Revell Mercury and Gemini Capsules, 1/48, H1834-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Dated 1964 and not a modern reissue. This all-time classic manned space program model features large 1/48 scale capsules that are well detailed inside and out. Includes a display stand for each. This kit contains the special booklet titled - 'Interesting Facts About Mercury and Gemini.' Never started. The parts and all papwerwork are still in the internal factory sealed bag; literally everything inside is still sealed.
Monogram Mercury and Gemini Capsules - Young Astronauts Issue With Poster, 1/48, 5909
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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1987 issue from the highly detailed 1960s Revell molds. Hard to find, 1/48 scale model contains both Mercury and Gemini capsules with interiors, optional position entry doors, astronaut figures and display stands. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The poster is NOT included.
Verlinden US Navy Carrier Tractor - Build One Of The Three Versions Shown, 1/72, 240
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Excellent cast resin accessory set, long out of production. It contains parts so you can build one of the three version shown on the box art - long, short, etc. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals instructions.
MPC Streaker Vette - The Classic 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray - The Great Street Machines, 1/25, 1-3703
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Original issue from the 1970s features detailed engine and engine bay, opening hood, full interior, detailed underside, choice of two sets of decals and a large number optional parts. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The chrome and clear parts were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions.
MPC White Lightning 1969 Firebird - (Pontiac), 1-0781
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
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Still factory sealed. 1978 issue is nicely molded featuring detailed V8 engine and compartment, opening hood, detailed underside with suspension, full interior, stock or NASCAR rubber tires, front air dam, scored roof for easy-open "T" Top option, custom side exhaust and more.
Revell California Cobra - Ford Mustang, 1/25, 7204
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. Dated 1979. Features Mustang II Cobra body with quarter panel fairings and front air dam, hood scoop, custom rear body panel and sculptured rear spoiler, detailed 351 V8 Cleveland engine and engine compartment, opening hood, optional side and rear window louvers, custom chassis and suspension, full custom interior with racing bucket seats, console & Racemark steering wheel, Motorola CB radio and antenna and more.
Trumpeter JMSDF Atago DDG-177 - Guided Missile Destroyer, 1/350, 04536
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Large scale, highly detailed full-hull model with over 600 pieces, two photoetched frets, helicopters and much more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Trumpeter JMSDF Takanami Destroyer, 1/350, 04539
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Large scale, highly detailed full-hull model with over 540 pieces, two photoetched frets, helicopters and much more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Aurora The Blue Knight Of Milan, 1/8, 472-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed and in investment-grade 'Near Mint' condition. Classic and very popular Aurora USA issue from the original molds. This example is the 1963 hardbox release. Large 1/8 scale model is molded gloss dark blue and includes the plume. The Aurora Knight kits have a fascinating history. In the mid 1950s, Aurora bought three 'Knight' molds from Crown Plastics and issued them as K1, K2 and K3. These were the very first Aurora figure kits and they sported the 1956-only rectangular 'Northern Lights' logo with the correct 'Crown Line' logo inside it. The sales success of the Knight prompted Aurora to launch an entire line of figure kits. The knights themselves stayed in production long after many other figures were discontinued.
Monogram Messerschmitt Me-109 - (Bf-109) - White Box Issue, 1/48, 6800
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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1973 release. This kit is part of a famous 1/48 scale series of WWII aircraft kits that Monogram originally developed in the 1960s. Well molded and features retractable landing gear and rotating prop and wheels. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Hasegawa TF-15 Eagle Bicentennial Bird, 1/48, 09367
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Rare, limited release special edition from 2000. Features 132 pieces, all fine recessed surface detail, detailed cockpits, seated and standing pilot figures, optional position canopy, boarding ladder, excellent intake and exhaust, detailed gear wells, optional position speed brake, a large variety of load-outs including drop tanks, AIM-9 Sidewinders & AIM-7 Sparrows and more. Includes paint guide and a huge, extensive decal sheet for the box art aircraft. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Trumpeter 1960 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible, 1/25, 02501
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. Rare. Dated 2003 and a superb model featuring 209 pieces, detailed engine and engine compartment, opening hood, opening deck lid, excellent chassis and front and rear suspension, driveline, exhaust, fuel tank and more, complete interior, metal transfer emblems and more. Molded in white, clear, chrome plate and with rubber tires.
Monogram Speedee-Bilt Vought F4U-5 Corsair - Flying Scale Model - (F4U5), G14-100
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Rare and highly prefabricated scale rubber powered wood flying model from the early 1950s. Before there were plastic models, there were wooden aircraft kits. These usually came in two types - solid and stick and tissue. The solid models were static and usually contained a few blocks of balsa and sometimes a detail part or two. These "Make Wood Look Like Plane" models required a very high level of skill in carving and finishing. The stick and tissue variety were slightly easier to build and provided the ultimate thrill - they could fly when complete with rubber power (and later with free-flight gas and eventually RC). They still required a great deal of skill, so manufacturers sought ways to make model building more accessible to everyone. One idea was pre-carving and/or prefabrication. This raised prices, naturally. Many manufacturers launched lines of 'easy' to build flying models but only Monogram succeeded in making an entire line at an affordable price that would actual fly. The original "Speedee-Bilt" kits were in one-piece two-color boxes. In the early 1950s, shortly before plastic kits were available, Monogram changed to the 'hardbox' with a lithographic slick glued to the top as this kit. This Speedee-Bilt Corsair features die-cut and pre painted blue wooden parts, completely formed airfoil wing (the famous "Monofoil"), fully carved wooden fuselage nose section, carved and painted wheels, plastic front cowling with engine front, pilot, machine guns & four bladed propeller, clear vacuform canopy (still mint and perfectly clear- no yellowing), fully formed wire landing gear struts, rubber motor, full decals, sand paper, covering tissue (also blue) and more. The instructions are detailed and highly illustrated. Never started. Inside, the kit is as it left the factory. The small parts are still sealed in the original wax paper bag. The parts that were never factory sealed have been inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The decals and instructions are in 'excellent' condition with light to moderate yellowing as the only flaw. There is even a small catalog showing the entire Speedee-Bilt line at this time as well as Monogram's first plastic kits.
Joe Ott Stuka Ju-87 Battle Plane Kit - 32 Inch Wingspan Flying Wood Aircraft
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Rare kit from the late 1930s. This model is one of Joe Ott's mid-range line in size and price. Large model features two big sheets of Ott-O-Formers, spars and stringers, thin, hardwood die-cut wing ribs, wooden propeller, a small factory paper bag of parts including fully formed wheels, thrust button and metal propeller shaft), colorful tissue paper (the color of the aircraft on the box art) and excellent full size plans. The kit has never been started. Inventoried complete with all parts and plans. The four sides of the box as well as the two large end flaps are intact but NOTE: the box is missing the tiny end flaps and is fairly flat as shown. The box and plans do not mention any insignia sheet and there is not one present.
Monogram Speedee-Bilt Curtiss P-40F Warhawk - Flying Scale Model Airplane, G15-100
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Rare second issue from 1957 in a two-piece hardbox. This model is in amazing investment-grade 'Near Mint' condition inside and out for the advanced Monogram collector. This is a completely pre-fabricated multi-media kit featuring pre-colored and die cut balsa wood, precarved balsa, finished Monofoil wing, plastic detail parts (such as cowl, three bladed prop and spinner, pilot bust, exhaust, wheels and more), clear vacuform canopy (in mint condition and not yellowed), sandpaper, tissue covering and rubber motor. Designed for rubber free flight or scale display. Never started and as new inside. Inventoried 100% complete with all wood and plastic parts, decals and instructions. Before there were plastic models, there were wooden aircraft kits. These usually came in two types - solid and stick and tissue. The solid models were static and usually contained a few blocks of balsa and sometimes a detail part or two. These "Make Wood Look Like Plane" models required a very high level of skill in carving and finishing. The stick and tissue variety were slightly easier to build and provided the ultimate thrill - they could fly when complete with rubber power (and later with free-flight gas and eventually RC). They still required a great deal of skill, so manufacturers sought ways to make model building more accessible to everyone. One idea was pre-carving and/or prefabrication. This raised prices, naturally. Many manufacturers launched lines of 'easy' to build flying models but only Monogram succeeded in making an entire line at an affordable price that would actual fly. The original "Speedee-Bilt" kits were in one-piece two-color boxes. In the early 1950s, shortly before plastic kits were available, Monogram changed to the 'hardbox' with a lithographic slick glued to the top. Speedee-Bilt kits contained die cut and pre painted wooden parts, completely formed airfoil wings, carved wheels and numerous plastic details like cowling, pilot, missiles, prop and whatever was required. Assembly was by detailed full size plans and instructions. Monogram carried the Speedee-Bilt line for several years past it's prime and the advent of plastic kits, a testimony to the quality and popularity.
Modelcraft Junkers Ju-87B Stuka, 1/48
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Rare early kit from the 1940s. This is a solid wood scale display model featuring profile (2D) cut wooden fuselage and wings, two sheets of printwood and completely finished wooden wheels. Includes excellent quality plans with three full-size views, text building instructions, detailed paint guide, wing and fuselage templates for sanding, detail drawings of the bomb and centerline ejector arm and even has German insignia (on the plans). Never started and complete. Modelcraft became a large and well-known manufacture of solid and flying models including gas jobs. Their address in the 1940s was listed as 7306 S. Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, California.
Cleveland Mile Fliers Flemish Defiance - 32 Inch Wingspan Balsa Flying Model Aircraft, C-2
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Early World War II stick-and-tissue flying model aircraft. This was one of the six Cleveland "C" Tribute Series in the Mile Fliers Outdoor Contest Model series. This model, 'Flemish Defiance', is a tribute to the brave Belgian Dutch. The other kits were a tribute to Czechoslovakia, Holland, Scandinavia, Poland and Austria. Features balsa printwood, pre-cut stringers and spars, covering tissue, thrust bearing, full size plans and more. Because they were wartime kits, often the rubber, cement and music wire were not present as these were critical war materials. The model has not been started. It has been inventoried and NOTE: missing propeller blank. Otherwise complete with all other parts and plans. 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 operating single-owner model airplane supply business, called 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 'Aviations 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.
Trophy Models BRDM-2 - (ex Verlinden), 1/35, 20008
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. Highly detailed cast resin model made by Verlinden for Trophy Models.
BaxMod G6 Rhino Self Propelled Howitzer (SPH) - Mobile Artillery System, 1/35
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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High quality resin model with photoetched details. Features very nice suspension and shocks, full engine, good interior, optional position hatches and more. The kit has never been started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed bags. The large parts were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions. The G6 SPG is a South African artillery piece developed around the ordnance of the G5 Howitzer. It is one of the world's most powerful self-propelled guns on a wheeled chassis. In addition to the logistical mobility afforded by a wheeled chassis, the G6 is protected against counter-battery fire and is able to defend itself in an unsecured area. The chassis is mine protected. The G6 is produced in South Africa by the Land System division of Denel and entered production in 1987. The G6 is still regarded as one the best mobile artillery systems in the world and export version can be found all around the world.
Monogram Grumman TBF Avenger - White Box Issue, 1/48, 6829
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. 1973 White Box issue of the famous 1950s Four Star kit. This is one of two box variations for the White issue; please note the 'Avenger TBF' font. This model is has many action features: wings fold properly as on real aircraft, landing gear, tail wheel and arresting hook all retract and extend, turret revolves, machine gun elevates, bomb bay doors open and torpedo drops.