Frog Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.V/Mk.VII - No. 502 Sq Coastal Command Aldengrove 1942 / No 102 Sq Bomber command RAF Nov. 1940 (P/O G. Leonard Cheshire), 1/72, F207
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$32
Features numerous crew stations with crew members, rotating turrets, wheels and props. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Frog Bristol Beaufort Spin Issue (Motorized) - No 93 Sq RAAF Labuan 1945 or Mk.II 42 Sq Coastal Command RAF, 1/72, F229SPIN
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$29
This model contains the extra parts to allow the fitting of the additional Frog F20 Spin-a-prop motorizing kit (not included). Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Frog Martin Baltimore Bomber - RAF - Green Series, 1/72, F339
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$26
Green Series issue that shares dramatic Jo Kotula box art with the Air Lines issue. Finely molded and contains no rivets - just fine panel lines. Features rotating turret, crew of three and some interior detail and optional position landing gear. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes 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, 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.
Berkeley Shoestring Goodyear Racer - 28 3/8 Inch Wingspan Control Line/U-Control Flying Model Airplane, 1/8
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$115
Large scale model for .14 to .36 sized gas engines. Ideal for flight or as a scale display. Features genuine Jim Walker U-Control System parts, shaped and notched leading and trailing edges, full color decals (two large sheets), formed sheet metal landing gear main strut, formed steel wheel pants, die-cut balsa and hardwood parts, formed metal spinner, formed metal cowl cheeks, formed clear plastic canopy (still in excellent condition and not yellowed), 'Step-Keel' Assembly Jig for the fuselage and much more. Inventoried and NOTE: missing two very easy to make balsa parts, both stabilizer ribs. They are easy to make because they come in pairs and the other one is present. Missing both wheels; otherwise complete with all other parts, decals and instructions. NOTE: kit has very minor and very neat 'professional' quality assembly as follows: F4 and F5 balsa parts glued together properly and F10 and F11 glued together properly. There is no other assembly. Berkeley is a very famous manufacturer of flying model kits from the Golden Age of flying aviation, about 1932-1954. Founded in 1933 by William Effinger, the company was quite progressive in producing quality kits - it was likely the Berkeley 'Buccaneer' was the first gas powered model in kit form. In the later 1930s, Effinger acquired the services of a very talented Henry Struck. Struck went on to design numerous award-winning kits under the Berkeley name. Berkeley weathered the post WWII recession and emerged as a major kit producer in the late 1940 and 1950s. These were great years for Berkeley and they produced some incredible and large kits. The company went bankrupt in about 1960 however. Fox engines (Duke Fox) bought the company and released the kits alongside his own FOX models and engines. This arrangement did not last, and in the early 1960s the Berkeley name disappeared from hobby shop shelves.
Contest Craft So-Lo Class B Stunt Plane - 22 Inch Wingspan Flying Aircraft
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$95
Very rare model from 1949. Highly prefabricated and robust control line model from the "Contest Craft Company." Features high quality balsa parts that are all either factory cut to shape or die-cut, covering material, landing gear wire, full size plans and detailed instructions. This kit has been inventoried complete but NOTE: it has minor and 'professional' quality assembly. The center core of the fuselage (a flat assembly) is built. There is no other assembly. Although no address is given for the manufacturer, the instructions state that you should ask your hobby dealer for other Contest Craft Company kits.
Tamiya M4A3E8 Sherman Easy Eight, 1/35, MT118A
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$38
Still factory sealed. Very highly detailed kit with numerous operating features.
Tamiya Semovente M40-75/18, 1/35, MM178
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$27
Still factory sealed. Very nicely molded and detailed.
Tamiya British 25 PDR Field Gun With Crew, 1/35, 3546
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$19
Very nicely detailed and includes 6 figures. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Tamiya 6x4 Truck Krupp Protze Kfz.69 With 3.7cm Anti-Tank Pak 35/36Gun And Four Figures, 1/35, 35259
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$38
Still factory sealed. Well detailed and includes the towing vehicle, gun and figures.
Tamiya SU-85 Russian Tank Destroyer, 1/35, 3572
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$29
Still factory sealed. Excellent armor kit.
Testors North American B-25H / B-25A / B-25J / PBJ-1H Mitchell - 82 BS 12th BG India 1944 / US Navy 1945 (PBJ-1H) / 486 BS 340 BG Corsica 1944 / 319 BG Corsica 1944, 1/72, 877
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$38
Still factory sealed. Dated 1981 and nicely detailed and well molded. Features very fine raised panel lines and recessed control surfaces, parts and decals to build any of four versions including rare Navy PBJ, detailed cockpit and engines, rotating turret, props and wheels.
Testors Pak 40 Anti Tank Gun - With Crew And Accessories, 1/35, 857
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$18
Still factory sealed. Dated 1981 and nicely detailed.
Aurora Lockheed F-94C Starfire, 1/82, 495-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$36
Dated 1961 and features Jo Kotula box art. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. The box has one large flaw: a crush and closed split corner on the left short side.
Aurora B-47 Stratojet Famous Fighters Issue, 1/180, 493-49
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG-
$95
1961 issue with the Aurora Sunburst Oval and "Famous Fighters" within the logo border. This is the second issue of this kit, and this one was sold new at SS Kresge Co. Department Store. Features great Jo Kotula box art, fine raised panel lines, full landing gear including outriggers, clear canopy and clear triangle-based stand. Molded in silver and clear. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Even the original factory tissue packing paper is present. The instructions also have "Famous Fighters" in the logo border.
Trumpeter USS Hornet CV-8 Aircraft Carrier, 1/350, 05601
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$95
Very large and highly detailed kit of the famed Doolittle Tokyo Raider. Comes with four types of aircraft, B-25, F4F, TBD and SBD. Never started and like new inside. All parts are still in the factory sealed bags with decals and instructions.
Monogram Junkers Ju-88 A-4 Pro Modeler - Luftwaffe 3./KG54 'Totenkopf' Bergamo Italy 1943 / 2./LG1 Italy 1943 and 9./KG51 'Edelweise' Russia 1943, 1/48, 85-5948
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$52
From 1998. Very highly detailed kit with 203 pieces from the excellent Pro Modeler line. Includes painting guide and decals for three aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram F-102A Delta Dagger Early Production with Case X Wing Pro Modeler Issue, 1/48, 5923
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
$44
Still factory sealed but the seal has drawn the box top concave. The only correct early production 1/48 Dagger Kit. Original early Daggers came with the 'Case X' wing which had upturned and squared off tips. Later aircraft, starting with serial # 56-1317, had the Case XX wing. The -Twenty wing has a rounded, turned down tip with larger elevons that are angled with the tip. Markings for two aircraft are included: 509th Fighter Interceptor Sq based at Clark, Philippines. This aircraft depicted was deployed to South East Asia to Tan Son Nhut in South Vietnam. The second aircraft is from Connecticut AG 118th.
Glencoe Grumman J2F-2 Duck - US Navy Utility Sq 1 Pearl Harbor / US Marines VMS-3 Virgin Islands / Argentine Navy - (J2F2), 1/52, 4101
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$39
From nicely done ex-ITC molds - very close to 1/48 scale. Includes large and colorful Scale-Master decals and painting guide for the three aircraft listed above. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Accurate Miniatures P-51C Mustang Bendix Transcontinental Race Paul Mantz Air Service, 1/48, 0013
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$34
Still factory sealed. Very highly detailed kit from excellent molds. Includes decals for two different Mustangs including the Paul Mantz version on the box art.
Academy Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star - USAF 67th FBS 18th FBW Osan Korea 1953 / Republic of Korea Air Force / Luftwaffe, 1/48, 2185
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$32
Still factory sealed. Very nicely molded kit. Features all fine recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit and wheel wells and more. Very large colorful decal sheet has markings for three air forces.