Plastic Model Kits: model airplane kits, Revell, Monogram, Aurora

Airfix Junkers Ju-52 /3m - Wheels or Floats / Luftwaffe (3 versions) / German Civil / Swiss Air Force - T3 Logo Issue, 1/72, 588

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG

$36

From the 1960s and a very nicely detailed model for that time. Features fine, correctly corrugated skin surfaces, optional parts for early German Civil (without cargo hatch & armament but with wheel spats and tail skid), German Air Force (early with no cargo hatch but with armament, wheel spats and tail wheel / Float Plane Version / Late with no wheel spats, with armament, cargo hatch (open or closed) tail wheel and top central engine cover and Swiss Air Force (no armament, cargo hatch or wheels spats but with tail wheel. Has crew members, 'good' cockpit detail, separately molded ailerons, flaps and elevators and rotating wheels and props. The kit has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts decals and instructions.

Novo DH-88 Comet Racer - ex Frog - Bagged, 1/72, F168

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc

$39

Excellent quality kit that builds into a realistic model. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Includes figures of Capt. Scott and Capt. Black, the famous Comet pilots who won the 1934 MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia. The DH-88 was designed specifically for this race and performed wonderfully.

La Belle D&RG Closed Vestibule Coach HOn3 Narrow Gauge - Craftsman Model, 1/87, HOn3-25

Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Good

$24

Please read the article on this website about older HO train kits and the modeling revolution they caused in the late 1930s/1940s. During the golden era of realistic train models, La Belle Woodworking Company created perhaps the very finest scale kits of early American passenger equipment. The kit features die cut hardwood parts (no balsa) such as pre-cut and scribed sides with all windows factory cut, car ends done in the same fashion, carved clerestory roof, tinted clear clerestory window material, working end diaphragms, excellent underside details & other metal details, building instructions and full size plans. I have seen these models built and they look identical to the real prototypes. The kit has not been started and is complete with all parts, plans and instructions.

Allyn Mar Fury .049 Inboard Marine Engine Never Run - With Additional Flywheel By Herkimer #665, 404

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+

$325

From 1955. Very rare in this condition - never run and complete with all parts, paperwork, complete box and inner display cardboard. Includes the Mar Fury Inboard Marine Engine in NOS condition, free turning and with good compression, the gas tank (never installed) with the gaskets and fuel hose, special Allyn multi-wrench for servicing, fold-out illustrated parts diagram with part numbers and desriptions and Mar Fury fold out instructions. All Allyn paperwork is in 'excellent' condition. The inner decorative cardboard display is 'very good+' and the box top has intact cellophane but some wear as shown. Also includes an NOS Herkimer #665 Flywheel for .049 engines and the original instructions. This engine must be shipped insured.

Contest Craft So-Lo Class B Stunt Plane - 22 Inch Wingspan Flying Aircraft

Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG

$95

Very rare model from 1949. Highly prefabricated and robust control line model from the "Contest Craft Company." Features high quality balsa parts that are all either factory cut to shape or die-cut, covering material, landing gear wire, full size plans and detailed instructions. This kit has been inventoried complete but NOTE: it has minor and 'professional' quality assembly. The center core of the fuselage (a flat assembly) is built. There is no other assembly. Thanks to Dusty Rhodes, we now know a little bit more about Contest Craft. Mr. Richard W. Backora registered the company name in 1949 and it appears that this model was one of his designs. Mr. Backora was born in New York, NY in 1924. He was a WWII Navy veteran and also served in the US Marine Corps. He was an Armament Equipment Branch Head for the Naval Air Systems Command and retired after 28 years of government service. He then spent 15 years in the private sector as a staff and project engineer with Thiebolt Aircraft, Republic Aviation and Melpar, Inc. Mr. Backora was very active in his local community in Church and secular organizations. He was also a member of the AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) and the Lewes R/C Club. Although no address is given for the manufacturer, the instructions state that you should ask your hobby dealer for other Contest Craft Company kits.

Aurora Lockheed F-94C Starfire, 1/82, 495-50

Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-

$36

Dated 1961 and features Jo Kotula box art. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. The box has one large flaw: a crush and closed split corner on the left short side.