Orange Crush-Revell 1910 Studebaker Cupe Electro (Electric Coupe), 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$56
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.
Orange Crush-Revell 1907 Renault Limousine, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$68
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.
Craft Master Delivery Wagon - Wagons of the Old West, 50119-400
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$74
Rare and still factory sealed. Authentic, large-scale model from high quality, die-cut California Redwood, Ponderosa Pine and other materials as required. Measures 7 inches long and 4 inches high when assembled. This excellent series contained several other kits, all done to the same (unlisted) scale - Covered Wagon, Log Wagon, Jerky Wagon, Mule Team, Horse Team, Ox Team, Jail Wagon, Yellowstone Wagon, Buckboard Wagon, Sheepherders Wagon, Ore Wagon, Conestoga Wagon, Milk Wagon, Chuck Wagon, Delivery Wagon, Dray Wagon, Stage Coach and Water Wagon. There was also a very early Red Rover Fire Engine Wagon in the same scale.
MPM Hawker SeaHawk Mk 100 - FGA/RR / Mk.101 (Sea Hawk) Mk 100 - MFG2 (RB242) German Federal Navy / MFG2 (RB248) German Federal Navy / 300 Sq Indian Navy 'White Tigers' INS Vikrant Late 1960, 1/72, 72509
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$16
Very nicely molded with all recessed panel lines. Features very good cockpit detail and decals for the three aircraft listed. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
MPM Kokusai Ki-86 Cypress - With Resin Cockpit, 1/48, 48032
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$44
Rare and still the only injection-molded 1/48 Cypress kit ever made. Includes many resin details. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
MPM Mitsubishi Ki-21 Sally - With Decals For 9 Different Aircraft, 1/72, 72511
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$44
Rare. This excellent model kit features all recessed panel lines, cleanly molded plastic pieces, many high-definition resin parts including a superb full cockpit and interior parts, injection molded clear parts and more. Includes two sheets of decals and a paint guide for 9 different aircraft. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Top Flite Five Nylon Propellers 11-4 - For R/C Or Gas Powered Models - Bagged, 40770
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$15
From the contents of a long-closed down R/C Aircraft only hobby shop that I recently purchased. Includes five mint condition 11 inch diameter nylon propellers.
Top Flite Nylon Propellers 10-6 - For R/C Or Gas Powered Models - Bagged, 40762
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
$14
Still factory sealed and from the contents of a long-closed down R/C hobby shop that I recently purchased. Includes six mint condition 10 inch diameter nylon propellers.
Revell USS Ward DD139 - Four Stack Destroyer, 1/240, 5023
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$95
From 1987 and well detailed, measuring 15.75 inches long when assembled. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The USS Ward was a Wickes-class 1247-ton destroyer launched in 1918 . After serving as a station ship during the first trans-Atlantic flights of NC-1, NC-3 and NC-4 in 1919, she came back to the Pacific and was decommissioned there in July 1921. In 1920 the ship received the hull number DD-139. On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Ward was on patrol just outside Pearl Harbor. She spotted and sank Japanese Midget Submarine and fired the first US shots of WWII. The Ward saw extensive activity through the war as a transport in most of the major battle areas of the Pacific as a fast transport. During the Leyte operations she took a Kamikaze hit amidship and the crew had to abandon her. The destroyer USS O'Brien had to sink the Ward with gunfire. The Commanding Officer of the O'Brien was William W. Outerbridge, who had been in command of Ward off Pearl Harbor on that fateful day. The date that she was sunk was December 7th, 1944, three years to the day of her opening shots.
Amodel X-35 And X-35U/E Kh-35 NATO AS-20 Kayak -Two Missiles With Stand and Ground Dolly, 1/72, 72173
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$16
Includes two very highly detailed missiles with full decals, one display stand and one ground dolly. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Faller F-4 Phantom II - Luftwaffe, 1/100, 1105
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$42
Rare kit from the 1960s. Nicely molded for the time featuring good surface and inlet detail, optional position landing gear, crew and some cockpit detail, centerline drop tank, 12 gravity bombs and pylons, four AIM-7 Sparrow missiles and what appears to be two Bullpup AGM. Molded in light gray, dark gray and clear with the correct Faller clear stand. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Even includes the original Faller packing inspection slip.
Faller Junkers Ju-88 Motorized, 1/100, 1088
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$54
Rare model kit from the early 1960s and nicely molded for that time. Both props are designed to be motorized with the Faller No. 1001 Miniature Electric Motor (not included, Faller sold them separately.) Features extended or retracted landing gear, separately molded dive brakes, clear canopy and nose and decals for multiple aircraft. Molded in a stunning swirl green and butterscotch brown, gray, red and with clear canopies & display stand. The kit has never been started. The small parts (with motorizing-specific parts) are still in the factory sealed bag. The parts that were never factory sealed have been inventoried complete, including decals and instructions. Even the Faller packing quality inspection slip is still present.
Roco Bell UH-1D Iroquois Huey Gunship HO Scale - US Army or Luftwaffe, 1/87, Z248-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$24
Hard to find HO scale model features cockpit and cabin detail, crew of two, rotating main and tail rotors, choice of three different external stores and full color decals for both 'copters listed. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. This was part of an extensive line of Roco HO scale armor, troops, trucks, diorama accessories and more - most commonly known as 'Minitank' models.
Roco Bell AH-1G Huey Cobra Gunship HO Scale, 1/87, Z247
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$22
Hard to find HO scale model features cockpit detail, crew of two, rotating main and tail rotors, rotating turret, external stores and full color decals. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa F-104C Starfighter US Air Force - 479th TFW George AFB California 1963 / 479th TFW George AFB CA (A Different Aircraft), 1/48, PT19
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$40
Very highly detailed and features an excellent cockpit, detailed gear wells, intakes and exhaust, optional position speed brakes with detailed wells, separately molded rudder, ailerons, wing flaps and leading edge slats, three piece canopy, drop tanks and more. There is a full paint guide and very large and colorful decal sheet for both Starfighters listed. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, 1/48, 520-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$42
Mid 1950s second issue with wonderful Ray Gaedke artwork showing Lindberg's Ryan triumphantly flying over Paris. Nicely molded for that time in silver and clear plastic. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Lindberg Lockheed Vega Winnie Mae - Post's Round the World Record Setting Aircraft, 1/48, 533-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$34
Original 1950s issue with fantastic Ray Gaedke box art. In 1931, Post and Gatty flew the Vega 'Winnie Mae' around the world in 8 days, 15 hours and 8 minutes for a new world record. In 1933 Post tested a gyroscope automatic pilot and radio direction finder in another record flight lasting 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes. This aircraft is now in the Smithsonian Museum. Vegas did see military service, with a few operated by the RAAF, Spanish Republic Air Force, and USAAC. This model features moving control surfaces, cockpit detail, rotating prop and wheels, clear display stand and very colorful Winnie Mae decals. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Supermodel TWO Aermacchi MB-326K - Italy / South Africa, 1/72, 10-012
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$28
SALE!! Includes two complete model kits in one box. Nicely molded and detailed kit with fine raised panel lines and recessed control surface lines. Features some cockpit detail, wing tip drop tanks, optional position canopy and speed brake, underwing drop tanks and rocket pods and markings for all both air forces. SALE!! Includes two models in one box. Ideal builder kits, please read carefully for the condition. NOTE: these models have 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: Kit #1- wing halves assembled and intake/exhaust neatly painted black. There is no other assembly. Kit #2- exactly the same as kit #1. There is no other assembly. Inventoried complete and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram F-80 Shooting Star - USAF 'Ila's Pride' 51st FIW, 1/48, 5428
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$30
Dated 1995 and features detailed cockpit and machine gun bay, removable bay hatch, optional position canopy, detailed gear wells, removable tail section with detailed turbojet engine (aft section), a stand for the rear fuselage section and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Messerschmitt Me-262, 1/48, 5453
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$38
1988 issue. Very finely molded and detailed kit with traditional high Monogram quality. Has removable panels to reveal jet engine detail, optional position cowls to show detailed gun bays, very good cockpit detail, optional position canopy, bomb load and two figures. The kit has never been started. Some parts are still in the factory sealed bags. The parts that are not internally sealed have been inventoried complete, including decals and instructions.