Monogram The UFO - From The Invaders TV Series - (ex Aurora), 1/72, 6012
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$54
Monogram's second issue dated 1996; the molds were purchased from Aurora in the mid/late 1970s. Aurora had originally released this kit as a promotion with the 1966 TV series 'The Invaders'. The alien craft features moving landing legs, removable top showing full interior and crew and red-tinted clear landing lights. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell USS Missouri BB63 - 'Mighty Mo' Battleship, 1/534, H301
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$44
1977 issue and one of Revell's best selling kits of all time. This issue includes the copy of the plaque placed on her deck after the surrender in February of 1945. Measures 20 inches long when built and features a one piece hull, two Navy seaplanes on movable catapults, movable aircraft crane, rotating main turrets and elevating 16 inch guns, full secondary 5 inch guns and turrets, 40mm AA guns and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Simprop Electronic CAP 231 EX - 35 Inch Wingspan R/C Semi-Scale Park Flyer, 0030-887-0
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$74
**SAVE! Pick up in Lexington, KY and eliminate all shipping charges. I can meet you at our local Panera Bread for delivery.** This is a extremely light weight model for aerobatics in tight spaces. The kit is preassembled with complete accessories and designed for electric power. Features finished and factory yellow painted tough foam fuselage with vertical stab and rudder attached, completely finished (yellow top, blue underside) wing (with ailerons) and horizontal stab with elevator attached, blue plastic wheel pants, sturdy, prebent wire landing gear, wheels & tires, tail wheel and wire strut, cleanly die-cut light ply and balsa wood, vacuform canopy (in mint condition and still clear [not yellowed]), lightweight plastic, factory painted 'engine bulges' & spinner and more. Includes a step-by-step illustrated instruction booklet with text instructions in English and German. The kit has never been started and is exactly as it left the factory. The small parts are still factory sealed; the larger parts were never sealed and have been inventoried complete. Canopy is wrapped for shipping. NOTE: this kit came in a very sturdy and thick cardboard box. It will ship in that box wrapped in thick brown paper. If you wish for it to be placed inside another box, let me know in the 'comments' section of checkout but be aware that additional shipping charges will apply.
Frog Vengeance Mk.II A-32 - Royal Australian Air Force 24 Sq/10 Group or RAF 84th Sq India 1944, 1/72, F199
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$29
Red Series issue from the 1960s features parts and decals to make either aircraft and an excellent full color painting guide is located on the bottom of the box for both aircraft listed. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Aurora AT-6 Texan, 1/48, 70-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair++
$54
From 1956 and the rare first issue of this classic kit. Please note the early rectangular logo "Aurora Line" logo. It is molded in silver and clear plastic and includes the correct early rectangular clear base Aurora stand, the correct instructions showing this base, and the correct early Tatem decals which Aurora issued without a stand decal. (Aurora included stand decals with the introduction of the triangular 'world' base style clear stand.) Molded in silver and clear plastic. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Please NOTE that the box displays better than the 'fair++' grade is because the box has a thin border of masking tape along the lower sides.
Frog Curtiss Tomahawk P-40 - Flying Tigers Hank Geselbreacht 1942 or RAF Clive 'Killer' Caldwell 250 Sq 262 Wing, 1/72, F197
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$24
Still factory sealed but the seal has split on the lower long side. This is a high quality, well molded Frog kit with no rivets, just fine panel lines for a realistic model. Includes decals for the two aircraft listed and a three-view, full color painting guide for both on the bottom of the box.
AMCO Taylorcraft - 54 Inch Wingspan Flying Model - (Comet), 1/72, P10
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$85
1940 pre-war kit from AMCO, which was a division of Comet. This is a very large, stick-and-tissue scale flying model which features optional position or opening cabin doors, cockpit interior, movable controls, detachable wings, shock-proof landing gear, automatic wing jig, many sheets of high-quality printwood parts, factory cut stringers and spars, pre-drilled nose block, fully formed wheels and thrust button, wood and metal stock, clear windshield with frame & vent details printed on, cardstock sheet with instrument panel, 'leaf springs' for the tail skid and much more, a large gummed insignia sheet with N registration numbers and covering tissue. Includes superb full size plans with many additional drawings and notes to aid in assembly. The kit has no assembly but NOTE: the wing ribs have been very neatly adult cut out. Almost all are cut outside the lines for safety; only a few are cut on the lines (none are cut inside the lines). Inventoried and NOTE: missing 4 ribs which are easily made since there are duplicates present with the kit. Missing (1) of (2) C1 rib, (1) of (2) C rib and (2) of (8) E ribs. Otherwise inventoried complete with all other parts and paperwork present.
Special Hobby Tempest Mk.V Hi-Tech, 1/32, SH32052
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$78
This big-scale, multi-media kit is highly detailed inside and out. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Air Lines Percival Proctor IV Trainer, 1/72, 4905
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$24
1960s issue from quality Frog molds. Features separately molded ailerons, elevators and rudder. Finely molded in silver and clear plastic. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. Box art is by the famous Jo Kotula who did 1930s covers for the magazine 'Model Airplane News' and later the Aurora box art of the late 1950s. Air Lines kits are all Frog molds that the Lines Brothers imported to the USA between 1964-1966. The kits, decals and instructions were made in England, then imported to the USA where Testors created the boxes with the colorful trading cards on the back. There are one or two trading cards on each box which show the boxart but not the advertising/logo. Some kits contain a Testors color painting guide also, but it is not specific to any model.
Monogram M48A2 Patton Tank - Green Box Issue, 1/32, 6863
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM++
$95
Still factory sealed and in amazing, investment-grade 'Near Mint+' condition. 1966 issue with 'South East Asia' boxart. This is a real 1966 issue and not the recent reissue. Features flexible treads, rotating turret and cupola, elevating main gun and machine gun, working wheels/sprockets, driver and crew of three.
KVZ Vostok Soviet Space Ship, 1/25
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$75
Very large scale (1/25) kit from the ex-Cold War East German kit manufacturer. The very dramatic box art work is supplemented by 11 numbered, full color panels on the box sides describing each of the flight. The kit has very good detail featuring a full interior and crew of two Cosmonauts. Never started. Inventoried and nOTE: missing (4) of (6) of the 'U' shaped probes; easily made with wire as they are simple cylinders bent into a 'U' shape. Otherwise complete with all other parts, instructions and decals.
Aurora M8E2 Munitions Carrier And 8 Inch Howitzer, 1/48, 333-350
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$159
Hard-to-find 1/48 scale model includes both kits. M8 features movable tracks and bogie wheels, movable bulldozer blade and ammunition loader. The Howitzer has a movable breech and wheels, recoil mechanism, limber and gun trails and 7 figures. The kit has never been started. Both kits have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts including decals and instructions. Aurora did not issue a terrain base with this kit.
Pyro 1931 Cadillac Town Car, 1/32, C346-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$40
1965 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 some cases, the specific car and owner is on the box. The model includes rubber tires, chrome plated, colored and clear parts. Features a nicely detailed molded chassis with suspension, steering linkage and fuel tank, complete motor, spoked wheels, luggage trunk, full interior, dual side mount spare tires and a removable hood or 'bonnet.' Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions.
Cleveland Wedells Own Wedell-Williams 1933 Thompson Trophy Winner - 13 Inch Wingspan Free-Flight Rubber Powered Flying Aircraft, 1/24, D-47
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$75
Very rare and from the mid 1930s to the early 1940s. This is a Cleveland 'D' or dwarf kit. The term 'Dwarf' is just a bit deceptive, as it is Cleveland's designation for 1/24 scale. Most Cleveland kits were designated 'SF' or Scale Flying - 1/16 scale. The Dwarf kits were needed to fill a market demand for smaller flying models. All Cleveland kits were exceptionally complete and Dwarfs were no exception, containing very high quality balsa printwood, stringers & spars, fully formed wheels, covering tissue, a wood propeller that is about 90% carved and just needs final sanding, gray rigging thread (if required), metal and balsa stock as required and more. With Cleveland's famous high-quality plans. Amazingly, this kit is still 'factory tissue sealed' inside. When the Cleveland workers packed each kit, they wrapped them in tissue that effectively made a seal which has not been disturbed. Whoever buys it will be the first one to see the contents since it was packed in the factory over 90 years ago. 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 running single-owner (77 years) model airplane supply business - 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 'Aviation's 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.
Adams Covered Wagon - (ex Miniature Masterpiece), 1/48, K213-88
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$85
Very rare 1958 issue. This highly detailed model includes wagon with detailed chassis, hitch & brakes, accessories & tools, display base, two Longhorn Oxen, horse, rider and two figures. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including instructions. This kit has an interesting history. 'Miniature Masterpieces' was formed through an alliance of Lew Glaser (Revell) and Steve Adams (Adams Action Models) in 1953. Although the molds were made at Adams and it had the appearance of an independent company, the firm was run by Revell down to the prototypes being made at the Revell plant. Originally there was no evidence of the parent company on the surface. The State Coach of England was the first kit, issued in 1953. More kits of excellent quality followed. Revell completely took over the line in 1954 and in that year and the next, kits were labeled 'Revell' with a 'Miniature Masterpiece' label on the box top also. However, Adams broke the relationship with Revell in the later 1950s and began making kits under the Adams name with the original molds.
Seaglen Rearwin Speedster (ex-Peerless) - 30 inch Wingspan Flying Balsa Airplane
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$48
Reissue of the 1930s Peerless large scale kit. Easily converted to electric RC, or free flight with rubber, gas or electric power. Kit are of high quality and include printwood, strip wood, nose block, propeller, rubber motor, light-weight wheels, thrust bearing, beautiful copies of the original full size plans, colored covering tissue and clear window material. The model has not been started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed bag and the larger parts have been inventoried complete with all parts and plans. Other kits listed by Seaglen include the Pacific Ace (30"), Fairchild 24 (30" ex-Megow), Lambert Monocoupe (30" ex-Megow) and Cessna C-34 (30" ex-Megow). Seaglen Model Co. was located in Plympton, Mass. They used the same box design as Golden Age Reproductions and I often wondered if they were related.
Trumpeter Soviet B-4 M1931 203mm Howitzer, 1/35, 02307
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$24
From new molds and well detailed with numerous pieces, PE details, individual track links, working features and 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
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$44
1960s Aurora of Great Britain issue with great box art. This model contains a large 1/8 scale knight, base, both red and white plumes (like the box art) and instructions. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. Please NOTE that the box had a closed tear across the bottom, about 1" up from the lowest point. This has been neatly repaired from the inside but that is why the box only grades 'good-.' 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.
Wilhelmshaven Convair CV-440 Metropolitan And V-2 Rocket With Zugwagen - Builds Version V-2 / A-4 / US-BUMPER - Card Stock Models Bagged, 1/50, 1503
Cardstock Paper Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
$45
Includes both highly detailed cardstock models. The CV-440 is a large 1/50 scale and is in printed in full color in an very impressive silver/aluminum and with full Lufthansa markings. Never stared and complete; includes instructions in German. The V-2 is model #1811, 1/50 scale, includes the Zugwagen and also parts to build one of the three versions listed in the title. Never used and complete; includes heavily illustrated assembly instructions in English.
DML HMS Revenge vs Soviet Victor III with SH-2f and Lynx HAS2 Helicopters, 1/700, 7007
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
$19
Excellent kit which contains both subs that can be built waterline or full hull, display stands, and helicopters. Never started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing the body of one Lynx helicopter. Otherwise complete with all other parts, decals and instructions present.