Revell CAG-1 USS Boston Guided Missile Cruiser 'S' Kit, 1/480, H334-169
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Original issue hardbox kit from 1956. The USS Boston, originally CA-69 (Baltimore Class Heavy Cruiser) was converted to the world's first Guided Missile Cruiser in 1952. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Revell Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth's Brother Rat Fink On A Bike, H1304-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Original 1964 release - not a later reproduction. Features a full 6-inch figures of Brother Rat Fink, a big, bad street bike with high 'Ape Hanger' handlebars and mag rim, wild beady jeweled eyeballs for kookie Rat Fink Expressions, display base and custom painting tips from Roth. The kit has never been started. All parts are instructions are still mint and in the factory sealed bag.
Lindberg Junkers Ju-87B Stuka, 1/48, 524-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Late 1950s hardbox issue with Ray Gaedke box artwork. Molded in correct gloss medium green and clear, with the futuristic Lindberg 'V' shaped clear stand. For it's time, this was an excellent kit with fine panel and rivet detail. Features crew of two and seats, separately molded rudder and flap/ailerons, four small wing load bombs and a center bomb with 'swing arm' so that it would clear the prop in a dive. 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. The box would grade higher, but it has a crush at the lower left and a tape tear on one long side. Thanks to Dusty Rhodes for this information: The markings with this model, A5+HL, are from a -B2 (Trop.) captured intact in North Africa, 1941 and shipped to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. It is still there today (2020). This may very well be the aircraft that Lindberg Skokie-based designers examined as a basis for this model.
Lloyds Hobbycraft Harvard T-6 (Texan) Trainer - Solid Wood Model Kit, 1/32
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Large 1/32 scale T-6 from 1944. Lloyds Hobbycraft was located in Toronto Canada. Although the box has a Mosquito illustrated on the top, the side panel is stamped with 'Harvard and that is the kit inside. Includes wood and nicely drawn full size plans. The kit has not been started and is complete except for one main wheel is missing.
Maircraft Globe Swift - 'Little Gems' Series Scale Solid Wooden Aircraft Kit, 1/72, G-3
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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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'.
Quest Raytheon (General Dynamics) AGM/BGM/RGM/UGM-109 Tomahawk - Flying Model Rocket Kit, 1/10, 3007
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still factory sealed. Large 1/10 scale. Can be built for static display or as a flying model rocket. 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.
Unknown 1/48 Scale F-100 Intake/Exhaust/Drop Tank Correction Kit, 1/48
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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For the Monogram F-100. Kit includes corrected exhaust and photoetched fret for turbines and exhaust details, new intake, two pylons and two drop tanks as well as photoetched drop tank fins. Includes instructions. All parts are very nicely cast in high definition resin. Never used and complete.
Pyro Burmese Paddy Boat, 1/45, 318-89
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Hard to find kit from the late 1950s with great box art by Howard W. Arnold. 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. Wonderful boxart by Russell W. Arnold. The Paddy is molded in light blue, includes two figures, vacuform billowing sails, a display stand, hanging lanterns and rigging instructions. 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 and instructions.
Pyro IJN Zuikaku Aircraft Carrier Table Top Navy Series, 1/1200, C393-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc-
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From the Table Top Navy series. Can be built full hull or waterline. This kit has not been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.
Tokyo Plamo TEI-3 / Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien 'Tony', 1/89, 1120
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
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Tokyo Plamo was the named used by Sanwa in the early 1960s, before Sanwa went out of business in 1964. Sanwa was a very significant early model manufacture, creating a huge variety of kits in an equally large number of scale. Sanwa molds are likely the source of many odd-scale Japanese kits and premiums produced around the world in the earlier days of modeling. Small scale kit. Nicely molded with full landing gear, clear canopy and decals. Still factory sealed inside and complete with instructions.
Airfix M4 Sherman MkI Tank, 1/76, 01303
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. Part of the excellent 1/76 Airfix armor range of kits. Kit features very good detail, flexible treads, detailed bogies and rotating turret.
Hasegawa F-86 F-40 Sabre, 1/32, JS084-2000
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Never started. Sealed factory bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts decals and instructions.
KVZ Antonov AN-12 Soviet Airforce, 1/100, 5029
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+++
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Hard to find military version; very rare with factory seal. 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 Aeroflot Airliners and Military Helicopters and Aircraft. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Frog Bleriot XI Trail Blazers Issue with Stand / Flag / Figures, 1/72, F173
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Very finely molded and detailed. 'Trail Blazers' series includes two authentically garbed figures of Bleriot - sitting and another standing, as well as a realistic scenic underlay -a kidney-shaped section of green felt as a base and a flag pole and paper French Tricolor. Propeller and wheels rotate. This kit has not been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Curtiss BF2C-1 US Navy Fighter Bomber USS Ranger 1934, 1/32, JS064-400
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Highly detailed kit. Includes markings and painting guide for any of the aircraft on the USS Ranger in 1934 (VB-5B). Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Revell USS Long Beach Guided Missile Cruiser, 1/508, 5004
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Still factory sealed. 1982 reissue of the classic 1950s "S" kit. Well detailed kit contains Regulus II Cruise Missile - nuclear reactor - Helicopter - Terrier Missiles- Talos Missiles. CGN-9 U.S.S. LONGBEACH was the world’s first nuclear-powered warship. She was launched in July of 1959 as the lead ship of the first new cruiser class since WWII. Originally designed as an all-missile cruiser, she was later fitted with two 5”/36 caliber guns amidships. After serving more than 33 years, she was decommissioned on 1 May 1995.
Modela LF-107 Lunak Glider, 1/48
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Rare large 1/48 scale glider kit. Very cleanly molded. Includes a display stand and a large decal sheet for three colorful aircraft including sun-rise stripes. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. NOTE: the decals have some water damage
KVZ Ilyushin Il-14 Interflug, 1/87
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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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. NOTE: a small tip of one wing is broken and missing. One prop blade is broken but present.
Revell SE-5a Scout, 1/72, H633
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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1964 Revell of Great Britain one piece larger (not narrow) box issue and in wonderful 'Near Mint' condition with as new color and gloss and four solid corners. Never started. 100% inventoried complete with all parts/decals and instructions present.
Cleveland Westland Whirlwind Balsa Flying Model Airplane Kit, 1/16, SF-105
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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This is a Cleveland 'SF' or 'Scale Flying' model in museum scale of 1/16. The kit came from a long time collector of 1930s and 1940s models and is in exceptional condition. All Cleveland kits were exceptionally complete and this one is no exception. Features very high quality balsa printwood and strip wood, covering material, highest quality plans, all parts required for assembly and decals (if issued with the 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 running single-owner (77 years) 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.