Airfix HP 42 'Heracles' 1930s Airliner, 1/144, SK502
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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1960s third style logo issue. Beautifully detailed kit of one of the classic airliners of the 1930s. Imperial Airways equipped these aircraft with deluxe interiors and provided full service. Customers were thoroughly pampered and had superb views of the ground from only a few thousand feet. Never started. NOTE: missing two rectangular very thin vertical stabilizers (can be easily made from stock plastic) and two exhausts (easily made from thin wire or stock round plastic). Inventoried with all other parts, decals and instructions.
Italaerei Junkers Ju-86 D1 - Spanish Civil war or Luftwaffe, 1/72, 114
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Poor
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Includes markings for either aircraft. Unique diesel powered bomber and civil transport. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The box is poor, but the kit parts are still mint and sealed in the factory bag. The decals are water damaged.
Hasegawa Nakajima Ki-44-II Shoki Tojo Fighter, 1/72, A2
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Limited issue. Very nicely molded with all recessed panel detail. Has decals for two aircraft - 47th Sentai Narimasu 1945 and 85th Sentai Major Saitoh Kantong 1944. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Testors Northrop F-5A Tiger Freedom Fighter - Chrome Plated - USAF, 1/48, 213
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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From high quality ex-Hawk molds. Completely chrome plated. The parts are still internally factory sealed so the chrome is in rare factory-new condition. Very cleanly molded 'A' variant of the famous aircraft. Includes hinged canopy, pilot, two AIM-9 Sidewinders, 2 750 lb bombs and two Bullpup Missiles. Never started and still factory sealed inside, with USAF decals and instructions.
Revell Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 'Lady Luck' 8th Air Force, 1/72, H209-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
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1967 dated issue hardbox. "Lady Luck" was one of the first B-17s to depart on the unescorted daylight raids into Hitler's Germany. Many operating features including movable gun turrets, movable control surfaces, opening bomb bay, rotating props and wheels and retracting landing gear. Never started. Factory sealed bag or 100% inventoried with all parts/decals and instructions present.
Execuform Cessna T-50 - AT-17 'Bobcat' or 'Bamboo Bomber' - Bagged, 1/72
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
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Still factory staple sealed. Includes clear cockpit canopy and molded resin engines. A certain degree of modeling skill is required to build vacuform kits. They are not recommended for beginners.
Revell Grumman F-14A Tomcat - VF-124 'Fightertown USA', 1/32, 4770
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG-
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Still factory sealed. Very large scale kit. Nicely detailed with all fine recessed panel lines, functioning swing wings, latest TCS optical nose, latest ECM fuselage blisters, detailed cockpits, operating canopy, AIM-54 Phoenix, AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, detailed landing gear and low-vis markings.
Hobby Craft Canadair Mk6 Sabre F-86F-10 - RCAF Golden Hawks or USAF, 1/72, HC1399
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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The Mark 6 was the fastest Sabre built in North America. With it's '6-3' wing, it was considered a 'pilot's airplane' and many fighter pilots became aces in Korea with the Sabre. Features fine, all recessed panel lines, good cockpit detail, optional position speed brakes and detailed brake wells, separately molded wing slats, drop tanks and decals for the colorful RCAF Golden Hawk and USAF Capt. Fischer's colorful aircraft 'Paper Tiger'. This kit has not been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Lindberg Junkers Ju-52 German Paratroop Transport, 1/160, 462-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Rare smaller size Ju-52. Hardbox issue is dated 1965. The box is in exceptional near mint condition and has frameable Ray Gaedke box artwork. Neatly molded in green and clear. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Airfix Junkers JU-88 A-4 Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 1410-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
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Still factory sealed. Action-packed Craftmaster artwork shows the final moments of a Ju-88. British fighters continue to pour lead into the doomed aircraft, which is still in it's dive and just released it's lethal load. The gunners fire back and flak burst across the sky. Well molded kit with cockpit detail, movable rudder, elevators and ailerons, working dive brakes, optional position landing gear, rotating wheels and props and external bomb load.
Airfix USAF Sikorsky H-19B or Westland Whirlwind HAS Mk22, 1/72, 02056-9
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
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Builds Royal Navy Whirlwind or USAF H-19 and has markings for both. Still factory sealed. This kit has the green T4 Airfix logo.
Lindberg FJ-2 Fury Jet Fighter, 1/48, 516-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM+++
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1950s hardbox issue with dramatic Gaedke artwork. Molded in correct gloss metallic blue and clear. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts decals and instructions. Lindberg is a company with a fascinating history The original 'Lindberg Line' stretches back to the 1930s when Paul Lindberg drew plans for famous modeling magazines and marketed his balsa wood 'stick and tissue' by urging dealers to carry the '...Complete Lindberg Line'. After the war, Lindberg and Olsen had a strong hand in early United States injection molded kit development. Please see the article located on this website about early USA plastic kit manufacturers.
Aurora Black Falcon Pirate Ship - Famous Fighters of the Sea, 1/100, 210
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Rare first issue from the early 1950s. Large scale (1/100) pirate ship that is very well molded for that time and still a favorite 'Classic Build.' This is one of the first three Aurora ship models and it features full hull, many separately molded deck fittings and cannon, preformed rat lines, display base with 'map' nameplate and and an excellent rigging diagram. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions present
Super Scale C-130 Hercules Canadian and Israel Air Forces 1/72 Decals, 1/72, 72-509
Cardstock Paper Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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New decals. Never used and in excellent condition.
Hasegawa P-3C / CP-140 Orion RCAF (Canadian) or US Navy Versions - With Microscale P-3 Decal #2, 1/72, 1147
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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NOTE: Builder kit only. Please read carefully. Contains markings for either version and instructions for CP-140 modification. Also includes Microscale 1/72 P-3 #2, sheet #72-236 which includes markings for VP-64, VP-50, VP-47, VP-49 and VP-45. Very nicely detailed, high quality plastic model kit. NOTE: The kit has been started. The cockpit control columns and cockpit bulkhead have been glued. Quality of assembly is excellent and there is no other assembly. The cockpit has been painted and the instrument decals applied. Quality of paint is excellent. The wing 1/2 and horizontal stabilizer 1/2 have been painted medium gray - paint quality is fair.
Revell 1951 Henry J Racer, 1/25, 7398
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still factory sealed. Highly modified '51 Kaiser Henry J with opening doors, front-tilting hood and fenders, detailed high performance racing Ford 427, turnable front wheels and bucket seats. Molded in blue, clear and chrome with rubber tires.
Guillows Focke-Wulf Fw-190 - 25 inch Wingspan RC/Control Line/Free Flight Powered Flying Balsa Model, 1/16, 406
Wood and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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One of a very popular 1/16 scale series with a 25 and 3/4 inch wingspan. Roughly 1970s scale stick and tissue powered flying model designed for gas power, U-Control radio control (RC) or rubber power. Includes die cut balsa parts, vacuform nose, wheels, plastic propeller, hardware, vacuform canopy, tissue, insignia and full size plans with detailed building instructions. 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. NOTE: decals are intact but have staining.. 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.
Joe Ott Joe Ott Bild-A-Set 30 inch wingspan Douglas SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber - Balsa Wood Flying Model Airplane Kit, 502
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Rare 30 inch wingspan kit dated 1944. The Joe Ott designed 'Bilt-A-Set' series was the height of the classic stick and tissue flying model kits- not just for the box art, but also for the contents. The large wingspan kits were the top of the Joe Ott line and had a price tag to match. They were out of reach of most children in the 1940s. Fewer were produced, which makes them harder to find today. In a time when most kits came only with white tissue, printed wood and plans, the Bilt-A-Set line box came chock full of parts and features like Assembly Line jigs for straight fuselage and nacelles, Speedlok Clamps, Die cut plywood or balsa parts sheet, die cut cardstock sheets, colored tissue, color printed national markings, clear window material, fully illustrated instructions and more. This kit has not been started. No parts have been removed from the sheets and it is 100% complete.
Veron Fairy Swordfish - 18 inch Wingspan Flying Model Airplane, 21
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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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.
Sterling Nieuport 17 Launches Rockets in Flight - 24 Inch Wingspan For Free Flight / Control Line / R/C, A5-298
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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This large scale kit is from the 1970s and includes innovative system for automatically firing wing rockets in flight. The Sterling Fokker D-7 has the same system; other models such as the Stuka and P-6E drop bombs in flight; another actually drops leaflets while another crop dusts. This model is designed to fly one of three ways; free flight (rubber or gas, control line or R/C. If you are experienced, you can even make it electric powered R/C. Features precision, die-cut balsa wood parts, lightweight and detailed plastic cowl with engine front, machine gun & pilot bust, fully formed wheels with rubber tires, complete rocket firing system with fully finished rockets, launching tubes and hardware, plastic propeller, fully formed wire landing gear struts, rubber motor, covering tissue, a large and beautiful decal sheet and superb Sterling full size plans with instructions. Never started and the small parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags; the larger parts were never sealed and have been inventoried complete. Includes decals and instructions. Sterling was a famous manufacturer dating back to the 1930/40s flying model craze. Although they continued to produce kits for decades after the flying model slump following World War II, they eventually fell victim to the general lack of interest in modeling that occurred in the early 1980s. I always considered Sterling kits to be deluxe kits due to their many additional features.