Matchbox Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless - US Marines VMSB-231 1944 / A-24B French Air Force 1944 / Royal New Zealand Air Force 25 DBS 1944, 1/32, PK-503
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$39
Dated 1985. From original Matchbox molds from the 1970s. Large-scale kit is nicely molded and detailed for that time. Features complete cockpit, detailed Wright Cyclone engine front, perforated dive flaps, bomb load and more. Includes decals for US Navy, French Air Force and New Zealand. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg Convair XFY-1 VTO Pogo, 1/48, 536
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$30
This large scale model dated 1987 and is from the original 1950s molds. Features fine raised surface detail, counter-rotating propellers, pilot figure and boarding ladder. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The Convair VTO was a Navy program for a high performance zero-length take off fighter. The aircraft flew well but transition from vertical/horizontal and back was tricky. This, combined with the performance of the new jets signaled the end of the program in 1955.
Lindberg Blue Devil Destroyer Fletcher Class With Aftermarket Upgrades - Motorized For R/C, 1/125, 815
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$139
Includes the following aftermarket detail sets in either factory sealed outside or never started and internally sealed inside condition:Tom's Modelworks 125-01 Detail PE Set and G-Factor 14401 Brass Propellers. The actual kit is from original 1960s molds. It is very large scale and well detailed for that time. Designed to be built for Radio Control (R/C), free running or static display. For free running it can be programmed to do rectangles, figure 8, circle or go straight. Never started. All plastic trees and small bags including gears & hardware are still factory sealed. The few large parts that are not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions.
Lindberg Douglas A4D-1 Skyhawk - US Navy VA-153 - (A-4), 1/48, 538
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$34
This is the 1987 issue from the original 1950s molds of this very early (probably prototype) Skyhawk. Features very fine raised panel lines, pilot and ejection seat, opening canopy, detailed jet engine, opening inspection panel, working rudder and ailerons, full landing gear, centerline drop tank, wing rockets and more. With a clear display stand and decals for VA-153. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg Grumman F11F-1 Tiger Blue Angels - (F11F F11F1), 1/48, 2332
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$34
This 1982 issue includes Blue Angels decals and is part of Lindberg's 'Past and Present' Series. From the original late 1950s molds with all features that made the older kits special: movable ailerons, rudder & elevators, detailed engine with opening inspection panel, pilot with ejection seat, basic cockpit, and more. Includes a large & complete Blue Angels decal sheet with all strips and numbers for aircraft 1 through 6. Molded in blue and clear plastic. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg Grumman F11F-1 Tiger - (F11F1), 1/48, 531-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$65
Still factory sealed and the first issue from the late 1950s. It has classic Ray Gaedke artwork on the hardbox and is still the only short-nose Tiger in 1/48 scale. Features movable ailerons, rudder and elevators, detailed jet engine with opening inspection panel and more.
Lindberg Swedish J-35 Jet Dragon Saab - Draken, 1/48, 570-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$34
Mid-1960s issue with great Ray Gaedke box artwork. This was a fine kit for that time and features very fine raised panel lines, recessed NACA inlets, vents and control surface outlines, retractable landing gear, opening canopy and missiles that actually launch from the central pod. NOTE: this kit has very minor and 'professional' assembly to two parts: missile firing rod and tiny pin are assembled. There is no other assembly. Inventoried and NOTE: missing (1) of two tiny wheel hub retainers. This is a simple 'pin' shape and can be easily made. Otherwise complete with all other parts and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg Hawker Hunter With Tow Tractor - RAF / Swiss / Peruvian Air Forces, 1/48, 536-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$52
Late 1950s hardbox issue with great Ray Gaedke artwork. Features removable rear fuselage, complete, removable jet engine, moving rudder, elevator & ailerons, retracting landing gear, good cockpit detail, ejecting pilot, loadout with drop tanks & rockets, tow bar, tractor with driver and more. Includes display stand and decals for all three air forces listed. Molded in white and clear with the yellow tow tractor. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg Curtiss F11C-2 Goshawk - (F11C2), 1/48, 535-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$32
1969 two-piece box issue utilizing the original Ray Gaedke artwork from the 1950s issue. This very nicely molded kit features pilot, basic cockpit, good engine detail, rotating propeller and wheels and even rigging photos for spreader bars and wire placements. Never started. The actual airplane is inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions but NOTE: the stand is missing the short length of aluminum wire. 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.
Lindberg Heinkel He-111, 1/64, 580-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$38
Large hard box from 1967. Features movable ailerons, elevators & rudder, good cockpit and forward crew station, retractable landing gear, scale engines with removable cowlings, engine ground display stand, crew & mechanic figures and more. Molded in green and clear plastic. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg Sud Aviation Caravelle With Full Interior Detail - Air France, 1/96, 5314
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$58
1988 reissue of this great kit from the early 1960s. Loaded with unique features. Model can be built as a large scale non-visible or visible model with full interior. Features one clear fuselage half, and one clear engine cowl, complete passenger compartment and cockpit, mens/womens bathrooms, passengers, pilots and hostess, retracting landing gear, movable wing flaps, moving control surfaces, jet engine, boarding ramp and display stand. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg 1929 Mercedes Benz SSK Sports Roadster, 1/24, 6601
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$44
From 1973. This is a fine model of this early Benz sports car and Lindberg really went above and beyond in the design of this kit. Features full rolling chassis construction just like the actual automobile, complete front and rear suspension, rear differential and drive line, front and rear shock absorbers, gas tank, full exhuast system, detailed engine & engine compartment, removable hood, full interior, dual rear spares, rubber tires with whitewall inserts and more. Molded in gloss white & gloss red (like the box top), black, chrome plate, clear and rubber. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions. The SSK was developed from the revolutionary Mercedes S (Sport) designed by Dr. Ferdinand Porsche. Making it's debut in 1927, the "S" had a six cylinder 6.8 liter engine and won the inaugural race on Germany's Nurburgring in the Eifel Mountains followed by a string of European victories. Daimler-Benz introduced the Mercedes SS (Super Sport) with featured two carburetors, sleep appearance and a bigger engine. The SSK (K stood for Kurz, meaning 'Short') was introduced in 1919 and was eighteen inches shorter than the SS. In 1929 with Rudolf Caracciola at the wheel, the SSK won the International Tourist Trophy race held in Belfast, Ireland with an average speed of 72.8 mph. In late 1930 Carracciola won the 300 Mile Irish Grand Prix in an SSK with an average speed of 86.3 mph, which broke existing course records despite the intermittent rainfall.
LArsenal T-47B Class Destroyer French Navy Surcouf (D621) Kersaint (D622) Cassard (D623) Bouvet (D624) Dupetit-Thouars (D625) Chevalier Paul (D626) Maille-Breze (D627) Vauquelin (D628) D'Estrées (D629) Du Chayla (D630) Casabianca (D631) Guepratte (D632), 1/700, 70006
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$58
Very rare. This waterline model features high-definition resin cast hull & details, numerous brass PE details & railings and even decals with hull numbers for all ships of the class (listed in the title). Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. The T 47 class or Surcouf Class were the first destroyers built for the French Navy after the Second World War. Twelve ships were built between 1955 and 1957. The ships were modernised in the 1960s and decommissioned in the 1980s, when they were replaced by the Cassard and Georges Leygues-class frigates. The class was authorised in 1949 and were designed as aircraft carrier escort vessels. Three were modified to become flagships, four became anti-air guided missile destroyers and five became anti-submarine destroyers. One member of the class survives, Maillé-Brézé as a museum ship at Nantes.
LArsenal Le Redoutable Nuclear Submarine - French Navy, 1/700, 70018
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$32
This full-hull model features high-definition resin cast hull & details, many PE parts and fully illustrated instructions. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. Le Redoutable (S611) was the lead boat of her class of ballistic missile submarines in the French Navy.Commissioned on 1 December 1971, the boat was the first French SNLE (Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur d'Engins or Device-Launching Nuclear Submarine). The boat was initially fitted with 16 M1 MSBS (Mer-Sol Balistique Strategique) submarine-launched ballistic missiles, delivering 450 kilotons at 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi). In 1974, the boat was refitted with the M2 missile, and later with the M20, each delivering a one-megatonne warhead at a range over 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi). Le Redoutable ("formidable" or "fearsome" in French) was the only ship of the class not to be refitted with the M4 missile.Le Redoutable had a 20-year duty history, with 51 patrols of 70 days each, totaling an estimated 90,000 hours of diving and traveling 1.27 million km (790,000 mi) of distance, the equivalent of 32 times around the Earth.The boat was decommissioned in 1991. In 2000, the boat was removed from the water and placed in a purpose-built 136 meters (446 ft) dry dock and over two years was made into an exhibit. This was a monumental task, the biggest portion of which was removing the nuclear reactor and replacing the midsection with an empty steel tube. In 2002, the boat opened as a museum ship at the Cite de la Mer naval museum in Cherbourg-Octeville, France, being now the largest submarine open to the public and the only nearly-complete ballistic missile submarine hull open to the public — although several museums display small portions, such as sails and/or parts of rudders from such submarines. Special dinner events for organizations aboard this boat's interior spaces are offered by Cite de la Mer.
LArsenal TWO T-47B Class Destroyers French Navy Surcouf (D621) Kersaint (D622) Cassard (D623) Bouvet (D624) Dupetit-Thouars (D625) Chevalier Paul (D626) Maille-Breze (D627) Vauquelin (D628) D'Estrées (D629) Du Chayla (D630) Casabianca (D631) Guepratte (D632), 1/700, 70005 and 70006
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$68
SALE!! Includes two kits in the one box shown. The difference between L'Arsenal #70005 T-47B and #70006 T-47B is long vs. short torpedo tubes. All resin parts are still factory sealed for both kits. Includes instructions for each model. There is only one decal sheet, but it has enough markings for a good dozen French Navy ships. NOTE: includes only one set of brass PE parts; missing the other one. The actual kit is very rare. These waterline modeles features high-definition resin cast hull & details, numerous brass PE details & railings (for one kit only) and even one decal sheet with hull numbers for all ships of the class (listed in the title). The T 47 class or Surcouf Class were the first destroyers built for the French Navy after the Second World War. Twelve ships were built between 1955 and 1957. The ships were modernised in the 1960s and decommissioned in the 1980s, when they were replaced by the Cassard and Georges Leygues-class frigates. The class was authorised in 1949 and were designed as aircraft carrier escort vessels. Three were modified to become flagships, four became anti-air guided missile destroyers and five became anti-submarine destroyers. One member of the class survives, Maillé-Brézé as a museum ship at Nantes.
KVZ Tu-20 Bear - Tu-95 USSR, 1/100, 1524
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$34
Hard-to-find 'Iron Curtain' produced East German kit. KVZ made several kits based on the famous 'Bear'; this is the military box art version with 'Big Bulge' nose radome and USSR decals. This is a large model and a very nice effort for KVZ. Molded in gloss white, silver, black and clear plastic. Never started. It has been inventoried and the actual aircraft is complete; however, NOTE: missing the display stand. Otherwise includes all other parts, decals and instructions.
KVZ Antonov AN-24 Interflug, 1/100, 1530
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$38
This 1970s Cold War East German airliner kit is in a 'near mint' condition box because the original owner carefully opened the box but left the factory seal on the box top. Features raised and recessed surface detail, clear cockpit and cabin/passenger windows, enclosed gear wells, detailed landing gear, rotating propellers & wheels and more. Includes colorful Interflug decals in amazing 'near mint' condition. Molded in gloss white, clear, black and silver. Never started and inventoried 100% complete with all parts and paperwork Even includes two metal tubes of original glue. 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.
Kitty Hawk F-35C Lightning II, 1/48, KH80132
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$49
This is a very high quality model from all-new molds. Includes numerous brass photoetched parts and markings for 4 different aircraft. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Kobo Hiryu Chin Yen IJN Second Class Battleship - (ex Chinese Chen Yuen / Zhenyuan), 1/700, C2
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$35
Very rare. Highly detailed and well molded resin waterline model kit of this hard-to-find subject. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes illustrated instructions. Although the box looks just like Pit Road box, other references site the manufacturer as Kobo Hiryu; so it have listed it as such. If you have any additional information to help make this listing more accurate, please let me know. This is a ship was a fascinating history. Chen Yuen (or more properly Zhenyuan) was an ironclad battleship built for the Chinese Beiyang Fleet. She was the second and final member of the Dingyuan class, which included one other vessel, Dingyuan, both of which were built in Germany in the early 1880s. Delivery of the two ironclads was delayed by the Sino-French War of 1884–1885. The ships were armed with a main battery of four 12 in (305 mm) guns in a pair of gun turrets, making them the most powerful warships in East Asian waters at the time.In the 1880s and early 1890s, the Beiyang Fleet conducted a routine of training exercises and cruises abroad, with emphasis placed on visits to Japan to intimidate the country. The latter resulted in the Nagasaki Incident in 1886 and contributed to a rise in hostility between the two countries that culminated in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894. She saw action at the Battle of the Yalu River on 17 September, where the Japanese Combined Fleet sank much of the Beiyang Fleet, though both Zhenyuan and Dingyuan survived despite numerous hits. The survivors then retreated to Port Arthur for repairs, but after that city was threatened by the Japanese army, fled to Weihaiwei. While entering the port, Zhenyuan struck an uncharted rock and was badly damaged; she was used as a stationary artillery battery during the Battle of Weihaiwei in February 1895, but Japanese forces captured the city's fortifications, which forced the Chinese to surrender the fleet.Zhenyuan was seized as a war prize, repaired, and commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy as Chin Yen. She frequently toured Japan in the late 1890s and early 1900s to celebrate Japan's victory over China. Obsolescent by the time of the Russo-Japanese War, she nevertheless saw action at the Battle of the Yellow Sea in August 1904 and the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905. She also supported the invasion of Sakhalin in July 1905. After the war, Chin Yen became a training ship, serving in that role until 1911, thereafter being sold to ship breakers in 1912.
Kobo Hiryu Chinese Ting Yuen / Dingyuan Ironclad Battleship, 1/700, C1
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$38
Very rare. Highly detailed and well molded resin waterline model kit of this hard-to-find subject. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes illustrated instructions. This is a ship was a fascinating history. Dingyuan (or Ting Yuen / Ting Yuan. English: 'Everlasting Peace') was an ironclad battleship and the flagship of the Chinese Beiyang Fleet. She was the lead ship of the Dingyuan class, which included one other vessel, Zhenyuan, both of which were built in Germany in the early 1880s. Delivery of the two ironclads was delayed by the Sino-French War of 1884–1885. The ships were armed with a main battery of four 12 inch (305 mm) guns in a pair of gun turrets, making them the most powerful warships in East Asian waters at the time. Dingyuan served as the flagship of Admiral Ding Ruchang during her active career. In the 1880s and early 1890s, the Beiyang Fleet conducted a routine of training exercises and cruises abroad, with emphasis placed on visits to Japan to intimidate the country. The latter resulted in the Nagasaki Incident in 1886 and contributed to a rise in hostility between the two countries that culminated in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1894. She led the Chinese fleet during the Battle of the Yalu River on 17 September, where the Japanese Combined Fleet sank much of the Beiyang Fleet, though both Dingyuan and Zhenyuan survived despite numerous hits, thanks to their heavy armor. The survivors then retreated to Port Arthur for repairs, but after that city was threatened by the Japanese Army, fled to Weihaiwei.As the Japanese continued to advance, they laid siege to Weihaiwei in late January 1895. On 5 February, a Japanese torpedo boat slipped into the port and hit Dingyuan with a torpedo, inflicting serious damage. The Chinese crew were forced to beach the vessel to avoid sinking, and for the next week, Dingyuan was used as a stationary artillery battery. Japanese ground forces seized the city's coastal fortifications on 9 February, allowing their artillery to shell the ships in the harbor, which prompted Ding to surrender. Dingyuan was scuttled in the harbor on 10 February. A full-scale replica of the ship was built in Weihai in 2003 as a museum ship and in 2019, the Chinese government announced that an underwater survey had located the original vessel's wreck.