MPC Lockheed L-1011 TriStar - Eastern Airlines, 1/144, 1-4731
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$62
1982 issue that is hard-to-find in this condition. This large 1/144 Tristar features optional position cargo and passenger boarding doors, clear cabin and cockpit windows, optional position landing gear and more. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. NOTE: missing decals.
Minicraft Pan Am 727-200 - (Boeing 727), 1/144, 14522
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$22
Still factory sealed. This is a very good model with colorful decals for the box art aircraft.
Testors Heinkel He-111 H-6 - 1/KG 26 North Sea 1941-42 / 11/KG 53 Russian 1942-43 / 2/KG 26 Mediterranean Sea 1942-43, 1/72, 866
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$24
From 1979 and a well molded and detailed kit with 140 parts. Features very good interior detail, optional position landing gear, bomb or torpedo loadouts and much more. Includes decals and paint schemes for all three aircraft. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Italeri Dornier Do-24T Reconnaissance Seaplane - Luftwaffe 106th Coastal Patrol Wing Baltic Sea or Air/Sea Rescue Wing Syracuse 1943 or Swedish Air Force, 1/72, 122
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
$39
Still factory sealed. This is a very well molded and detailed kit with 116 pieces. Features all fine recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit, rotating turrets, separately molded elevators and markings for three aircraft - two Luftwaffe and one Swedish. The Do-24 was being built in Holland under license. When the Germans invaded, they found 3 done and 25 in various states of completion. The Air Ministry was looking for aircraft suitable to salvage sunk aircraft, and the Do-24 fit the bill. The American Wright engines were removed and BMWs installed. The Do-24 went on to see successful service in WWII as recon, supply and ambulance aircraft. A squadron was supplied to Spain, and one Do-24 remained operational until 1970.
Revell Suchoi Su-34 / 32 FM, 1/72, 04304
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$22
Dated 1996. This is a high quality kit with detailed dual cockpits, optional position landing gear, bombs and air-to-air missiles and decals for the prototype. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Henshel Hs-129 B-2 - (Hs129B2), 1/48, JT71
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$46
Dated 1999 and well molded and detailed with 120 pieces. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Minicraft Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing - (ex Entex / Bandai), 1/16, 11227
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$79
Still factory sealed. Very large scale and highly detailed model that features fully detailed engine & engine compartment, opening hood, complete inner-body substructure, suspension and steerable front wheels, full interior, opening Gullwing doors and more. Molded in colored plastic, clear, chrome plated and with rubber tires.
Revell Highway Pioneers Five Kit Gift Set - 1903 Model A Ford / 1910 Model T Ford / 1909 Stanley Steamer / 1903 Cadillac / 1900 Packard, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$145
Very rare. From 1952 or '53. This is one of (if not) Revell's first gift set. It is Gowland-produced with no part number. Gowland designed and molded these kits as well as providing the box artwork (signed D.K. Gowland) and instructions - Revell did the marketing. Inside, the kit is correct with all cardboard dividers, all small parts still in the correct wax paper bags, cars molded in red, black, dark blue and green, tires molded in black and correct instructions. The models have never been started. Four kits are still factory sealed in the original krinkle bags. One kit, the 1903 Cadillac is in the krinkle bag but the bag has split, as they often do. I have inventoried this kit and it is 100% complete with all parts and instructions present. Before the 1950s 'model building' never made the top 10 list of boy's activities. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream. By the late 1910 and early '20s, many dedicated modelers were building flying or static airplanes, ship, train, automotive or other subjects. Basic kits existed, but the majority of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. By the 1930s, the 'Aviation Craze" had taken hold of this country and kits appeared everywhere. However, it was estimated at the time that at least 80% of these were never sucessfully completed (and fewer than that flown). That changed in the early 1950s with the advent of plastics and affordable injection molding equipement. The phenomenon of the all-plastic Revell/Gowland & Gowland 'Highway Pioneers' car 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 were completely molded to shape in color and could be built in an hour after dinner. When complete, they looked much like the real car. The Highway Pioneers series lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the early 1960s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys...and adult males as well!
Trumpeter Soviet SU-100 Tank Destroyer, 1/16, 00915
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$86
Very large and highly detailed kit with over 1,100 parts. Features full interior details, metal parts & springs, two frets of photoetched details, brass wire, rubber bogie rims, very realistic tracks and much more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Classic Warships RN Pola Heavy Cruiser, 1/700, CW011
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$32
Rare and considered a superior model to the injection molded version. Features beautifully pressure-cast waterline hull with perfect detail and no air bubbles and a large number of precision cast metal details (basically everything from main gun turrets and smaller). Includes oversized detailed paint guide, instructions, history and highly detailed drawings. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Commander USS Kentucky BB-6 Battleship, 1/700
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$65
Out-of-production and rare. Very well molded waterline resin kit with many brass PE details. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Classic Warships USS California BB44 Battleship 1941 - (Pearl Harbor Configuration Cage Masts And Fighting Tops), 1/700
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$36
Rare and considered a superior model to the injection molded version. Features beautifully pressure-cast waterline hull with perfect detail and no air bubbles, two sets of photoetched brass cage masts and a large number of precision cast metal details (basically everything from main gun turrets and smaller). With instructions, history and highly detailed drawings. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
MT Miniatures Ltd HMS Bristol D23 Destroyer, 1/700, MTM014
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$89
Rare and the only real kit of this subject in this scale. Features excellent quality, pressure-cast, high definition resin hull and superstructure, finely cast metal details, photoetched brass parts and more. Includes decals. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. HMS Bristol (D23) was a Type 82 destroyer and the only vessel of her class to be built for the Royal Navy. She was intended to be the first of a class of large destroyers to escort the CVA-01 aircraft carriers projected to come into service in the early 1970s but the rest of the class and the CVA-01 carriers were canceled as a result of the 1966 Defense White Paper which cut defense spending.Following a long & successful career which included the Falklands War, she was converted into a training ship in 1987. In 1991 while part of the Dartmouth training squadron, she suffered a boiler explosion that damaged the vessel beyond economical repair. No longer having enough value to be sold to another navy, she became a Harbour Training ship. She was decommissioned in Portsmouth on 28 October 2020.
MT Miniatures Ltd HMS Victorious Aircraft Carrier 1958 R38 - Post-Refit / Angled Deck Version, 1/700, MTM006
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$110
Rare and the only actual kit of this subject in 1/700. Features excellent quality, pressure-cast, high definition resin hull and superstructure, finely cast metal details, photoetched brass parts, 12 plane airgroup, deck vehicles and more. Includes decals. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. HMS Victorious was the third Illustrious-class aircraft carrier after Illustrious and Formidable. Ordered under the 1936 Naval Programme, she was laid down at the Vickers-Armstrong shipyard at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1937 and launched two years later in 1939. Her commissioning was delayed until 1941 due to the greater need for escort vessels for service in the Battle of the Atlantic.Her service in 1941 and 1942 included famous actions against the battleship Bismarck, several Arctic convoys, and Operation Pedestal. She was loaned to the United States Navy in 1943 and served in the south west Pacific as part of the Third Fleet. In 1944 Victorious contributed to several attacks on the Tirpitz. The elimination of the German naval threat allowed her redeployment first to the Eastern Fleet at Colombo and then to the Pacific for the final actions of the war against Japan.After the war, her service was broken by periods in reserve and, between 1950 and 1958, the most complete reconstruction of any Royal Navy carrier. This involved the construction of new superstructure above the hangar deck level, a new angled flight deck, new boilers and the fitting of Type 984 radar and data links and heavy shipboard computers, able to track 50 targets and assess their priority for interrogation and interception. The reduction of Britain's naval commitment in 1967, the end of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, and a fire while under refit, prompted her final withdrawal from service, three to five years early, and she was scrapped in 1969.
Airfix Douglas A4D-1 Skyhawk - US Navy VA-34 1956 - Blister Pack - (A4D1 / A-4), 1/72, 01022-3
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$22
This is the Type Four logo blister pack issue of this very good kit of an older !-4 variant. Features pilot and seat, working arresting g, full landing gear, two wing mounted drop tanks and more. Includes a full color, three view paint and marking guide for US Navy VA-24 from 1956. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix DH Heron II Jersey Airlines, 1/72, 03001
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$34
Nicely detailed and molded kit with a colorful decal sheet for the box art aircraft. Features optional position cabin door, interior cockpit, pilots and rear bulkhead, separately molded rudder, elevators and ailerons, retractable landing gear, rotating propellers, boarding stairs and four nicely molded passengers. The Heron was the result of a larger and redesigned Dove and first flew in 1950. It's ability to operate from rough fields and ease of maintenance quickly make it a favorite for feeder and independent airlines in the UK and overseas. Heron IIs were also selected by the RAF for the Queens Flight, which is a statement to it's reliability and safety
Airfix BAC Canberra - B(1)6 Royal Air Force or B.20 Royal Australian Air Force RAAF, 1/72, 05012-8
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$34
Type Four logo issue from 1972 that can be built as RAF or RAAF versions. Features very good cockpit, moving control surfaces, dual position landing gear, a wide variety of external stores, bomb bay detail and optional position bomb bay doors. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
KVZ Ilyushin Il-62 Aeroflot, 1/100, 5015
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$48
Very hard to find kit with fantastic Cold War Box art. KVZ was the logo used by this East German kit manufacturer from 1969 to 1973. During this time, some unique Cold War kits were produced of Russian Airliners and Military Helicopters and Aircraft. Features super-fine raised surface detail, recessed door and control surface outlines, clear side & cockpit windows and more. Molded in white, clear, silver and black plastic. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes extensive Aeroflot decals and instructions. Well over half the time this kit came with Aeroflot decals, regardless of Interflug box art.
Revell 1910 International Auto Wagon - Highway Pioneers US Antique Series, 1/32, H62-89
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$42
1954 early issue molded in bright yellow plastic. The parts are still factory sealed in the original 'krinkle' bag and includes instructions. Before the 1950s 'model building' never made the top 10 list of boy's activities. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream. Shortly after the turn of the century, many dedicated modelers built flying or static airplanes, ship, train, automotive or other subjects. Basic kits existed, but the majority of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s. The phenomenon of the Revell/Gowland & Gowland 'Highway Pioneers' car 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 could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real car. The Highway Pioneers series lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the early 1960s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys.
Air Lines TWO Blackburn Skua Dive Bomber, 1/72, 7901
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$24
SALE!! Includes two kits in the one box shown. Kit #1 has no assembly and the aircraft is inventoried complete with all parts, including decals and instructions but NOTE: missing display stand and has minor paint to three pieces only. For kit #2, NOTE: has minor and 'near mint' quality subassembly as follows: cockpit built and painted zinc chromate green, put in fuselage and fuselage halves assembled; there is no other assembly. There is other very neat painting to several other parts. Missing landing light lens, tiny air scoop and stands. There is no other assembly. Inventoried with all other parts present and decals present. These well molded kits features separate ailerons, rudder and elevators. 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.