Top Flite Republic P-47N Thunderbolt - 27 Inch Wingspan Gas U-Control Model, S2
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$129
Rare model and ever rarer in this condition - in an 'Excellent+' box and like new inside. This is a superb kit from the late 1950s or very early 1960s. Recommended engines are .15 to .29. Features 'Superform' balsa shell that is perfectly formed to the exact shape of the fuselage. There are no blocks to carve and no planking required. Includes Jig-Time construction, precision die-cut grade A balsa wood, tapered leading edges, die-cut plywood formers, ribs, spar braces and other parts where additional strength is required, completely formed landing gear, clear, fully formed plastic canopy, rubber wheels, hardwood engine mounts, top grade silk-span, complete set of fuel-proof decals, full hardware (45 parts) and full size detailed plans with step-by-step instructions. The kit has never been started. The kit is like new inside - the small parts that were sealed are still in the factory sealed bags. The parts that were never internally sealed have been inventoried complete, including decals and plans/instructions.
Capitol Taylorcraft - 20 Inch Wingspan Flying Aircraft
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$44
Very rare stick-and-tissue kit from 1945. Capital Model Aircraft Co. was located in Brooklyn, NY and sold a wide range of flying models of all wingspans; this is the intermediate size. Features great box art, quality printwood, factory-cut stripwood and spars, nose block and wood stock as required, fully finished wooden wheels and thrust button, machine-carved wood propeller that only needs final sanding, tissue covering paper, insignia and detailed, full size plans that even include a painting guide. Never started and complete.
Aurora-KB Halberstadt CL-II Collectors Series - (CLII), 1/48, 1136-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$49
1972 hardbox issue with great box art. Includes pilot, gunner, ground officer and 'Terrain Display' base. Molded in dark red and black. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Lukgraph Curtiss A-3 Falcon - With Eduard Seatbelts, 1/32, 32-01
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$245
Includes a factory-sealed Eduard 32-868 USAAF Seatbelts Steel detail set that is factory colored. The actual model is now rare and out of production. This Curtiss inter-war aircraft is a large 1/32 scale and incredibly detailed. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
AMT 1965 Pontiac Tempest GTO Hardtop / Convertible / Custom Fast-Back - 3 In 1 Kit, 1/25, 5615-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$95
Rare first issue includes all parts to build all three versions. Features detailed engine with single or tri-power carb set-ups, detailed engine bay, removable hood, detailed chassis, full interior, numerous custom parts, convertible top boot, stock hardtop, custom fastback hardtop and much more. Molded in white, chrome plate, clear, red-tinted clear and with rubber whitewall tires, drag rear slicks, metal axles and metal body screws. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
AMT 1965 Corvair Corsa Sport Coupe - 3 In 1, 1/25, 5725-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$79
Original hardbox issue and very rare in this condition with an 'excellent' box & never started and complete. Dates from the late 1964 or early 1965. This issue features all parts to build your choice of stock, racing or George Barris custom. Features good suspension, detailed engine that can be built stock or with an optional supercharger, opening deck lid, full interior and much more. Molded in the correct white, clear, red-tinted clear, chrome plate and with rubber tire, metal axles and metal body screws. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
AMT 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle El Camino 3 In 1 Advanced Customizing Kit With Westcraft Boat - Stock / Custom / Racing, 1/25, 8734-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$165
Very rare first issue that can be built one of three ways. Features optional engines - a Chevy V-8 with stock carbs or dual Carter 4 bbl carburetors and headers, custom or stock valve covers and choice of two air cleaners or the famous Chevy Stovebolt Straight 6 engine, detailed engine compartment and opening hood, stock or custom interiors, stock or custom rear and front end treatments, tonneau cover and a complete Westcraft boat kit. Molded in white, clear, red-tinted clear, chrome plate and with rubber narrow whitewall tires, metal axles and metal chassis screws. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: there are tire burns on the boat lower half (tiny), top deck of boat (small), valve cover and custom grill insert.
AMT 1965 Pontiac Bonneville Hardtop 3 in 1 Customizing Kit - Stock / Custom / Racing, 1/25, 6625-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$125
Very rare original issue; even rarer in this condition with an 'Excellent+' box and never started & complete. Features all parts needed for Stock, Racing or Custom versions, stock engine with power options and headers, engine compartment detail & opening hood, molded in chassis detail, stock or custom interior, stock bumpers, custom bumpers and pans and more. Molded in white, clear, chrome plate, red-tinted clear and with rubber tires and metal axles and four metal body screws. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell USS Constitution Frigate 1814 - With Factory Painted Copper Lower Hull, 1/96, H386-1200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair++
$145
Early issued dated 1965 and known for superior mold quality. This early issue has the factory painted copper hull below the waterline - the copper paint is in amazing 'near mint' condition. Large scale and highly detailed kit measures over three feet long when assembled and is considered the finest plastic kit ever of the most famous American Frigate. Features over 1,100 parts, full deck detail, captain's quarters complete with interior bulkheads, table and bunks, lifeboats with oars, 55 detailed cannon, lower gun deck & detail, standing and running rigging thread, pre-formed ratlines, full instructions for assembly, large, fold-out instructions, fold-out diagrams for standing & running rigging, 20 crew in action poses, flag sheet and more. Molded in white, wood brown and black plastic. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and includes all paperwork.
Cleveland Col. W.A. Bishops Nieuport Scout Biplane - 13 Inch Wingspan Free-Flight Rubber Powered Flying Aircraft, 1/24, D-12
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$65
Very rare and from 1936. This is a Cleveland 'D' or dwarf kit. The term 'Dwarf' is just a bit deceptive, as it is Cleveland's designation for 1/24 scale. Most Cleveland kits were designated 'SF' or Scale Flying - 1/16 scale. The Dwarf kits were needed to fill a market demand for smaller flying models. The kit came from a long time collector of 1930s and 1940s models and is in exceptional condition. All Cleveland kits were exceptionally complete and this one is no exception. Features two sheetes of very high quality balsa printwood, stringers & spars, fully formed nacelle and wheels, covering tissue, a wood propeller that is about 90% carved and just needs final sanding, gray rigging thread, metal and balsa stock as required, full color insignia and more. With Cleveland's famous high-quality plans. The model has not been started. Inventoried complete with all parts and paperwork present. 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 running single-owner (77 years) 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.
Cleveland Vought Corsair V-65 - 18 Inch Wingspan Free-Flight Rubber Powered Flying Aircraft, 1/24, D-41
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$75
Very rare and even more so in an 'excellent' box and 'factory tissue sealed' inside. From the mid 1930s to the early 1940s. This is a Cleveland 'D' or dwarf kit. The term 'Dwarf' is just a bit deceptive, as it is Cleveland's designation for 1/24 scale. Most Cleveland kits were designated 'SF' or Scale Flying - 1/16 scale. The Dwarf kits were needed to fill a market demand for smaller flying models. All Cleveland kits were exceptionally complete and Dwarfs were no exception, containing very high quality balsa printwood, stringers & spars, fully formed wheels, covering tissue, a wood propeller that is about 90% carved and just needs final sanding, gray rigging thread (if required), metal and balsa stock as required and more. With Cleveland's famous high-quality plans. Amazingly, this kit is still 'factory tissue sealed' inside. When the Cleveland workers packed each kit, they wrapped them in tissue that effectively made a seal which has not been disturbed. Whoever buys it will be the first one to see the contents since it was packed in the factory over 90 years ago. 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 running single-owner (77 years) 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.
Cleveland Fokerts Special 1937 Thompson Trophy Racer - 18 Inch Long Profile Control Line Aircraft For .020 and .051 Gas Engines, PG-71
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$45
Rare 1960 control-line flying model that features all die-cut balsa parts, die-cut plywood, fully formed landing gear struts, hinge material, factory-sealed hardware envelope, finished wheels and even full decals. Never started. The hardware is still factory sealed; everything else was never sealed and has been inventoried complete including plans/instructions.
Cleveland Supermarine S.6B Racer Balsa Flying Model Airplane Kit - (S6B / S-6B), 1/16, M-19
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$85
This is a Cleveland true-scale flying model in museum scale of 1/16. All Cleveland kits were exceptionally complete for their time and this one is no exception. Features very high quality balsa printwood, stringers and sparts, nose block, fully finished thrust bearing and spinner, rear hardwood rubber motor holder, clear windshield celluloid, balsa and metal stock, gray rigging material, full color insignia, covering material and highest quality plans. Even includes the original factory packing tissue. The model has not been started. The parts are inventoried 100% complete and includes all paperwork. 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 running single-owner (77 years) 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.
Cleveland Westland Whirlwind Fighter - 36 Inch Wingspan Industrial Training Aircraft Kit, T-105
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair++
$59
Rare first issue from 1944. Big scale model features high-quality printwood, factory-cut stringers & spars, balsa stock and blocks as required, fully formed wood main wheels & two thrust button, hardwood dowels for landing gear struts, wood and metal stock, four sheets of color insignia and covering material. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and excellent C-D plans & instructions present. NOTE: the plans/instructions are modern 2001 Cleveland Model Company releases of the original. The original 1944 plans are missing. 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 running single-owner (77 years) 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.
Cleveland Super Condor 7 Foot Wingspan Class E Soaring Glider, E-5019
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$85
Dated 1941. This famous and efficient design has a large 84 inch wingspan. This model can be easily adapted to radio control if you have the experience necessary. Features high quality printwood, an abundance of stick and spar material, balsa nose block, fully finished centerline wheel, clear windshield material, covering material and the famous C-D (Cleveland Designed) full-size plans with instruction. There is no assembly but NOTE: m95% of the ribs are cut out to 'professional' quality. Even the small notches for the stringers and spars are nearly perfect (better than most die-cut kits). Inventoried and NOTE: missing the following parts which are easily made since duplicate parts exist which can be used as perfect patterns: (1) of (2) E4 elevator rib, (1) of (20) R-1 wing rib. Otherwise complete with all other parts and paperwork present. 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, called 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 'Aviations 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.
Ideal Aeroplane & Supply Barquentine Sailing Ship - 12 Inch Long Wooden Model With Moulded Hull
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$64
Rare ship model from 1930s that contains Ideal's revolutionary 'Premolded Hull.' Since carving the hull was by far the most difficult part of early ship modeling, Ideal created a thick-walled, completely formed, hollow hull made from a wood composite. Never started. Inside, the kit is exactly as it left the factory which means that all the parts are still 'factory tissue sealed.' As was the custom back then, workers would assembly the parts for a kit and wrap them in tissue paper in a unique way that ensured that all the parts would be 'sealed' and held in place. Whoever buys this kit will see the contents for the first time since it was packed at Ideal Aeroplane & Supply in New York well over 90 years ago. Ideal Aeroplane & Supply was one of the earliest aircraft model makers in the USA, marketing their first kit in 1911 and running a well-known storefront that sold materials as well as kits for early aeromodelers. What is less known is that they had a very large line of ship kits also. They ranged from one foot to several feet long and covered unique and popular civil subjects as well as warships and submarines of the period. The company was very innovative in introducing the Moulded Hull which cut assembly time by more than half by eliminating all hull carving, shaping and sanding. The builder could use it right out-of-the-box and immediately add the deck, superstructure, fittings and prime or paint. Ideal was also known for their excellent, full size multi-view plans that includes many assembly notes, rigging diagrams, tips, additional detail drawings and much more. Often there was even a detailed painting guide.
Berkeley Stinson Sentinel - Civil Version Of The Army L-5 Flying Jeep - 34 Inch Wingspan Free Flight Rubber / CO2 / Gas Powered Flying Model Airplane Kit, 1/12
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$110
Big 1/12 scale model with a 34 inch wingspan. Originally designed as a gas powered model for free flight or control line, or can be converted to electric power and modern RC (radio control) gear if you wish. Features die cut balsa and plywood parts, stringers & spars, numerous factory-cut blocks, other blocks and wood stock as required, completely finished main and tail wheels, formed wire landing gear struts, covering material, clear windows, complete decals and more. Includes full size plans. The model has not been started. The parts are inventoried complete with all parts and paperwork. Berkeley is a very famous manufacturer of flying model kits from the Golden Age of flying aviation, about 1932-1954. 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.
Comet Aeronca Seaplane 25 Inch Wingspan And E-16 Fokker D-VII 16 Inch Wingspan - Flying Model Aircraft, E-25
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$44
SALE! Includes two kits in the one box shown. These are both rare stick-and-tissue kits from the 1950s. The Aeronca Seaplane is never started and complete with all parts and full size plans. The Fokker D-VII is also never stared, and complete with all parts and plans. These are both typical stick and tissue flying models with printwood, stringer and spars factory cut, tissue and more. With full size plans with construction tips. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.
Comet Focke-Wulf Fw-190 Speed-O-Matic - 18 Inch Wingspan Flying Model, E7
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$44
Rare kit from 1943. This '190 features printwood, factory-cut stringers and spars, fully formed nacelle and wheels, hardwood 3 blade propeller kit, balsa and hardwood stock as required, die-cut cardstock sheet, covering tissue and insignia sheet. With full size building plans. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes all paperwork. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.
Comet Boeing Pursuit P-26 - Keep Em Flying Series - 25 Inch Wingspan Flying Model, E22
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$48
Rare kit from the early 1940s during World War II. This model features stick-and-tissue construction, several printwood sheets, stringers and spars, Comet's new 'Victory' die-cut propeller and blue and yellow covering tissue. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and plans/instructions. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.