Berkeley Grumman F8F Bearcat Flying Model Airplane Kit, 5-7 595
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Large high quality kit in the agreed museum scale of 1/16. Wingspan measures 26 1/4 inches. Rugged design is completely wood covered - no tissue. Originally designed as a gas powered .09 to .19 model for control line, or can be converted to electric power and modern RC (radio control) gear. Features full size plans, die cut balsa and plywood parts, shaped leading and trailing edges, metal hardware, formed wire landing gear, metal hardware pack (still sealed), metal control rods, wheels and full authentic decals. The model has not been started. Inventoried 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.
Lindberg 110 Special Monocoupe, 1/48, 405-29
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Rare 1950s two-piece hard box issue with Ray Gaedke artwork. This is still the only 1/48 plastic kit of the Monocoupe 110 Special. Molded in gloss silver plastic. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The Monocoupe was designed by John Livingston and consistently won air races between 1930 and 1935. It could reach 200 MPH with the 110 hp Warner engine and had advanced streamlining for it's day.
Monogram B-52D Stratofortress SAC Issue, 1/72, 8292
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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1977 release still factory sealed. Box art shows famous 'Anti-Flash' Nuclear Paint Job. Has decals and paint guide to make this aircraft or the camouflage version. Contains 207 parts. Very nicely detailed. Features crew of three, detailed cockpit, elevating and traversing rear turret, opening and closing bomb bay doors, operating wing flaps, operating spoilers, optional position entry hatch and landing gear, and optional parts to display one nacelle open to show the jet engine.
Airfix B-25J / B-25H / B-25J Gun Nose Mitchell - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 1411 100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Colorful "Craftmaster" artwork. Includes parts and decals for three versions - B-25J "Lady Luck", B-25J Modified Gun Nose and B-25H "Norma Sue". Has many working features and details: gun elevate and turrets turn, full crew and interior, opening bomb bay doors, opening fore and aft boarding doors with optional ladders, rotating wheels and props and moving control surfaces. Never started. Factory bag sealed or inventoried and 100% complete with all parts/decals and instructions.
Lindberg USS Biloxi Cruiser, 1/1070, 736-39
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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From the early 1960s. Still factory sealed. Well molded small scale kit with excellent box art by Ray Gaedke.
Airfix Fokker DR-1 Triplane Special Edition - Werner Voss' (48 Victories) Aircraft, 1/72, 01074
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Contains markings for Voss' unique aircraft. Nicely molded and detailed kit. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
RCM Grumman E-2 Hawkeye, 1/48
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Bagged
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SPECIAL ORDER larger (1/48) vacuform kit with resin/metal parts set. Not shipped from stock. Kit is molded upon receipt of payment. Time from receipt to shipping your kit is usually 8 to 10 weeks. Contains vacuform basic airframe components, full size plans plus metal or resin parts such as wheels, prop, struts, etc. Does not include decals. Advanced modeling skills are required to build vacuform kits. Not recommended for beginners.
KVZ Ilyushin Il-14 Interflug, 1/87
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Very rare and well done kit for the time (and place). Classic Cold War East German/USSR airliner in Interflug markings. KVZ was the logo used by this East German kit manufacturer from 1969 to 1973. During this time, some fantastic Cold War kits were produced of Russian Airliners and Military Helicopters and Aircraft. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Still contains a glass vial of factory paint.
Tamiya British Universal Carrier MkII, 1/35, MM189
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Never started. Factory sealed bag or 100% inventoried with all parts/decals and instructions present.
Revell The Saint Jaguar XJS - From the TV Show The Saint, 1/25, 6402
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
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1979 issue to tie in with the TV series 'Return of the Saint' staring Ian Ogilvy as Simon Templar. Kit features detailed interior, opening bonnet, detailed 5.3 liter V-12, one piece body, detailed undercarriage and 5 spoke Jaguar rims with Dunlop SP Sport Tires. Still factory sealed.
Wilson 1950s 'Tiny Atom' Electric Motor, 6-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Hard to find late 1950s higher output, clear-case electric motor from Wilson. The outer box is as new with very little wear. The engine is in mint condition and has never been used. The plastic housing is clear and the shaft turns freely. Operation is on 3, 4.5 or 6 volts and the engine is self starting and reversible. Specifications are 1w x 1 3/8l x 1.5h inches, shaft length 2 inches and shaft diameter 3/32 inch. A Wilson catalog on a fold-out sheet of paper is included. Wilson made a very large variety of accessories as well as the 'Tiny Atom' and 'High Drive' motors. Accessories included direct drive shafts, friction drives, pulley/belt drive, worm and spur and pinion and spur drive accessory sets. Additional Wilson carried an extensive line of solid and adjustable shaft supports, gear boxes, pulley, gears, couplers and more were available. The depth of the product line was incredible.
Unknown Gunstar from 'The Last Starfighter' Movie, 1/100
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Rare resin kit from an unknown manufacture. Excellent quality with fine recessed panel lines. The kit has not been started and is complete.
Hobby-Time McDonnell F3H-1 Demon Shipboard Interceptor - (F3H1), 1/45, 2003
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Rare large scale Demon. Very close to 1/48; measures 15.5 inches long when assembled. Can be built as a flying model with retracted landing gear or a static model with extended landing gear. Recessed panel line detail. Vacuform main parts and injection molded details. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Monogram F-111A with Drop Tanks, 1/48, 5804
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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1981 issue. The previous owner of this kit located for correct drop tanks and four additional correct pylon for this model, as the kit was not issued with drop tanks. Features swinging wings, full cockpit and wheel well detail and external stores. Very finely molded and detailed kit with traditional high Monogram quality. NOTE: short fuselage fairing halves (between the engine exhaust) and 4 exhaust cones have been assembled. Quality of assembly is excellent. No other assembly. Inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Frog Miles Master III Advanced Trainer, 1/72, F340
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Finely molded in dark yellow. This kit has never been started. It is either still in the internally sealed factory bag or has been 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.
Unique Scale Douglas C-133 Cargomaster, 1/144, 004
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
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Rare. Unique Scale Hobbies was a US kit manufacture that issued 7 models of distinct subjects. This C-133, like the others, were the result of using accurate desk models (such as Topping, etc) to create the molds. The model is complete with all parts.
Revell Mitsubishi A6M5C Zero - Great Britain Issue, 1/72, H617
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Two-piece box Revell of Great Britain issue dated 1963. Molded in a unique light blue. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Revell Great Eastern - First of the Great Steamships, 1/388, H5201
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Hard-to-find kit of this historic ship. Revell of Germany issue. Measures 22.25 inches long when built. Very nicely detailed model. Never started. Factory sealed bag complete with decals, rigging material, metal chain, billowing sails and instructions. The Great Eastern (originally Leviathan) was the work of English Designer I.K. Brunel. In the 1850s there was a need for large ocean liners to carry the immigrant trade, but none existed. Shipping companies also wanted the interiors of ocean liners to look like hotels, but there simply no space. This ship was to solve that problem. She was launched in 1857 and five times bigger than any other ship of the day! The 22,500 ton Great Eastern was 693 feet long and carried 4000 passenger. Unfortunately, her career was one mishap after another until she found fame by laying the trans-Atlantic cable.
LS USAF F-4 Phantom Thunderbirds - 5 Aircraft, 1/144, A801
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Unique kit contains five beautifully molded F-4s in typical high LS quality, special display stand and the most outstanding decals for the Thunderbirds that I have seen. Every marking is duplicated in perfect register. Simply paint the aircraft white and the nose radome red; everything else is in the decals. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
LS General Dynamics F-16, 1/144, J3
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.