DML CG-47 USS Ticonderoga Guided Missile Cruiser - (USS Vincennes CG49 / USS Yorktown CG48 / Valley Forge CG50 / Thomas S Gates CG51), 1/350, 1003
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Excellent full-hull or waterline model from modern molds. Very well detailed. Includes parts and for CG47/CG48 or CG49/CG50/CG51, full decals for the Tico or Vincennes and basic markings (hull numbers and stern names) for all others listed. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Comet Sparky - 32 Inch Wingspan Wakefield-Style Flying Aircraft, 3408
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Popular, large flying model that is a reissue of the 1950s release. Features high quality print and strip balsa wood, a 9.5" Peck-Polymers plastic prop, fully formed wheels, thrust button, metal and wood stock as required, tissue and excellent full size plans with instructions. NOTE: the plans have a small amount of adult writing on them. Never started and complete. These aircraft were common in the 1930s when the sport of free-flight model airplanes reached it's zenith. It was not uncommon for these models to fly for 45 minutes or more on rubber power alone - many flew out of sight, and it became common practice to write your name, address and phone number on the covering tissue. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.
Comet Sparky - 32 Inch Wingspan Wakefield-Style Flying Aircraft, 3408-149
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
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Still factory sealed, seal has split as shown. From the 1960s/early 1970s. Rare large flying model. It is a reissue of the 1950s release. Features high quality print and strip balsa wood, a beautiful, large carved balsa prop that needs final sanding to shape, fully formed wheels, thrust button, metal and wood stock as required, tissue, and excellent full size plans with instructions. These aircraft were common in the 1930s when the sport of free-flight model airplanes reached it's zenith. It was not uncommon for these models to fly for 45 minutes or more on rubber power alone - many flew out of sight, and it became common practice to write your name, address and phone number on the covering tissue. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.
Airfix Bristol Bulldog II - No 17 (F) Sqn RAF Upavon 1929, 1/72, 01055
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Fourth type logo. Older but very finely molded kit with excellent detail. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Tamiya Pkw.K1 (Type 82) Kubelwagen Volkswagen Jeep, 1/35, MM106
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
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Still factory sealed.
Aurora F7U Cutlass Navy Jet Fighter, 1/70, 496-70
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Dated 1961 and with great, classic box art by Jo Kotula that made these kits so famous and collectible today. Molded in gloss gray & clear and with the clear Aurora triangle based stand. Never started. Inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.
Revell Mariner PBM-5 Famous Aircraft Series, 1/118, H175-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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Dated 1960. Hardbox issue in 'excellent++' condition. Color and gloss is like new, all four corners are solid, there are no tape or tags (or marks from either), no fading and no litho damage. Very light general wear is the only flaw. Dramatic and colorful artwork has made the 'Famous Aircraft Series' a favorite among collectors; you can see why. Dramatic signed artwork '...with Picture Box Top For You To Frame!' The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Aeroclub Hawker Demon - With Photocut Lewis Machine Guns and Photocut Hawker Oil Cooler, 1/48
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Includes the two Photocut photoetched brass detail sets as listed. Both are complete and never used. The actual model is a very limited issue and the only Demon kit ever issued in 1/48 scale. Consists of vacuformed main components, numerous cast metal parts including landing gear struts, prop, gun ring, control stick, machine gun and much more, two sizes of airfoil cross section stock, other strip and round stock as needed, colorful decals and instructions. The vacuform parts are of very good quality. There has been no assembly and no painting but NOTE: several low spots have been neatly filled with putty. There is no other work done. The metal parts are still factory sealed and the parts that were not sealed have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions.
Monogram Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair - White Box Issue - (F4U4), 1/48, 6833
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good+
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Still in the factory seal. This 1973 issue has a font style variation from other #6833 F4Us released in the white box. The model is a reissue of the famous 'Four Star' kit from 1963 and has many action features- wings fold, landing gear and tail wheel retract and all gear doors close, working arresting gear and turning wheels and prop.
Cleveland Fokker DR-1 Triplane - 18 Inch Wingspan Wooden Flying Model, 1/16, M-14
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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This is a Cleveland 'Scale Flying' model in museum scale of 1/16. It was issued in 1932. The kit came from a long time collector of 1930s and 1940s models and is in exceptional condition. All Cleveland kits were exceptionally complete and this one is no exception. Features very high quality balsa printwood and strip wood, completely precarved nose cowl and wheels, covering material, metal stock, highest quality plans, all parts required for assembly and correct insignia. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. The Cleveland Model and Supply Company played a pivotal role in the development of true scale models. In 1909 Bleriot's English Channel flight caused a surge in aviation and model aircraft around the globe. Several companies were ideally positioned to take advantage of the aviation craze. In the USA, Wading River Manufacturing Co. (1909), White Aeroplane (1911), Ideal Model Aeroplane (1911), Broadfield Model Aeroplanes (1919) were among these pioneers, offering everything from plans and parts to complete kits and ARF models. Lindbergh's 1927 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean caused an even bigger world-wide phenomenon called 'The Aviation Craze' that extended up to the start of World War II. Many companies such as Megow, Guillow's and others started right around the time of Lindbergh's flight. Some of these models flew and flew well, but they all had one thing in common - were generally not accurate scale representations. In 1929, a youngster named Ed Packard had a very advanced dream to produce incredibly accurate, true scale models that flew perfectly. This radical idea established the world's longest operating single-owner model airplane supply business, called Cleveland Model and Supply Company. To this day, Cleveland models are treasured as the most accurate flying scale models produced. The fact that Mr. Packard started and successfully grew this business during The Great Depression is a testament to his ideals and business skill. I highly suggest the excellent book called 'Aviations great Recruiter, Cleveland's Ed Packard' by H.L. (Herm) Schreiner. It is an excellent history of the man, his company and the times of the Golden Age of Model Aviation.
Cleveland Turners' 1938 Laird Racer Balsa - Flying Model Aircraft, 1/16, SF-72
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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This is a Cleveland 'SF' or 'Scale Flying' model in museum scale of 1/16. The kit came from a long time collector of 1930s and 1940s models and is in exceptional condition. All Cleveland kits were exceptionally complete and this one is no exception. Features very high quality balsa printwood and strip wood, covering material, highest quality plans, all parts required for assembly and decals (if issued with the kit). The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. The Cleveland Model and Supply Company played a pivotal role in the development of true scale models. In 1909 Bleriot's English Channel flight caused a surge in aviation and model aircraft around the globe. Several companies were ideally positioned to take advantage of the aviation craze. In the USA, Wading River Manufacturing Co. (1909), White Aeroplane (1911), Ideal Model Aeroplane (1911), Broadfield Model Aeroplanes (1919) were among these pioneers, offering everything from plans and parts to complete kits and ARF models. Lindbergh's 1927 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean caused an even bigger world-wide phenomenon called 'The Aviation Craze' that extended up to the start of World War II. Many companies such as Megow, Guillow's and others started right around the time of Lindbergh's flight. Some of these models flew and flew well, but they all had one thing in common - were generally not accurate scale representations. In 1929, a youngster named Ed Packard had a very advanced dream to produce incredibly accurate, true scale models that flew perfectly. This radical idea established the world's longest operating single-owner model airplane supply business, called Cleveland Model and Supply Company. To this day, Cleveland models are treasured as the most accurate flying scale models produced. The fact that Mr. Packard started and successfully grew this business during The Great Depression is a testament to his ideals and business skill. I highly suggest the excellent book called 'Aviations great Recruiter, Cleveland's Ed Packard' by H.L. (Herm) Schreiner. It is an excellent history of the man, his company and the times of the Golden Age of Model Aviation.
Airfix HMS Leander F109 Guided Missile Frigate (Dido F104 / Arethusa F38), 1/600, 01206-9
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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1970s T4 logo issue. The Leander class was built between 1963 and 1965. The large 370 foot long frigates are equipped with Seacat AA Missiles, Limbo ASW mortar, two 4.5" guns and a Westland Wasp helicopter. Can also be used to build other vessels of the class since the decals are included for all three ships they are virtually identical. Never started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing two prop shafts. Otherwise complete with all other parts, decals and instructions.
Airfix HMS Devonshire Guided Missile Destroyer (County Class), 1/600, F302S
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Type 3 logo issue from the 1960s with classic artwork. Finely molded full hull kit with good detail for that time. This kit has never been started. NOTE: missing one yard arm. Can be made from stock plastic or pulled sprue. Otherwise complete with all other parts, decals and instructions.
Airfix Boeing 707 British Airways Sky King Issue, 1/144, 04170-0
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG-
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1970s issue with the fourth type Airfix Logo. Part of the famous and collectible Sky King series by Airfix. Nicely detailed and molded kit. Features fine raised panel lines, recessed control surface lines, clear cockpit and cabin windows, separately molded cabin doors, detailed engine inlet and rear 'burner cans', optional position landing gear and full painting guide. Contains decals for three aircraft G-APFM, G-APFC and G-APFI. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Aoshima Kasuga Maru- NYK Pacific Ocean Liner - (Converted to Aircraft Carrier Taiyo), 1/700, E098-600
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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1/700 scale waterline kit. Very highly detailed and finely molded. The kit has never been started. Most parts are still in the internal factory sealed bag; the parts that are not have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions. The Kasuga Maru was one of a class of three Japanese ocean liners that were built for the Nippon Yusen K line. She was launched in September 1940 and saw very little or no service (accounts vary) as a transport before her conversion to the escort carrier Taiyo. Given the size and machinery of this class of liner, the IJN subsidized their construction and knew they would make fine escort carriers. The Taiyo went on to have a very active career. She was attacked many times and damaged several times. Taiyo was eventually sunk in a submarine attack in August 1944 with a heavy loss of life by the USS Rasher.
Nitto M4-18T US Army 18 Ton High Speed Cargo Tractor, 1/35, 91
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair++
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Very nicely detailed model. Kit includes 7 soldiers, swiveling and elevating machine gun, rotating bogies, flexible tracks and more. The kit has never been started. All parts are still sealed in the original factory bags. Complete with instructions and decals.
Nitto 1/200 Boeing 737 ANA / 1/280 Boeing 727 ANA / 1/310 Douglas DC-10 Prototype/Demonstrator / 1/380 Boeing 747
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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SALE!! Includes all four kits. They have never been started. All four are inventoried with all plastic parts present. The 727, 737 and DC-10 include decals and instructions. NOTE: the 747 is MISSING the decals but includes the instructions.
Fujimi Garage Tools, 1/24, GT2-1000
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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An excellent kit including the following accessories for any 1/24 or 1/25 car: car lift, garage air conditioner, floor jack, engine hoist, engine cart, wall intercom unit, floor jacks, fire extinguisher, cord reel and flexible cord, wooden box, gas welding torch and two tanks w/lines, Electric (MIG style) welder with line, telephone, desk, office chair, big wheeled floor tool box, shelving unit (adjustable metal style), four wheel truck, work bench, smaller tool box, oil can, gas tank, bucket, camera, socket wrench box, 3 types of files, two types of screwdrivers, 2 types of wrenches, tire wrench, pliers, hammers, spanner, wire cutters, scissors, funnel, shock absorber, hand saw, files, oil can, coil springs, vice, electric drill, battery and carrier unit and more. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Advanced Molding Corp Ferrari Sportster Chamption Sports Car - (pre-Aurora), 1/32, 18
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Very rare and for the advanced collector of early plastic models. Even rarer in this condition; this is from old store stock that was recently discovered and has never been in public hands. Advanced Molding issued 7 pioneering plastic car kits in 1954. But in 1955, Aurora purchased the molds then released them (the first in '55) under the Aurora name and artwork. They became famous under the Aurora name but virtually unknown under the original Advanced label because they were issued for year or less. Advanced cleverly advertised all 7 kits on each box - the box top shows the kit inside, and the long side panels show 3 on each side. The 7 were the Cunningham, MG, Jaguar, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari Sportster, Corvette and Ferrari 342 America. This kit is the Ferrari Sportster, is molded in light green and is still sealed in the original factory krinkle clear plastic bag. I have not removed it from the box; it is exactly as it was shipped from the factory. With instructions in mint condition. The box is in extraordinary 'near mint' condition as well, with very light surface wear (as shown) as the only flaws. Advanced was located at 54 West 21st Street, New York 10, NY. After selling the cars, Advanced remained in the plastic model business with the Trailblazers HO train series in 1955 centered around the famous "General." It was issued as a locomotive and tender, or just the cars as set (passenger, mail combine, baggage, box car, flat car and caboose), or the cars each separately and the rare freight set which included the locomotive and tender, box car, flat car and caboose.
Karo-As Bell P-59 Airacomet, 1/72, AM-0472
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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The P-59 was the United States first operational Jet Aircraft. However, it was very underpowered and was not fit for combat. This problem was well known, even before the prototype flew. However, it gave the Air Force and General Electric invaluable experience in jet operation and domestic turbine engine development. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.