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Pyro Burmese Paddy Boat, 1/45, 318-89

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Fair++

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Hard to find kit from the late 1950s. 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. Wonderful boxart by Russell W. Arnold. The Paddy is molded in light blue, includes two figures, vacuform billowing sails, a display stand, hanging lanterns and rigging instructions. This kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. NOTE: instructions are photocopies.

Airfix DHC-2 Beaver USAF or RAF Floats/Skis/Wheels, 1/72, 397

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good+

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1960s issue. Has decals for RAF or USAF versions. Has optional parts for wheels, floats or skis. Very nicely molded with full interior and excellent details. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

MPC P-51D Mustang Profile Series - USAF 317th FS 325 FG 15th AF Vicenzu Italy / 375th FS 361 FG 8th AF Little Walden Herts / 363 FS 357 FG 8th AF Leiston Suffolk UK, 1/72, 2-1116-100

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

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In the 1970s, MPC released the very popular Profile Series. Inside each box was a quality Airfix kit but with MPC decals to build any of the three aircraft shown on the box top. Features pilot, optional position landing gear, belly tank and painting/marking guide for all three versions. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.

MPC Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Profile Series - 69th FS 58th FG 5th AF New Guinea 1944 / 82nd FS 78 FG 8th AF UK / 62nd FS 56th FG UK 1944, 1/72, 2-1110-100

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG-

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In the 1970s, MPC released the very popular Profile Series. Inside each box was a quality Airfix kit but with MPC decals to build any of the three aircraft shown on the box top. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.

Imai Thunderbird SkyShip One with Thunderbird 6 / 1 / 2 - From the TV Show, Unknown, B-093-2000

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

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Imai issue with high gloss box and dramatic box artwork. Scale unknown but measures about 10 inches long when assembled. Features large Skyship One mother ship with opening front cargo ramps, removable top hatch, detachable main passenger pod, spring released main landing gear, separate kits of Thunderbird 1 and 2 that can be 'fired' with spring action, a separate kit of Thunderbird 6 Biplane, and full provision for carrying and launching the 3 smaller Thunderbirds. Nicely molded in light blue, bright yellow, dark red and very dark green. Includes metal rod and springs. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bags including decals and instructions.

Airfix Grumman TBM-3 Avenger CV36 USS Antietam / CV17 USS Bunker Hill, 1/72, 03033-9

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Mint

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Still factory sealed. Well molded kit. Features elevating gun, rotating turret, three crew members, moving ailerons, all correct clear windows, optional position landing gear, underwing rockets and decals for both aircraft.

Monogram C-47 Skytrain - RAF or USAAF - with Diorama Instructions and Paratroopers - RAF or USAAF, 1/48, 5603

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed VG++

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Still factory sealed. First issue from 1978 with full color Diorama Instructions. Since this was the first run of the molds, the mold quality is very high. Very well detailed. Features 12 ground crew and paratrooper figures, full cockpit, complete navigators and engineer's station, full cargo/passenger compartment with bulkheads and seats with seatbelts, restroom with sink and toilet, optional position passenger and cargo doors, rotating wheels and propellers, detailed gear and wells and more. Includes decals for two aircraft.

Ideal Aeroplane & Supply US Sub Chaser (Subchaser / Submarine Chaser) 1916 WWI - 20 Inch Wooden Ship Model

Wood and Metal Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

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1930s issue kit from the famous Ideal Aeroplane & Supply Company which was founded in 1911. Nicely done kit features a fully precarved solid balsawood hull, three sheets of nicely done printwood, numerous wood stock and metal stock as needed, full color flag sheet, sealed bag of metal fittings, sandpaper and very well drawn full size plans that include numerous detail and section views. The kit has not been started. Inside it is exactly as it left the factory down to the packing paper. Includes an excellent magazine article on these interesting ships. The US Navy WWI Submarine chaser was a 110 foot wooden vessel. The ships carried a crew of 25 and were armed with a 3 lb deck gun and a "Y" gun for discharging depth charges. The ships proved valuable in combating the German U-boats in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Some were updated and saw service in WWII.

Falcon F9F-8P Cougar Conversion - Bagged - (F9F8P), 1/72

Vacuform Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

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Nicely molded and high quality conversion to make the Hasegawa F9F into a F9F-8P Recon Cougar. Includes all parts and photocopied instructions.

AMT 1965 Chevrolet El Camino - Stock / Custom / Drag, 1/25, 31741

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

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2002 issue. Can be built one of three ways. Features 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, choice of three tire sets stock, custom and slicks, complete stock interior or custom bucket seat interior with Hurst shifter and tachometer, optional camper bed topper, detailed engine compartment with opening hood, stock or custom bumpers and grills and more. Molded in gray, chrome, clear, red tint clear and black rubber. The kit has not been started. NOTE: missing two of the custom Crager 5-spoke wheels. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts, decals and instructions.

Hubley 1930 Packard Model 740 Custom Roadster, 1/22, 860K-500

Metal Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

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This excellent kit has 143 parts. This kit is highly detailed and features metal body, chassis, hood, engine and other detail parts with injection molded details, clear parts, and a large tree of chrome plated parts. Builds to a very realistic model since the largest parts that were metal on the car are also so on the model. Builds a full rolling chassis just like the real car. Very good suspension, steering and exhaust detail. Engine is highly detailed and the hood is removable. Includes flexible radiator hoses, rubber tires and chrome spoke wheels. Working worm-gear steering. Full interior detail with very clear thin windshield and special interior side panels. Never started. The inside of the kit is just like it left the factory. All the parts that were in factory sealed bags are still sealed. The few parts that were not have been inventoried complete. Includes all decals, file and full instructions. In the 1930s Packard was the style leader in America and a beautiful, fast status symbol. Packards were not the most expensive, but were the most desired cars. The 1930s Packards are seen as the high point of the brand.

Air Lines Fairey Delta II Research Aircraft, 1/72, 7908

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

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From ex-Frog molds. Well done model of the high speed British research aircraft. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Box art is by the famous Jo Kotula who did 1930s covers for the magazine 'Model Airplane News' and later the Aurora box art of the late 1950s. Air Lines kits are all Frog molds that the Lines Brothers imported to the USA between 1964-1966. The kits, decals and instructions were made in England, then imported to the USA where Testors created the boxes with the colorful trading cards on the back. There are one or two trading cards on each box which show the boxart but not the advertising/logo.

Aurora The Wanderer Whaler, 1/87, 440-595

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Poor

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Rare 1966 hardbox kit. Very large 1/87 scale (2 feet long) and detailed kit of a classic commercial whaler. This model was one of a small series of large scale sailing ships made by Aurora to appeal to the serious ship modeler. Molded in correct dark wood, black, tan, ivory and white. Features billowing sails, metal anchor chains, running and standing rigging, molded ratlines and display stand. The box is poor but inside the kit is like new. It has not been started and all parts are still sealed in the original factory bags. Complete with instructions and decals.

Aurora Russian Mig-19, 1/48, 66-79

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed NM

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Still factory sealed. Box is dated 1958, but the logo says this is a very early 1960s issue. Classic Jo Kotula box artwork.

AMT-Hasegawa Mig-21 Fishbed (Early) - Iraqi / Cuban / Czech Airforce Markings, 1/72, A623-100

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

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Very unusual decals for Cuba and Iraqi Air Forces as well as Czech. This kit is part of an early effort by AMT to market quality Hasegawa kits in the USA. Hasegawa made the kits and decals in Japan and shipped them to AMT, who supplied the boxes and marketing. Never started. Factory sealed bag or 100% inventoried with all parts/decals and instructions present.

Monogram Superkit Russian Mig-15 Jet Fighter, 1/60, T4

Wood and Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Mint

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Very rare 'plastic and precarved wood" kit. Before there were injection molded plastic kits, model builders worked in wood or metal. Advanced companies, like Monogram, saw the advantage of plastic and began marketing kits with plastic details and fully-carved fuselage, wings, etc. This beautiful kit is one the highest quality composite static kits from the early to mid 1950s. Never started. Factory sealed bag or 100% inventoried with all parts/decals and instructions present.

Monogram Space Buggy - Intraspace Cargo and Passenger Carrier (Space Taxi by Willy Ley), 1/48, PS194-200

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

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Second issue (1969 Blue Box) of the famous 1950s Willy Ley Space Taxi from the Monogram Space Series. Features interior detail, opening hatch, astronauts with lifelines and globe mounting base. Features one chrome plated 'tree' and the other parts molded in white and clear. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

Pyro Dutch Flintlock Pistol, 1/1, C230-129

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: NM

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From about 1966. In addition to cars, ships, planes and figures, Pyro added an excellent line of well-known and not-so-well-known life-sized (1/1) scale pistol and rifle models to their line. In each case Pyro gained access to the actual weapon during the kit design, insuring a very accurate model. This is a full size model is based on the copy in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including instructions.

Pyro Bunker Hill Pistol, 1/1, C204-150

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed NM

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Still factory sealed. Early hardbox - most likely the 2nd issue. From the mid-1960s. In addition to cars, ships, planes and figures, Pyro added an excellent line of well-known and not-so-well-known life-sized (1/1) scale pistol and rifle models to their line. In each case Pyro gained access to the actual weapon during the kit design, insuring a very accurate model. This is a full size 15 inch long copy in wood grain and metal colored plastic.

MPC TBM 3 Avenger Torpedo Bomber with Six Crewmen (ex-Airfix), 1/72, 2-0109

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG-

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1970s issue from Airfix molds. Features rotating gun turret, moving wing control surfaces, missile load, ground crew of six and optional position landing gear. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.