Pyro Mercedes Benz SS Tourer, 1/32, C350-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair+
$39
1966 Pyro issue from original molds. In the early to mid 1960s the Pyro company chose many of it's kit subjects based more on historical significance than popularity. Luckily for us, Pyro not only made these kits but did an excellent job for the time. The Pyro car models are based on the actual cars that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. The model includes rubber tires, chrome plated parts, colored injection molded parts and clear parts. Features detailed chassis, suspension and exhaust, complete motor and interior, spoked wheels and a removable hood. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including all parts and instructions.
Pyro 1932 Lincoln KB Dual Cowl Phaeton, 1/32, C340-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$44
1965 Pyro issue from original molds. In the early to mid 1960s the Pyro company chose many of it's kit subjects based more on historical significance than popularity. Luckily for us, Pyro not only made these kits but did an excellent job for the time. The Pyro car models are based on the actual cars that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. The model includes spoked wheels, chassis with steering linkage, gas tank and suspension details, full engine, removable hood, complete interior and parts molded in color, clear and chrome plated plastic. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including all parts and instructions.
Pyro Rolls Royce Towne Car, 1/32, C349-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$38
1967 Pyro issue from original molds. In the early to mid 1960s the Pyro company chose many of it's kit subjects based more on historical significance than popularity. Luckily for us, Pyro not only made these kits but did an excellent job for the time. The Pyro car models are based on the actual cars that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. In some cases, the specific car and owner is on the box. Features detailed chassis, full front and rear suspension, steering linkage, complete motor, removable hood, full interior, realistic inner and outer spoke wheels and more. With clear, chrome plated & black molded parts and rubber tires. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions.
Pyro 1932 Chrysler La Baron Phaeton Imperial Chassis V-8, 1/32, C413-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$38
1966 Pyro issue from original molds. In the early to mid 1960s the Pyro company chose many of it's kit subjects based more on historical significance than popularity. Luckily for us, Pyro not only made these kits but did an excellent job for the time. The Pyro car models are based on the actual cars that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. Features detailed chassis and suspension, spoked wheels, complete motor and interior and a removable hood. Molded in colored, clear and chrome plated plastic with rubber tires. This kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions present.
AMT 1965 Buick Wildcat 2 Door HT 3 In 1 - Stock / Custom / Racing, 1/25, 6525-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$325
First issue from late 1964. Very rare, especially in an 'excellent' box, untouched inside, never started and 100% complete. Also has no significant tire burns (I did not see any; if there are any, they are very small). This is a well detailed model with full engine and engine compartment, complete interior, opening hood, numerous optional parts and much more. Molded in white, chrome, clear, red-tinted clear and with rubber wheels, metal axles and metal body screws. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Decals are flat but have typical age cracking with some slight lifting, so they are graded 'good'. Instructions are 'excellent+.'
Life-Like 1910 Buick Model F Tourer - (ex-Pyro), 1/32, 09464
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+++
$36
From Pyro molds cut just before Life-Like took over production. Pyro's intent was to issue this in the 'Vintage Brass Car' series, but the timing was disrupted by the sale of their plastic kit line to Life-Like; as a result it was never issued under the Pyro name. Well detailed with full engine and engine compartment details, complete interior, separately molded front and rear suspension/axles, spoked wheels, optional top with porthole rear windows and a four piece hood that can be built closed or correctly opened. Molded in ivory with brass plated & clear parts and rubber tires. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including instructions.
Hudson Miniatures 1914 Regal Lil' Old Timers Quickie Kit, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$44
Rare. When the Gowland/Revell 'Highway Pioneers' burst upon the hobby scene in 1951, they started a hobby revolution. Plastic model kits were not new in 1951, but successful mass marketing of plastic kits was new. The sensation swept the country, and Gowland & Revell could not make the kits fast enough. The fact that the public was buying these models shocked the successful hobby establishment. One such manufacture was Hudson Miniatures. In the 1940s, Hudson had established a name in making 1/16 scale 'Old Timer' models of automobiles. These were excellent kits with wood and metal parts, but a high degree of skill was required to carve and finish the wood parts. In the late 1940s, they added some injection molded plastic parts (usually acetate wheels) to the series but never considered making a completely plastic kit. When Hudson saw what was happening with the Highway Pioneers, he began to design his own 1/32 scale line called 'Lil Old Timers', which hit the stores in 1954. An early paper fold-out catalog shows 18 models including some real gems like the 1910 International Harvester Passenger Car, 1911 Brush Delivery Truck and 1906 Columbia Electric Car just to name a few. The line was bought by Revell a short time after it's release, and Revell did reissue some (but not all) of the kits. As you would expect from Hudson, this is a nice kit with excellent moldings and detail for the time. The kit is molded in a very bright yellow plastic. Never started and inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions present. The 1914 Regal Coupe is perhaps the rarest of all cars ever built in America. It was underslung, which was rare for the time, and the body was all wood and similar to old horse-drawn carriages of colonial times. The design was sometimes called a Colonial Coupe. The large car seated only two people and could hit 40 mph with it's 25 hp engine.
MPC 1968 Pontiac Bonneville Hardtop - Stock /Funny Car / Custom With Clear Bubble Top, 1/25, 968-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$265
Very rare original issue and ever rarer in this condition. This model can be built factory stock, as a rear-engine 500CI engine funny car or custom. Features 428 engine, 500CID blown racing engine, detailed engine compartment, opening hood, stock or custom interior, numerous optional parts to make the funny car or full custom, choice of tires and much more. Molded in white, chrome plate, clear, red-tinted clear and with rubber tires, metal axles and metal body screws. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions (both of which are in amazing 'near mint' condition).
AMT 1964 Chevrolet Chevelle El Camino 3 In 1 Advanced Customizing Kit With Westcraft Boat - Stock / Custom / Racing, 1/25, 8734-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$165
Very rare first issue that can be built one of three ways. Features optional engines - a Chevy V-8 with stock carbs or dual Carter 4 bbl carburetors and headers, custom or stock valve covers and choice of two air cleaners or the famous Chevy Stovebolt Straight 6 engine, detailed engine compartment and opening hood, stock or custom interiors, stock or custom rear and front end treatments, tonneau cover and a complete Westcraft boat kit. Molded in white, clear, red-tinted clear, chrome plate and with rubber narrow whitewall tires, metal axles and metal chassis screws. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: there are tire burns on the boat lower half (tiny), top deck of boat (small), valve cover and custom grill insert.
AMT 1965 Pontiac Bonneville Hardtop 3 in 1 Customizing Kit - Stock / Custom / Racing, 1/25, 6625-150
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$125
Very rare original issue; even rarer in this condition with an 'Excellent+' box and never started & complete. Features all parts needed for Stock, Racing or Custom versions, stock engine with power options and headers, engine compartment detail & opening hood, molded in chassis detail, stock or custom interior, stock bumpers, custom bumpers and pans and more. Molded in white, clear, chrome plate, red-tinted clear and with rubber tires and metal axles and four metal body screws. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
AMT VW Scirocco - Stock Or Road Racer, 1/25, 2002
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$48
Still factory sealed and the rare original 1979 issue; not the common reissue. Nicely detailed and can be built one of two ways; stock or competition. Competition version features full roll cage, tuned racing exhaust, Firestone 'Super Sports' hollow vinyl tires, Ferraro steering wheel, Recaro Racing Seat, racing air dam and grille, racing fender flares, BBS wheels and more.
Verneuil Panhard 1891 Europe Model Kits, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$28
The 1891 Panhard was among the very first modern cars and with it's groundbreaking innovations was certainly the grandfather of the present day automobile. This is a rare kit of this historic automobile from when France clearly lead the automotive world in technology and quality. This happened largely because the French people, government and authorities embraced the horseless carriage; this was the opposite of what happened in most countries, especially Great Britain where they regulated it almost completely out of existence. The actual model is nicely molded and features about 75 pieces, detailed suspension and drive line, large assembly guide with numbered parts layout, text & fully illustrated step-by-step instructions and automobile history (in French). There is no assembly but NOTE: the spokes of two wheels have been very neatly painted red. There is no other painting. Inventoried complete with all parts and instructions present.
Jo-Han 1934 Mercedes Benz 500K Special Sports Roadster, 1/25, GC234-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$75
Every few decades an automobile is produced that becomes an world-leading classic in beauty and performance. In the spring of 1934 at the Berlin Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz introduced a new series of high speed touring cars. The engine was the super charged 8 cylinder Mercedes, and the model name was 500K; 500 for the engine's 5 liter displacement and K for "Kompressor" or super charger. One of the three 500k cars was to become an immediate classic -the Singelfingen-Bodied 500K Special Sports Roadster. This model is highly detailed and features over 150 pieces, steerable wheels, removable top, operating rumble seat, removable boot, highly detailed engine and full chassis, double rear-mount spare tires, detailed interior, opening hood, chrome spoked wheels, tonneau cover and more. Molded in tan/yellow (as per the box top), black, clear, a large tree of chrome-plated parts and rubber tires. Never started. Inventoried with all parts and instructions present.
Revell 1893 Duryea Highway Pioneers - US Antique Series, 1/32, H61-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$44
1954 'US Antique' series issue molded in black plastic. This kit has never been started and is inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions present. This is from the issues produced with Gowland & Gowland as it carrier their 'balloon' logo only on the box top. Not long after this, the Gowland logo would disappear completely, leaving only the Revell logo. It is also worth noting that this is one of the first non-generic Highway Pioneers boxes. Earlier boxes were all the same, with the kit number and car stamped on the side, usually with a red or black rubber stamp. This box is completely dedicated to the Duryea kit, and even has advertisements for the early Revell 1954 ship and aircraft kits on the long sides. Before the 1950s 'model building' never made the top 10 list of boy's activities. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream. Shortly after the turn of the century, many dedicated modelers built flying or static airplanes, ship, train, automotive or other subjects. Basic kits existed, but the majority of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s. The phenomenon of the Revell/Gowland & Gowland 'Highway Pioneers' car kits was a significant force in proving that model building as a hobby could have mass appeal, provided that the kits were easy enough to build and finish. These 1/32 scale vehicles could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real car. The Highway Pioneers series lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the early 1960s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys.
Tamiya Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII WRC, 1/24, 24257
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$59
The actual kit is a highly detailed static display model with detailed front & rear suspension and driveline, complete race interior interior, scale mesh material for the grill, metal transfer emblems, three colorful decal sheets and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Pyro Mercedes Benz SS Tourer, 1/32, C350-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$42
1966 Pyro issue from original molds. In the early to mid 1960s the Pyro company chose many of it's kit subjects based more on historical significance than popularity. Luckily for us, Pyro not only made these kits but did an excellent job for the time. The Pyro car models are based on the actual cars that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. The model includes rubber tires, chrome plated parts, colored injection molded parts and clear parts. Features detailed chassis, suspension and exhaust, complete motor and interior, spoked wheels and a removable hood. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including all parts and instructions.
Pyro 1911 Stevens-Duryea Roadster, 1/32, C461-125
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$40
1967 Pyro issue from original molds. In the early to mid 1960s the Pyro company chose many of it's kit subjects based more on historical significance than popularity. Luckily for us, Pyro not only mde these kits but did an excellent job for the time. The Pyro car models are based on the actual cars that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. In some cases, the specific car and owner is on the box. The model includes rubber tires, brass plated parts, colored injection molded parts and clear parts. Features detailed chassis, complete motor and interior and a removable hood or 'bonnet.' The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including all parts and instructions.
Pyro 1930 Ford Model A Woody Wagon, 1/32, C306-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$44
1960s Pyro issue from original molds. In the early to mid 1960s the Pyro company chose many of it's kit subjects based more on historical significance than popularity. Luckily for us, Pyro not only made these kits but did an excellent job for the time. The Pyro car models are based on the actual cars that Pyro engineers and designers had access to. Features spoked wheels, detailed chassis with separately molded front and rear suspension, full interior and a separately molded tailgate. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including and instructions.
Verneuil Panhard 1891 Europe Model Kits, 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$28
The 1891 Panhard was among the very first modern cars and with it's groundbreaking innovations was certainly the grandfather of the present day automobile. This is a rare kit of this historic automobile from when France clearly lead the automotive world in technology and quality. This happened largely because the French people, government and authorities embraced the horseless carriage; this was the opposite of what happened in most countries, especially Great Britain where they regulated it almost completely out of existence. Nicely molded kit features about 75 pieces, detailed suspension and drive line, large assembly guide with numbered parts layout, text & fully illustrated step-by-step instructions and automobile history (in French). The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Miniature Masterpieces The State Coach of England - Circa 1760, 1/48, K500-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$39
Rare early 1950s original issue that is molded in a very bright red plastic. Like all Miniature Masterpieces kits, this one is very finely engraved and molded with excellent detail. The model includes detailed instructions (rare for the early 1950s) and a wonderful history of this State Coach which was built for King George III. Never started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing one tiny part, (1) of (4) wheel retainers. Otherwise complete with all other parts and instructions. 'Miniature Masterpieces' was formed through an alliance of Lew Glaser (Revell) and Steve Adams (Adams Action Models) in 1953. Although having the appearance of an independent company, the firm was run by Revell down to the prototypes being made at the Revell plant. However, there was no evidence of the parent company on the surface. The State Coach of England was the first kit, issued in 1953. More kits of excellent quality followed. Revell completely took over the line in 1954, making the one-year original issues very rare.