Revell Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero-Sen - Smithsonian National Air And Space Musuem Issue, 1/32, 4451
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Smithsonian issue from 1987. This is a reissue of the original 1967 kit. Large scale (1/32) model features detailed Nakajima Sakae engine with removable cowling, opening canopy to show complete cockpit, movable wheels and propeller, optional position landing gear and pilot figure. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Aurora Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, 1/270, 494
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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1957 to 1959 issue, the second issue overal. Hardbox features the "Famous Fighters" in the oval Sunburst logo. Beautiful Jo Kotula box art. This kit features full landing gear, and even outriggers on the wing tips. Inside, the kit has never been started. It is 100% complete with all parts, decals, instructions and clear globe stand and base.
Revell Gift Set - 2 Battle of Britain Fighters - Spitfire MkI and Messerschmitt Bf-109F, 1/32, G288-400
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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Very hard-to-find 1967 hardbox gift set. One of Revell's very last in a long line of boxed sets. Includes the large 1/32 scale Spitfire with #610 County of Chester markings and the 1/32 Bf-109F of Werner Molders, Kommodore JG51. The Spitfire features many action features - canopy slides to show fully detailed cockpit, wheels and prop rotate, retractable landing gear, removable cowling shows finely detailed Rolls Royce Merlin engine and more. The Bf-109F features fully detailed engine, removable panels, full cockpit, moving control surfaces, rotating wheels and props and retracting/extending landing gear. The box is excellent with like-new color and gloss and light shelf wear as the only flaw. Inside, both kits have never been started and are complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The original tube of Revell cement is even included and it has never been opened.
Revell Me-262 Swallow - World's First Jet Fighter, 1/32, H218
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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First issue from 1971. Features full cockpit, detailed Jumo jet engine, pilot figure, hinged canopy and moving wheels. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Instructions have light insect damage - decals do not.
Revell Convair 990 Coronado Jet Airliner - SwissAir - Jet Horizon Issue, 1/135, H244-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Rare hardbox issue dated 1964. Very nice kit of the fantastic Mach .91 airliner from the early 1960s. Two were flown by NASA well into the 1990s due to their remarkable engineering. Features very nicely detailed CJ-805 aft-fan jet engines, wing mounted anti-shock pods, optional position cabin doors, optional position landing gear and colorful, complete Swissair decals. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
AMT 1970 Chevrolet Rescue Van / Ambulance - Stock / Police / Fire Van / Custom, 1/25, T516-300
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Rare. Can be built in one of four versions - contains parts and markings for all four. There is a large and extensive decal sheet with Elmira, Baltimore, Atlanta, San Francisco and Troy markings. Additionally, there are a few complete alphabets of black-outlined gold letters for the city of your choice. Fully detailed inside and out including a 2 way radio, litter bed, fire extinguisher and hose, first aid kit, crash axe, rope coil, loudspeaker, roof spotlight and handle and more. Features detailed complete engine, engine compartment, opening hood, full interior, rotating wheels, exhaust and underside detail. Molded in white, clear, red tinted clear, and chrome. With rubber tires. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Revell Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat - (F4F4), 1/32, H299-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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First issue from 1969. Excellent box with like new color and gloss. The original owner carefully cut the clear box wrap and left it on the cover. Features detailed cockpit, sliding canopy, pilot figure, rotating wheels and props and removable cowl to show the Pratt and Whitney R-1830 engine. Never started. Inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Even includes original Wildcat record offer.
AMT The Firebug Custom Fire Truck Hot Rod, 1/25, T318-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Rare kit from 1969. Wild custom Fire Rod features two coupled V8 engines with Hilborn injector scoops, stock front tires and Goodyear racing slick rear tires with chrome reverse wheels, complete interior, detailed suspension, driveline and steering, 'Fire Hose' exhaust headers with 'Water Main' collectors and 'Nozzle' tips, rear hose reel and 'fire plug' tail lights, 'Fire Helmet' roof with 'Nozzle' supports, fire axes and four fire buckets. Molded in bright gloss red and chrome and with rubber tires. Includes a large decal sheet for three different decoration schemes. The kit has never been started. NOTE: missing four accessory ladders. These were intended for a 'car show' type display. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts, decals and instructions.
Airfix Fairey Rotodyne, 1/72, 04002-8
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Nicely done kit for it's time. Features movable main rotors, moving elevators and rudders, opening rear taches, good cockpit detail, crew of two, optional position boarding stair/door and more. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions. The Rotodyne first flew in 1957. The purpose was to create the first true vertical take-off airliner that could operate from an area no larger than two tennis courts with a full load. The Rotodyne flew at up to 191 MPH with a range of 450 miles and a payload of 48 passengers or 5 tons of freight. Despite the excellent performance and a larger design in the works, the RAF never placed an order and BEA never placed a firm order. The project was discontinued in 1962.
Greenbank Ryan M-1 Mailplane (Hisso or J-4B) Colorado Airways or Pacific Air Transport, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Very rare kit - boxed version. Has optional parts to build one of two versions, the Hisso or J-4b powered. Complete injection molded kit in two colors with rubber wheels, full decals for US Mail-Colorado Airways or Pacific Air Transport Air Mail, instructions and painting guide. The kit has never been started and all parts are still sealed in the factory bag with the decals. Includes full instructions. The M-1 holds two very special places in American Aviation History. First, it is the first production monoplane and played a key roll in early airmail. In the 1920s, Government contracts for flying airmail on a $/mile basis was about the only thing keeping commercial aviation alive and growing. In 1926, the M-1 was the first aircraft to fly with PAT, Pacific Air Transport. PAT linked Seattle to LA with mail contracts. The other unique item is that this was the Ryan NYPs (Lindbergh's aircraft) father. When Lindy visited Ryan in 1927, he flew the M-1. He requested an airplane that was similar but larger - thus the NYP was born and aviation history was made.
Airfix Boeing 727-200 Pan Am or Lufthansa - With Microscale Braniff / CP Air / Ansett-ANA / (737) Western and ATP Windows, 1/144, 03183
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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This model includes Microscale #44-4 1/144 Decals for Boeing 727/737 Braniff International, CP Air, Ansett-ANA and for the 737 only Western 'Indian Head' old markings. Also included are ATP black window and silver frame decals. The Airfix kit itself includes decals for Lufthansa and Pan Am. Kit features optional position landing gear and rear airstair door. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
AHM US Army Flat Car with Two Sherman M4 Tanks - Ready to Run HO Scale Train, 1/87, 5370
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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New in the box - never run. 1960s vintage plastic read-to-run flat car from AHM. Nicely molded and detailed with black US Army lettered side frames and detailed underside, wood tan scored top, 6 wheel trucks, couplers and two olive drab in-scale Sherman tanks. One machine gun is missing from one tank. Otherwise the tanks and flat car are complete and as new.
Aurora-KB De Havilland DH-10A Bomber, 1/48, 1125-300
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Fair+
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Still factory sealed but the seal has splits and the box has damage as shown. Ideal builder. 1972 hardbox issue. This is the improved modified mold issue which builds a more realistic kit. Includes terrain display base and rigging instructions.
Aurora Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant, 1/72, 505
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still factory sealed. 'Big A' logo issue dated 1972. In the late 1960s/early 1970s, Aurora realized that it needed to produce new and better kits if they were to stay in business. Several helicopters, aircraft and ships were released with markedly improved mold quality from the older kits. The HH-3 is one of those kits. The result is a very nice scale kit with well molded detail. Features full cockpit, pilot and co-pilot figures, stub wing fuel tanks, detailed rescue winch, inflight refueling probe, retractable landing gear and rotating main and tail rotors.
Aurora Temco TT-1 Trainer, 1/43, 139-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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1962 issue in very nice condition. The boxtop has great color and gloss. Nicely made kit from ex-Strombecker molds. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Revell 1914 Stutz Bearcat - Highway Pioneers, 1/32, H38-89
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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1960 issue hardbox with full artwork; Highway Pioneers prior to this year simply had generic artwork and an ink stamped name on the box ends was the only way to identify the contents. This kit has never been started. All parts are still sealed in the factory bag. Includes instructions. These kits have a fascinating history. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream and never made the top 10 list of boys activities. Spurred on by the nation-wide aviation craze in the 1920s, many became modelers and built flying or static wooden models of airplanes, ships, trains, automotive and other subjects. Basic kits existed, but many of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s when the Gowland & Gowland/Revell Highway Pioneers became the sales sensation of the year. Demand was so great that the factories could not keep up and almost overnight 'model building' was mainstream. The phenomenon of the 'Highway Pioneers' 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 fit the bill: they could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real cars. The success of the Highway Pioneers lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the late 1950s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys...and many adult males too!
Entex Antoinette 1908 Monoplane Early Birds - (Ex-Taimei), 1/72, 8520B
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Rare and highly detailed kit from original Taimei molds. Unique and accurate. The 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. Inventoried complete with all parts, covering material and instructions. Fuji also released this kit from ex-Taimei molds, and since Entex lists the kits as being made in Japan, 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.
Silver Streak Central of Georgia HO Box Car Craftsman Kit, HO, SS207
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Very detailed and well made kit. Silver Streak was one of a number of manufacturers that created very realistic wood and metal kits during the Golden Age of Railroad craftsman kits (please read the article about this era on this website). Includes a pair of all metal real sprung trucks. Features pre-painted and lettered stock car sides, precut wood ends, roof and floor and stock wood as needed, metal underside parts, ladders and stock material and a factory sealed bag of metal fittings. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including instructions. NOTE: instructions are photocopies.
Silver Streak Central of Georgia HO Box Car Craftsman Kit, HO, SS207
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Very detailed and well made kit. Silver Streak was one of a number of manufacturers that created very realistic wood and metal kits during the Golden Age of Railroad craftsman kits (please read the article about this era on this website). Includes a pair of all metal real sprung trucks. Features pre-painted and lettered stock car sides, precut wood ends, roof and floor and stock wood as needed, metal underside parts, ladders and stock material and a factory sealed bag of metal fittings. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including instructions.
Aurora Boeing 747 Pan Am Jumbo Jet, 1/156, 361
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+++
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Still factory sealed but the seal has split as shown. AURORA block letters logo issue dated 1972.