LS A6M2-N Rufe IJN Seaplane - with Beaching Trolly - (A6M2N), 1/75, 4
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$22
Very early LS kit with first logo and old box art. Even on this early kit (#4), the legendary LS attention to detail is evident with recessed panel lines and fine rivet detail. Features opening canopy, and extending/retracting flaps and movable ailerons. Includes nicely molded beaching dolly. The model as never been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. LS was one of the earliest Japanese manufacturers to produce very high quality kits. Some of these molds are still in use by Hasegawa as testament to the LS detail and accuracy.
Airfix Coastal Defense Fort - with 48 German Infantry Soldiers, British Commandos and Accessories, 1/72, 06706
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$75
Nicely done kit contains large 1/72 scale fort, soldiers and accessory ladders (2) and small boat. The kit has not been started and is 100% complete. The fort is still factory sealed. There are 48 German figures and 40 pieces of British Commandos - four pieces are 2 ladders and a commando boat.
DML Focke-Wulf FW-190A-8, 1/48, 5502
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$34
Very highly detailed and finely molded. Kit features two frets of photoetched parts, excellent cockpit detail, two piece canopy and all recessed detail on the plastic moldings. Large decal sheet and paint guide for several different aircraft. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
AMT 1953 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster, 1/25, 6519
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$25
Very cleanly molded and detailed with over 140 parts. Features complete Blue Flame 6 engine with three side mount carbs, Powerglide transmission, full interior, rolling chassis construction like the real car, complete underside details, opening hood, removable top, and custom features: special grille and road lamps, headlight fillers, Kelsey 20 Spoke Wheels, wide low profile tires, custom valve cover and steering wheel. Molded in white, chrome and clear with real rubber tires. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
MPM Northrop N-3 PB - RAF Norway 1941, 1/72, 72038
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$34
High quality limited production kit. Features recessed panel lines, photoetched details and full decals. Never started. Factory sealed parts bag with decals and instructions.
Orange Crush-Revell 1910 Studebaker Cupe Electro (Electric Coupe), 1/32
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$64
Very rare kit with a fascinating history. Around 1958/59, Orange Crush of Mexico offered a promotion. They offered free, colorful, plastic model cars if you collected correctly-marked Orange Crush bottle caps. The models are 1/32 scale Revell Highway Pioneer series - although there is no mention of Revell or Lodela anywhere on the box. Orange Crush had the boxes and even the instructions specially made for them with no mention of a manufacturer. They were never given numbers. The boxes were very thin and fragile cardboard. This has contributed to wear and you must be very cautious with them. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bag and the instructions are sealed in the bag as well. You could redeem your caps two ways - at the Orange Crush truck and at a Modelandia Hobby House. The box sides show the 18 cars in the series. Orange Crush also released two full-color booklets and a complete paint set for the cars. A colorful cardboard box held 7 colors of paint in glass bottles, complete with 'Orange Crush' screw-on caps! The entire promotion was done in coordination with Modelandia Hobby House which had up to 19 stores. Modelandia's name appears on each of the boxes and the paint as well. Robina S.A. was the bottler or distributor of Orange Crush in Mexico at that time. The box side lists the other 18 kits with small color pictures of each and shows three sizes of OC - Family Size (Familiar), Grand (Grande) and Normal. You could also obtain models with Titan bottle caps. Titan was also bottled by Robina and came in large (Titan) and smaller (Titancito) sizes and apparently more than one flavor. We do not know how Orange Crush had access to the plastic kits or who sealed the internal bags with the Crush instructions inside them. We can assume that it may have been Lodela, since they would have had access to the Revell molds. It is not know for how long the promotion lasted, but Orange Crush was one of the most dominant soft drinks in Mexico at that time. Here is one clue: some boxes claim that Modelandia had 13 locations; other boxes, which obviously came later on, claim 19 locations. This may indicate that this promotion went on for a significant amount of time.
Pit Road Mikasa Japanese Battleship, 1/700, HM-10
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$45
Superbly cast resin waterline model. Castings are superior in detail to injection molded parts. Features resin hull and larger parts, numerous precision cast metal details, metal rod stock and extensive PE parts including railings. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. Mikasa was the only ship of her class and took part in the Russo-Japanese war. In the late 1890s the Japanese shipyards were not quite yet ready for such a project, so the Navy contracted with Vickers in Great Britain to build this ship, which is actually a highly modified Formidable class. Mikasa saw a great amount of action at Port Arthur and the Battle of the Yellow Sea. She was preserved as a museum ship in 1923. Mikasa suffered from neglect during and after WWII, but was restored to her former glory in the 1950s after a campaign led by the Japan Times and Admiral Chester Nimitz. The Mikasa is the only surviving pre-dreadnought in the world.
Monogram Focke-Wulf FW-190 A-8/R-3 - A-7/R2 - A7/R3 - A-5/U8 - A-8/R1 - A-5/U3 Tropical - Four Star Issue, 1/48, PA107-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$39
Hardbox first issue dated 1965 and molded in the proper green, black and clear plastic. Very nicely designed- can make any of 6 versions listed and also includes paint guide and decals for all variants. Has optional position canopy and landing gear with a very large variety of underwing stores and gun options. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Classic Plane Fokker D-VI D.VI DVI- Bagged, 1/72
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
$9
Still factory sealed. Nicely done vacuform kit of this unusual subject. Nicely molded older, full kit with engine and some interior detail. Not recommended for builder who are inexperienced with vacuform kits.
Esoteric Curtiss Goshawk II BF2C-1, 1/72, NAV-2
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$42
Very high quality limited issue. Complete kit with cast resin parts, white metal accessories and full decals for several aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
AMT Richard Petty Chrysler Dodge Dart, 1/25, T229
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$48
Still factory sealed. Hard-to-find original issue - not the common Round 2 reissue. Very well detailed with 100 parts.
Airfix Spitfire IX Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 1222-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$24
Still factory sealed and in investment-grade condition. 1960s issue with great box art.
Dragon North American FJ-1 Fury - Bagged, 1/48
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$16
Large 1/48 scale FJ-1 Fury kit. Very cleanly molded. Well detailed with all fine recessed panel lines. Straight wing kit of the Navy Fury. Includes main airframe parts, wheels, struts, seat, drop tanks and clear canopy with instructions/plans. Never started and complete. A certain degree of modeling skill is required to build vacuform kits. They are not recommended for beginners.
Matchbox Westland Wessex HU.5 HAS.31 (S-58) - Royal Navy 845 NAS HMS Bulwark 1966 / Australian Navy 725 NAS RAN NOWRA 1963, 1/72, PK-133
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$26
Still factory sealed. Dated 1987. Very nicely molded kit. Features very fine raised detail, very good cockpit and rear cabin, opening cabin door, optional parts for stowed flight position tail and rotor, optional cowlings + exhaust and parts for RAF HC Mk2 / HUM K5 for both naval air squadrons.
Merco General Patton Battle Tank, 1/27
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$59
Early 1950s wood and metal static model. Well detailed for that time and just over 14 inches long when assembled. Features precut and die-cut wooden parts, completely formed wheels, metal engine screen material, metal tracks and a bag of many other metal parts, full decals and more. Has very large, excellent plans that are highly illustrated and have detailed text instructions also. Never started and complete, with the small parts still in the factory sealed bag. Merco was Mercury Model Airplane Company out of Brooklyn New York. The armor line included the Patton, T41 bulldog, M4 Sherman, German Tiger, Russian Stalin and the shorter Patton 48.
Bandai Panzerkampfwagen Panzer IV Ausf.H Sd.Kfz.161/2, 1/48, 058270
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$24
SALE!! Still factory sealed. Rare 1/48 scale kit from the classic and highly detailed Bandai Pin Point armor series. These kits are beautifully molded and feature full interior detail as well as flexible treads, many operating features and very detailed crew members that can be posed in almost any position.
Airfix Level Crossing - HO and OO Scale - T1 Logo, 1/87, 4022
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
$20
First issue that is still factory sealed. The colorful paper header is in remarkable 'excellent++' condition with no tears, tags, tape, marks, etc. The only flaw is some creasing on the back side.
Monogram Focke-Wulf FW-190 - A-8/R-3 - A-7/R2 - A7/R3 - A-5/U8 - A-8/R1 - A-5/U3 Tropical - White Box Issue, 1/48, 6804
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$28
1973 release with interesting box art variation. This is one of two early 'White Box' issues. The kit is from the original molds as the impressive 'Four Star' issue from 1965. Very well molded for that time and includes parts and decals to make any one of 6 versions listed. Has optional position canopy and landing gear with a very large variety of underwing stores and gun options. Paint guide for all variants is included. NOTE: this kit has minor assembly. Three parts are built - the seat and stick are glued to the cockpit. Assembly quality is "professional" and there is no other assembly and zero painting. One prop blade is broke neatly at the hub and is present. The kit has been inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Megow Wood Refrigerator (Reefer) Car - American Refrigerator Transit Co. with Trucks, HO, Q1
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc-
$44
Rare Megow kit from the 1930s. Kit features high quality embossed thick cardstock sides with crisp printing, wood and metal stock as needed, embossed material for car ends and detail parts, a paper envelope with truck kits and many metal details, full instructions/plans, factory tube of glue (unopened) and paint cardboard tube including the original paint vials. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including instructions. Fred Megow was a famous pioneer in the model aircraft field from the late 1920s and a very early manufacture for HO scale trains in the 1930s. His product lines of semi-prefabricated, solid and stick and tissue kits won him national and extensive world wide distribution - possibly the first modern model manufacture to achieve this. His fascinating story involves trying novel and untested marketing ideas in the Great Depression, followed my explosive world-wide growth. Mr. Megow was a true pioneer in the early days of modeling and a leader in the low price field so that every boy could afford a kit during those difficult times. Megow also produced scale operating train and trackside kits, ship models (large and small) and automotive subjects. Megow's catalogs claim that they were pioneers in HO scale, and there is documentation to support this fact. Megow's early HO train kits served not only to promote this now-popular scale nationally, but were among the very first train kits. Model train kits were responsible for the explosion in model railroad popularity in the late 1930s - please see the article in this website about these kits.
Hasegawa McDonnell Douglas F-4G Phantom II - USAF 563 TFS 37th TRW / 23rd TFS 52 TFW Plus Xtradecal Sheet, 1/48, 09672
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$75
Also includes Xtradecal sheet #005-48 'USAF Europe 1/48 F-4G and F-16C'. For the F-4G, 480 TFS 52 TFW 1988 and 81 TFS 52 TFW 1988 and 52 TRW 1987 are represented. The decals have not been used and are as new with the paint and marking guide included. The kit itself is very finely molded and detailed. Widely considered the finest injection molded 1/48 scale F-4G kit. The kit has never been started. NOTE: missing one half of an ECM pod and decal #59 (on the Hasegawa sheet - a long black strip). Otherwise inventoried with all other parts and factory decals. With instructions.