JMK Bf-109E-1 with Condor Legion Decals - Bagged, 1/72, A3
Vacuform Model Kit
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Includes decals for Jagdgruppe 88 from 1939 from the Spanish Civil War. Very high quality complete kit with good cockpit detail. Features very fine recessed detail and panel lines. The moldings are of a much higher quality than many injection molded kits. Includes full plans/instructions. Never started and complete. Certain modeling skills are required to build vacuform kits. Not recommended for beginners.
Lindberg Dornier Do-17Z 'Flying Pencil', 1/72, 577-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. 1967 hardbox issue with artwork by Bojanowski. Nicely done kit for the time with fine raised details, crew of four, optional position landing gear and clear display stand. 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.
KPM Lagg-3 - (Lagg3), 1/72, 2
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Very high quality molding with fine recessed detail. Never started and complete. These are 1978-79 Iron Curtain kits from the old Czechoslovakia and make for interesting modeling history. The makers of these kits went on to produce many of today's excellent limited edition offering from the Czech Republic such as MPM and others.
Entex Mazda RX7 (RX-7), 1/25, 9503
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still in the factory seal. Early RX7 kit molded in clear, base color and with rubber tires.
Revell Wirght Flyer 'First Powered Flight', 1/39, 85-5243
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Ex Monogram molds. Never started. Factory sealed bag or 100% inventoried with all parts/decals and instructions present.
Life-Like 1911 Avro Triplane (ex-Pyro), 1/48, 09606
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Very nicely detailed. Has realistic fabric texture on wings and control surfaces. Detailed engine, cockpit and even fuel tank. Never started. Factory sealed bag or 100% inventoried with all parts decals and instructions present.
Airfix Boeing 707 - BOAC Airlines, 1/144, SK600
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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1970s 'Type Four' logo kit. Nicely detailed and with a large BOAC decal sheet. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Frog Tupolev SB-2 'Katyushka' Soviet/Luftwaffe/Czech/Spanish Republican Air Forces - Green Series, 1/72, F176
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Very nicely detailed, typical of Frog kits. Well molded. Has markings for the three air forces listed in the title. Can be built with skis or wheels. Optional parts for different versions. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, 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.
Revell McDonnell F-4B Phantom II - VF-102 USS Enterprise - Great Britain Issue, 1/72, H110
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Revell of Great Britain issue with unique box art by Knight. Kit features four AIM-7 Sparrow missiles, crew, movable wheels and full color USN markings. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Bandai Godzilla, 1/350, 0003526 700
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+++
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Still factory sealed. Injection molded kit from Bandai.
Frog Avro Shackleton Mr.3 - RAF or South African Air Force, 1/72, F172
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Well detailed model with rotating props, movable ailerons, rudders, and flaps. Can be built with gear up or down and radome extended or retracted. 20 inch wingspan. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
ESCI Dassault-Breguet Mirage III E French/Swiss/Australian/Spanish Air Forces, 1/48, 4030
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Nicely molded kit. Features detailed cockpit and gear wells, optional position canopy, supersonic drop tanks and missiles and extensive decals for all versions listed. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Berkeley Douglas F4D-1 Skyray - Ducted Fan Flying Model Airplane Kit - (F4D1), 1/16, 4-15
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
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This kit is unique as it is the first model aircraft mass-marketed with an internal ducted fan. Henry Struck, the gifted designer, had been associated with Berkeley for years and for five of those years he had been experimenting with internal fans so that modern jet kits could be powered without an external propeller. This model is the first results of his efforts. Large high quality kit in the agreed museum scale of 1/16. Wingspan measures 25 inches and the fuselage is over 30 inches long when assembled. Originally designed for gas powered free flight or U Control, or can be converted to electric power and modern RC (radio control) gear. Features clear canopy, metal propulsion fan, shaped and notched leading and trailing edges, full size plans, die cut balsa and plywood parts, metal hardware and authentic decals. 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. Berkeley is a very famous manufacturer of flying model kits from the Golden Age of flying aviation, about 1932-1954. Most all Berkeley kits contain a high degree of prefabrication to speed up assembly. 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.
Revell P-39 Cobra II Racer Thompson Trophy Winner, 1/45, H144-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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First issue hardbox dated in 1962. Rare model molded in yellow plastic of the 4 bladed prop 1946 Thompson Trophy Winner with a 'souped up' P-63 King Cobra Allison engine. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Globe Steel Refrigerator Car - OTRX The Milwaukee Road - with Trucks, HO, 6000-C
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Very high quality Globe kit from the 'Golden Age' of HO 'Craftsman' kits. I have always considered Globe as one of the 'Cadillac' metal kit manufacture for their use of crisply embossed brass or steel and prototype factory paint and markings. This kit is a fine example. Features all steel sides, ends and roof with all parts completely and beautifully painted and marked as required, wooden floor, metal underframe beam and supports, other brass and steel details, metal trucks with real springs and full instructions/plans. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including instructions. If you have an interest in these highly accurate HO kits and the revolution they created in modeling, please read the article about their history located on this website.
Globe 50 Ton Steel Box Car - 'Merchandise Service' Pennsylvania Rail Road - with Trucks, HO, 4000-P
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Very high quality Globe kit from the 'Golden Age' of HO 'Craftsman' kits. I have always considered Globe as one of the 'Cadillac' metal kit manufacture for their use of crisply embossed brass and prototype factory paint and markings. This kit is a fine example. Features all brass sides, ends and roof with all parts completely and beautifully painted and marked as required, wooden floor, metal underframe beam and supports, other brass and steel details, metal trucks with real springs and full instructions/plans. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including instructions. If you have an interest in these highly accurate HO kits and the revolution they created in modeling, please read the article about their history located on this website.
Entex 1914 Dennis Fire Engine, 1/16, 8473
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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This is the Entex reissue of one of my favorite Bandai 1/16 scale series. This kit has over 500 parts. Super-detailed model builds up a rolling chassis just like the real fire engine. Includes four firemen, highly detailed engine with pipes and ignition wires, working suspension system, full drive train with exhaust, steerable front wheels, operating extension ladder, opening hood, detailed engine compartment, complete interior and much more. Molded in multiple colors, clear and with real rubber tires. The kit has not been started. All parts are still in factory sealed bags. Includes decals and very well produced large instruction book with color painting photos.
Revell Cutty Sark Clipper Ship with Sails -36 inch Long Ship Model, 1/96, H399
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG-
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Large and highly detailed kit. Measures 36 inches long and 22 inches high when assembled. Kit features highly detailed deck, deck houses, cargo holds and covers, masts, yards and booms, bilge pump, windlass, 20 crew figure, and lifeboats with oars, life preservers, anchors and anchor chains. Includes draftline and transom decals, figurehead, finely detailed hull, preformed ratlines and molded deadeyes, pin rails and blocks, full standing and running rigging instructions and diagrams, flag sheet, 35 pre-formed vac billowing sails (in excellent condition) and thread and chain for rigging. Molded in three colors. The model has not been started. The parts are still sealed in factory bags or and complete with decals and instructions.
Revell Boeing 707 Flagship American Airlines 'S' Kit, 1/139, H246-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Very hard to find "S" 1958 first release. The model represents the 707 in it's initial configuration - Turbo-Jet (not fan) engines, and short, early rudder shape. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Monogram Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair - White Box Issue - (F4U4), 1/48, 6833
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still factory sealed. 1973 White Box issue has a font style variation from other 6833 F4Us released in the white box. This is a reissue of the famous 'Four Star' kit from 1963. Many action features; wings fold, landing gear and tail wheel retract and all gear doors close, working arresting gear and turning wheels and prop.