Plastic Model Kits
Heller Douglas C-118 Liftmaster - Transport (DC-6), 1/72, 80317
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$49
Military version of the famous DC-6 transport. Nicely detailed with 92 parts. Never started. The parts are either inventoried 100% complete or they are still in the factory sealed bag. Includes decals and instructions.
Aoshima IJN Destroyer Shiranui, 1/700, 57
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$14
Very highly detailed waterline ship model in 1/700 scale. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Orange Crush-Revell 1915 Ford Model T, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$69
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.
Skywave Famous Airplanes Of The World (8) G3M Type 96 Nell / (2) H8K2 Emily Flying Boat, 1/700, 11
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$20
Includes 8 Nells with separately molded propellers and 2 Emily with beaching trolley, separately molded wing tip float and propellers. With extensive decals. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions (on the back of the box)
Skywave HMS Exeter D89 - Missile Destroyer Type 42 Batch 2 - Also With Decals for Birmingham / Cardiff / Newcastel / Glasgow / Southhampton / Nottingham / Liverpool, 1/700, M-10
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$30
Highly detailed waterline kit that includes full decals for all ships and a full color painting guide on the back of the box. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Skywave USS San Diego CL-53 Light Cruiser - Oakland / Atlanta / Juneau / San Juan / Reno / Flint / Tucson / Spokane / Fresno, 1/700, 50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$30
This is Pit Road/Skywave's very highly detailed and finely molded waterline model of the USS San Diego. It can be built as any of the cruisers listed because it includes decals for all ships listed - hull numbers and stern names as well. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Skywave Equipment for Modern Ship II, 1/700, 37
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$28
This is part of Pit Road / Skywave's superb upgrade sets with much higher mold quality than a typical ship model; it also includes parts not available in complete kits. This set includes multiples of everything show on the box top. There are two complete trees, so you get duplicates of everything there is even an extensive decal sheet for the air assets. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions (on the back of the box).
Skywave Equipment for Soviet Navy Ship (I) - Modern, 1/700, 58
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$26
This ideal upgrade for your 1/700 ships includes incredibly fine molded parts and multiples of all the items shown on the box top. The parts have greater detail than standard parts and includes some parts that do not come with full ships kits. Includes 130mm twin turret, 100mm turret, 76.2 mm twin turret, 57mm W-twin gun, SA-N-7 Launcher, Front Dome radar, SA-N-3 launcher, RBU-6000, SS-N-22 launcher, 30mm CIWS, Cross Swords radar, 533mm torpedo tubes, bat and Ka-27 Helix helicopter. There are two complete trees, so you get multiples of each item listed. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Aoshima German Battleship Bismarck, 1/700, 101
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$24
Very finely molded and highly detailed 1/700 scale waterline ship kit. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Aoshima IJN Chokai Heavy Cruiser, 1/700, WLC005
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$23
1/700 scale waterline kit that is very highly detailed and finely molded. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Aoshima IJN Chitose Seaplane Carrier, 1/700, WLE088
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$22
1/700 scale waterline kit that is very highly detailed and finely molded. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Aoshima Yawatamaru Pacific Ocean Liner, 1/700, WLEO97
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$26
1/700 scale waterline kit that is very highly detailed and finely molded. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Yawata Maru was one of the three Nitta Maru class NYK Line passenger ships commissioned in the late 1930s. All three were converted to aircraft carriers. Yawata Maru was launched on October 31, 1939 from her builder, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki. She did see peacetime service as an ocean liner for a short period on the Pacific route to America. After war was declared, Yawata Maru was rebuilt at Kure Naval Yard as the Taiyo-class escort carrier Unyo. She had a very active war career but was sunk by two torpedoes from USS Barb on September 17, 1944.
Aoshima IJN I-400 Submarine, 1/700, 70
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$12
The I-400 was a huge 400 foot long submarine that carried three seaplanes. Originally it was intended to launch aircraft against the Panama Canal, but this attack never materialized. Three of the seventeen subs originally planned for this class were completed. The kit has not been started. The parts are still in factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Tamiya F-16CJ Fighting Falcon Block 50, 1/32, 60315
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$125
Still factory sealed. This model is superdetailed inside and out & features all recessed panel lines, superb cockpit, detailed gear wells, full engine, detachable after assembly, armament load, engine dolly, photoetched parts, pilot figure and four types of markings.
Tamiya Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero Fighter (Zeke) Real Sound Action Set - (Motorized With Sound and Light), 1/32, 60311-26800
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$375
Still factory sealed. This special release features realistic engine sound of the Sakae Type 21 linked to the speed of an electric motor driving the propeller and also with working lights. The sound realistically simulates 6 phases of flight - start up, idling, warming up, test running, sortie and returning to base with shutdown. Incluedes all special parts required except batteries. The actual Zero model is the 2001 issue of one of the finest kits available of any subject. Very highly detailed and finely molded. Includes canopy masks, grooved rubber tires, metal hinges and photoetched details. There are decals for three different aircraft. Please note, this is a very large kit so shipping will not be inexpensive.
Revell IL-38 Bison Russian Bomber 'S' Issue, 1/169, H235-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$195
1956 first issue with the hardbox in rare "Excellent++" condition. It has factory-new gloss and color, four solid corners, no price tags or marks from them, no tape or tape marks (none at all - this box escaped the factory tape sealing machine), no fading or creases, no torn litho and no stains. The flaws are light edge wear and tiny chips and corner wear. Molded in the correct gloss dark green and clear with clear Revelving Globe stand. The kit has never been started. Inside, all the small parts are still in the factory sealed bag. The larger parts that were never factory sealed have been inventoried complete. The decals and instructions are 'near mint+' condition with typical light yellowing as the only flaw.
Revell Convair F-106A Delta Dart Whip Fly - With Whistle and Streamers, 1/67, H159-129
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$125
Very rare 1961 issue in the Whip-Fly 'Master Modeler' series. Model even includes the F-106 trading stamp and Master Modeler application form. This issue is based on the 1950s F-106 "S" kit. The Delta Dart Whip Fly comes with USAF decals, flight ballast, handle, 12 feet of control line, control ring, colorful streamers for the jet engine and a underside pod which is a in-flight whistle! Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The short-lived Whip-Fly series seemed like a good idea...at first. It was quickly discontinued when Revell discovered that heavily weighted models with sharply pointed noses rotating in a 24 foot diameter circle at very high speeds might not be safe.
Revell Corporal Missile - Firestone Surface-to-Surface Missile - 'S' Issue, 1/40, H1820-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$130
Very rare first-and-only issue with only the missile and launcher. This S kit is from 1958 and has the great box art that has made these models so popular and collectible. It is a fine model of the early US Army surface-to-surface ballistic missile and features a removable, detailed missile, crew of three, remote control station with radar, working launcher which can be configured for towing or set up for launch and more. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The box has factory-new gloss and color, four solid corners, no fading, stains or tears, but it does have moderate to heavy creasing as shown at the top.
Revell Boeing B-47 Giant Stratojet Bomber - Short Box 2 Piece Stand Pre 'S' Kit, 1/112, H206-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$179
Rare first issue with the 1.25 inch high pre-'S' hardbox vs. the later standard size 1.4 inch box. This kit has the correct short-lived 1st issue 2 piece stand as opposed to the later standard 4 piece stand. The early stand with this kit has a base and an arm - the arm has three prongs. This stand was discontinued shortly after introduction as it broke very easily. Inside, the kit is mint. The small parts still sealed in factory cello bag. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Revell North American X-15 - 'S' Issue, 1/65, H198-89
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$149
First issue from 1958. From the stunning artwork on this kit, it is clear to see why these models are considered the pinnacle of box art and why they are so collectible today. This is a finely molded and well detailed kit for that time and features removable canopy and detailed engine, pilot figure, landing gear and retractable landing skid, movable control surfaces & dive brakes and more. Includes Revell's famous round-based 'Globe' swivel stand, a separate, full size color and marking sheet with four views; there is even an excellent history of the aircraft. Never started. 100% inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. The box displays better than the rating, but that is because there is some minor litho chipping and moderate edge wear, especially on the left side corners.