Matchbox Fairey H9A Seafox - Cruiser HMS Asturias 1942 or HMS Arethusa 1939 Malta, 1/72, PK-36
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Dated 1981 and still the only 1/72 scale injection molded kit of this handsome aircraft. A very nicely molded kit of the Royal Navy cruiser floatplane with markings for both aircraft listed. Includes color painting guide on the back of the box. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
MPC Republic F-84 Thunderstreak Thunderbirds - With 5 Crewmen (Airfix Molds), 1/72, 2-0208
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. 1970s MPC kit from quality Airfix molds. Includes very colorful Thunderbirds decals as illustrated on the box art and 5 crew members.
Accurate Miniatures North American P-51A Mustang - Allison Powered, 1/48, 3402
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. Well detailed and molded with over 60 parts, recessed panel lines, complete cockpit, full wheel wells and optional weighted tires.
Accurate Miniatures A-36 Apache Allison Powered Dive Bomber, 1/48, 3401
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good-
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Still factory sealed but the seal has shrunk and drawn the box concave on the top and convex on the sides. Very well molded kit with over 60 parts, detailed cockpit and gear wells, weighted or unweighted tires, professional quality decals and well written instructions.
Monogram Speedee-Bilt Grumman F9F Panther Jet - Flying Scale Model For Jetex Engine, G-16
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Rare model from the early 1950s. Not only is this a first issue but it is in a most unusual two piece box; the outer box is a heavy cardboard sleeve which is decorated on all four sides; the inner 'tray' has advertising on both short ends and also on the small upper end flaps where it says "Now...Enjoy Many Pleasant Moments While You Assemble This MONOGRAM MODEL". This is a scale flying wooden rubber powered model for gliding or JETEX power. 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 or the two piece 'sleeve' box like this kit. (In the mid 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, factory painted wooden parts, completely formed airfoil wings (the famous and beautiful 'Monofoil'), carved wheels and numerous plastic details like the cowling, pilot, missiles, prop and more, depending on the kit. Assembly was by detailed, illustrated plans. The Panther Jet features die-cut dark Navy Blue painted balsa parts, a perfect Monofoil wing, completely carved fuselage blocks, stringers, completely finished wheels, numerous plastic detail parts such as nose, intakes, gear struts, exhaust section, pilot bust and wing-mounted rockets, clear vacuform canopy (still in mint condition, clear and not yellowed), sandpaper, full color decals, Navy Blue covering material and full instructions. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and paperwork present. The decals and instructions are both in 'excellent+' condition. My father has a fine memory and story regarding this model. During the Michigan winter months, he would naturally build models. However, they could not be flown outside so he would fly them in the basement on a tether line hooked to a full gallon paint can. This was even done with gas powered control line aircraft, using a hair pin to keep the elevator fixed in the right position! After finishing the very beautiful Speedee-Bilt F9F, he decided to install the recommended Jetex motor and do some tether flying. The Jetex started flawlessly and propelled the very light weight model to very high speeds. However, the heat of the motor casing soon caught the back on fire. It was a fascinating spectacle to watch the Panther jet circling wildly while trailing a foot or more of flame from the aft section. Finally the flames reached something important, and the craft split in two which quickly ended one of the most memorable and entertaining of all basement winter flights.
Hasegawa TBM-3 Avenger USS Bunker Hill, 1/72, AP134
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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From 1996 and a very highly detailed kit; widely considered the finest 1/72 Avenger kit ever issued. Features all fine recessed panel lines, good cockpit detail, detailed gear wells, open or closed bomb bay with interior detail and torpedo loadout. NOTE: this kit has minor, 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: seats and control stick to floor. There is no other assembly. Inventoried and NOTE: missing one strut brace. Otherwise complete with all other parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Yakovlev Yak-3 Russian Guards And Yak-3 Normandie-Niemen, 1/72, AP113
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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SALE!! Includes two 1/72 scale models in the original boxes. Both models are never started and inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Revell Ilyuschin Il-4, 1/72, 4324
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
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Still factory sealed and dated 1991. The Il-4 was the most deployed Soviet bomber in WWII. This model can be built as a long range day bomber (1943) in camo finish, long range night bomber (1944) and Soviet Navy torpedo bomber (1942).
Testors Junkers Ju-188 A2/E1 - KG2 / 9.KG26 / 1.KG66 / F5+AT, 1/72, 878
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Very good model that features over 130 pieces, good cockpit, rotating turrets, movable guns, bombs with racks, optional parts for both versions (radial or inline) and more. Includes decals for four different aircraft. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Italeri AH-1Z Viper Combat Helicopter, 1/48, 858
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Large-scale model of the US Marines Super Cobra features detailed dual cockpits, rotating chin turret and correct nose sensors, large weapons load, correct new four bladed system and more. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Macchi MC-200 Saetta - (MC.200), 1/72, H657
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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1966 issue from Revell of Great Britain in a two-piece box. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Octopus Vought OS2U Kingfisher - With Landing Gear or Floats - Fleet Air Arm or US Navy, 1/72, 72025
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good++
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Still factory sealed and widely considered the finest 1/72 Kingfisher kit ever made. Hard to find and out of production. Highly detailed with many cast resin parts including the engine and cockpit, fine recessed panel lines, optional parts for float and land-based version and more. Includes decals for multiple aircraft.
Revell Northrop F-89C Scorpion - Plus Scale Aircraft Metal Landing Gear and True Details Ejection Seats - 57th FIS Presque Isle Maine or 74th FIS Thule Greenland, 1/48, 85-4825
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Includes Scale Aircraft Conversions #48119 Metal Main and Nose Landing Gear struts and True Details #48430 F-89J Ejection Seat Set (includes two seats). Both accessories are still factory sealed. The actual kit is a large 1/48 scale model that builds the first major production variant of the Scorpion, the 'C'. Features detailed cockpit and ejection seats, detailed gear wells, rocket loadout, optional position canopy and more. Has decals for both aircraft. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Frog English Electric BAC Canberra B(1) Mk.8 - or B(1)Mk. 12 South African or RAF, 1/72, F203
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Like most Frog kits, this model has very fine panel lines only, which builds up to a realistic model. Includes parts and decals for either version: RAF No.88 Sqn, Wildenrath Germany 1960 or South African Air Force No.12 Sqn, Waterkloof, 1969. NOTE: this kit has minor, 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: seat to floor; wing gear doors in 'up' position. There is no other assembly. The aircraft has been inventoried with all parts present and include decals and instructions, however NOTE: the display stand is missing. Please NOTE also that the box displays much better than the 'very good' grade but it is rated as such because there is a closed split seam 2" long on the lower right.
Airfix Martin RB-57E or B-57B Canberra - 13th TBS 41st Air Division PACAF USAF 1965 B-57B / Detachment 1 460th TRW USAF Tan Son Nhut Air Base South Vietname 1966 RB-57E, 1/72, 05018
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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1987 issue from the original molds. Features optional parts to build the rare recon version or US B-57B bomber, very fine surface detail, very good cockpit, optional position canopy, two crew figures, moving ailerons, rudder and elevators, optional position landing gear, optional bomb load, opened or closed speed brakes with detailed wells and more. Includes a very large decal sheet for both aircraft. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The box cover aircraft is from 460/DET 1, a small but doubly-staffed unit that was directly subordinate in mission operations to 7th Air Force headquarters at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. Tan Son Nhut was part of the large combination air base and commercial international airport adjacent to the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon. RB-57E aircraft derived their nickname from their call-sign which was 'Patty Lynn.' There were only four aircraft assigned but each had two rotating air crews. Mission imagery (film) was processed by the 12th Reconnaissance Intelligence Technical Sq, which was also located at the 7th AF HQ complex. Nominally they were assigned to the Huge 460th Tactical Recon Wing, to which the 12th Tactical Recon Sq (RF-4Cs)was also assigned. (Thanks to John Barlow for the history!)
IHP Alsace French Battleship - Hull / Conversion - Imperial Hobby Productions - Bagged, 1/700, 270027
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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This is the waterline hull only and is beautifully cast in high-definition resin. Like all IHP 'hull' models, you will need another kit complete it and either the Trumpeter or Pit-Road Richelieu will work perfectly. In some cases the Pit Road/Skywave sets of "Equipment For Navy Ships" works well for some of the finer details. The hull is in mint condition and that is all that is included. Measures 14" LOA. The Alsace class was a pair of fast battleships planned by the French Navy in the late 1930s in response to German plans to build two H-class battleships after the Second London Naval Treaty collapsed. The Alsace design was based on variants of the Richelieu class, and three proposals were submitted by the design staff. The proposed armament included nine or twelve 15 inch guns or nine 16 inch guns, but no choice was definitively made before the program ended. Two of the new ships were authorized on 1 April 1940. The first vessel was slated to be laid down at the No. 1 slipway at Saint-Nazaire after Joffre was to be launched in 1941, displacing Painlevé, which was not reallocated to another builder. The second member of the class was to be laid down in 1942 in the new No. 10 dock in Brest, which was to have been completed by that time. On 15 May 1940, the navy proposed four names for the first two ships for Darlan to select; these were Alsace, Normandie, Flandre, and Bourgogne. According to Garzke and Dulin, the government considered authorizing two more vessels, though no contracts were placed. Initial orders for building material were scheduled for mid-1940, but following the German victory in the Battle of France by June, all French naval construction programs came to an end.
IHP SMS Ersatz Yorck 1915 - (Ersatz Gneisenau / Ersatz Scharnhorst) - Imperial Hobby Productions, 1/700, 70018
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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This waterline model is beautifully cast in high-definition resin and contains 'all basic parts needed to complete a model of the Ersatz Yorck class as they would have appeared if completed to the 1915 design." Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. The Ersatz Yorck class was a group of three battlecruisers ordered but not completed for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in 1916. The three ships had originally been ordered as additions to the Mackensen class, but developments abroad, particularly the British Renown-class battlecruisers, led to the navy re-designing the ships. The primary change was an increase of the main battery from eight 35-centimeter (14 in) guns to eight 38 cm (15 in) weapons. Work on the first ship had already begun by the time the navy decided to re-design the ships, so the design staff was constrained by the need to use the material already assembled.The name derived from the fact that the lead ship was intended as a replacement (German: ersatz) for the armored cruiser Yorck, lost to mines in 1914, and it had been ordered under the provisional Ersatz Yorck. The other two ships, Ersatz Gneisenau, and Ersatz Scharnhorst, were considered to be replacements for the armored cruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, both of which had been sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands, also in 1914.As with the Mackensens, the three ships of the Ersatz Yorck class were never completed. This was primarily due to shifting wartime construction priorities; U-boats were deemed more important to Germany's war effort later in the war, and so work on other types of ships was slowed or halted outright. The lead ship, Ersatz Yorck, was the only vessel of the three to have begun construction, though she was over two years from completion by the time work was abandoned.
Unicraft G-38 Light Cruiser, 1/72
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory tape sealed. Very rare model of this advanced Soviet design. Nicely detailed, limited-run resin kit. This aircraft history is from the website Hanger 47.com - The G-38 Light Cruiser was an experimental fighter designed and built by the P.I. Grokhovsky Design Bureau from 1934-1936. Conceived as a two-seat fighter-bomber, and powered by a pair of 900 hp Gnome-Rhone radial engines, it was to be armed with two ShVAK 20mm cannon and four ShKAS 7.62 mm machine guns, all installed at the wing roots or in the small fuselage pod that was faired into the leading edge of the wing. At least some of these forward firing weapons were employed in the narrow gap between the two propeller arcs, and did not have to be burdened with synchronization gear. On the three-seat version there were reportedly an additional two SHKAS guns firing to the rear and controlled by an aft gunner.In the mid-1930s, the concept of the “fighter-destroyer” was very popular in design and planning circles. The Grokhovsky G-38 was one of many examples of this class of fighter that were designed but never flown. It was a twin-boom, multi-seat heavy fighter comparable in concept to the Dutch Fokker G.1 or the Lockheed P-58 ‘Chain Lightning’ — although the American aircraft it is most often compared to is Lockheed’s P-38 Lightning of WWII. The G-38, however, was remarkable in a number of respects, most significant of which was the execution of the twin-boom concept. The Fokker and the Lockheed designs were large, bulky aircraft, as was the original take on the G-38. When Grokhovsky hired the young Pavel Ivensen to work on the project, however, the aircraft was transformed into something rather exciting. Ivensen completely redesigned the aircraft and what emerged, was a relatively small plane, with a wingspan of 13.4 meters (compared with 16 meters for the P-38 and 17 meters for the Fokker G.1) in a compact, aerodynamic twin-boom airframe.It was constructed almost entirely of wood, with metal parts restricted to the cockpit, engines, weapons and landing gear. The crew (reported alternately as either two or three men) were contained in a tapered teardrop-shaped pod faired into the broad wing center section, and the two Gnome-Rhone radial engines tapered to extremely slender booms. The G-38 had an incredibly low frontal area for an aircraft of its class, and a high wing loading for the time. Its maximum speed was estimated at 340 mph, quite fast for its time (1936). Most remarkable of all was the fact that the preliminary designs were approved in 1934, making the highly modern looking G-38 a contemporary of the Hawker Hurricane and Curtiss P-36. After two years’ work, it was canceled in 1936 on the eve of completion of the prototype. Josef Stalin had an abiding distrust in virtually everyone, and the leading lights among his aircraft designers were anything but exempt; in 1937, Grokhovsky was swept up in the purge which decimated the Soviet armed forces that year, and arrested on false charges. He would ultimately die in prison in 1946. Had it not been canceled in the months prior to the 1937 Purge, Grokhosky’s cutting edge G-38 might have equipped the Soviet Air Force with a revolutionary fighter on the eve of World War II.
Lindberg Douglas DC-8 Delta Air Lines - Cellovision Issue, 1/231, 453-49
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Rare kit from the late 1950s. This is the one and only issue with the old style Delta decals and box art by Ray Gaedke. This well molded kit has fine raised panel lines, can be built wheels up or down, comes with extensive & complete Delta decals and even a display stand. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. Please note that the box displays slightly better than the 'good++' rating but is graded as such because there is a long crease on the lower long side and a price tab pull there also that measures 1" x 1/2".
MPC Republic F-84 Thunderstreak Thunderbirds - With 5 Crewmen (Airfix Molds), 1/72, 2-0208
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
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Still factory sealed but the seal has shrunk and draw the box top concave as shown. 1970s MPC kit from quality Airfix molds. Includes very colorful Thunderbirds decals as illustrated on the box art and 5 crew members.