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PZW PZL P-23 A Karas, 1/72

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc

$18

Older but nicely molded model with raised panel detail and decals for the box art aircraft. Molded in light green, clear and with a white display stand. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

AER T-18 Soviet Tank - (MS-1 / T18), 1/72, TB0018

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good

$22

The T18 was the first successful Soviet mass produced tank. It was used in the east Chinese Railroad Hostilities in 1929. Nicely molded with with many parts and separately molded track links. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Pyro 1930 Ford Model A Custom Pickup, 1/32, C307-60

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG

$42

1960s 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 Pyro car models are based on the actual cars that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. In many cases, the specific car and owner is on the box. The model features detailed chassis, spoke wheels, one piece pickup bed, side-mount spare and complete interior. Molded in burgundy and clear. Ideal for slot car conversion. Never started. Inventoried complete with all parts and instructions.

Hasegawa Boeing 747-400 Sky Cruiser - JAL Japan Air Airlines, 1/200, LT1

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+

$32

Still factory sealed. Very nicely detailed model with a large and extensive JAL decal sheet. Can be built with the gear up or down and includes a display stand.

Mod-Ac Brougham Closed Four-Wheeled Carriage, 1/24, C947

Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-

$65

Rare. Age unknown - likely 1940s. This is a very highly detailed, period kit the popular carriage introduced in England in 1837 and later became popular in America. Features detailed suspension, full interior, steerable wheels, injection molded spoked wheels, clear headlamps, formed plastic frame, die-cut plastic spring leaves, brackets and trim parts, hardwood parts cut to shape, formed wire parts, leatherette upholstering material, axles and fantastic, full size plans with numerous diagrams, detailed assembly drawings, text instructions and more. The kit has never been started. The small parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including instructions. If it were not for Mod-Ac, we would not have many accurate models of early historic Western transportation. Mod-Ac was a manufacture of early hobby kits out of Los Angeles California. During World War II they issued a well known kit line of military vehicles. The company was innovative as this kit shows - the wide variety of materials, pre-carved wood and highly detailed plans and instructions put this model many notches above the 'make wood look like vehicle' type of kit.

Coast Model Aircraft The Cloud Chaser 54 - 54 in Wingspan Class A/ B/ C Gas Free Flight or R/C Conversion

Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+

$135

Large and complete kit. Includes full size plans, quality balsa stock and printwood, steel wire landing gear, turned balsa wheels, silkspan covering, celluloid windows, tube of glue, bottled dope (still good), plywood firewall and hardwood motor mounts. Likely from the 1940s. 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).

Italeri Panavia Tornado IDS - RAF ' Gulf Killer' / 'Snoopy Airways' 'Helen' / Luftwaffe / Italian Air Force, 1/48, 834

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++

$32

Still factory sealed. Highly detailed with decals for three air forces including some great RAF Gulf War nose artwork. Kit features all fine recessed panel line detail, full cockpit, detailed gear wells, swing wings, optional position speed brakes and canopy, full underwing load and more.

Hobby Craft Lockheed AT-33 Coin Bird Shooting Star - Nicaragua (Sandanista) / Ecuador / Republic of Korea / Uraguay, 1/48, HC1547

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM

$36

Still factory sealed. Larger scale AT-33 kit with very colorful decals for all four Air Forces listed. Features all fine recessed panel lines, full cockpits, detailed gear wells, separately molded wing flaps, drop tanks and optional position canopy.

Aurora Grumman F9F Panther - 1st Brooklyn Issue, 1/48, 22

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+++

$1500

Rare 1st issue from 1952 in the one-piece flip top box. 100% original and correct. The model is molded in the correct gloss dark blue with a clear square 'Brooklyn' stand, stand arm and canopy. Being the first issue, the model does not significant rivet detail, nor was it molded with landing gear or missiles. The entire kit is 13 parts including the stand and stand arm. The instructions are the correct early small Brooklyn version with very minor bug damage. Decals are correctly marked 'The Tatem Company' and are in excellent condition with some curl and minimal yellowing. The box is one of the better I have seen. It is intact - there are no missing parts and no repairs. As is typical with this issue, the fragile box has some small tears, creases and edge wear as shown. In summary, a 100% correct, never started and complete kit for the advanced collector of Aurora or military aircraft models. This kit must be shipped insured. Kit History: In the early 1950s Aurora was making children's toys. Since they were always looking for new avenues of business, the three founders were interested in the new fad of 'plastic models'. They were shown the Hawk F-90 and F9F kits in 1/48, and the rest is history. Aurora copied the F9F and F-90 to issue their very first plastic kits. The boxes were two color one-piece flip top boxes of very thin cardboard; the damaged so easily that the kits were immediately reissued in the more familiar 'hardbox' of a litho slick glued to heavy cardboard.

Revell North Sea Fishing Trawler (Formerly Trawler Kandahar), 1/142, 05204

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good+

$48

Still factory sealed. Large-scale British Atlantic Trawler by Revell of Germany and dated 1998. Originally from 1970s mold and nicely detailed for that time.

Jorzak Porterfield / Turner 50 - 28 Inch Wingspan For Rubber / Gas / Electric Flight, JZI-1

Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+

$28

Stick and tissue flier featuring quality balsa printwood, stripwood and spars, turned balsa wheels, factory-cut balsa nose cowl, plastic prop, contest rubber, hardware, clear window material, two colors of light-weight tissue and full size plans and insignia. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and instructions.

Lindberg Douglas F4D-1 Skyray Cellovision Issue - (F4D1), 1/48, 562-98

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good+

$54

Still factory sealed and the Cellovision window on the back is 100% intact. Rare 'green' box art issue from the late 1950s. Fantastic artwork is by Ray Gaedke, who painted both of the Skyray issues for Lindberg. Kit features fine raised details, moving rudder and wing control surfaces, complete jet engine and opening inspection cover, pilot, two drop tanks, underwing rockets and more. 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.

Ideal Aeroplane & Supply SS United States Ocean Liner - 22 Inch Long Wooden Ship Kit, 324

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

$199

Rare. 1953 issue from the famous Ideal Aeroplane & Supply Company which was founded in 1911. Features pre-carved wooden hull, three sealed bags of metal fittings including lifeboats, davits and dozens of other parts, six sheets of nicely done printwood, two large clear cellophane sheets completely pre-decorated with the intricate window, porthole and door and railing patterns from the SS United States, full color flag sheet, numerous stock wood parts as needed, sandpaper, highly detailed full size plans and a separate illustrated instruction sheet. The kit has not been started and is complete. Inside it is just as it left the factory down to the packing paper.

Monogram B-24 Liberator Speedee-Bilt - Five Star Super Deluxe Kit, 1/60, H4-495

Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG

$625

Dated 1954. Rare, desirable and very collectible. Classic early multi-media kit with a fantastic internal box presentation. The box top has excellent color and gloss but general wear as shown, two properly repaired (from the inside) split corners and a closed tear (also repaired) on the lower side. Inside, the kit is factory new. All of the factory cardboard presentation material is present and grades from 'mint' to 'excellent++.' Includes numerous plastic parts in red, gray, clear and black, four unopened glass bottle of Mono*Dope that are still good, an unopened tube of MonoGlue still in the original mint box, all prefabricated wooden parts including the amazing Monofoil wing, three sheets of die-cut and factory painted wood (unpunched), colored die-cut cardstock sheet, sandpaper, gun barrel plastic material, decals in amazing 'near mint' condition, 'near mint' instruction book and full size plans and even a miniature Monogram Catalog showing this kit and the entire Speedee-Bilt line for '54. The kit has never been started. It has been carefully inventoried 100% complete with all parts, paperwork, instructions, plans and decals. Amazingly, the celluloid plastic parts range from no warping to very slight warping (on two of the nacelles). This is very rare, as that type of plastic was unstable and warped easily over time. Before injection molded plastic kits were common, Monogram issued the famous 'Speedee-Bilt' and 'Super Kits' which featured injection molded details and precarved wooden parts. Of these, the Speedee-Bilt B-24 and B-17 were the finest. These kits are very rare today due to their relatively high original price of $4.95. This kit must be shipped insured.

Revell F-4J Phantom II With Microscale Decals, 1/32, 4706

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good

$69

Includes the Revell decals and near mint, never used Microscale decals set #32-0027 with markings for VG-31 USS Saratoga 'AC' and VF-96 USS Constellation "NG" as well as the markings and paint guide. The kit is the 1980 issue. Nicely detailed for that time with removable J-79 engine, removable radome nose with detailed scanner dish and electronics, opening canopies, detailed cockpit, optional position landing gear, decals for VF-96 USS Constellation and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles and more. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.

Guillows Republic P-47D Thunderbolt - 30 3/4 Inch Wingspan for Free Flight or R/C Conversion, 1001

Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Good

$38

SALE!! Very large stick and tissue kit that can be built to fly rubber, gas free flight or U-Control, RC or for scale display. Features retractable landing gear (main and tail wheel), cockpit interior, opening canopy, movable flaps, ailerons, rudder and elevator, complete bomb, drop tank and rocket load and more. Has high quality die-cut balsa, balsa stock as needed, die-cut plywood, completely finished wooden prop, hardware, a very large number of vacuformed plastic parts including a pilot, clear vac canopy, cardstock interior details, other wood and metal stock as needed, full instructions, full size plans and more. The kit has never been started. Inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions.

Sanwa Grumman F4F Wildcat - (F4F-5), 1/91, 1115

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG

$45

Dates from the early 1960s and very hard to find. The kit is dated by the 'Tokyo Plamo' logo, which was used between 1960 and 1964. Inside, the model is factory new - all the parts and decals are still in the factory sealed clear bag. With instructions in 'excellent' condition. Sanwa was one of Japan's earliest post-WWII kit producers, making model kits in the 1950s; some sources say 1955. Kits were marketed under Sanwa and Tokyo Plamo, with the general consensus being the the later logo came out around 1960 or later. Production ended in 1964, making all Sanwa kits rare and collectible. The entire line was extensive. It included very small scale tanks (some that were motorized), battleships in three scales with the larger ones motorized with dual prop drive, slot cars, civil sport boats and an electric outboard, a full line of hand gun models that actually shot plastic bullets, two fighter groups and bomber groups (probably Monogram), several different lines of scale aircraft, missile kits, scale (static) car models of early Japanese automobiles, at least 7 flying model aircraft that had electric and rubber motors, a 'Super Control Stand' P-51 that moved with a joystick and had an electric propeller and sound unit, two different lighthouses and a windmill, an air cushion boat, motor cycles, a diving submarine (electric) and a working (rubber band) George Washington Class SSBN and even a garden tractor with an electric motor. Just before going out of business, Sanwa issued some kits in conjunction with the 1964 Tokyo Olympic games - these kits even included a copy of an Olympic medal.

MPM SB2U Vindicator - US Marines VMSB-131 Camp Mitchell New Bern North Carolina August 1941 / VMSB-2 Ewa Hawaii from March 14 till December 7th 1941, 1/72, 72087

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-

$42

Detailed limited run injection molded kit with many cast resin details. Features fine recessed panel lines, highly detailed cockpit and decals for two aircraft. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.

CM USS Tennessee BB43 / California/ West Virginia Battleship 1944, 1/350

Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-

$375

SPECIAL ORDER limited production, full-hull kit with quality high-definition resin castings and photoetched brass details. Complete model with all parts needed for assembly; also includes optional parts for 1944 USS California and West Virginia. Kits are molded upon receipt of payment. Normal wait is six to eight weeks.

CM BB-36 USS Nevada - 1944 Operation Neptune Configuration, 1/350