Revell German Heavy Cruiser Blucher (Hipper Class), 1/720, 05049
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$28
Still factory 'round tape' sealed. 1985 Revell of German reissue from the original 1973 USA molds. Can be built waterline or full hull with complete prop and rudder detail. Features detailed deck and superstructure, rotating main 8" turrets, six dual AA gun mounts, three rangefinders, cranes, gun directors, searchlights, AR-196 floatplane and more. The Blucher was the only German capital ship to be sunk during the Norway invasion of April 1940, repeating the history of the previous Armored Cruiser Blucher which was the only capital ship lost at the Battle of Dogger Bank in WWI. The WWII Blucher was surprised by Norwegian coastal torpedo batteries and guns from the fortress of Oscrsborg while sailing up the fjord towards Oslo. This is the only capital ship lost to shore based torpedo batteries.
Lindberg F-100 Super Sabre Thunderbirds, 1/48, 552-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$69
Late 1950s hardbox issue. Features detailed jet engine and opening access panel, moving ailerons, rudder and elevators, pilot figure and more. Includes a very large and colorful decal sheet with all the detailed Thunderbirds markings shown on the box top. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals (in 'excellent' condition with the typical light yellowing as the only flaw) and instructions.
Fuji De Havilland No.1 (DH-1) 1910 / Antoinette 1908 Monoplane / Voisin Farman 1908 Biplane 'The Pioneer on the Air' (sic) (Ex-Taimei), 1/72, 010-400
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$125
Rare and highly detailed kits from original Taimei molds. These are unique and accurate kits. The original internal frame structure and details of the aircraft is built from injection molded plastic. When complete, it is covered with a very strong fabric which is included. The result is a very realistic aircraft. Never started. Factory sealed bags complete with instructions.
Scientific F-51D Mustang with Small-Scale P-51D Mustang Profile Glider - 18 Inch Wingspan Flying Aircraft, 156-100
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$34
Purchased new on November 10, 1966 at Cleveland Hobby, in Cleveland, Ohio. Very nice stick-and-tissue kit featuring excellent quality balsa printwood, generous stripwood, spars, completely formed wheels, formed wire landing gear struts, rubber motor, plastic prop, formed thrust button, vacuformed canopy in superb condition (and no yellowing), covering tissue, excellent full size plans with detailed instructions and a bonus P-51 balsa glider with a 8.5 inch wingspan. Inventoried complete with all parts and never started. In 1966 the Super Flyer line consisted of a P-40 that dropped bombs in flight, a Stuka and dropped bombs in flight, a Taylor Cub that dropped a parachute in flight, this Cessna 185 with parachute and a F-51 Mustang & Messerschmitt Me-109.
Sterling Caltex Lumba-Lumba With Optional Fittings Set B20F - 38 Inches Long For R/C Or Display, B20M
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$429
Rare in this condition and ever rarer with the fittings set. This very large, scale model is 'completely pre-fabbed for easy assembly' It features die-cut plywood and balsa parts, factory carved parts, plastic molded smoke stack, other plastic parts as well, sheeted hull construction, 'excellent' decals, superb full size drawings and plans and simple-to-follow, step by step instructions. Never started and complete. Lumba-Lumba means 'porpoises' in the far east. This ship was commissioned by Caltex Pacific Oil Company in 1961 to speed personnel and freight from Sumatra to Singapore. She was designed by the famous naval architects Sparkman and Stephens who created the Columbia (winner of the New England yacht races. NOTE: this kit must be shipped insured.
Revell Lockheed L-1011 Tristar Eastern Airlines, 1/144, H124
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$74
Still in the factory seal but the seal has shrunk and drawn the box top concave as shown. Dated 1973. Nicely detailed 1/144 scale kit of the famous Tri-Jet. Features clear cockpit windows, detailed engine pods, full Eastern 'Hockey Stick' decals and more.
Aurora F8U-1 Crusader (F-8) - (F8U1), 1/48, 119-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$125
Very rare first issue. This box art was only used for one year (or less) in 1957, then the more common 'ground' artwork was used till production ceased. A nice kit for that time, it features including retracting landing gear, removable tail section, detailed and removable jet engine, pilot, some cockpit detail and more. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts in the correct high-gloss early issue light grey. Features the correct 1st issue instructions showing the early stand, large rectangular-based stand and decal sheet correctly lacking the stand decal.
ESCI AD-4W Skyraider Fleet-Eye Early Warning Platform - US Marines VMC-1 'Guppy' Korean War 1950 / Royal Navy AEW1 849 Sq A Flight 1956 Suez Crisis, 1/48, 4046
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$42
Pre-E2C Hawkeye Fleet Airborne Early Warning Radar Platform. Nicely molded with very fine raised panel lines, good cockpit and engine detail, drop tanks, two piece canopy and decals for RAF and US Marines. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
CA Atkins Austrian Aviatik (Berg) D-I, 1/72
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$36
Rare, limited issue, very high quality cast metal kit. Includes full instructions. Never started. The parts are still in the factory sealed bag.
Hawk Vought Corsair F4U-ID - (F4U1D), 1/72, 604-60
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good+
$27
Still factory sealed but the seal has drawn the box concave as shown. 1965 softbox issue with ground attack artwork by Tom Morgan. Excellent fitting kit for that time and features pilot, clear canopy, full landing gear and all 6 main and 2 tail gear doors, drop tank and under-wing bombs and rockets.
Airfix Conslidated B-24J Liberator - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 4-129
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$38
Action-packed 1960 artwork shows part of a box of B-24s at the moment of "Bombs Away!" Guns blaze at attacking fighters while flak bursts close in. One B-24 is going down with the starboard wing in flames. Well detailed kit for that time featuring moving guns and turrets, movable ailerons, elevators and rudders, retractable landing gear, rotating props and optional position crew entry door and ladder. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. NOTE: decals were adult cut into four parts. All designs are intact and not cut through as they cut on the background only.
KMC Boeing 727-200 American Airlines, 1/72, PA01
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$485
This is the only 1/72 injection molded 727 kit ever issued. Very large model with gray and clear plastic parts and man high-definition cast resin details. In a discussion with the manufacturer, he told me that the molds for this kit have been destroyed, so no reissue is possible. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions, both in 'excellent+' condition.
Revell McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender Tanker with F-15 - (DC-10), 1/144, 4524
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$129
Rare. 1983 issue. Features both aircraft in 1/144 scale, optional position landing gear, optional position fueling probe, optional stand that can hold the aircraft in refueling position and more. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Kawanishi N1K2-J Shidenkai George, 1/72, 506
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$22
Still factory sealed. Inverted box art issue.
Aurora Tiger Moth DH-82, 1/48, 110-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$65
1958 issue with fantastic Jo Kotula artwork. The kit has not been started. Inventoried with all plastic parts, decals and instructions present.
West Side Model Co Brass HOn3 Class "A" Climax Horizontal Boiler Locomotive Nakamura Seimjitsu KK, 1/87
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$179
Beautiful, like-new condition brass narrow gauge locomotive, hand-built in Japan by the renown Nakamura Seimisu K.K. (marketed in the USA as Westside Models). It is still wrapped in the original plastic and all three pieces of the factory foam are intact and in excellent condition. This one-owner model has always been carefully stored in the original box. There is the slightest bit of wheel wear at 14x magnification, so it appears it was test run at one point but nothing more. I see no broken parts and no modifications; it looks factory-new. However, most of these came with a small firebox cover for the inside of the cab; this one does not have one. I have no narrow gauge track, so I am unable to test the locomotive, so it is sold "As Is." There is no paperwork present.
Lincoln Bristol Sycamore Helicopter, 1/64, 110
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good++
$52
Still factory sealed but the seal has shrunk and exposed the box ends. Nicely molded, larger scale model from the late 1950s or early 1960s. Lincoln was based in Hong Kong. Plastic kits were not the primary business, but they established quite a line of them before discontinuing production in the late 1960s/early 1970s. Many molds moved to Kader, also in Hong Kong, who reissued the line. Many molds eventually found their way to the USA either through ATP (who purchased the excess kit stock when Kader sold out) or IM.
Lindberg F-86D Sabre Jet Fighter, 1/48, 522-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$69
From the 1950s with dramatic Ray Gaedke artwork. Molded in a beautiful high gloss silver and clear. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Lindberg is a company with a fascinating history The original 'Lindberg Line' stretches back to the 1930s when Paul Lindberg drew plans for famous modeling magazines and marketed his balsa wood 'stick and tissue' by urging dealers to carry the '...Complete Lindberg Line'. After the war, Lindberg and Olsen had a strong hand in early United States injection molded kit development. Please see the article located on this website about early USA plastic kit manufacturers.
Ocio Creativo Barcelona Metropolitan Transport Tram Street Car 1904 Tibidabo - (OcCre), 1/24, 51003
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$89
Still factory sealed. Beautiful, true scale and very highly detailed model with laser cut hardwood parts, cast metal and photoetched metal fittings, completely finished hardwood wood details and more. Measures 415 mm long (about 16.3 inches long) when assembled. Can be motorized with an optional motor kit for operation on your G scale railroad. Other kits in this superb series include at least 7 different historical trolley / street cars, dioramas for the street cars, ships, small boats, two wagons, early steam locomotives and rolling stock. The "Tramvia Blau" tram is, at the present time, the oldest operational tramline in Europe, still running the same route as on the date of her inauguration back in 1901. In all that time it has never ceased to provide a service to the public. From her inauguration up to 1979 she belonged to Sociedad Anonima Tibidabo and then, in 1981, was taken over by the TMB (Barcelona Metropolitan Transport). The present model was built in 1904, has a capacity for 48 passengers, 32 sitting in crossways double seats and another 16 standing on the platforms. The actual tram weighs 9,650 kg, is fitted with two 45 HP electric motors, two breaks, one chain operated and the other electric, and is capable of reaching a top speed of 13.5 kph.
Eduard Morane-Saulnier Type N, 1/48, 8090
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$24
Well detailed kit with mask set. Includes decals and color paint guide for two aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.