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Revell Rheindampfer Goethe Excursion River Boat, 1/160, 5232

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed Exc+++

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Still factory sealed. Very highly detailed Revell of Germany kit in large 1/160 scale.

AMCO USS Gridley DD-380 Gridley Class Destroyer Wooden Ship Kit, K9

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: Fair+

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1940s wooden kit from AMCO, a division of Comet. Kit includes precarved waterline hull, printwood, wood stock, sandpaper and full-size plans. Ship measures 12 inches long when assembled. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.

Revell Boeing 707 Varig - Kikoler Issue, 1/144, H246

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: NM

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Rare Kikoler (Brazil) issue. This is the early version 707 with the short vertical stabilizer and turbojet engines. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

Berkeley Privateer Flying Boat - 36 Inch Wingspan Flying Aircraft

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc++

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Originally designed as a gas powered model for free flight or control line, or can be converted to electric power and modern RC (radio control) gear. Big 36 inch wingspan. Kit features precision cut wood parts, die cut windshield, shaped and notched leading and trailing edges, NACA 'Long Planing Hull' design, all sheet balsa fuselage, self-draining hull and sponsons, metal motor mount and nacelle, full sized plans and more. 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.

AMT American LaFrance Pumper Fire Truck, 1/25, PK6122

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

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Large and highly detailed kit with 320 parts. Builds a full rolling chassis just like the real truck. Features complete engine and engine compartment, fully detailed cab and much more. This kit has never been started. The parts are still sealed in factory bags. Complete with decals and instructions.

Hobby Craft Boeing 747-400 Air Canada, 1/100, HC1201

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

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Rare. Out of production. Very large kit. Note: kit does not include landing gear and be displayed in the 'in-flight' configuration only. Never started. Factory sealed bag or 100% inventoried with all parts/decals and instructions present.

Aurora Bonhomme Richard - John Paul Jones Ship, 1/124, 443-595

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: NM

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Rare kit from the mid 1960s. On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones on board the Bonhomme Richard (40 guns) sighted a British Convoy, escorted by the 50 gun Serapis. The battle was one of the most devastating every fought by sailing ships. Large scale model - measures 2 feet long when assembled. Well detailed and molded for it's time. Includes molded billowing sails, ratlines, running and standing rigging material, full rigging instructions, metal chains, flags and much more. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

Monogram Pro Modeler Messerschmitt Me-410B-1, 1/48, 5936

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

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Beautifully molded with fine recessed panel lines. Markings for three aircraft are provided: Major Eduard Tratt, with 38 kills from II./ZG26, II./ZG-76 Konigsberg 1944 and 8./ZG26 Konigsberg, Neumark 1943/44. 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.

FrogFlite Beagle Pup Balsa Flying Model Airplane Kit

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc++

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Frogflite kits were made by A.A. Hales Ltd P.O. Box 33, Hinckley, Leicestershire, Great Britain. This is a balsa wood flying rubber-powered model featuring all die-cut and color printed balsa wood, plastic prop and wheels, shaped wire part, rubber motor and full size plans. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.

FrogFlite Dornier Do-27 Balsa Flying Model Airplane Kit, FF106

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

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Frogflite kits were made by A.A. Hales Ltd P.O. Box 33, Hinckley, Leicestershire, Great Britain. This is a balsa wood flying rubber-powered model featuring all die-cut and color printed balsa wood, plastic prop and wheels, shaped wire part, rubber motor and full size plans. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.

Revell Lockheed P-38J Lightning - Major Richard Bong's Aircraft - Lodela Issue, 1/32, H280

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

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Early 1970 Lodella issue of this large 1/32 scale kit with Bong's 'Marge' decals. Features full underwing stores, detailed Allison engine with removable cowl, opening cockpit hood, fully detailed cockpit, four 50 cal. Machine guns and one 20mm cannon and movable wheels and props. Never started. Factory sealed bags with decals and instructions.

Carl Goldberg Models Hi Thrust Viking - 48 inch Wingspan .049-.051 Gas Free Flight Airplane, G10-350

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

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Large parasol design for sport or competition free flight. Carl Goldberg was a gifted designer of model aircraft, and his career spanned the evolution of flying models. His designs and number of titles won in competition at the Nationals is legendary. His first competition was the 1928 Nationals, where he received honorable mention. By 1934 he won the indoor Nats and in 1935 he opened a Hobby Shop, among the first in the nation (the first one was probably opened by Cleveland Models Ed Packard). Awards came quickly. He wrote articles for Model Airplane News, and was Comet's top designer from 1939 till 1945. After Comet, he worked with Mike Schlesinger and Sid Axelrod on what eventually became Top-Flite Models. In 1955 he founded Carl Goldberg Models and released a still-popular line of scale, rubber, gas, glider and RC models. Needless to say, Goldberg's models are of the highest quality. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.

Monogram Hawker Mk 1B Typhoon - 3 RAF Squadrons, 1/48, 5303

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc-

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1977 'White Box' issue with decals for three different RAF aircraft. Very high quality kit as you would expect from Monogram. Features optional position landing gear, detailed wheel wells, full cockpit interior, rotating wheels and prop and optional position canopy. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.

Monogram OS2U Kingfisher Blue or Pre-War Yellow Wing Markings, 1/48, 5304

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

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The 'White Box' issue from 1977. Includes paint guide and markings for the box photo and the silver/yellow wings/blue tail colorful pre-war 'High Visibility' paint. Can be built with wheels for land operation or floats. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

Monogram Speedee Bilt North American B-25 Mitchell Wood and Plastic Kit, H-1

Wood and Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Fair++

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Rare early Monogram kit from the early 1950s. Fantastically well detailed and presented multi-media kit with 34 injection molded clear, red, black and gray acetate and 57 die cut or shaped balsa parts including the famous Monofoil pre-formed wing. This example has never been started and is inventoried 100% complete with all parts, glue, dope, decals, sand paper, plans and instruction book. Still has internal packing as shown. Printed balsa parts were falling from the sheet, so I taped them together on the original sheet with clear tape. NOTE: the box looks VG but is graded only fair due to the fact that it is missing the bottom long side. Decals have damage as shown. This is the first large-scale non-flying scale Speedee-Bilt model, the B-25 Mitchell. Before there were plastic models, there were wooden aircraft kits. These usually came in two types - solid and stick and tissue. The solid models were static and usually contained a few blocks of balsa and sometimes a detail part or two. These "Make Wood Look Like Plane" models required a very high level of skill in carving and finishing. The stick and tissue variety were slightly easier to build and provided the ultimate thrill - they could fly when complete with rubber power (and later with free-flight gas and eventually RC). They still required a great deal of skill, so manufacturers sought ways to make model building more accessible to everyone. One idea was pre-carving and/or prefabrication. This raised prices, naturally. Many manufacturers launched lines of 'easy' to build flying models but only Monogram succeeded in making an entire line at an affordable price that would actual fly. Monogram, however, wanted to make true scale models that could still be assembled easily. So they created the four large and highly detailed non-flying scale Speedee-Bilt bombers - the B-25, B-26, B-24 and B-17. The kits were a tremendous success and sold well in the early to mid 1950s.

Graupner HS 91 Clou - Powered Sailplane - 96.5 inch Wingspan RC Airplane, 4217

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc++

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Very large straight RC sailplane or motor glider. For 2 to 6 channel systems. This model came from the estate of a very active and particular early aircraft kit collector. It is like factory-new inside and has not been started. Complete with all parts, plans and decals (if originally included).

Robbe Baron (Breguette-902) Powered Sailplane - 102 inch Wingspan Remote Controlled Airplane, 3153

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

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Very large motor glider with up to 12 channels. Fully acrobatic and may be flown with or without the motor. This model came from the estate of a very active and particular early aircraft kit collector. It is like factory-new inside and has not been started. Complete with all parts, plans and decals (if originally included).

Matchbox Char B.1 Bis and Renault FT.17 Tanks (Two Kits) with Diorama Display Base, 1/76, PK176

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc++

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Contains two tank kits and a large diorama base with street and building ruins. Very nicely molded kit from the Matchbox 1/76 scale series. It is a little known fact that these early French tanks were superior on the battlefield to the early German Tanks; the French actually won the first modern tank battles of WWII in the low countries. Decals for Char B.1 Belgium 14th-16th May 1940 and Renault FT17 with 37mm cannon or Char B.1 France December 1939/40 and Renault FT17 with 8mm Hotchkiss MG. NOTE: kit has minor assembly. The Renault hull, turret halves and treads have been assembled. Quality of assembly is excellent. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

AMT Star Trek First Contact USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E, 6326

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

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Rare. Over 19 inches long when assembled. From the Paramount Pictures Movie 'Star Trek First Contact'. Never started. All internal parts bags are still factory sealed. Complete with all decals and instructions.

Revell USS Helena Picture Fleet Issue - (Los Angeles - Fall River - Baltimore - Pittsburg - Columbus - Bremerton - Canberra - Toledo - Quincy - Chicago - St. Paul - Macon - Boston), 1/481, H370-169

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good

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Very rare. This is the original issue USS Helena from 1960. It has the beautiful John Steel painting for framing. The kit contains decals to build any of the ships listed in the title. This kit is the correct glossy gray plastic and correct instructions and decals for the first issue. NOTE: two parts have been glued - #18 topmast and #17 lower mast. Quality of work is excellent. No other assembly. The kit is inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. NOTE: the box would have graded VG+++, but the right hand small side panel has significant litho loss and damage. The box displays well but please be aware of this small side panel damage.