R&L Tow Truck, 1/87
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
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Still factory sealed. Nicely detailed small scale vehicle in HO scale. Small scale model from R&L in Australia. R&L marketed these kits independently but some were also sold by Minicraft/Hasegawa, Academy, as the Aurora 'Snaparoos' and in Kellogg's Cereal as premiums.
R&L Antarctic Snow Trac - Bagged, 1/80
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
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Still factory sealed. Very well detailed small scale vehicle in near HO scale. Small scale model from R&L in Australia. R&L marketed these kits independently but some were also sold by Minicraft/Hasegawa, Academy, as the Aurora 'Snaparoos' and in Kellogg's Cereal as premiums.
R&L Boeing 727, 1/530
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
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Still factory sealed. Small scale model from Australia. R&L marketed these kits independently and they were also sold as the Aurora Snaparoos and in Kellogg's Cereal as premiums. Very well detailed and molded. With full landing gear.
Airfix Hawker Hart - Bagged, 1/72, 1398
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
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Still factory staple sealed. Second Airfix logo. Bagged kit with paper header.
Airfix Westand Lysander - Bagged, 1/72, 84
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
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Still factory sealed. Third type Airfix logo. Very nicely molded kit.
Airfix Sepecat Jaguar Strike Aircraft - RAF, 1/72, 03011-9
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Nicely detailed kit with fine panel lines. Has a very large variety of external stores including air-to-ground missiles, air-to-air missiles, rocket pods, iron bombs and two types of rocket pods. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Rareplane Bell XFM-1 Airacuda, 1/72
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Very high quality vacuform kit with moldings equal to or better than many injection molded models. Features very fine detail, complete cockpit, clear canopy, markings and painting guide and instructions/plans. Never started. Factory bag is still sealed. Significant modeling skill is required to build vacuform kit. Not recommended for beginners.
Rarejets North American F-86D Sabre Dog, 1/72
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Very high quality vacuform kit with moldings equal to or better than many injection molded models. Features very fine detail, complete cockpit, clear canopy, markings and painting guide and instructions/plans. Never started. Factory bag is still sealed. Significant modeling skill is required to build vacuform kit. Not recommended for beginners.
Aurora North American P-51 Mustang, 1/48, 118-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Second issue. The artwork is still dated 1956. This kit is from 1957. Please note the new oval 'Starburst' logo with 'Famous Fighters' in the border at the upper right. You can still see where the 1956 square 'Northern Lights' logo was placed. Has many working features: detailed engine with removable cowling, full cockpit and retractable landing gear. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Hasegawa General Dynamics F-16C Falcon Fulcrum - 64th AS FWW USAF / 64th AS 57th FWW USAF, 1/48, SP32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Very highly detailed kit. Features all fine recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit and wheel wells, optional position canopy and boarding ladder, full underwing load outs, decals for the two aircraft listed and more. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Lindberg F-86 Sabre Jet - Motorized, 1/48, 3110M-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG-
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1/48 scale 1969 issue motorized for 'Jet Sound'. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
AHM S.S. Hope Hospital Ship - (Revell Molds) 'The World's First Peacetime Hospital Ship', 1/500, N304-325
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
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Still factory sealed. From original quality Revell Molds. This is the famous ship of Project Hope, which was financed by private citizens and US Industry. The ex-Navy Hospital ship was equipped with the latest technology and a staff of 6 doctors, nurses and technicians. They toured the world, treating disease and training doctors in the latest developments in medical science.
Revell USS Radford DD-446 Destroyer - Flanker Series, 1/301, H429-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. 1964 "The Flanker Series" issue with John Steel artwork. Large scale and well detailed kit.
Aurora Grumman F9F-6 Cougar - Canada Issue - (F9F6), 1/82, 293
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG-
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1964 Aurora of Canada issue in the flip top one-piece box. Aurora Plastics of Canada LTD was based in Toronto, Rexdale, Ontario. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Varney Varney Elco P.T. Boat (PT Boat), 1/64
Wood and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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A rare kit from 1944 for the advanced collector. This model has a fascinating history. During the 1930s the Varney Company was in innovator in hobbies. In the earlier days of model railroading, Varney produced some of the first train models in "O" scale. In the late 1930s, this was revolutionary. Serious scale model railroaders never bought kits - they built from scratch and 'kitbashed' from tin plate trains. Traditional craftsman builders rejected Varney's kits, but they began to sell and sold well. They opened the market to growth of model railroading and the building of the American hobby industry in general. (Please see the article on this site called the "HO Scale Model Railroading Revolution of the 1940s"). Well before HO (1/87 or "Half O") was the favorite scale, Varney made the bold move of selling all of it's O scale tooling in the late 1940s and exclusively taking on HO kit and train production. Inspired by the public reaction to the train kits, Varney made what was perhaps the very first American all-plastic model kit in the early or mid 1940s - the PT-17 Stearman. At the same time they released what may have been the very first all plastic American ship models, the Fleet Submarine, LST and PT Boat. But in 1944, before these Varney plastic kits were issued, they made what was the finest ship model of the day - the Elco PT Boat. With this kit, Varney set out to make a highly detailed kit that would almost 'fall together' - like the plastic models of the future. The result was this completely prefabricated model. The hull, stand, stand arm and superstructure is of 100% precarved hardwood. The hull is 15 inches long. Other precarved hardwood is included, as well as die cut main deck parts and a very extensive variety of metal and injection molded details. In all there were 130 precision parts! The kit was ground-breaking in that you could built a fantastic display model even if you had no wood-working skills. The kit is very rare today for two reasons - the original high price of $3.95 and the fact that hobby dealers simply did not know what to do with these highly prefabricated kits. Many would not carry them or would 'high shelf' them out of sight. Since the kits were not marketed well, they did not sell and Varney soon abandoned kit production outside HO trains. The kit has never been started and has been inventoried 100% complete with all pre-finished wood, plastic and metal parts parts, full size plans, detailed instructions and flag sheet.
Ideal Aeroplane & Supply RMS Queen Mary 'Super Detail' Wood and Metal Model - 32 inches long, 1/380
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair-
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Ideal was a famous producer of early model kits. In 1911 they released their first aircraft kit, which put them among the first USA model companies. Ideal was unique also in that they released large ocean liners in a 'Super Detail' series - giving us the only large scale Normandie, SS America, Rex and RMS Queen Mary models ever made. This model is from 1938. The Queen Mary measures almost 32 inches long when assembled. It has a solid wood hull that is pre-carved, cast metal fittings (stairs, winches, lifeboats), pre-cut davits, assorted wooden stock, many printwood sheets and printed cardstock. The plans are full size and very good. The assembly procedure is detailed in writing and with the drawings. Sectional profiles are included as well as detail views. Please note that three wooden parts have been cut out. Quality of the work is excellent. There has been no assembly or other cut parts. The kit is complete with all wooden parts and rigging material - the metal parts are still sealed as well as the davits. The plans and cardstock have the typical yellow tint but are otherwise excellent.
Monogram Curtiss Hawk P-6E, 1/72, 6794
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still mint in the factory seal. 1970 "White Box" issue. Finely detailed kit of the classic US Biplane fighter of the 1930s. P-6 variants were in production for 10 years, a remarkable feat in a time when airframe/power plant technology was changing rapidly. Markings from the 17th Pursuit Squadron, early 1930s, Selfridge Field, Michigan.
Revell Lockheed F-104C and F-104G Starfighter - USAF or Luftwaffe, 1/48, H236
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
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1977 issue. Has all parts and decals for both versions. Includes highly detailed cockpit with 3-D instrument panel, M-61 Vulcan cannon with optional position hatch, optional position landing gear, and more. 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.
Airfix Consolidated B-24J Liberator - USAAF 445th BG or 90th BG, 1/72, 05006-3
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still factory sealed. Has markings for 445th BG and 90th Bomb Group aircraft with green or natural finish. Well detailed kit. Features elevating guns and rotating turrets, movable control surfaces, retractable landing gear, rotating propellers, optional position crew entry door and ladder and more.
Frog DH-20 Beaver, 1/82, 384P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG-
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Older issue with the early logo. Very nicely done with recessed panel detail. Molded in the correct light blue and clear. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.