A21 Sterling Spad XIII Drops Twin Bombs in Flight - 24 Inch Wingspan For RC / Free Flight / Control Line
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
Rare 24 inch wingspan kit with the box in remarkable 'Near Mint' condition. This model is designed for R/C, free flight or control line. Includes innovative system for automatically dropping bombs in flight. Features die-cut balsa parts, plastic wheels with rubber tires, finished wire landing gear struts and other metal parts, pre-formed nose bearing & plastic propeller, plastic engine covers, bombs, radiator cowl, machine gun panel, pilot bust and more, clear die-cut windshield, rubber motor, control surface hinge material, hardware, full color decals and superb full size plans with instructions. Never started. The hardware and fittings envelope is still factory sealed. All the other parts were never sealed and have been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: instructions have bug damage to two panels; white noticeable, it does not interfere with constructions. The decals have some bug damage that is mainly on the backing paper. The decals are 99%+ intact with just a few having very slight edge damage from the bugs. Sterling was a famous manufacturer dating back to the 1930/40s flying model craze. Although they continued to produce kits for decades after the flying model slump following World War II, they eventually fell victim to the general lack of interest in modeling that occurred in the early 1980s. I always considered Sterling kits to be deluxe kits as they featured color decals, high-grade die cut balsa, vacuform plastic detail parts, plastic wheels (if required), finished wire landing gear, rubber motor and plastic prop, full size plans with instruction details and full instructions for conversion to RC or control line. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
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