KPM Mig-3, 1/72, 1
Vacuform Model Kit
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Very high quality molding with fine recessed detail. Never started and complete. These are 1978-79 Iron Curtain kits from the old Czechoslovakia and make for interesting modeling history. The makers of these kits went on to produce many of today's excellent limited edition offering from the Czech Republic such as MPM and others.
Monogram T-28D Fighter/Bomber With Black Box Cockpit and Squadron Canopy - Vietnamese or USAF Blue Box Issue, 1/48, 0121M0100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Includes Squadron Crystal Clear Canopy #9628 1/48 T-28B (still factory sealed) and Black Box #48062 Trojan Cockpit and Conversion designed for this Monogram kit. Features full resin cockpits and T-28C conversion parts. It has never been started. NOTE: the resin cockpit is complete but the conversion is missing #19 small rear fuselage section. The actual kit is the 1994 reissue of the original kit. With many operating features. Canopy slides open, gear retracts, prop spins, and has instructor, student pilot and mechanic figures. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Renwal 1966 Duesenberg Modern Classic Revival, 1/25, 103-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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The idea behind Renwal's Revival Series came from the Detroit design team of Virgil M. Exner Sr. (the famous Chrysler designer) and his son, Virgil Jr. The famous design team, somewhat displeased with modern automobiles, started thinking about what the old time classics would look like today - if made by Packard, Mercer, Duesenberg and Stutz. Virgil Sr. and Jr. thus designed four modern classics and they were published in a national magazine - Renwal then began kit production of these four. The kit features a complete V-12 engine, engine compartment detail, removable hood and a complete interior. It is molded in gloss deep tan, gloss light tan, chrome, clear & red-tinted clear to minimize painting and includes rubber whitewall tires. The kit has never been started. Two sets of parts are still in the factory sealed clear bags. The parts that were not sealed have been inventoried and NOTE: missing one exhaust manifold (only visible when the hood is opened). Otherwise inventoried complete with instructions.
Lindberg Douglas F4D-1 Skyray Cellovision Issue - (F4D1), 1/48, 562-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good+
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Still factory sealed and the Cellovision window on the back is 100% intact. Rare 'green' box art issue from the late 1950s. Fantastic artwork is by Ray Gaedke, who painted both of the Skyray issues for Lindberg. Kit features fine raised details, moving rudder and wing control surfaces, complete jet engine and opening inspection cover, pilot, two drop tanks, underwing rockets and more. 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.
MPM Messerschmitt Bf-109 T-1/T-2 - Oblt. Herbert Christmann Lister Base Norway Summer 1944 / 2./JG77 Lister Base Norway 1941 / T-1 Prototype W.Nr.1773 Travemunde 1938, 1/48, 48023
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. Large-scale, limited issue of the '109 carrier version. Can build either the Graf Zeppelin intended T-1 version or the operational Norway-based T-2. This model includes all the changes including extended wingspan, modified cowl cover, tail hook, etc. Features all recessed panel lines, many resin details, excellent cockpit and more. There is a paint guide and full decals for all versions listed.
SMER Bristol Bulldog Mk.IIA - RAF Squadron 16Home Defense 1932-37 - (ex Inpact / Pyro), 1/48, 0812
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
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Still factory 'round tape' sealed. From original Inpact (and later Pyro) molds. Very nicely molded with good details. Features full engine, cockpit and a very fine 'fabric' design where the real aircraft was cloth covered, a full color paint guide and decals for the colorful 17th Squadron aircraft shown.
SIG TWO Fairchild 24 Rancher - 36 Inch Flying Scale for Free Flight / Control Line / R/C Conversion, 1/12, FF-9
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good to Good-
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SALE!! Includes two kits but please read carefully. One kit is never started and complete. It features die-cut sheet balsa, factory-cut spar and stringer stock, formed wire landing gear and tail strut, fully finished main and tail wheels, full hardware pack, many factory-cut balsa parts and blocks, clear window material, covering tissue, decals and excellent full size plans. The second kit has never been started. It has been inventoried and NOTE: missing plans, wheels and hardware. Otherwise complete.
Lindberg Curtiss Goshawk F11C-2 - (F11C2), 1/48, 535
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair+
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Reissue of the older 1950s kit. Good detail and can be built into a very nice model. Rigging instructions included. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Douglas SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber, 1/48, 5212
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
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Still factory sealed. 1990 reissue of the famous early 1960s four-star action kit. Model features operating dive brakes, trigger released center bomb, retracting/extending landing gear, rear machine gun elevates and rotates. Also includes figures of the pilot, gunner, armorer, LSO (landing signal officer), 4 bombs, bomb cart and LSO wind screen.
Pavla Focke-Achgelis FA-330 Helicopter, 1/72, 72015
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Limited production model with injection molded parts and photoetched details. Unique German one-man early recon U-Boat/battlefield helicopter. Never started. Factory sealed bag with decals and instructions. The primary use of the FA-330 was by the Kreigsmarine, particularly U-Boats. Before radar, the U-boat visual search capacity was about 10 miles on an absolutely clear day, due to the fact the conning tower elevation was only about 15' above the water when surfaced. To compensate, the U-boat Arm came up with this helicopter idea to achieve additional height for extending the visual distance to the horizon. The FA-330 stayed in a water-tight canister on the deck casing, aft of the AA gun mount wintergarden and when surfaced the "chopper" would be pulled-out, unfolded, manned with a pilot/observer and deployed on a 100-meter cable. While towed at surface speed of the U-boat, the increased height extended the horizon distance 2-3 times, allowing the observer to actually see "over" the horizon. The tether line also had a pair of communication wires so the observer could communicate directly to the U-boat watch officer. On spotting a target, the 330 would be winched-in, folded-up and put back in the canister with the greatest of speed. (Thanks to Mike Hamrick for the additional history)
MPC B-29 Superfortress Profile Series - Enola Gay / Bockscar / 'Honshu Hawk' 875th BG 73 BW / Flight Leader 19th BG 314 BW, 1/72, 2-3001
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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In the 1970s, MPC released the very popular Profile Series. Inside each box was a quality Airfix kit but with MPC decals to build any of the aircraft shown on the box top. In this case there are decals for four aircraft. Highly detailed kit with many working features. Has complete interior, opening bomb bay doors, full bomb bay detail and weapons load, moving control surfaces and optional position landing gear. The kit has never been started. All the small parts are still in the internal factory sealed bag; the large parts were not factory sealed and have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions. Decals are flat and completely intact but please NOTE, they have age micro-cracking.
Revell Kugisho P1Y1/2 Ginga Francis, 1/72, S36 H103
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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1980 Revell Takara (Japan) issue. Contains parts and markings to make P1Y1, P1Y1a, P1Y2 and PI2-S. Kit features full interior detail, detailed engines, optional position landing gear, and open or closed bomb bay with different bomb or torpedo loads. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Berkeley Stinson Sentinel (Army L-5 Flying Jeep) - 34 Inch Wingspan Nationals Winner, 1/12
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair+
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NOTE: builder only, please read carefully. Big 1/12 scale model with a 34 inch wingspan. Originally designed as a gas powered model for free flight or control line, or can be converted to electric power and modern RC (radio control) gear. Never started. Includes quality balsa printwood, spars and stringers, pre-cut factory blocks, other blocks as required, rubber wheels, tail wheel, some metal hardware and full size plans. NOTE: MISSING covering tissue, prop blank, landing gear wire, decals and clear windshield stocks.
Sterling De Havilland Tiger Moth Dh-82 - 33 Inch Wingspan R/C / Control Line / Gas or CO2 / Free Flight / Rubber / Static Scale, 1/11, E13
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Excellent scale model with a 33 inch wingspan kit for RC, CO2, free flight, control line or non-flying detailed scale build. Features all die-cut balsa and plywood parts, numerous detailed light-weight plastic parts (cowls, spinner and more), rubber motor, plastic prop, formed wire landing gear, strip wood, real rubber tires with completely finished hubs, control hardware, hinge material, beautiful full size plans and a huge, colorful decal sheet. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the "STERLING" clear bag. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions. 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 and very complete.
Lindberg 1932 Ford Hot Rod - Can Be Built One Of Three Ways, 1/25, 72165
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Very well done kit with detailed chassis, engine, full interior, optional parts for three different versions and more. Molded in white, clear, chrome plate and with rubber tires. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hudson Miniatures 1911 Buick Model 14 Bug, 1/16
Wood and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Dated 1949 on the box. Large 1/16 scale kit measures almost 8 inches long when built. Very nicely detailed with numerous die-cut, saw cut and machined wood parts, beautiful plastic wheels, grill, headlights, lanterns and steering wheel, metal parts and stock and die-cut cardstock. The Hudson Miniatures engineers had access to the actual car- and did a wonderful job. The car was owned by Mr. H. Austin Clark and was in the Long Island Museum at Southampton, Long Island, New York. Includes full size plans, many detailed sub-assembly drawings, photos of the built model from all angles, history, painting guide and instructions. This kit has never been started. The small parts are still factory bag sealed, and all other have been inventoried complete with all paperwork. The Buick Model 14, popularly known as the 'Bug' was produced from 1910 to 1911. It was in direct competition to cars like the Metz, Brush, Holsman and other high-wheelers. It's 2 cylinder, horizontally opposed 'L' head engine was rated at 14 hp and could hit a top speed of 30 mph. At $550, the Model 14 was priced well and sold well. Hudson Miniatures created a very popular line of automobile kits in a constant 1/16 scale shortly after WWII. The kits sold very well...so well that you could argue that Gowland & Gowland borrowed Hudson's subject matter for their ground-breaking 'Highway Pioneers.' The Hudson Miniatures 'Old Timers' even spawned a line of imitators, with Fador's 'Smallster' being one of the better in quality. Sales did drop on the appearance and popularity of the much smaller (and less accurate) Gowland/Revell 'Highway Pioneers' in 1951. When the all-injection molded Gowland kits proved not to be a passing fad, Hudson quickly planned and released his own all-plastic, small-scale competition called 'Lil' Old Timers Quickie Kits.' The kits were of excellent quality, but it was too little too late. Additionally, sales of the excellent wooden kits faltered further in the next few years with the introduction of accurate, 1/24 and 1/32 all-plastic cars in the mid 1950s. This forced Hudson to discontinue the wood kits and the plastic line was sold to Revell and subsequently re-released. Today, these excellent, big 1/16 kits are often the only model available of these early automobiles. In the mid 1960s Aurora thought so highly of Hudson Miniatures that they purchased the wood kit assets and released a very small number of these in all-plastic models.
Hudson Miniatures 1910 International Harvester Passenger Car, 1/16
Wood and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Very well detailed large 1/16 kit from 1949. Features plastic wheels, grill, headlamps, spotlight, running lights and other accessories and wooden main parts. Although all of Hudson's 1/16 kits have excellent detail, this one has even more detail than usual thanks to Hudson's engineers having access to the actual car owned by Mr. James Melton. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including detailed plans/instructions. As a note, few people even knew that International Harvester even made a passenger car. Not many were produced and very, very few are in existence. Jim Melton's car, the car examined by Hudson engineers, was likely given to him as a promotion as he was a popular opera singer and the star of International Harvester's radio show 'Harvest of the Stars'. The car was very solidly built to last and reportedly gave excellent service. Why IH did not pursue production is not known. Hudson Miniatures created a very popular line of automobile kits in a constant 1/16 scale shortly after WWII. The kits sold very well...so well that you could argue that Gowland & Gowland borrowed Hudson's subject matter for their ground-breaking 'Highway Pioneers.' The Hudson Miniatures 'Old Timers' even spawned a line of imitators, with Fador's 'Smallster' being one of the better in quality. Sales did drop on the appearance and popularity of the much smaller (and less accurate) Gowland/Revell 'Highway Pioneers' in 1951. When the all-injection molded Gowland kits proved not to be a passing fad, Hudson quickly planned and released his own all-plastic, small-scale competition called 'Lil' Old Timers Quickie Kits.' The kits were of excellent quality, but it was too little too late. Additionally, sales of the excellent wooden kits faltered further in the next few years with the introduction of accurate, 1/24 and 1/32 all-plastic cars in the mid 1950s. This forced Hudson to discontinue the wood kits and the plastic line was sold to Revell and subsequently re-released. Today, these excellent, big 1/16 kits are often the only model available of these early automobiles. In the mid 1960s Aurora thought so highly of Hudson Miniatures that they purchased the wood kit assets and released a very small number of these in all-plastic models.
Alliance Curtiss XP-37 / H751, 1/72, 72018
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Rare. Beautifully cast in high-definition resin with all fine recessed panel lines, cockpit, optional position landing gear and full decal. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The XP-37 few in 1937. This aircraft was an adaptation of the P-36 fighter with the liquid-cooled Allison V-1710-C7 12 cylinder engine installed. A turbo-supercharger was installed, and this aircraft achieved an impressive 340 mph at 20,000 feet in 1937. However, it suffered from frequent turbo-supercharger failures. An order for 13 service aircraft followed on December 11, 1937. The first service models delivered between April 29 1939 and December 5, 1939 were designated YP-37. All aircraft suffered from mechanical problems, and the US Army Air Force discontinued all further development.
Brindi Kastaway Grenade-Launched Glider 1 1/2 Meter - 59 Inch Wingspan For R/C
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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An excellent sailplane kit featuring numerous die-cut and factory cut parts of quality balsa and hardwood, extensive text instructions, hardware and superb full size plans. Never started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed internal bag. The parts never sealed have been inventoried complete with all paperwork.
Revell Martin PBM-5 Mariner Famous Aircraft Series, 1/118, H175-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM+
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Hardbox issue dated 1960. In rare investment-grade 'Near Mint+' condition. The box has like new color and gloss, four solid corners, no repairs, no tape or tape marks, no creases, fading, tears or missing litho. Flaws include very slight isolated shelf wear and two neat original price tags, one on each short side. Purchased new at Gibsons Department Store. Dramatic and colorful artwork has made the 'Famous Aircraft Series' a favorite among collectors. Dramatic signed artwork is also a '...Picture Box Top For You To Frame!' Molded in dark blue and clear. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.