo issue. Early Skyking logo also. Molded in silver plastic with optional position landing gear, clear side and cockpit windows and optional roll-up style passenger stairs. This kit has never been started. NOTE: missing decals. Inventoried with all parts and correct early instructions. Original glue capsule is also included but is dried up.
Frog Vickers Vimy Mk.IV Heavy Bomber, 1/72, F163
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Final Frog Logo. Over the years the commercial/civil Vimy has shown up more than this military version, making the machine gun and bombed armed kit somewhat of a rarity. Very nicely molded military version with decals for two separate aircraft. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
LS Combat Sets - M18 or M8 Colored Smoke Hand Grenade 1/1 Replica Bagged, 1/1
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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No box; bagged kit. Full size 1/1 reproduction of this smoke grenade with plastic body and metal pin and spring. 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.
Airfix H.M.S. Manxman (Abdiel Class) Cruiser/Minelayer, 1/600, 02202-3
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Never started. Factory sealed bag or 100% inventoried with all parts/decals and instructions present. Manxman appears in the 1953 film Sailor of the King (1953), portraying a German commerce raider. The film is based on the Forester novel Brown onResolution.
Revell M55 (M-55) 8 Inch Self-Propelled Howitzer (ex Renwal 'Big Shot') - History Maker Issue, 1/32, 8625
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed but the seal has splits. 1982 History Makers issue from ex-Renwal molds. Very large and super detailed kit. Features a crew of 6, working bogies, flexible tracks, elevating gun, detailed interior, opening doors, rotating turret and much more.
Tamiya West German Jagdpanzer Kanone - Motorized, 1/48, MS107
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Hard to find 1/48 motorized kit. Well detailed and includes electric motor and metal gear box. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell USS Kearsarge - Historic Civil War Steam Sloop, 1/96, H391
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Hard-to-find kit. 1971 issue with beautiful John Steel framable box art titled 'Victory Off Cherbourg', site of the Kearsarge's famous duel with the Confederate ship Alabama off the coast of France. Very large 1/96 scale ship that measures 34.5 inches long when assembled. Very highly detailed and well molded. Features pre-formed ratlines, two position gun ports, guns that turn and elevate, movable propeller, special stand and name plate and 20 action figures. Inside the kit has never been started. The parts are still in factory sealed bags and complete with rigging material, metal chains, rat lines, instructions, standing and running rigging diagrams and flags. The special cardboard insert that holds the hull halves in place is still present.
Pyro 1909 Lozier Briarcliff, 1/32, C455-125
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair+
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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 Lozier was a large four cylinder T-Head rated at 45 horsepower. The wheelbase was 124 inches and she rode on huge 36 x 4.5 tires. This Pyro car model is based on a car that was owned by Thomas J Lester of Chagrin Falls, Ohio that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. 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. Inventoried 100% complete including instructions.
Revell 1911 Rolls Royce - Highway Pioneers, 1/32, H46-89
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc-
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1953 issue, the first year for the 'Series Three' Highway Pioneers. The box is excellent, and the inside has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and instructions. Molded in deep burgundy plastic. Before the 1950s 'model building' never made the top 10 list of boy's activities. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream. Shortly after the turn of the century, many dedicated modelers built flying or static airplanes, ship, train, automotive or other subjects. Basic kits existed, but the majority of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s. The phenomenon of the Revell/Gowland & Gowland 'Highway Pioneers' car kits was a significant force in proving that model building as a hobby could have mass appeal, provided that the kits were easy enough to build and finish. These 1/32 scale vehicles could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real car. The Highway Pioneers series lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the early 1960s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys.
Entex De Havilland No.1 (DH-1) 1910 / Antoinette 1908 Monoplane / Voisin Farman 1908 Biplane 'The Pioneers of the Air' (Ex-Taimei), 1/72, 8448
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG-
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Rare and highly detailed kits from original Taimei molds. These are unique and accurate kits. The original internal frame structure and details of the aircraft is built from injection molded plastic. When complete, it is covered with a very strong fabric which is included. The result is a very realistic aircraft. Never started. Factory sealed bags complete with instructions and covering material. Fuji also released this kit from ex-Taimei molds, and since Entex lists the kits as being made in Japan (and uses Fuji's box art), it is likely that Fuji molded the kits for Entex. Some of these molds found their way to Renwal, where they may have been the inspiration for the famous Aeroskin series.
Aurora Viking Ship, 1/80, 320-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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1962 hardbox issue with John Steel artwork. large scale full hull kits with crew, colorful decals and a flexible printed red and white striped sail. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.