Airfix Montys Humber Staff Car, 1/32, 05360
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good+
$25
Still factory sealed but the seal has shrunk with age and drawn the box top concave. Nicely done kit of the second of Monty's two Humbers. Features very good underside detail with suspension, exhaust, gas tank and more. Full interior is well done and the kit includes two figures.
Novo Techna Soviet Type S 9-BIS Series Submarine, 1/400, K4002
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good+
$14
Ex-Soviet Union kit that is very well molded for that time with very fine detail and hull drain holes. Full hull model measures 7.5 inches long when assembled and includes display stand and decals. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags, which is attached to cardstock that is folded in two. At times the factory workers had to get pretty creative because of a shortage of staples. Beyond staples, I have seen the bag of parts attached with a clothing snap, a rivet or even sewn on with thread!
Airfix Blackburn NA-39 Buccaneer - Type Two Issue, 1/72, 384
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair+
$27
Late 1950s Type 2 box issue. Kit features opening unique rotating bomb bay, folding wings and working arresting hook. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. The Buccaneer was the world's first purpose designed low level 'below the radar' bomber. Low level strike aircraft have a shorter airframe life limit due to the stresses of low level flying, so the Buccaneer was designed to be very strong and even had many sub-assemblies milled from solid metal.
ESCI F-4E Phantom II - USAF 388th TFW WC J.M. Breedlove / Luftwaffe JG 74 'Molders' 1976 / Israeli Air Force 101 Sq 1973, 1/72, 4041
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$22
Nicely detailed and molded older model with all fine recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit, optional position canopy and landing gear, drop tanks, AIM-9, AIM-7 missiles and more. The kit has never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have beeniInventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
ESCI McDonnell Douglas F-4E Nam Raider - Decals For Fin Markings LA AF69-291 and JJ AF68-493, 1/72, 4086
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$30
Still factory sealed. Excellent molds with all fine recessed panel lines. Very well detailed with complete cockpit, detailed gear wells, AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, drop tanks, optional position canopy and more. Has decals and paint guide for the two aircraft listed.
Revell 1997 Ford XLT F150 Flareside Supercab Pickup Truck, 1/25, 85-7621
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
$28
Dated 1996 - original issue with the best mold quality. Very nice kit with 116 parts, detailed engine and compartment, opening hood, detailed underside, full interior and more. Molded in white, clear, red-tinted clear, chrome plate and with rubber tires. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Lockheed ASW P-3A Orion - 'Road Runner' from VP-64 Project Magnet US Naval Oceanographic Office, 1/115, 4428
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$39
1984 rare issue that comes with USNOO decals for Project Magnet as well as ASW Patrol Squadron VP-64. This kit was created by heavy modification of the Electra mold (please see the article about this on this website). The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Grumman F4F Wildcat - Blue Box Issue, 1/48, 6798
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$54
Still factory sealed. Dated 1968 with the Monogram/Mattel logo on the top and all four sides. Possibly the fourth issue. Features folding wings, optional position landing gear, under-wing tanks, rotating prop and wheels and pilot + one ground crew.
Fujimi Mirage IIIR - French or Swiss Air Forces, 1/48, 5A-9
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$26
Very nicely molded and detailed 1/48 scale kit with decals and a full color painting guide for the two aircraft listed. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Orange Crush-Revell 1915 Ford Model T - Early Issue, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$89
Very rare kit with a fascinating history. This is the early issue with reversed box art and when Modelandia had 13 stores (see below). 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.
Easy Built Models Miss Canada Senior - 36 inch Wingspan for Free Flight - (Red Box Issue), FF-11
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$27
Still factory sealed. Easy Built was a Canadian manufacturer who made excellent reproductions of classic flying designs from the 1930 and 1940s. Original plans were used. High quality modern kit made in the finest tradition of the stick and tissue flyers. Features high quality printed balsa, strip wood, propeller, rubber, full sized plans and other accessories.
Hasegawa Vought F4U Birdcage Corsair - US Marines VMF-215 ' Spirit of 76' August 1943 / US Navy VF-17 USS Bunker Hill July 1943, 1/72, C14
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$16
Very finely molded kit with decals for both aircraft. Never started. Factory sealed bag with decals and instructions.
Airfix English Electric Lightning F.1A - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 11-49
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$28
In this Craftmaster issue, a pilot ejects on a pillar of flame as his stricken BAC plunges earthward trailing black smoke. Despite this dramatic scene, XM192 enjoyed in historical fact a long career with 111 and 145 squadrons, retiring intact in 1973 to become a ground display aircraft. Never started. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Fujimi Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, 1/70, FC-10-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$16
From the late 1960s or early '70s. AHM/Fujimi Mokei Co. Ltd. issue with very collectible box artwork. Features rotating prop, retractable landing gear, working wing flaps bombs, drop tank and pilot figure. NOTE: the bomb halves have been assembled. Quality of assembly is excellent. There is no other assembly. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Airfix Bristol Beaufighter Craftmaster, 1/72, 1211-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$28
Still factory sealed and in investment-grade condition. Very colorful 1960s box art shows a Beaufighter making a low attack run on shipping. Kit includes torpedo and missile load-outs.
ICM Grosser Kurfurst German WWI Battleship, 1/350, S002
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$58
Highly detailed and finely molded full-hull model kit. Still internally sealed. Includes decals and instructions.
MPC Avro Lancaster Profile Series - DG595-2nd Prototype / B.1 No. 463 RAAF 1945 / B.1 No 214 Federated Maylay States 1950 (Airfix molds), 1/72, 2-2503
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$36
Dates from the 1970s and is from detailed Airfix molds. Contains decals for all three aircraft. Features movable control surfaces, rotating gun turrets, props and wheels and optional position undercarriage. Never started. The parts are still in the factory sealed bag. Includes decals and instructions. The decals have but cut but are complete.
High Planes Gloster E.28/39 Whittle (E-28 / Pioneer), 1/72, 72018
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$27
Hard-to-find limited issue kit. Features injection molded main airframe parts, cast metal nose wheel and strut and vacuform canopy. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
LS Mitsubishi A6M5 Type 52 Zeke - Zero Motorized, 1/72, 106-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$34
Classic early Japanese box art and high LS quality kit. Model is made to be motorized with the battery in the stand. As was the practice, all of the hardware is included but the motor is not. Features moving rudder, wing flaps and ailerons, sliding canopy and retracting landing gear. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell USS Dallas And SH-60B The Hunt for Red October, 1/400, 4007
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$36
1990 issue as a tie-in with the famous motion picture. Includes two very nicely molded kits. The USS Dallas is 1/400 scale, full hull and has recessed panel lines. The SH-60B is 1/100 scale and has recessed panel lines and good cockpit detail. The kits have never been started. The have both been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.