CM USS Milwaukee (Protected Cruiser 1910), 1/350
Resin Model Kit
$245
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.
Revell Guided Missile Fleet Set ABC 'Navy Log' Gift Set USS Norton Sound / USS Nautilus Submarine / USS Boston - 'S' Issue, G333-495
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$750
Rare 1955 release. This is a very complete kit and it includes all three ship models with the small parts packets still factory sealed, instructions and decals, the three correct small bottles of paint (which still look good), brush and Revell 'S' Cement (opened). The box has wear as shown. The inner packing display cardboard insert is complete and in excellent condition. This gift set contains the USS Norton Sound, USS Nautilus and USS Boston. All kits have not been started. These are all original 1955 kits - the plastic color is the correct high gloss light gray and the decals and flags are correct as well. An unusually complete example of a rare kit.
Aurora Bomarc Missile IM-99 with Launcher, 1/48, 377-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$550
1958 first and only release. Nice kit of the Bomarc in 1/48 scale with a full mobile launching trailer. Trailer has rotating wheels, two bar, tool boxes and an elevating missile rail that be displayed in 'travel' or 'launch' positions. The box has four solid corners, very good color and gloss but wear as shown. The kit has never been started. The missile parts are still factory bag sealed. All parts that were not factory bag sealed have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, both decal sheets and instructions.
Constructo Santa Maria Caravel of Christopher Columbus - 14.7 Inches Long, 1/55, 80606
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$45
Simplified construction for an ideal first wooden ship kit. Features completely carved, machined and smoothed hardwood hull, many other hardwood parts all cut completely to shape, superb wood fittings, many metal fittings, printed cloth sails, rigging thread, instructions and excellent full-size plans. The kit has never been started. All smaller parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags. Only the hull and a few larger wood parts were never sealed; they are all present and mint.
Italeri Mig-29 UB Two Seat Fulcrum - Soviet / DDR / Czech Air Force, 1/72, 192
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$18
Still factory sealed. Has color paint guide and decals for the three aircraft listed.
Testors Dodge 3/4 Ton WC-56 Light Truck - Command and Reconnaissance Truck (ex-Peerless/Max), 1/35, 819
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$42
Dated 1981. From high quality ex-Peerless / Max molds with over 100 very highly detailed parts. Molded in green and clear. Builds a rolling chassis just like the real truck. Features complete suspension, driveline and exhaust details, complete interior, optional raised top or lowered top, optional winch parts and more. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Heller Bloch 174, 1/72, 80393
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$32
Excellent armed reconnaissance bomber that first flew in January of 1939. By the time of the German Invasion, only 50 had been made and only one unit operated the aircraft exclusively. The excellent performance allowed the existing 174s to be used extensively with little losses. After the Armistice, it continued to operate with the Vichy forces. Some saw action along side the Allies during TORCH in North Africa. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Aurora Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 1/76, 372-259
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
$349
Rare first issue from the early 1950s. Correct gloss silver color with square original-style clear base and arm. Correct first issue instructions and decals. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts decals and instructions.
Megow Vultee Vanguard, S52
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$38
1930s solid wood display model. Unstarted and 100% complete with all parts and plans.
Merlin Models deHavilland Vampire T.11 Two Seater, 1/72, 17
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$42
Limited run kit with metal detail parts and decals. Nicely molded with recessed panel lines. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
O-Lin Republic Seabee Amphibian - (Lindberg), 1/48, 503
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$119
Very rare kit. The Seabee was produced as a high performance sport amphibian. This is a very hard-to-fine original O-line kit in the small box and advertisement for O-line cement on the top. Produced in 1949 or just before. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. O-Lin (Olin) was founded by Paul Lindberg and a Mr. Olsen - hence the company name. Although a producer of flying models in the 1930s, O-line produced some of the earliest American injection molded kits in the late 1940s. In 1950 the partnership may have ended, because all branding was changed to Lindberg and Paul Lindberg.
Lindberg He-111 Bomber, 1/63, 540-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$125
Late 1950s Cellovision with Ray Gaedke artwork. Kit features movable controls, retractable landing gear, removable cowling and scale engines, crew and engine ground stand. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts decals and instructions.
RCM Judy D4Y (all major variants), 1/32
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Bagged
$89
Includes major airframe parts for all major variants of the Judy. SPECIAL ORDER vacuform kit. Not shipped from stock. Kit is molded upon receipt of payment. Time from receipt to shipping your kit is usually 8 to 10 weeks. Kit includes resin and/or metal details -clear canopy and full size plans/instructions. Details included will vary from kit to kit but may contain landing struts - wheels - props - engines (not jets) - some cockpit parts - seats - etc. Other parts will need to be scratch built or from your spares box. Decals not furnished. Vacuform kits are only recommended for modelers who are experienced with this type of model. Special skills and scratch building experience are required. If you are curious, I highly recommend that you read the article 'How To Build Vacuform Model Kits' which is located on this website.
Mod-Ac US Army 6 Ton Scout Car, 1/24, 844
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair-
$28
From the 1940s. Well-done scale model features all-cut out hardwood parts, die-cut light plywood parts, fully formed wheels, plastic steering wheels, detailed machine gun (a small kit by itself), sandpaper and decals. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and multi-view plans with instructions.
Monogram Grumman F4F Wildcat Action Model - Four Star Issue, 1/48, PA66-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$69
Still factory sealed with brilliant colors but the seal has split. First issue 'Four Star' kit dated 1961. Features folding wings, rotating prop and wheels, drop tanks, optional position landing gear and pilot and ground crew figures.
WCO Howard Hughes 'Spruce Goose' HK-1 Hercules, 1/200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$35
Ex-Gakken molds. Hughes designed-and-built largest airplane in the world, at that time. Never started. Kit is either 100% inventoried with all parts/decals and instructions or is factory sealed/factory sealed internal bags.
Aurora Spitfire - Famous Fighters of all Nations First Issue, 1/48, 20-59
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM-
$375
Rare first issue with minimal surface detail and molded in the non-metallic medium blue and clear plastic, with a clear two-piece display stand with the early rectangle-shaped base. The second and all later issues had greatly increased rivet detail and were molded in a metallic blue plastic. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
KVZ Mil Mi-10 K Aeroflot, 1/100, 5022
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$44
Large Soviet helicopter with a unique gondola below the cockpit for the crane operator. KVZ was the logo used by this East German kit manufacturer from 1969 to 1973. During this time, some fantastic Cold War kits were produced of Russian Aeroflot Airliners and Military Helicopters and Aircraft. Never started. Complete except for 1/2 of the clear gondola and 1 small wheel.
Esoteric Navy Northrop BT-1, 1/72, NAF-16
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
$44
The BT-1 was the first Northrop aircraft for the US navy. John Northrop had just formed his aircraft company in 1929, and back then a government contract was the best way to stay in the business. The BT-1 was a scaled down Army A-17. 54 were produced, and the aircraft resulted in the creation of the famous SBD Dauntless dive bomber by Douglas when they acquired Northrop. Still factory sealed. Very high quality kit with metal parts and full decals. Esoteric kits were perhaps the finest vacuform kits made. The molding quality rivaled or surpassed most injection molded kits. Includes full interior detail. Complete and never started.
Revell Lockheed Electra II Los Angeles Dodgers 1961, 1/115, HD-255
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$395
Very rare. Special issue made by Revell just for the Concessions dealer for the LA Dodgers Inc and only available through them. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.