Frog Douglas Boston III - Havoc A-20 - Green Series, 1/72, 151P
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$32
Nicely molded. High quality Frog kit with unsightly rivets, just fine panel lines for a realistic model. Features basic cockpit and crew stations, crew figures, separately molded ailerons, elevators and rudder. This kit has never been started. It is inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. The Lines Brothers opened Frog in 1932, capitalizing on the fever caused by Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight. Almost overnight the western populations became 'Air-Minded', and anything aviation was in high demand. Frog created a quality line of stick and tissue rubber powered aircraft and gliders as well as innovative ready-to-fly rubber powered aircraft that required no assembly. The box even contained a built-in rubber motor winder and fuselage holder. Model airplane flight competitions were popular in Great Britain, and one category was 'Rise Off the Ground', or ROG. By changing this to 'Flies Right Off the Ground', the FROG name was born. In 1936 Frog created a line of injection molded plastic models, the first such kit line in the world (Hawk sold a line of injection molded aircraft models in 1934 but they were factory assembled and painted). Named 'Penguin' after the bird that does not fly, the kits were innovative beyond the means of production. At a time when models were simply built by wingspan, the Penguin line was a constant 1/72 scale. Furthermore, a large 1/72 Short S.30 Empire class flying boat contained a full interior and lights! A line of accessories such as AA guns, tractors, hanger, ambulance, sound locator, searchlights and lighting kits were quickly added to the line. WWII caused a pause in production. After the war the box color changed from silver to green, and Penguin kits were also marketed in the USA. Production ended in 1950. Frog quickly expanded and released the Red, Orange, Black, Green, Gold Token, Spin and Comet series as well as Trail Blazers and several others. It is noteworthy that while most manufacturers in the 1940s/50 were making toy-like models, Frog attempted to make very realistic models. For example, 'detailing' kits with excessively large rivets was once very popular. Frog ignored this trend and continued to mold aircraft with fine panel lines and no rivets. As a result, Frog kits can be built into very realistic replicas. Production ended in the late 1970s, but Frog molds are still in use around the world.
AML Fiat G-50 Finnish Aces - FA-1 With 9 Victories / Vanr R Sartjarvi FA-21 / Ltn O Puhakka July 1941 Aircraft F5 6 Victories / FA-25 Ltn O. Puhakka March 1942 / FA-21 4 Victories / FA-26 W/O O. Tuominen Autumn 1941 / FA-26, 1/72, 72 007
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
$24
NOTE: bagged kit; there is no box. The box is shown for reference only. Hard-to-find issue with a large number of Finnish decals. Features injection molded parts with fine recessed surface detail, cast resin details, numerous brass PE parts, film instruments and more. Includes paint guide and decals for 6 historic Finnish Air Force aircraft.Never started. All resin and photoetched parts are still factory sealed; the injection molded parts have been inventoried complete. Includes decals and instructions.
Revell USS Forrest Sherman DD931 Destroyer, 1/320, H463
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$64
Dated 1972 and measures over 15 inches long when assembled. This is a large-scale, well detailed model for that time and still one of the best for a ship of this class. Features full hull with propellers and rudder detail, complete deck fittings, elevating and rotating main turrets, torpedo tubes, torpedo and lifeboat davits, detailed depth charge racks, display stand, decals, flag sheet and more. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals, color flag sheet and instructions.
Jo-Han 1934 Mercedes Benz 500K Special Sports Roadster, 1/25, GC234-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$68
Every few decades an automobile is produced that becomes an world-leading classic in beauty and performance. In the spring of 1934 at the Berlin Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz introduced a new series of high speed touring cars. The engine was the super charged 8 cylinder Mercedes, and the model name was 500K; 500 for the engine's 5 liter displacement and K for "Kompressor" or super charger. One of the three 500k cars was to become an immediate classic -the Singelfingen-Bodied 500K Special Sports Roadster. This model is highly detailed and features over 150 pieces, steerable wheels, removable top, operating rumble seat, removable boot, highly detailed engine and full chassis, double rear-mount spare tires, detailed interior, opening hood, chrome spoked wheels, tonneau cover and more. Molded in tan/yellow (as per the box top), black, clear, a large tree of chrome-plated parts and rubber tires. Never started. Inventoried with all parts and instructions present.
Dragon Armor Maus Super Heavy Tank - Die-Cast Factory Built and Painted, 1/72, 60154
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$27
From 2005. This is a factory painted and assembled die-cast metal 1/72 scale German Maus Tank that comes in a clear plastic display case with a black plastic base. It is in factory-mint condition and has never been out of the display box. The factory paint is stunning and there are no broken or missing parts.
RS Models Blohm & Voss Ae 607 - (Ae-607), 1/72, 7259
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$32
Rare kit of an even rarer subject. Excellent quality, high definition resin model with PE brass details, perfect condition vacuform canopy (not yellowed), enclosed & detailed gear bays and more. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Friulmodel Sherman T54E 1 Type Metal Working Tracks, 1/35, ATL-12
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$49
Rare. Very highly detailed, fine cast metal track set T54E 1 type for the Sherman tank. Includes 200 links in 1/35 scale and wire for the track pivots. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Skywave A-4 / A-6 / A-7 / F/A-18 / F-14 / EA-6 / S-3 / E-2 - US Navy / US Marines, 1/700, S12
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$34
Excellent small-scale accessory aircraft kit for any 1/700 application. Includes 4 each of every small fighter or bomber, 2 Hawkeyes and 2 S-3 Vikings. The decal sheet is incredibly extensive and even has optional squadrons markings for most (not all) of the aircraft. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa TWO Grumman F6F-3/5 Hellcat - (F6F5) VF-27 USS Princeton CVL-23, 1/72, 1165
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$24
SALE!! Includes two kits in the one box shown. Both models are never started and inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. This is a finely molded model with very good detail
Matchbox Halifax GRII Series IA / B.MkI/II - 58 Sq Coastal command Wales 1943 / 76 Sq RAF Yorks (P/O Christoper Cheshire's Aircraft) / 10th Sq RAF Yorks 1942, 1/72, PK-604
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$26
Very nicely molded kit with very fine raised panel lines and many recessed lines as well. Features parts for all three versions, detailed cockpit, crew, rotating turrets, wheels and propellers, optional position bomb bay doors and a painting guide and decals for the three aircraft listed. NOTE: this kit has very minor, 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: instrument panel and bulkhead to cockpit floor. There is no other assembly. Inventoried 100% complete and includes decals and instructions.
Air Lines Blackburn Skua Dive Bomber, 1/72, 7901
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$22
Well molded kit features basic cockpit & crew of two, separately molded radial engine, complete landing gear, separately molded ailerons, rudder & elevators and more Never started. It has been inventoried 100% complete 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.
Hasegawa MV-22B Osprey - USMC VMM-165 MCAS Miramar 2011 / VMM-265 MCAS Futenma 2012, 1/72, E41
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$32
Highly detailed kit dated 2015. Features 140 pieces, all fine recessed surface detail, full cockpit, optional position cargo doors, optional extended or retracted landing gear, rotating engine pods and much more. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Skywave USS San Diego CL-53 Light Cruiser - Oakland / Atlanta / Juneau / San Juan / Reno / Flint / Tucson / Spokane / Fresno, 1/700, 50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$32
This is Pit Road/Skywave's very highly detailed and finely molded waterline model of the USS San Diego. It can be built as any of the cruisers listed because it includes decals for all ships listed - hull numbers and stern names as well. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
J Zinger Products 26-6-10 Wood Propellers NOS - JZ - Bagged, 1407
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$60
NOS (new old stock) from the contents of a R/C-only hobby shop that closed in about 2003. Includes two brand-new propellers of the size listed. Please note that sometimes I have more than one sets of this size propellers and sometimes the paper headers are missing. So the ones you receive may not have the paper header; however all propellers are guaranteed to be NOS.
Revell M-56 Scorpion - Self Propelled Gun, 1/40, 8300
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$32
This 1982 issue is a perfect 'Classic Builder' because it is from the same molds as the 1958 'S' issue. Features hollow gun barrel that swivels, elevates and recoils, 12 bogie wheels & drive gears, working flexible tracks, operating loading platform and crew. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
MPM A-20G Havoc D-Day Havocs, 1/72, 72551
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$36
Very high quality, limited production model that features all fine, recessed panel lines, many photoetched details (some factory colored), very good cockpit detail and much more. Includes full color paint guide and decals for four different D-Day USAAF aircraft. The kit has never been started. It is either inventoried complete or the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags. Includes decals and instructions.
J Zinger Products ONE 13-6 And ONE 13-6-10 Wood Propellers NOS - JZ - Bagged
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$18
NOS (new old stock) from the contents of a R/C-only hobby shop that closed in about 2003. Includes high quality, brand-new & never used wooden propellers of the size and quantity listed. Please note that the package you receive may or may not have the yellow header. I have duplicates of some props and some are missing the header.
Revell 1893 Duryea Highway Pioneers - US Antique Series, 1/32, H61-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$40
1954 'US Antique' series issue molded in black plastic. This kit has never been started and is inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions present. This is from the issues produced with Gowland & Gowland as it carrier their 'balloon' logo only on the box top. Not long after this, the Gowland logo would disappear completely, leaving only the Revell logo. It is also worth noting that this is one of the first non-generic Highway Pioneers boxes. Earlier boxes were all the same, with the kit number and car stamped on the side, usually with a red or black rubber stamp. This box is completely dedicated to the Duryea kit, and even has advertisements for the early Revell 1954 ship and aircraft kits on the long sides. Before the 1950s 'model building' never made the top 10 list of boy's activities. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream. Shortly after the turn of the century, many dedicated modelers built flying or static airplanes, ship, train, automotive or other subjects. Basic kits existed, but the majority of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s. The phenomenon of the Revell/Gowland & Gowland 'Highway Pioneers' car kits was a significant force in proving that model building as a hobby could have mass appeal, provided that the kits were easy enough to build and finish. These 1/32 scale vehicles could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real car. The Highway Pioneers series lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the early 1960s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys.
Italeri Kettenkrad Sd.Kfz. 2 Kleines Kettenkraftrad Typ HK 101, 1/9, 7404
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$84
Very large scale, super detailed model that needs no further introduction. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions.
Pyro 1911 Stevens-Duryea Roadster, 1/32, C461-125
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$40
1967 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 mde 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, brass plated parts, colored injection molded parts and clear parts. Features detailed chassis, complete motor and interior and a removable hood or 'bonnet.' The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including all parts and instructions.