Lincoln Douglas DC-3 - Sabena, 1/96, 111
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$46
Nicely made small scale kit with great box arts. Dates from the mid 1950s to the very early 1960s. Never started. The small parts are still in the internal factory sealed bag, and the larger parts that were never sealed have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions. Lincoln was based in Hong Kong. Plastic kits were not the primary business, but they established quite a line of them before discontinuing production in the late 1960s/early 1970s. Many molds moved to Kader, also in Hong Kong, who reissued the line. Many molds eventually found their way to the USA either through ATP (who purchased the excess kit stock when Kader sold out) or IM.
Aoshima Grumman F7F Tigercat, 1/72, G6-501-500
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$34
Interesting early Tigercat kit from Aoshima with beautiful high-gloss box art. This model is from original molds and is not from or a copy of the Monogram molds. Features movable ailerons, rotating props and wheels, pilot and a 2-bomb under-wing loadout. The kit has the gun nose configuration shown on the foreground aircraft on the box artwork. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Air Lines General Aircraft Ltd Hotspur II Glider, 1/72, 7904
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$18
Well detailed kit from ex FROG molds. Never started. Factory sealed bag or 100% inventoried with all parts/decals and instructions present. 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.
Lindberg North American F-100 Super Sabre, 1/48, 528-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc-
$75
Late 1950s hardbox issue with incredible Ray Gaedke artwork. The box has excellent color and gloss and four solid corners; corner and edge wear are the main flaws. Large 1/48 scale F-100 with movable rudder, elevators and ailerons, detailed ejection seat and pilot, full jet engine detail with opening engine access hatch and a load-out of two drop tanks and 8 missiles. Includes colorful decals for the box art aircraft. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Mach 2 S.O. 6000 Triton - First French Jet Aircraft, 1/72, GP005
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$22
From 1991. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Fujimi McDonnell RF-4B Phantom II - VMFP-3 #153107 (Three Different Aircraft Including 1976 Spirit of America), 1/72, G-13
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$40
A superb kit with all finely recessed panel detail. Features full cockpit, detailed gear wells, optional position canopy, 600 and 370 gallon drop tanks, AIM-9B Sidewinders and decals for three aircraft. Never started. Factory sealed bags with decals and instructions.
Airmodel Hawker Sea Fury T20 / Hawker Typhoon F1A / Spitfire Mk XVI and Beaufighter F.X Thimble Nose Conversions - Bagged, 1/72, 105
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$8
Never started. Complete with all parts and instructions. Conversion kits require a base injection molded kit to complete. Parts included are for the conversion only. Some scratchbuilding is required.
Eduard Fokker E.II / E.III Eindecker - Lt. Bruckman Late 1915 / Lt. Kurt von Crailsheim Late 1915 / Vfw. Ernst Udet Early 1916 / Leopold Anslinger Summer 1916 - (E-III E-II), 1/48, 8156
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$30
Cleanly molded and very highly detailed featuring superb injection molded parts, a large photoetched brass fret with numerous parts, express mask set and a very large and extensive decal sheet for four different aircraft including Ernst Udet's early 1916 aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix Mitsubishi Ki-46-II Dinah - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 1226-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$24
Great artwork on the black-end Craftmaster issue. Very nicely molded kit with no rivets and good cockpit detail. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
AMT NKC-135A Laser Lab, 1/72, 8958
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$79
Still factory sealed. Big model that is very nicely detailed.
Revell H-16 Piasecki Transporter, 1/96, 0138
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$34
1997 reissue from the original 1955 "S" kit molds (part number H223-98) - even includes the famous clear 'Revelving' Globe stand. Features working rotors, detailed rotor heads, detailed cockpit and pilot figure and opening rear drive-on cargo door. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
E&B Valley Railroad Co D&RGW Stock Car With Trucks HOn3 Narrow Gauge, 1/87, 3100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$28
Superb injection molded kit with plastic truck set. Very finely detailed with a high parts count for such a small model. While model aircraft mold makers and molding machine operators were claiming that you could not mold parts this fine, several model train companies, like E&B Valley, were busy proving them wrong. This is kit for the serious model railroader who demands prototype fidelity. Molded in black plastic. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions. Please note that these E&B kits did not come with decals.
Lindberg HMS Bounty - With Sails, 1/146, 831-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$48
Still factory sealed. Original issue hardbox kit from 1966 with classic box art of the ship anchored off Tahiti. This is one of Lindberg's finest sailing ships ever issued. It is a full hull kit measuring almost 9 inches long and features separately molded cannon, full deck fittings, separately molded masts and yards, excellent pre-formed rat lines from flexible plastic, vacuformed sails, standing and running rigging guides, flag sheet and display stand. Molded in dark wood brown, light wood brown and black.
ESCI McDonnel Douglas F-18 Hornet (early) - US Navy or Marines, 1/72, SC9001
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$12
Kit features fine raised and recessed panel lines, good cockpit detail, two piece optional position canopy, AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder loadout and decals for Navy and Marines Prototypes No.5 and No.6. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Matchbox SH-2F Seasprite - HSL-37 USS Rathburne Pacific Fleet 1979 or HSL-32 Detachment 5 Assigned to USS Valdez Atlantic Fleet December 1980, 1/48, PK-653
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$38
Still factory sealed. Dated 1981. Rare large-scale early issue with the best mold quality. Nicely detailed kit for that time and later re-released by Revell. Includes decals for both helicopters.
Vac Wings Thomas-Morse S4C Scout Tommy - Bagged, 1/48, VW489
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
$38
Still factory sealed and the only 1/48 S4C kit ever made. High quality vacuform kit with injection molded struts, clear, decals and full plans/instructions. Certain modeling skills are required to build vacuform kits. Not recommended for beginners.
Monogram Phantom Of The Opera Luminators Glow In The Dark - (ex Aurora), 1/8, 1624
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$39
Still factory sealed. Great builder kit dated 1992 and made from the original Aurora molds. In 1977 Monogram purchased the Aurora molds and only reissued the best and most commercially viable models. This monster and others were issued in the early 1990s, probably after re-negotiating the license agreement with Universal (as hinted to on the box side). Molded in a stunning glow-in-the-dark plastic that also glows with a black light.
Airmodel North American T-39 / T3J-1 Sabreliner - Bagged, 1/72, 193
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$32
Rare. Older but nicely molded with recessed panel lines. Includes basic airframe parts molded in white, clear canopy (in great shape and not yellowed) and instructions/plans. Can be built as civil or military. A certain degree of modeling skill and scratch-building skills are required to build vacuform kits. They are not recommended for beginners.
Pyro IJN Musashi Battleship - Table Top Navy, 1/1200, C392-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$25
Small scale ship kit from the Table Top Navy series. Very nicely done kits for their time. Can be built full hull or waterline. Features propeller and shaft detail, separately molded turrets, stacks, many superstructure parts and more. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and instructions. Many of the Pyro kits came from Eagle (then Eaglewall) molds in England. Eaglewall went out of business around 1962 and Pyro acquired at least some of the molds. Pyro reissued some of these kits in the mid 1960s with AJ Rudisill artwork. Evidently the line was successful, as Pyro then cut some of their own molds and expanded the series significantly. The earlier issues have the full color artwork and a three digit part number. Later issues have a 'B' or 'C' in front of the three digit kit number; some have simplified box art that is a modification of the original Rudisill paintings by painting out most of the background. Pyro issued these kits into the late 1960 when Life-Like took over the molds. Some were reissued by Life-Like.
Lindberg North American F-86 Sabre Jet, 1/48, R505-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good-
$28
Still factory sealed. 'Boy Craft' Cellovision issue from the late 1950s. Box has the yellow oval 'Lindberg' logo on top hanging tab. Dramatic Ray Gaedke box artwork. 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.