Revell 1911 Rolls Royce Highway Pioneers, 1/32, H46-89
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$37
1953 issue, the first year for the 'Series Three' Highway Pioneers. Molded in a beautiful dark burgundy plastic. These issues feature the same 5 car artwork on every box; the only way to identify the contents was an ink-stamped name on the box ends. This kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internally sealed factory bag. Includes instructions. These kits have a fascinating history. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream and never made the top 10 list of boys activities. Spurred on by the nation-wide aviation craze in the 1920s, many became modelers and built flying or static wooden models of airplanes, ships, trains, automotive and other subjects. Basic kits existed, but many of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s when the Gowland & Gowland/Revell Highway Pioneers became the sales sensation of the year. Demand was so great that the factories could not keep up and almost overnight 'model building' was mainstream. The phenomenon of the 'Highway Pioneers' 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 fit the bill: they could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real cars. The success of the Highway Pioneers lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the late 1950s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys...and many adult males too!
Airfix TWO Mig-23 Flogger - B or E - Soviet Air Force - USAirfix Issue, 1/72, 4011
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$27
SALE!! Includes two kits in one box. 1980 issue that includes decals for both aircraft - natural finish and camo. Features moving elevators, optional position ventral fin, wings that swing, parts for either variant and some gear well detail. Both kits are never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell 1913 Mercedes-Benz - Highway Pioneers, 1/32, H54-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$39
1960 issue molded in green plastic. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including instructions. 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.
Imai Chieftain Medium Tank Motorized - (ex Bandai), 1/50, 1-527-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$44
Rare Imai-AHM issue from the original Bandai molds. Features the electric motor, all motorizing hardware; metal gear box with brass shafts and nylon gears, pinion gear, screws, brass drive wheel shafts, contacts and springs. The model has very good detail for that time and realistic drive through the tracks. The tracks are 100% intact and still fully flexible. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Maircraft Spad 13 - Solid Wood Model Airplane - (Spad XIII), 1/48, S19
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$22
Maircraft was originally founded in the early or mid 1930s by Gordon Christoph and went by the name Aircraft Model Company. The company produced a typical line of solid 'profile cut' kits that required the usual high talent levels for carving and finishing. A former Comet Model Airplane & Supply Co. salesman, Jack Mair, bought the company in the early 1940s and renamed it Maircraft. This company was one of the handful of solid kit producers who issued models in a consistent 1/48 scale during the 1930s and 1940s (others included Hawk and Dyna-Model). This lead to one of the most desirable and rare model kits ever produced in the USA - the wood/plastic 1/48 United DC-3 model issued immediately after World War 2. Other than the P-61 and a few other Maircraft offerings, most were simple kits that sold for the low price of about 35 cents and gave the owners many hours of pleasurable work. This kit features a full size plan with instructions steps, fuselage that is factory cut to about 70% complete, profile cut wings and tail, fully formed wheels and clear material for the windshield. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hobby-Time De Havilland Venom, 1/56, 284
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$24
Deluxe solid scale model kit from the early 1950s. Features 3D cut fuselage, two sheet of die-cut wooden parts (wings, tails, etc), wood stock as required, finished rubber wheels, clear vacuformed canopy and a red plastic display stand. Includes excellent plans/instructions and full color decals. Never started and complete.
Fujimi Supermarine Spitfire F.Mk.14e / Italeri 1/72 Bf-109 F2/4 / Air Lines 1/72 Comet Air Racer, 1/72, 74008
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$22
SALE!! Includes all three kits in the original boxes. Please read carefully for the condition as two are only 'builder' kits. Italeri Bf-109: mint condition; never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Fujimi Spitfire: NOTE: this kit has minor, 'professional' quality subassembly as follows: cockpit tub and seat to lower wing; baffles to radiator; propeller blades to base. There is no other assembly. Inventoried 100% complete and includes decals and instructions. Air Lines Comet Racer: Never started. Inventoried with all aircraft parts present but NOTE: one seat back is broken off of one seat and NOTE: decals are missing. Includes instructions.
MB Models British Crusader II Conversion Kit, 1/35, 1007
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$16
High-definition cast resin conversion kit includes turret, gun and other parts with text instructions. Never used and inventoried compete. Please note, this is only a conversion kit. The base kit is not included.
Airfix Confederate Infanty - Type Two Logo - HO Scale OO Scale, 1/87, S13
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$20
Type two Airfix logo issue from the very late 1950s or early 1960s. This set features officers, bugler, riflemen standing firing, kneeling firing, running, advancing, marching at the slope, walking, standing at attention, on guard with bayonets and stabbing with bayonets. Never used and still on the trees. Inventoried and NOTE: missing one figure. Otherwise complete.
LS Mitusbishi Ki-67 Type-4 Hiryu Peggy - Torpedo Bomber, 1/72, N-2
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$28
Very high quality kit with legendary LS attention to detail. Features all fine recessed panel lines, excellent cockpit and crew station detail with crew, rotating turret with elevating gun, working bomb bay doors, torpedo load, working crew entry door, moving wing flaps and ailerons, rotating wheels and propellers and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The fact that Hasegawa still uses some LS molds testifies to their detail and accuracy.
Tamiya Sturmgeschuetz III Ausf. G Motorized, 1/35, MT137
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$84
Still factory sealed; the seal has a split as shown at the lower center. Rare motorized version of this well detailed model features metal gearbox with nylon gears, all required motorizing hardware, realistic track drive through the rear sprocket, commander figure and more.
Aurora Grumman S2F Hunter Killer, 1/54, 145-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM+
$64
1963 hardbox issue in amazing investment-grade "Near Mint+" condition. The original owner opened the box but very carefully left the clear plastic on the box top. This is the larger of the two Comet molds for the S2F. Molded in the correct dark Navy Blue and clear plastic. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Tamiya Sturmtiger 38cm Assault Mortar, 1/35, 35177
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$42
Very well molded and features detailed interior and exterior, crew member and separately molded track links. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Fujimi Westland Wasp A.S. Mk.1, 1/48, FG-1-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$66
Still factory sealed. Large-scale kit of this 1958 Royal Navy helicopter features full interior, detailed engine, moving rotors, torpedo load and four-wheel landing gear configuration.
Revell Bell UH-1D Huey UN Rescue, 1/48, H2290
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$39
Rare Revell release from the original ESCI molds. This is the unusual civil issue with very good detail including full interior with cockpit and stretchers, opening doors, turbine engine and more. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Fujimi Westland Wasp A.S. Mk.1 ASW Helicopter, 1/48, 0743-170
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$58
Still factory sealed. Large scale model of this 1958 Royal Navy helicopter features full interior, detailed engine, moving rotors, torpedo load and four-wheel landing gear configuration.
Revell 1910 Cadillac Limousine Highway Pioneers - Series Two, 1/32, H39
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$44
1952 early issue molded in light blue plastic. These issues feature the same 5 car artwork on every box; the only way to identify the contents was an ink-stamped name on the box ends. This kit has never been started. All parts are still sealed in the factory bag. Includes instructions. These kits have a fascinating history. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream and never made the top 10 list of boys activities. Spurred on by the nation-wide aviation craze in the 1920s, many became modelers and built flying or static wooden models of airplanes, ships, trains, automotive and other subjects. Basic kits existed, but many of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s when the Gowland & Gowland/Revell Highway Pioneers became the sales sensation of the year. Demand was so great that the factories could not keep up and almost overnight 'model building' was mainstream. The phenomenon of the 'Highway Pioneers' 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 fit the bill: they could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real cars. The success of the Highway Pioneers lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the late 1950s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys...and many adult males too!
Revell A-4D Skyhawk With Bullpup Missiles - 'S' Issue, 1/50, H299-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$179
Very rare. First and only issue dated 1958 and from this amazing box art you can clearly see why these models are so popular and collectible. For this release, Revell modified 1956 H232-89 Skyhawk molds by added two Bullpup Missiles (improperly labeled as 'Air-To-Air Missiles' on the box top), two missile trailers with tow bars, four figures, three figure bases, weapons pylons, separate flap hinge covers and of course a completely new decal sheet. The aircraft is molded in the correct gloss gray and clear. Decals are flat, intact and in amazing 'near mint' condition. The instructions are in 'near mint+' condition.
Maircraft Heinkel He-51 - Solid Wood Model Airplane, 1/48, S-9
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$25
Maircraft was originally founded in the early or mid 1930s by Gordon Christoph and went by the name Aircraft Model Company. The company produced a typical line of solid 'profile cut' kits that required the usual high talent levels for carving and finishing. A former Comet Model Airplane & Supply Co. salesman, Jack Mair, bought the company in the early 1940s and renamed it Maircraft. This company was one of the handful of solid kit producers who issued models in a consistent 1/48 scale during the 1930s and 1940s (others included Hawk and Dyna-Model). This lead to one of the most desirable and rare model kits ever produced in the USA - the wood/plastic 1/48 United DC-3 model issued immediately after World War 2. Other than the P-61 and a few other Maircraft offerings, most were simple kits that sold for the low price of about 35 cents and gave the owners many hours of pleasurable work. This kit features a full size plan with instructions steps, fuselage, wings and tail that are 2D profile cut, clear material for the windshield, fully formed wheels and insignia on the plans. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions.
Hawk TWO Heinkel He-112 B Fighters - Solid Wood Aircraft Model, 1/48, 82
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$46
SALE!! Includes two never started and complete kits in one box. Rare model from 1940 for the advanced collector. Hawk was one of the few manufacturers making wooden kits to a constant scale of 1/48. However, the company was innovative as it quickly included injection molded accessories. This model features 3D cut fuselage, profile (2D) cut wings and tail feathers, turned & fully finished wooden wheels and spinner, stamped four blade propeller, insignia sheet and excellent plans with template views. Never started and complete with all parts for two kits, two sets of plans and two insignia sheets. Please note that this kit is simply called the "Heinkel Fighter." From what what can tell, this is a He-112B, with the three-piece bubble canopy and probably the V-10 with the big undernose radiator scoop.