Pegaso Howard Pete with Air Race Diorama - (ex-Lindberg), 1/48, P2020
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$42
Necomisa/Pegaso reissue of the 1950s Lindberg kit from original molds. Includes card stock Air Race Diorama. Never started. Factory sealed bag with decals and instructions.
Balboa-Katsumi Brass Southern Pacific Golden State - Streamliner Train Cars - Baggage Mail / Pullman Sleeper / Dining / Vista Dome / Observation, 1/87, 865
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$510
Brass hand crafted and painted Japanese HO train from Balboa Katsumi Scale Models. The original Katsumi blue hardbox has some wear but is solid. Inside, this set is in investment grade condition. The Golden State is the rarest of the Balboa streamlined kits. It is rare to fine this complete set available and in factory-new condition. The set consists of a Baggage Mail Car, Pullman Sleeping Car, Dining Car, Vista Dome Coach and an Observation Car. All cars are internally lit. The original foam rubber and factory sealed coupler pockets are included, as well as coach seating kits sealed in the original bags. The paint is all factory and each car is as new. All cars are still protected in the original clear plastic sleeves. It would be difficult to find a better set. Postal insurance will be required.
Matchbox Supermarine Stranraer, 1/72, PK601
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$22
Dated 1983. Very nicely done model of this 1930's flying boat. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The Stranraer was one of several successful flying boats designed by RJ Mitchell for the RAF. Experience gained with the Southampton and Scapa flying boats was put to good use in design of the Stranraer which featured an all metal structure. Although replaced operationally with the Sunderland, examples of this aircraft were used till 1942 in WWII and many flew long after the war was over.
Entex Boeing 707-32B (VC-137) - (707) TWA or Air Force 1 Presidential Aircraft - with Clear Fuselage & Engine Parts and Interior Details, 1/100, 8519
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good++
$95
Still factory sealed. From the 1970s. Big scale model with excellent detail for that time. Features recessed panel lines, good cockpit and inner engine details, optional clear engine nacelles as well as an optional clear cockpit section to show the detailed flight deck. Includes a very large and colorful Air Force One and TWA decal sheet.
Lindberg Grumman F11F-1 Tiger - (F11F1), 1/48, 531-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$65
1950 hardbox issue with amazing Ray Gaedke artwork in fantastic, investment-grade "Near Mint" condition. This is still the only short-nose Tiger in 1/48 scale. Features movable ailerons, rudder and elevators and detailed engine with opening inspection panel. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Airframe Ansaldo SVA-5 - Bagged, 1/72
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$9
Still factory sealed. Basic vacuform kit. Not recommended for builders who are not experienced with vacuform kits.
Aurora Jap Zero Brooklyn - Famous Fighters of All Nations, 1/48, 88-59
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$725
Rare very first issue from Aurora's first factory in Brooklyn. This early kit, as with the other Brooklyn's, was issued without landing gear, bombs and has very little rivet detail. All parts correct for this kit molded in high-gloss yellow and clear including Brooklyn Base, Brooklyn Instructions and correct early Tatem Decals - even the original tissue packing paper is present. The box is solid and displays nicely. Gloss and colors are like new. On the top, there is light surface wear at the lower left. On the sides there is a 1" thin tape tear on one long side and a 1/2" thin tape tear on the other long side from the original tape seal. There is no other tape, price stickers or other defects. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Golden Age Reproductions Comet's Davis D1-W - 25 Inch Wingspan for Free Flight or R/C Conversion
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$34
Reissue of the 1940 Comet kit. Golden Age is a high quality company committed to reissuing classic stick and tissue kits and plans from the 1930s Golden Age of flying models. A high quality model that features printwood and strip wood, full color decals, vacuformed one-piece clear cabin and cockpit windows, propeller, rubber motor, fully formed wheels, bearings and hardware, covering tissue, beautiful copies of the original full size plans, covering material and very highly detailed instructions. 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.
Eduard Focke Wulf Fw-190 F-8, 1/48, 8179
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$44
Still factory sealed but the seal has a split at the left side. Fantastically detailed and well molded. Features all very fine recessed panel lines, colored photoetched parts, pre-cut masks, decals for four aircraft, incredibly detailed cockpit, gear wells and gun bays, complete engine that is a kit to itself, separately molded rudder and ailerons, extensive load-out, choice of canopies and much more. With a paint guide and two decals sheets for 'Yellow K' SG 10, Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia, 1945; 'Yellow 14' II. SG 2/SG 10 Neubiberg, Germany, 1945; 'Red 10' I/SG 4 Piacenza, Italy 1945 or 'Yellow 2' 9/SG 77 Chudim, Czechoslovakia, 1945.
Airfix Fouga Magister - 'Patrouille De France' - Belgian Air Force - Luftwaffe, 1/72, 02047-5
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$14
Dated 1975. Very nicely molded kit for that time. Features very good cockpit detail, very fine raised panel lines, 2 pilots, detailed gear wells and decals for three air forces. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Airfix Hawker Hart First Issue - Bagged with Header, 1/72, 1398
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$52
Still factory sealed. First Airfix logo from the 1950s. Bagged kit with paper header.
Aurora Boeing 737 Commercial Jet United Air Lines, 1/72, 359-250
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$175
Still factory sealed and in investment-grade condition. The seal is present and intact except for a 1/2 inch split on the bottom. The box has no damage at all. Rare 1/72 scale 737 dated 1966 with great Roy Grinnell boxart. This is the first issue artwork but the third price extension change. This kit has the 2.50 price instead of the earlier 1.98 or 2.49. Given the 250 price extension, this exact kit was likely issued around 1967/68. Molded in white and clear, with the large clear 'Triangle World' display base.
Airfix P-61 Black Widow Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 1414-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$34
Colorful 1960s artwork issue. Features interior detail, rotating wheels and props, drop tanks, decals for two aircraft, elevating guns and rotating turret, moving ailerons, positionable spoilers and optional bomb load. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
CM LST With Vehicles, 1/350
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$175
SPECIAL ORDER limited production kit. The assembled and painted model is shown in the photo - this kit comes unassembled and must be built and painted. 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.
CM AM56 USS Osprey (Raven Class Minesweeper), 1/350
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$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.
Maircraft Douglas DC-3 United Airlines' Mainliner 180 - Scale Solid Model Kit, 1/48, X-2
Wood and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$1800
One of the rarest and most valuable aircraft models in US history, and certainly the finest solid model ever produced. The add from Model Airplane News in 1947 states 'MUCH MORE THAN A MODEL - IT'S A MINIATURE AIRPLANE!' - and it's true. Maircraft was originally founded in the early or mid 1930s by Gordon Christoph and went by the name Aircraft Model Company. The company produced a typical line of solid 'profile cut' kits that required the usual high talent levels for carving and finishing. A former Comet Model Airplane & Supply Co. salesman, Jack Mair, bought the company in the early 1940s and renamed it Maircraft. The company continued to produce the usual solid models, but plastics were coming into play and plastic was not considered a 'strategic war material'. Maircraft decided to produce a deluxe kit with more injection molded details and soon the excellent P-61 Black Widow kit was born. The kit came out in 1945 and was priced very high for the time. The P-61 must have sold, as the next project was determined to be the DC-3. Development of this great kit must have taken 1/2 a year or more although the exact time frame is unknown. Maircraft started to run adds in late 1946 modeling magazines with a 'price to be announced' statement; the January Model Airplane News add showed the whopping price of $9.95 - almost unheard of during that time. Maircraft's timing for such a wonderful model was unfortunate - almost all model manufacturers predicted a huge boom in sales once the war ended and the opposite occurred, causing poor sales and high inventory levels. Maircraft went out of business shortly after introduction of the DC-3. I purchased this model from the original owner who purchased it new in 1947. This kit has never been started and is complete. The box is complete, has great colors, no tears, solid original corners and some litho bubbling. There is no fading, stains, writing or tears in the cardboard or the litho. The box is slightly crunched as it appears that someone place a heavier box on it at one point, but it's not serious. The kit is 100% complete and has never been touched. All internal display packing cardboard is intact. All injection molded details are still factory-affixed to the red display - landing gear and braces, two exhaust stacks, main wheels, rear baggage door and door frame, two air scoops, two cowls, two props, two P&W engines, forward cargo door and door frame, tail wheel, VHF Range and Glide Path antenna, loop antenna, two clear landing lights, main entrance door and door frame, tail wheel well and strut, two oil coolers and two clear landing lights. For the wooden parts, high quality balsa is used. Wings and stabilizers are cut to profile, except the center wing section was finished to an airfoil by the factory. Engine nacelles and fuselage sections are pre-cut and about 70% to shape. Many other stock wooden parts are factory pre-carved parts are present as well. The elaborate 'Douglas DC-3 Complete Template Sheet' is intact. Clear window material for cabin windows is included and the bag of hardware is still factory sealed. Paperwork is complete and excellent as well - the 'missing parts' sheet, 'Note from the Engineering Staff' brochure and 'Douglas DC-3 Illustrated Instruction Brochure' book are all in excellent condition with light foxing as the only flaw. The plans - the crowning glory of the model - are perhaps the most accurate ever produced outside of Douglas Aircraft Company. They are in excellent condition and have probably been opened two or three times judging from the lack of wear. The large decal sheet is near mint and even lacks the traditional yellowing or curling. Please note that the fuselage is hollow when built and full details are provided for cockpit and cabin detail and notes on lighting the model. A true investment-quality piece of modeling history for the advanced collector or museum. For the protection of the buyer this model will only be shipped via Express Mail Insured.
Professional Models Vought XF5U-1 Flying Pancake, 1/48, 48001
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$125
Very rare 1/48 scale kit. Features superb resin moldings with all fine recessed panel lines, numerous photoetched parts, film instruments, cast metal gear struts, 'good' cockpit detail, vacuform canopy (in good condition, still sealed and not crushed) full decals and very good instructions.
AMT 1966 Buick Riviera GS Grand Sport - Stock or Custom, 1/25, 6556-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$69
Rare original issue and even rarer in this condition - complete and never started. Includes the unique large clear display stand. Nicely detailed kit of the first year of the second generation Riviera. This is the GS package with the 2x4 carbs, large air cleaner and side badges. Features detailed engine and engine compartment, opening hood, molded underside detail, full interior, numerous custom option parts with unique front and rear end treatments and more. Molded in white, chrome, clear, red-tinted clear and with real rubber narrow whitewall tires. The kit has never beens started. Inventoried complete with all parts, decals, special AMT upholstery material and instructions.
Huma Model Grunau GR-99 and Schulgleiter SG-38, 1/72, 2505
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$42
Limited run injection molded kit of both pre-war gliders. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Vista Fairey Fulmar Mk I or Mk II, 1/72, 0202-1
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$12
Very cleanly molded. Fine recessed panel line details. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried with all parts, and instructions. NOTE: missing decals.