Monogram Me-109E Messerschmitt - (Bf-109), 1/48, 85-0074
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$36
1999 reissue of the "Four Star" kit from 1962. It is from the original molds and shares the box art and even the plastic color with the first issue. Features retracting landing gear, pilot figure and rotating prop & wheels. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Micro West Ford SIAM (Self Initiated Anti-Aircraft Missile) or SUBADS (Submarine Air-Defense System) Factory Model, 1/10
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$475
Very rare factory display model of the 1970s DARPA SIAM project, which was short for Self-Initiated Anti-Aircraft Missile. The idea was to develop a completely autonomous air-defense missile. One of the most obvious purposes was for use onboard submarines. The submarine can hear the aircraft or helicopter as it approached since the sound propagates through the water. The submarine could then launch a SIAM buoy to the surface, where the missile would automatically detect and attack any incoming aircraft. It was also theorized that SIAM could be launched vertically from the submarine itself. SIAM was tested in the early 1980s and was generally successful. DARPA handed SIAM over to the Navy, where it was deactivated due to funding. This factory model is complete with the original stand. The wooden base has a metal disk showing a submarine launching a SIAM, which is shown executing the 'dual homing' functions. The missile is just over 7 inches long. The base and metal badge are 'near mint' condition. The missile is excellent, with all original paint and decals. There is some minor wear on some of the port-side gold decals.
Aeroclub 160 HP Mercedes Inline Engine With Exhaust - World War I, 1/72, EP020
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$4
Precision metal castings. Contains engine and manifold. Much greater detail than injection molding. NOTE: parts have never been used and are inventoried 100% complete. They are sealed in a small ziplock bag that does not include the shown header. The Aeroclub header is shown for reference only.
DML Focke-Wulf FW-190A-8, 1/48, 5502
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$34
Very highly detailed and finely molded. Kit features two frets of photoetched parts, excellent cockpit detail, two piece canopy and all recessed detail on the plastic moldings. Large decal sheet and paint guide for several different aircraft. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Orange Crush-Revell 1907 Sears Touring Buggy, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$79
Very rare kit with a fascinating history. Around 1958/59, Orange Crush of Mexico offered a promotion. They offered free, colorful, plastic model cars if you collected correctly-marked Orange Crush bottle caps. The models are 1/32 scale Revell Highway Pioneer series - although there is no mention of Revell or Lodela anywhere on the box. Orange Crush had the boxes and even the instructions specially made for them with no mention of a manufacturer. They were never given numbers. The boxes were very thin and fragile cardboard. This has contributed to wear and you must be very cautious with them. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bag and the instructions are sealed in the bag as well. You could redeem your caps two ways - at the Orange Crush truck and at a Modelandia Hobby House. The box sides show the 18 cars in the series. Orange Crush also released two full-color booklets and a complete paint set for the cars. A colorful cardboard box held 7 colors of paint in glass bottles, complete with 'Orange Crush' screw-on caps! The entire promotion was done in coordination with Modelandia Hobby House which had up to 19 stores. Modelandia's name appears on each of the boxes and the paint as well. Robina S.A. was the bottler or distributor of Orange Crush in Mexico at that time. The box side lists the other 18 kits with small color pictures of each and shows three sizes of OC - Family Size (Familiar), Grand (Grande) and Normal. You could also obtain models with Titan bottle caps. Titan was also bottled by Robina and came in large (Titan) and smaller (Titancito) sizes and apparently more than one flavor. We do not know how Orange Crush had access to the plastic kits or who sealed the internal bags with the Crush instructions inside them. We can assume that it may have been Lodela, since they would have had access to the Revell molds. It is not know for how long the promotion lasted, but Orange Crush was one of the most dominant soft drinks in Mexico at that time. Here is one clue: some boxes claim that Modelandia had 13 locations; other boxes, which obviously came later on, claim 19 locations. This may indicate that this promotion went on for a significant amount of time.
Hasegawa F-104C Starfighter US Air Force - 479th TFW George AFB California 1963 / 479th TFW George AFB CA (A Different Aircraft), 1/48, PT19
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$46
Still factory sealed. Very highly detailed and features an excellent cockpit, detailed gear wells, intakes and exhaust, optional position speed brakes with detailed wells, separately molded rudder, ailerons, wing flaps and leading edge slats, three piece canopy, drop tanks and more. There is a full paint guide and very large and colorful decal sheet for both Starfighters listed.
Testors SR-75 Penetrator Spyplane, 1/72, 4078
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$79
Includes all accessories shown on box top. Large kit of the secret aircraft that has reportedly replaced the SR-71. Model is over 26 inches long when assembled. Never started and inventoried with all parts present, 'mint' condition decals and instructions. Includes paint and glue, but no knife or brushes. This is the pre 1994 'lower parts count' version of this kit. In 1994 Testors had a reissue that simply added a tree of parts with landing gear, cockpit, clear, etc.
Hawk Chrome Plated Lockheed U-2 (Authenti-Plate), 1/48, 300-300
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair-
$29
Builder kit only, please read carefully. 1962 hardbox issue with Bill Campbell artwork. Large scale with 20 inch wingspan. Completely chrome plated. The kit has never been started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing one wing tip. Otherwise includes all other parts, decals & instructions. NOTE: decals have bug damage to the backing paper but the actual transfers are damage free. NOTE: chrome plating is only 'fair.'
Graupner Neptun Freighter Motorship - With Optional Fittings Set #498 - 33.7 Inch Long R/C Ship Model, 2144
Wood and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$229
Very rare. Even harder to find with the optional Graupner #498 Optional Fittings Set. This is a large and nicely detailed model designed for R/C and you can build it one of two ways: 'Midship Bridge' (as shown on the box) or "Aft Bridge.' She measures 857mm long and has a beam of 142mm. It features completely formed ABS plastic one-piece hull, plastic superstructures, funnel, rudder, life boat and davits, cranes, outrigger and mast, die cut plywood decks and other wooden parts, propeller and shaft, extensive decals, kit fittings, instructions, plans and more. The actual kit has never been started. The parts that the factory sealed are still factory sealed; all other parts have been inventoried complete. The Fittings Set #498 has never been used and has been inventoried complete with all parts and instructions.
Monogram Boeing B-29 Superfortress With Atomic Bombs, 1/48, 5706
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good++
$145
Still factory sealed. Dated 1991. Very large and highly detailed kit in 1/48. Features extensive interior detailing, optional position bomb bays, bomb load, detailed wheel wheels and more. Comes with decals for 'Lucky 'Leven.' This kit does include the bomb cart, 1000 lb bombs, conversion parts to make the kit one of the two atomic bombers and the atomic bombs 'Fat Man' and 'Little Boy' which were deleted from later issues.
CM AR4 USS Vestal - (Prometheus Class Repair Ship 1941), 1/350
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good++
$215
SPECIAL ORDER limited production kit. Museum quality high definition resin castings. Complete kit with all parts needed for assembly including resin hull, small resin parts, photoetched fret of detail and instructions/plan. Kits are molded upon receipt of payment. Normal wait is two to four weeks. The USS Vestal was in fleet service from 1913 to 1946. She was moored next to the USS Arizona on December 7th, 1941 at Pearl Harbor and heavily damaged. Vestal's crew provided essential rescue services to survivors and crew of other damaged ships and was subsequently did her own repairs with her skilled crew and on-board equipment and machinery. She served throughout the Pacific War, repairing major damage to BBs, CVs, CVLS, and many other types.
Revell Bendix Talos US Navy Missile SAM-N-6 RIM-8 'S' Issue, 1/40, H1808-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$139
First and only issue of this rare, large-scale kit. The hardbox is dated 1957 and has incredible artwork and the 'S' Cement logo on the sides. Large scale and well detailed featuring removable missile with moving top stage forward fins, complete working launcher and crew of three. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Hasegawa H8K2 Emily Flying Boat, 1/72, JS-21-1000
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$65
Rare, early first logo issue with glossy box art. Large and well molded kit of the best Japanese WWII long range flying boat. The kit has never been started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed bags. The larger parts have been inventoried complete, including decals and instructions.
Testors M24 Chaffee Light Tank - US Army / France / Italy / Japan / Great Britain, 1/35, 810
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$42
Very finely molded and detailed kit. Features 210 parts, rotating turret, elevating gun, elevating and rotating .50 caliber machine gun, flexible tracks, detailed suspension, shovels, axes, crowbars, fuel cans, grab handles, radio antennas, tow hooks, tarp roll and decals for the five countries listed. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Dolphin Scire Assault Version Adua Class 600 Italian Navy Submarine, 1/400, 003
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$79
Still factory sealed. Very rare. Dolphin made the only kit of Italy's most renowned submarine, famous for the amazing attacks in Gibraltar and Alexandria harbors using 'Chariots.' This is a resin, metal and PE model kit of the attack version. And thanks to Dusty Rhodes who wrote that Scire was lost to depth charge attack by HMT Islay, and shore battery gunfire, in Haifa Bay, 10 August 1942. In 1984, a joint Italian-Israeli team recovered a hull section and artifacts, which were shipped to Italy and incorporated in a memorial to the boat and her crew. The Gibraltar operation is interestingly depicted, with a degree of artistic license, in the 1959 docudrama film, The Silent Enemy.
Model Slipway Gry Maritha Island Supply Ferry - 41.5 Inches Long R/C or Static, 1/40
Metal and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$465
A very large and amazing kit. Features detailed GRP hull that is ready for paint, nearly 600 white metal fittings, a large crane kit, anchor winch kit, molded styrene lifeboat, life rafts, cowl top, container, over 200 die-cut styrene parts, 500 printed parts for decks and superstructure, dowels for masts, rod for railings, prop shafts, tubes, couplings, molded plastic motor mounts, a set of over 50 waterslide decals, highly detailed assembly instructions, main drawing set, paint guide and more. The kit has never been started. Inside, it is exactly as it left the factory - every item is still factory sealed and factory taped into place. It is still in the original shipping box, which I will also ship it in.
Aurora Boeing KC-135 Jet Stratotanker, 1/125, 143-175
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$69
1974 Aurora of Canada issue from ex-Comet molds. This is the largest of the two Comet molds and has clear cockpit and cabin windows, full landing gear and a 'tanker' rear end and refueling boom (although the box art does not show it). Molded in gloss silver and clear. This model was given a clear Aurora two piece 'triangle world' stand, unlike many of the other Comet kits which only had a modified version of their original stands included. Of course this is not the production KC-135 but a model of the Boeing prototype. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Special Hobby Pfalz D-XII Late Version - (DXII), 1/48, SH48024
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$26
Excellent, very well molded kit featuring clean injection molded parts, numerous resin detail, photoetched details and two large decal sheets; one with aircraft markings and one for the wing lozenge patterns. Never started. The parts are either still in the internal factory sealed bags or have been inventoried 100% complete. Includes decals and instructions.
Matchbox Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter - Royal Saudi Air Force No. 15 Sq Dhahran 1975 / Royal Netherlands Air Force No. 313 Sq Twente Air Force Base 1973, 1/72, PK-39
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$24
Dated 1986 and a nicely molded kit for that time. Includes decals and color painting guide for both aircraft listed. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Heller Morane Saulnier MS-230 - Armee de l'Air 1938, 1/72, 80217
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$18
Features 44 pieces and has excellent exterior fuselage and wing texture. The "metal" (in the prototype) portion of the upper fuselage decking is molded separately, which facilitates painting. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Includes markings for the aircraft shown in the box art. A number of colorful civil paint schemes may be found online.