O-lin 1/48 North American F-86 Jet Fighter, 505

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O-lin 1/48 North American F-86 Jet Fighter, 505 plastic model kit

1/48 505 O-lin North American F-86 Jet Fighter

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+

Very rare kit for the advanced collector. Produced in 1949 or just before, making it among the earliest US all plastic kits. In superb overall condition. Very hard-to-fine original O-line small box and advertisement for O-line cement on the side. The box has excellent color and gloss but some wear and creases. Inside, the kit is factory new. It is molded in the correct off white with a red nose piece and clear canopy. It has never been started. The parts that O-Lin shipped factory sealed are still sealed in the krinkle bag; the parts that were never factory sealed have been inventoried complete. Includes decals in 'excellent+' condition and with a small sheet of decal instructions. The instructions are on the back of the box and are in VG condition. 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. To learn more about the first American Plastic Kits, please see the article on this website. Thanks to Dusty Rhodes, here is some information on the real airplane from the box art of this kit: "F-86A-1-NA s/n 47-617: 1/18/1949 First flight. 1/1949: Used for cold weather tests in Alaska. 1949: USAF 3200th PTG.3/30/1949: Crashed near Whitehall, MT.

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