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Cleveland Mile Fliers The Flying Dutchman Amphibian - Skystick Style Balsa Flying Model Airplane Kit, C-5

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

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Early World War II kit. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. The Cleveland Model and Supply Company played a pivotal role in the development of true scale models. In 1909 Bleriot’s English Channel flight caused a surge in aviation and model aircraft around the globe. Several companies were ideally positioned to take advantage of the aviation craze. In the USA, Wading River Manufacturing Co. (1909), White Aeroplane (1911), Ideal Model Aeroplane (1911), Broadfield Model Aeroplanes (1919) were among these pioneers, offering everything from plans and parts to complete kits and ARF models. Lindbergh’s 1927 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean caused an even bigger world-wide phenomenon called “The Aviation Craze” that extended up to the start of World War II. Many companies such as Megow, Guillow's and others started right around the time of Lindbergh’s flight. Some of these models flew and flew well, but they all had one thing in common - were generally not accurate scale representations. In 1929, a youngster named Ed Packard had a very advanced dream – to produce incredibly accurate, true scale models that flew perfectly. This radical idea established the world’s longest operating single-owner model airplane supply business – Cleveland Model and Supply Company. To this day, Cleveland models are treasured as the most accurate flying scale models produced. The fact that Mr. Packard started and successfully grew this business during The Great Depression is a testament to his ideals and business skill. I highly suggest the excellent book called ‘Aviation’s great Recruiter – Cleveland’s Ed Packard’ by H.L. (Herm) Schreiner. It is an excellent history of the man, his company and the times of the Golden Age of Model Aviation.

Revell CV-13 USS Franklin (Essex Class), 1/720, H484-150

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

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1967 issue. Can be built as waterline or full hull version. Nicely molded and detailed with all AA guns and an air wing of Hellcat and Helldiver aircraft. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.

Airfix Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident (DH-121) - BEA Airlines, 1/144, SK504

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Mint

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Type three logo issue that is still mint in the factory seal.

Airfix British Airways VC10 (VC-10) - Sky King Series, 1/144, 04171-3

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: NM

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Airfix type four logo box in exceptional condition. Has decals for three VC10 of British Airways. Well-detailed kit with optional position baggage/cargo and passenger doors, optional position landing gear and boarding stairs. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.

Nitto Toyota Sports 800 - Motorized, 1/20, 461-1000

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

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Hard to find large 1/20 scale car kit. Motorized with the included electric motor. Drive is though a metal gear box with nylon gears and a forward-reverse switch. Features opening hood, trunk and doors, steerable front wheels, good underside detail including exhaust, interior dash, seats and interior door panels, removable top and more. There is an option to include working headlights, but the bulbs are not included. Molded in bright dark red, clear, chrome and black with real rubber tires. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bags including instructions.

Airfix Comet 4B Jet Airliner - Skyking Series, 1/144, SK500

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

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Early type two logo issue. Early Skyking logo also. Molded in silver plastic with optional position landing gear, clear side and cockpit windows and optional roll-up style passenger stairs. This kit has never been started. NOTE: missing decals. Inventoried with all parts and correct early instructions. Original glue capsule is also included but is dried up.

Frog Vickers Vimy Mk.IV Heavy Bomber, 1/72, F163

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

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Final Frog Logo. Over the years the commercial/civil Vimy has shown up more than this military version, making the machine gun and bombed armed kit somewhat of a rarity. Very nicely molded military version with decals for two separate aircraft. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.

LS Combat Sets - M18 or M8 Colored Smoke Hand Grenade 1/1 Replica Bagged, 1/1

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

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No box; bagged kit. Full size 1/1 reproduction of this smoke grenade with plastic body and metal pin and spring. 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.

Revell M55 (M-55) 8 Inch Self-Propelled Howitzer (ex Renwal 'Big Shot') - History Maker Issue, 1/32, 8625

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc

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Still factory sealed but the seal has splits. 1982 History Makers issue from ex-Renwal molds. Very large and super detailed kit. Features a crew of 6, working bogies, flexible tracks, elevating gun, detailed interior, opening doors, rotating turret and much more.

Tamiya West German Jagdpanzer Kanone - Motorized, 1/48, MS107

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+

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Hard to find 1/48 motorized kit. Well detailed and includes electric motor and metal gear box. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.

Revell USS Kearsarge - Historic Civil War Steam Sloop, 1/96, H391

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+

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Hard-to-find kit. 1971 issue with beautiful John Steel framable box art titled 'Victory Off Cherbourg', site of the Kearsarge's famous duel with the Confederate ship Alabama off the coast of France. Very large 1/96 scale ship that measures 34.5 inches long when assembled. Very highly detailed and well molded. Features pre-formed ratlines, two position gun ports, guns that turn and elevate, movable propeller, special stand and name plate and 20 action figures. Inside the kit has never been started. The parts are still in factory sealed bags and complete with rigging material, metal chains, rat lines, instructions, standing and running rigging diagrams and flags. The special cardboard insert that holds the hull halves in place is still present.

Pyro 1909 Lozier Briarcliff, 1/32, C455-125

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Fair+

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1967 Pyro issue from original molds. In the early to mid 1960s the Pyro company chose many of it's kit subjects based more on historical significance than popularity. Luckily for us, Pyro not only made these kits but did an excellent job for the time. The Lozier was a large four cylinder T-Head rated at 45 horsepower. The wheelbase was 124 inches and she rode on huge 36 x 4.5 tires. This Pyro car model is based on a car that was owned by Thomas J Lester of Chagrin Falls, Ohio that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. The model includes rubber tires, brass plated parts, colored injection molded parts and clear parts. Features detailed chassis, complete motor and interior and a removable hood or 'bonnet'. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including instructions.

Revell 1911 Rolls Royce - Highway Pioneers, 1/32, H46-89

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc-

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1953 issue, the first year for the 'Series Three' Highway Pioneers. The box is excellent, and the inside has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and instructions. Molded in deep burgundy plastic. 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.

Entex De Havilland No.1 (DH-1) 1910 / Antoinette 1908 Monoplane / Voisin Farman 1908 Biplane 'The Pioneers of the Air' (Ex-Taimei), 1/72, 8448

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG-

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Rare and highly detailed kits from original Taimei molds. These are unique and accurate kits. The original internal frame structure and details of the aircraft is built from injection molded plastic. When complete, it is covered with a very strong fabric which is included. The result is a very realistic aircraft. Never started. Factory sealed bags complete with instructions and covering material. Fuji also released this kit from ex-Taimei molds, and since Entex lists the kits as being made in Japan (and uses Fuji's box art), it is likely that Fuji molded the kits for Entex. Some of these molds found their way to Renwal, where they may have been the inspiration for the famous Aeroskin series.

Aurora Viking Ship, 1/80, 320-198

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

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1962 hardbox issue with John Steel artwork. large scale full hull kits with crew, colorful decals and a flexible printed red and white striped sail. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

Aurora UFO from 'The Invaders' TV Series, 1/72, 813-150

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: NM

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Hard-to-find first issue in the 1968 hardbox. This kit was issued in conjunction with the TV series 'The Invaders' and represents the spaceship on the series. The box has like-new color and gloss, solid corners and no tape, price tags or litho tears. Minor edge wear is the only flaw. The kit features retractable landing legs, detailed interior with four figures, removable top and optional clear top. Inside, the kit is mint. The parts are the original gloss medium gray. The model has never been started and has been inventoried complete with all parts and instructions. There are several differences between this first edition and the second release. The first one has the original box artwork, the clear top and gray 'lights' for the bottom. There is no stand in this issue. The second issue does not have a clear top, has red-tinted clear 'lights' for the underside, a display stand and 6 additional aliens for the ground base.

Maircraft Luscombe Silvaire - 'Little Gems' Series Scale Solid Wooden Aircraft Kit, 1/72, G-6

Wood and Metal Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good+

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These kits are good candidates for the first line of 1/72 model aircraft produced in the USA. Although not as old as the Frog injection molded 1/72 scale kits, these solid wood and metal models were made in the late 1930s or 1940s to 1/6 inch scale - which is commonly known today as exactly 1/72 scale. Maircraft announced kits G-1 through G-6 with 'more to come', but it is likely that no others were produced as Maircraft was out of business by 1948. The highpoint of the Little Gems series was the plans and instructions. Wonderfully illustrated and written, they show step by step how to carve and contour the model and how to finish it. Includes excellent three view full size drawings and templates. The kit consists of balsa wood with printed outlines for all parts and a metal parts sheet with wheels and propeller. This kit has never been started and is complete with all parts and plans/instructions. 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), and eventually even made these 1/72 scale series 'Little Gems'.

MPC 1973 Plymouth Duster - Stock / Street Machine / Super Stock Drag Racer, 1/25, 1-7326-225

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc++

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Can be built one of three ways. Street machine and drag versions include many optional parts. Features detailed complete engine, engine compartment, opening hood, full interior, rotating wheels, exhaust and underside detail. Molded in white, clear, red tinted clear, and chrome. With real rubber tires. The kit has never been started. NOTE: missing one part, a custom hood scoop. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts including decals and instructions.

Revell NS Savannah History Makers with Aftermarket Photoetched Accessories, 1/381, 8622

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

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1982 History Makers issue of the classic 1958 'S' kit. Also includes aftermarket 1/400 scale photoetched parts - 17 inches of three-bar railing, nine life rings, 6 inches of vertical ladders, 9 watertight doors/hatches and 2.9 inches of stairs with railings. Kit features viewable detailed reactor, rotating prop, movable rudder and 12 booms, cargo that fits into the holds, display stand and full decals. Very well molded kit and probably the best of all NS Savannah models. The model has never been started and is complete with all parts, decals, flag sheet and instructions.

Revell USS Hornet +3 Apollo 11 Recovery Vessel, 1/490, H354

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Fair++

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Still factory sealed but the seal has drawn the box very concave at the ends as shown. Dated 1969. Well detailed kit in the Apollo Recovery configuration from the same year. Measures 20 inches long when assembled. Features one piece hull, in-scale Apollo Capsule, Grumman S-2 Trackers, E-1 Tracers, Sea King Helicopters and movable elevators and cranes.