California Model Co Featherette Microfilm Indoor Airplane - 18 inch Wingspan Airplane for Class B Competition
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
$65
Probably from the 1940s. Stick and tissue flying model kit to a constant 1/16 scale with very nice quality. Made by California Model Company out of Long Beach, CA USA. If you have more information on this manufacture, please email me. Kit uses rubber for power. Features required wooden parts, instructions and full size plans. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.
Merlin Models Hawker Hind Frog Penguin Replica, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$34
Very limited edition replica of the Frog Penguin kit. Includes photocopied original instructions. The kit has never been started. The factory parts bag is still sealed and also contains all paperwork and decals. In the late 1930s, before WWII, Frog created the world's first line of injection molded plastic model kits. Since Frog stood for 'Flies Right Off the Ground' and Frog had a famous line of flying models, the world's first all injection molded kits were called Frog Penguin for the bird that does not fly. The Penguin Osprey was among the early pre-war releases by Frog. The kit is reproduced from actual Frog Penguin kits belonging to the extensive collection of the owner of Merlin Models.
Kibri Half-Timbered Brick House 'Niederelbe' - HO, 1/87, 8244
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$29
Very nicely molded and detailed HO structure. Includes factory painted timber overlays, base, clear windows and a wide variety of printed in-scale curtains and window treatments. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including printed designs and instructions.
AMT 1996 Ford Explorer 4x4, 1/125, 8968
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$18
Still factory sealed.
Siedlce Mucha Standard Glider, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$19
Siedlce often printed PZW on their boxes. These kits and PZWPT and are all from this Polish manufacturer. They are no longer in operation. Cleanly molded and nicely detail kit with cockpit detail, clear canopy, display stand and decals. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
R&L The Mayflower - Pilgrims Ship from 1620 - Bagged, 1/720
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
$10
Still factory sealed. Very well detailed and molded. Full hull kit includes sails and is approximately 2.75 inches long when built. Small scale model from R&L in Australia. R&L marketed these kits independently but some were also sold by Minicraft/Hasegawa, Academy, as the Aurora 'Snaparoos' and in Kellogg's Cereal as premiums.
Monogram Flying Sub from Seaview Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 1/60, 6011
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$85
1995 reissue from ex-Aurora molds. Very nice, larger scale kit molded in yellow, gray and clear plastic. Features detailed interior, operating pick up hood and a crew of two. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Renwal USS King Destroyer Leader DDG10, 1/500, 85-0603
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$45
Still factory sealed. This is the modern reissue and not the 1950s issue. Well detailed model of the 512 foot-long large destroyer designed for anti-air and ASW duties.
Blue Water Navy Russian Kilo Class Attack Submarine, 1/350, BN35047
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$24
Rare. Very high quality resin full hull model kit with cast metal parts and PE details. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
CM HMCS Sackville (Short forecastle Flower Class), 1/350
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$75
SPECIAL ORDER limited production kit. Museum quality high definition resin castings. Complete kit with all parts needed for assembly. Some kits include photo-etched details and decals if required -email for details on a certain kit. Kits are molded upon receipt of payment. Normal wait is six to eight weeks.
Flashback Miles Magister - RAF No. 601 Sq Croydon 1940 / No. 312 (Czech) Squadron RAF Martlesham heath 1941 / L207 Royal Egyptian Air Force Heliopolis 1939, 1/48, KLH8924
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$44
Superb kit that is finely molded. Includes a good size fret of PE parts, film instruments and a paint guide and decals for all aircraft listed. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell F/A-18E Super Hornet - US Navy VFA-41 USS Nimitz, 1/48, 85-5850
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$29
Still factory sealed. Excellent kit from newer molds with over 110 parts. Features all fine, recessed panel detail, excellent cockpit, optional position canopy, well designed intake and exhaust, detailed gear and gear wells, weighted tires, centerline external tanks and a variety of weapons.
UPC BAC Lightning F.Mk.53 - RAF or Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force, 1/72, 5082-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$19
From quality Hasegawa molds. Scott Eidson box art. Includes decals for both aircraft. This kit has not been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. UPC stood for Universal Powermaster Corporation which was based out of New York City, NY. UPC did not cut their own molds, but bought kits already molded from other manufacturers and re-boxed the kits in the USA. Scott Eidson, the famous artist best known for his artwork with Revell, also did UPC box art in the 1960s. All UPC production ended in the 1970s.
Dale Newton - Red Ball 40 Foot Steel Box Car - 'Serves All The West' Union Pacific with Trucks, HO
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$38
The Red Ball Line has been famous for fidelity and diversity for 70 years. Please read the article on this website covering the history of this manufacture. M. Dale Newton Red Ball HO scale kit with the famous quality heavy cardstock embossed and printed car sides. The original box is intact, but the lid was removed for the photograph. Includes the famous heavy cardstock printed and embossed car sides, milled hardwood roof, beams, correct cast metal trucks, sealed parts packet containing metal and plastic parts, wood and metal stock and full instructions. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including instructions.
Fowler Boeing 727-200 Conversion Kit - Two Conversions Bagged, 1/144, CF-1
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$5
Possibly from ex-Griffon molds. Includes enough conversion parts for two models. Includes full instructions and side and cockpit window and door decal sheet. Never started. Complete with all parts and instructions.
RCM AJ-1 Savage, 1/48
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Bagged
$95
SPECIAL ORDER vacuform kit. Not shipped from stock. Kit is molded upon receipt of payment. Time from receipt to shipping your kit is usually 8 to 10 weeks. Kit includes resin and/or metal details -clear canopy and full size plans/instructions. Details included will vary from kit to kit but may contain landing struts - wheels - props - engines (not jets) - some cockpit parts - seats - etc. Other parts will need to be scratch built or from your spares box. Decals not furnished. Vacuform kits are only recommended for modelers who are experienced with this type of model. Special skills and scratch building experience are required. If you are curious, I highly recommend that you read the article 'How To Build Vacuform Model Kits' which is located on this website.
Airmodel Dornier Do-17 P-1 - Reconnaissance Bomber Conversion with Decals - (Do17P1) - Bagged, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Bagged
$22
Injection molded conversion features excellent front fuselage section moldings with decals and full instructions. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Conversion kit only - requires base kit. The superb Monogram base kit is recommended. The long range reconnaissance Do-17 P-1 featured two BMW 132N Radial engines and Rb 20/30 and Rb 50/30 cameras. P-1s saw service with the Aufklarungsgruppen till 1943 over France, Norway, Russia and the Western Desert as Do-17 P-1/Trop. The decals are for 3.(F)/Nacht in Russia from December of 1943.
Lindberg Stearman Kaydet PT-17 Primary Trainer, 1/48, 2313
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$19
Still in the factory seal. Dated 1975. 1/48 scale kit from the original molds that Lindberg used in the 1950s. The Stearman was the last standard biplane produced for the Army and Naval Air Forces. Production was over 10,000 planes, making if more prolific than any other US Biplane design. Kaydets help to train over 60,000 allied airmen in WWII.
Branchline Trains Blueprint Series HO Heavyweight Passenger Car 8-1-2 Pullman Sleeper Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) 'Mount Vernon' 1940s/1950s, 1/87, 5031
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$45
Superb and highly detailed model kit that is factory painted and lettered in the C&O 'George Washington Scheme' with delux lettering and Pullman mechanical air conditioning. Features separate grab irons, extensive and complete underbody details, steam, air & signal lines, working diaphragms, full interior, metal wheels, magnetic knuckle couplers and much more. The kit has never been started. The parts have never been removed from the box and are still wrapped in the factory protective tissue paper. Includes excellent, illustrated instructions.
Lindberg President Ocean Liner - President Wilson, 1/547, 77224
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$38
Still factory sealed. Reissued from the original Pyro Molds. Full hull ship of a rare subject. Box photo shows a built-up of the actual model.