Berkeley Douglas SBD Dauntless Flying Model Airplane Kit, 3-4
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Large high quality kit in the agreed museum scale of 1/16. Wingspan measures 31 inches. Originally designed as a gas powered model for control line, or can be converted to electric power and modern RC (radio control) gear. Features automatic dive brakes, clear canopy, full metal cowl, completely carved and hollow fuselage, full size plans, die cut balsa and plywood parts, shaped leading and trailing edges, metal hardware, formed wire landing gear, wheels and authentic decor. 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. Berkeley is a very famous manufacturer of flying model kits from the Golden Age of flying aviation, about 1932-1954. Most all Berkeley kits contain a high degree of prefabrication to speed up assembly. 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.
Monogram SSN Skipjack Submarine, 1/228, 3101
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still factory sealed. Monogram 1979 issue from Ex-Aurora molds. Kit features moving hull and conning tower planes, display stand and a removable hatch revealing bulkheads and reactor detail.
Revell USS Saratoga Aircraft Carrier CV-60, 1/542, 05089
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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This version is the modified Sara from 1989 with updated island structure, Sea Sparrow launchers, and airwing of F-14, A-6, EA-6B, F/A-18 and S-3 Aircraft. 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.
Revell Harley Davidson 1200 Electra Glide CHiPs California Highway Patrol Motorcycle, 1/8, H1553
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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1976 issue. Hard-to-find. Very highly detailed and large 1/8 scale Harley. Features saddle bags, police radio console, Goodyear rubber tires, flexible control, fuel, oil and electrical cables and more. Molded in chrome, rubber, clear and black. This kit has never been started. It is either still in the internally sealed factory bag or has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
LS D4Y2 Type 12 Suisei 'Judy' Dive Bomber, 1/75
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Nicely molded kit. Very early kit with no part number. Features retracting landing gear, opening bomb bay and dropping bomb and crew of two. The model has not been started. All parts are still factory sealed, complete with decals and instructions. NOTE: The instructions show a stand, but there is not one present.
Revell Chance Vought Cutlass F7U-3 - Pre-S Kit - (F7U3), 1/59, H211-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Pre-S kit from about 1954. Features the amazing box art that has made this kits so famous. Molded in the correct gloss silver and clear and with the famous 'Globe' display stand. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Frog DH-88 Comet Racer - Trail Blazers Issue, 1/72, F168
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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Includes figures of Capt. Scott and Capt. Black, the famous Comet pilots who won the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia. The DH-88 was designed specifically for this race and performed wonderfully. This kit has never been started. It is either still in the internally sealed factory bag or has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. The Lines Brothers opened Frog in 1932, capitalizing on the fever caused by Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight. Almost overnight the western populations became 'Air-Minded', and anything aviation was in high demand. Frog created a quality line of stick and tissue rubber powered aircraft and gliders as well as innovative ready-to-fly rubber powered aircraft that required no assembly. The box even contained a built-in rubber motor winder and fuselage holder. Model airplane flight competitions were popular in Great Britain, and one category was 'Rise Off the Ground', or ROG. By changing this to 'Flies Right Off the Ground', the FROG name was born. In 1936 Frog created a line of injection molded plastic models, the first such kit line in the world (Hawk sold a line of injection molded aircraft models in 1934 but they were factory assembled and painted). Named 'Penguin' after the bird that does not fly, the kits were innovative beyond the means of production. At a time when models were simply built by wingspan, the Penguin line was a constant 1/72 scale. Furthermore, a large 1/72 Short S.30 Empire class flying boat contained a full interior and lights! A line of accessories such as AA guns, tractors, hanger, ambulance, sound locator, searchlights and lighting kits were quickly added to the line. WWII caused a pause in production. After the war the box color changed from silver to green, and Penguin kits were also marketed in the USA. Production ended in 1950. Frog quickly expanded and released the Red, Orange, Black, Green, Gold Token, Spin and Comet series as well as Trail Blazers and several others. It is noteworthy that while most manufacturers in the 1940s/50 were making toy-like models, Frog attempted to make very realistic models. For example, 'detailing' kits with excessively large rivets was once very popular. Frog ignored this trend and continued to mold aircraft with fine panel lines and no rivets. As a result, Frog kits can be built into very realistic replicas. Production ended in the late 1970s, but Frog molds are still in use around the world.
Testors Concord SST, 1/100, 597
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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Very large kit. Ex-Doyusha molds. Decals for Air France or British Airways versions. Never started. Factory sealed bag or 100% inventoried with all parts/decals and instructions present.
Comet HO Wabash Wooden Outside Braced Automobile Box Car, 1/87, R8
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Comet was a very famous manufacturer of flying stick and tissue as well as solid aircraft models. What is less well known is that Comet produced HO equipment during the HO boom of the late 1930s/1940s. This is an excellent kit from that period. The kit features precut and shaped wooden roof, underside and frame, metal ladders, grab irons and other small parts, and heavy embossed and pre-decorated cardstock sides and ends for Wabash. Features very well drawn full size plans. This kit has never been started. It is either still in the internally sealed factory bag or has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.
Ulrich Offset Side Hopper - Chicago-Milwaukee-St Paul and Pacific - HO Metal Kit, HO, OH7 335
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc-
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Please read the article on this website about older HO train kits and the modeling revolution they caused in the late 1930s/1940s. During this time, Ulrich created fine cast metal models. When you build them, they look just like the prototypes since they are made of the same materials. The model is factory painted and lettered for the Milwaukee (MILW). The paint is in new condition. This kit is all metal and includes all underside and interior details of the hopper as well. When used with the Ulrich Automatic Coal and Sand Loader Kit, it will load and unload your Ulrich hoppers without touching them. The model has not been started and is complete.
Penn Craft Alligator Amphibious Tank, 1/25, 100
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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1940s wooden display model with precarved parts. Scale is approximate. Never started. 100% complete with all parts and instructions.
Ideal Aeroplane & Supply USS Frigate Essex, 151
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Solid wooden ship model dated 1950. Features and excellent factory-carved hull, three sheets of printwood, numerous hardwood dowels and other strip wood stock, cast metal fittings, rigging beads, black standing rigging thread and superb full size plans. The plans also include complete text building instructions and assembly step/details drawings as well as rigging information. Measures about 15 inches long when complete. Never started. The fittings are all still factory sealed in a small bag. The other parts have been inventoried complete and includes plans. Please NOTE, the plans have never been used but due to age, they have closed splits on some seams and a closed tear.
Crown Messerschmitt Me-110C Destroyer, 1/144, K416
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Very highly detailed and well molded small scale kit. Features fine panel detail, clear canopy, optional position landing gear, display stand and color decals. The model as never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Crown Grumman TBF-1 Avenger, 1/144, K402-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Very highly detailed and well molded small scale kit. Features fine panel detail, clear canopy, optional position landing gear, display stand and color decals. The model as never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Crown Supermarine Spitfire Mk.5, 1/144, K403-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Very highly detailed and well molded small scale kit. Features fine panel detail, clear canopy, optional position landing gear, display stand and color decals. The model as never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Crown Bell P-63A King Cobra, 1/144, K423
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Very highly detailed and well molded small scale kit. Features fine panel detail, clear canopy, optional position landing gear, display stand and color decals. The model as never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Crown Lockheed P-38J Lightning, 1/144, K414
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Very highly detailed and well molded small scale kit. Features fine panel detail, clear canopy, optional position landing gear, display stand and color decals. The model as never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Crown Mitsubishi A6M3 Type 32 Zero-Sen Carrier Fighter, 1/144, K409-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Very highly detailed and well molded small scale kit. Features fine panel detail, clear canopy, optional position landing gear, display stand and color decals. The model as never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Renwal Capt. Elliot W. Springs SE-5A Scout with Aeroskin Fabric, 1/72, 262-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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Contains pre-colored Aeroskin fabric created to resemble fabric covered aircraft. No painting needed since all designs are printed on the fabric. You build the inner structure of the aircraft then cover it, similar to the construction of the actual aircraft. This kit has never been started. It is either still in the internally sealed factory bag or has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, Aeroskin fabric and instructions.
Renwal Capt. E.V. Rickenbacker's Spad XIII with Aeroskin Fabric, 1/72, 261-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
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Contains pre-colored Aeroskin fabric created to resemble fabric covered aircraft. No painting needed since all designs are printed on the fabric. You build the inner structure of the aircraft then cover it, similar to the construction of the actual aircraft. This kit has never been started. It is either still in the internally sealed factory bag or has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, Aeroskin and instructions.