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Testors M32 Recovery Vehicle - TRV Tank Recovery Vehicle Sherman Chassis, 1/35, 806

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good+

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Complex and highly detailed model with 262 parts. Features working bogie wheels and flexible tracks, moving guns, numerous pieces of the carriage rotate and pivot and the boom can be realistically built in traveling or raised position. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Airfix Lockheed S-3A Viking - VS-21 USS John F. Kennedy or VS-28 USS America, 1/72, 05014-4

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

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1980s issue. High quality kit and well molded. Features detailed cockpit, crew of two, detailed weapons bay with optional position doors, optional position landing gear, separately molded rudder and elevators, torpedo load out for the weapons bay, optional drop tanks and Harpoon missiles. Includes very colorful decals for both aircraft. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.

Hobby Craft F-19 Stealer (Stealth), 1/144, HC1115

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

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Unusual incorrect Stealth concept kit. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

Revell Prototype F-111 TFX (F-111A and F-111B) - Model Builders Club of America Issue, 1/72

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc

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Unusual MBCA issue that is still sealed in the factory mailing box. Builds either Air Force F-111A or Navy F-111B. Features operating variable position wings, movable stabilizers, removable nose with detailed radar, fully retractable landing gear and removable crew escape pod.

Airfix B-25J / B-25H / B-25J Gun Nose Mitchell Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 1411 100

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Mint

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Still factory sealed. Colorful "Craftmaster" artwork. Includes parts and decals for three versions - B-25J "Lady Luck", B-25J Modified Gun Nose and B-25H "Norma Sue". Has many working features and details: gun elevate and turrets turn, full crew and interior, opening bomb bay doors, opening fore and aft boarding doors with optional ladders, rotating wheels and props and moving control surfaces.

Monogram Mitsubishi Zero (Zeke) A6M5, 1/48, PA73-98

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc+++

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Still factory sealed. First issue hardbox dated 1962. This model is part of a very popular and successful line of 1/48 World War II kits that Monogram issued through the 1960s. Kit features retracting landing gear, rotating prop and wheels, machine guns/cannons and belly tank. NOTE: seal has some splits and is missing 1" of cell around one short end - typical of the old brittle cello.

MPC Westland Lynx AH Mk.1 with Crew - Royal Navy, 1/72, 2-0232

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc++

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1970s issue from Airfix molds. Very nicely detailed with complete cockpit and interior, full crew, opening doors and working rotors. This kit has never been started. It is either still in the internally sealed facto

MPC A-10 Thunderbolt 'Warthog' - 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, 1/72, 1-4407

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc++

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Has decals for the aircraft listed. Well detailed kit. Features exceptionally large loadout with long range tanks, Maverick missiles, ECM pods, Mk 82 bombs, HOBO bomb, Paveway laser guided bombs and Rockeye Cluster bombs. 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 Mitchell Mk.II (B-25C) Medium Bomber - RAF - Orange Series, 1/72, F159

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+++

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High quality 'Orange Series' Frog kit. As with most every Frog kit, there are very fine panel lines and no unrealistic surface detail. This allows you to build the model up into a realistic depiction of the actual aircraft. Features cockpit, crew, detailed engines, separately molded ailerons, elevators and rudders and rotating wheels and props. The model has not been started. Factory sealed bag or 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, Blue, 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.

Lindberg USS Lexington CV-16 Aircraft Carrier (Essex Class) - Motorized, 1/888, 7103M

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed NM

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Still factory sealed. 1968 motorized issue for operation in water. This is the Lady Lex after her modernization to an angled deck carrier.

Renwal USS Compass Island Experimental Ballistic Navigational Ship, 1/500, S606-149

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good+

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Very rare. This kit is highly detailed, very finely molded and includes the Regulus I missiles and launcher, retractable stabilizers, detailed helicopter and landing pad and highly detailed superstructure, booms and deck fittings. The kit has not been started and has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. In the 1950s, the US Navy began a program called the "Fleet Ballistic Missile". Since missiles of the day had short range, it made sense to sail Navy ship within range and fire missiles from then. Nothing had ever been done like this before, so a special research ship was converted from a "Mariner" class cargo vessel. The USS Compass Island was the US Navy's experimental forerunner of ballistic missile-launching vessels. She was commissioned at the New York naval Shipyard on December 3, 1956. Displacing 17,000 tons, the Compass Island was designed to assist in the development of SINS, or the Ship Inertial Navigational System. Missiles can only hit targets if they know exactly where they were launched from. This early system was a distant relative of GPS, the Global Positioning System. The ship carried the usual crew in addition to many scientists. She was equipped with Regulus I missiles for testing as well as many other instruments from research on navigation done at the Instrumentation Laboratory and MIT. The Compass Island was also equipped with the Sperry Gyroscope Company's new Gyrofin Ship Stabilizer. These are included in the model and move as the real ones did to keep the Compass Island from rolling. Each fin provided 3,000 foot-tons of lift and reduced this motion by 90%. This kit is highly detailed, very finely molded and includes the Regulus I missiles and launcher. The kit has not been started and has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

Tamiya Japanese Self Defense Force Type 61 Tank (90mm Gun) - Motorized, 1/35, MT129-700

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc++

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Highly detailed and beautifully molded armor kit. Includes Mabuchi 26 motor and all metal gear box. 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.

Revell F-94C Starfire Intereceptor - Pre 'S' Kit, 1/56, H210-79

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

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1954 Pre-S issue. This is the third issue. The first issue was in the simple one-piece box and Revell quickly converted to this two-piece box as it was much more durable and a full-color lithographed 'slick' could be used. For the second issue, Revell added rivet and raised panel line detail as well as landing gear, and went to this box and H210-79 kit number. The famous 'Globe' clear stand was added, but the 2nd issue has the rare one piece stand arm and the instructions reflecting that. The 3rd issue (this kit) is identical to the 2nd issue except that the 'Globe' stand was changed to the sturdy 3 piece arm version. The model has 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.

Veron Nieuport 27 - 20 inch Wingspan Flying Model Airplane

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+++

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Veron models were made by Model Aircraft (Bournemouth) Ltd. In Bournemouth, Great Britain. Three of the product lines were 'Kwik-Fix' gliders, 'Super Truscale' (sold kits) and 'Tru-Flite' (stick and tissue kits). This Tru-Flite kit contains high quality printwood and strip wood, hardware, rubber, beautifully drawn full size plans, detailed instructions and plastic wheels, prop and thrust bearing. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.

Guillows Bristol Bullet - 18 inch Wingspan Rubber Powered Balsa Wood Kit, WW-7

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

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One of a very popular line of World War 1 flying aircraft stick and tissue kits with 18 inch wingspan. Kit features scale plastic wheels, plastic propeller, light vacuform nose cowl, die cut balsa parts, colored tissue, rubber motor and full decals. Includes full size detailed plans. 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. Guillow's founder, Paul K. Guillow, was a WWI naval aviator. In 1926 he began producing wooden model airplane kits. His 'Shelf Models' were some of the earlier non-flying models in production. Guillow's grew during the model boom of the 1930s, and when the Depression hit the hardest, Guillow's responded with lower prices and became one of the low price leaders, frequently advertising in Model Airplane News and other leading publications. During the war, like most manufacturers, Guillow's was forced to alternative materials such as cardboard and pine. Guillow's survived the post WWII slump by creating many inexpensive profile flying rubber powered aircraft and gliders in the 1950s (along with North Pacific) which became famous - some are still available today. The stick and tissue lines have been updated with laser cut parts and are still in production as of 2009.

Revell Spanish Galleon, 1/65, H400

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good

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1970 issue. Large and highly detailed model. 28.5 inches long and 25 inches high. Comes with vac sails with colorful designs on them as per the box artwork. Sails are in good condition but not mint. The printing is excellent, but two sails have small corner cracks that can be repaired. Full rigging instructions and material included. Never started. 100% inventoried complete or factory bagged with instructions present.

AMT F9F Panther - Ted Williams Aircraft, 1/48, T643

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Mint

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Still factory sealed. Large 1/48 scale kit with Ted Williams personal aircraft markings.

Hasegawa North American RA-5C Vigilante - RVAH-12 USS America, 1/72, 1027

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed NM

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Still factory sealed. Very nicely molded kit with cockpit and gear well detail, four drop tanks and clear camera windows.

Airfix Bristol Blenheim IV, 1/72, 2027

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Mint

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Still in the factory seal. Well molded model. Kit includes rotating turret with elevating guns, crew members and good interior and landing gear detail.

Maircraft Vultee Vanguard Solid Wood Model Airplane, 1/48, S7

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

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Maircraft was originally founded in the early or mid 1930s by Gordon Christoph and went by the name Aircraft Model Company. The company produced a typical line of solid 'profile cut' kits that required the usual high talent levels for carving and finishing. A former Comet Model Airplane & Supply Co. salesman, Jack Mair, bought the company in the early 1940s and renamed it Maircraft. This company was one of the handful of solid kit producers who issued models in a consistent 1/48 scale during the 1930s and 1940s (others included Hawk and Dyna-Model). This lead to one of the most desirable and rare model kits ever produced in the USA - the wood/plastic 1/48 United DC-3 model issued immediately after World War 2. Other than the P-61 and a few other Maircraft offerings, most were simple kits that sold for the low price of about 35 cents and gave the owners many hours of pleasurable work. This kit features a full size plan with instructions steps, fuselage that is about 80% cut, profile cut parts, printwood and a small bag of details. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.