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Jordan Products Ahrens-Fox Fire Truck HO Scale, 1/87, C-221

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

$34   

Very well detailed for this scale. Intended for HO layouts but are considered fine kits on their own. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. The back of many Jordan Highway Miniatures boxes reads "Purchaser Please Note: This is not a 'quickie' kit for kids. It is a highly detailed, authentically scaled craft-type kit, designed for modelers of HO Scale Railroads."

Academy Boeing B-17B Flying Fortress, 1/72, 2106

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

$55   

From 1991. Beautiful and well detailed model of the early Fortress. Molded with all fine recessed panel lines. Features excellent cockpit detail, rotating propeller & wheels, bomb bay detail and full bomb load and optional position doors. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. Dusty Rhodes was doing box art research and discovered that the painting for this kit represents the Good Will flight from Langley to Rio de Janeiro in November of 1938. The future SAC leader, Curtis LeMay, was on this flight as the lead navigator as a lowly First Lieutenant.

ESCI Dakota C-47 Monte - Field Marshal Montgomery's Personal Aircraft / 44th Sq South Africa / 86th Sq USAF Berlin Airlift 'Camel Caravan to Berlin' / ESK 721 Royal Dutch Air Force Skrydstrup 1972, 1/72, 9023

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good

$24   

NOTE: builder only, please read carefully. Very nicely molded and detailed kit. Features optional parts for Dakota IV or C-47s, full cockpit, optional position flaps and full passenger interior. Includes decals for Field Marshall Montgomery's Personal Aircraft, USAF 86th Squadron Berlin Air Lift, South African 44th Sq Zwartkp Air Base, and Danske Flyvevabnet-esk 721 (1972). NOTE: this kit has minor and 'professional' quality sub-assembly as follows: cockpit built and two bulkheads (to the floor). There is no other assembly and zero painting. Inventoried complete with all parts, decals and instructions present.

StromBecker North American FJ-2 Fury, C-46

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+

$78   

Beautiful kit from the 1950s made of quality hardwood - no balsa. The carving is done to the final shape. When complete it makes an impressive model and comes with a unique display stand. Features all carved and smooth wood parts, clear plastic canopy, full color decals, glue, wood filler, sandpaper and special display stand. Never started. Inventoried complete with all parts and plans. Before plastic kits were introduced, Strombecker was famous as the premier hardwood preshaped model manufacturer. In the 1940s and 1950s, Strombecker kits were flawlessly engineered but not inexpensive. All wooden parts are hardwood and are precarved to shape - you only had to glue, sand and paint to finish them.

AFV Club Gato Class Fleet Submarine 1943, 1/350, SE73511

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc+

$36   

This superb kit features many photoetched details, new tooling for the upper hull, superstructure and conning tower for an accurate 1943 model. Can be built full hull or waterline and the pressure hull is included. Diving planes can be built in extended or retracted position. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. There are a variety of decals to make almost any '43 Gato that you please.

Skywave LSM / LCI / LCT (R) / LCT US Navy and Royal Navy, 1/700, SW-600

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

$39   

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Rare. Includes eight ships total - two of each type. Very highly detailed and well molded. Includes extensive decals for more than 8 ships. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.

Airfix Beagle Basset 206 - Type Three Issue, 1/72, 255

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

$38   

1960s T3 logo issue of this famous light aircraft of RAF Transport Command. Features complete interior detail. Never started. Inventoried and the actual aircraft is complete, but NOTE: missing both pilots. Otherwise inventoried complete with all other parts present. With decals and instructions.

Testors B-25B / B-25C Gun Nose or Bomber Nose, 1/72, 699

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed VG++

$32   

Still factory sealed. This model includes everything required to build any one of three versions with optional engine cowls and noses. Features more than 90 parts and featuring full cockpit detail, rotating turrets and props and optional position landing gear.

Tamiya Japan Torpedo Boat PT-15 - Static or Motorized, 1/72, PT7202

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

$89   

Large scale model with excellent detail. Includes all motorizing hardware and even the electric motor is present. This model can be converted to remote control operational or for static display. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. Built in the 1960s, the PT-15 was one of 15 JSDF craft in use till the early 1990s.

Renwal Fokker D-VII Aero Skin - Vzfw. Willy Gabriel's Aircraft, 1/72, 270-69

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed VG++

$40   

Still factory sealed. Contains pre-colored Aeroskin fabric created to resemble fabric covered aircraft. No painting needed since all designs are printed on the fabric. You build the inner structure of the aircraft then cover it, similar to the construction of the actual aircraft.

Ambroid B & O Baltimore & Ohio Cushion Coil Car - HO Craftsman Kit, 1/87, 7

Wood and Metal Model Kit,   Box Condition: Exc

$37   

High quality Ambroid kit from the 'Golden Age' of HO models. The limited-issue Ambroid kits are widely considered to be among the finest Craftsman kits issued. They can be built to a museum-quality display or used on your layout. Made from quality Northeastern Scale Lumber and features all pre-scribed and milled hardwood parts, milled detail parts as needed, wood and metal stock, a sealed bag of detail parts, complete and very colorful B&O decals plus full instructions & plans. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed small parts bag and the other parts have been inventoried 100% complete including transfers and instructions. If you have an interest in these highly accurate HO kits and the revolution they created in modeling, please read the article about their history located on this website.

Life-Like Monitor and Merrimac - From ex Pyro Molds, 09257

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good+

$79   

1960s release from ex-Pyro molds. The Monitor is 10 inches long and the Merrimac is 11 inches long when built. These kits have never been started. They are both inventoried complete with all parts and instructions present. These are from the superior detail Pyro molds and are not the lower detail Lindberg releases. Monitor and Merrimac are the two American Civil war ships that spelled the end of the wooden ship age. In March of 1862, the Merrimac put to sea to raise the Union Blockade off the St. James. There she sank the Cumberland and Congress. The Monitor, the Union's only ironclad and the first turret ship, was rushed to the scene. The epic battle between the two iron-clad ships ended in a draw, with the Merrimac suffering a little more damage than the Monitor. The Merrimac was blown up to avoid capture; the Monitor sank in a gale in 1862.

Revell Convair B-24 Liberator - Warbird - The Blue Streak, 1/72, H203

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

$52   

This all-time classic model kit is dated 1969. It features retractable landing gear, movable ailerons, rudders and elevators, working trailing edge wing flaps, rotating turrets with elevating guns, rotating wheels and propellers, 4 crew members, optional opened or closed side gunner's position and more. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. The decals are for the amazing Blue Streak, easily the most famous B-24 with over 110 missions and numerous 'firsts' in the WWII Air War. She is often called 'The Greatest American Bomber Of Them All.'

Accurate Miniatures Grumman F3F-1 - US Navy - (F3F1), 1/48, 3413

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good+

$38   

Very highly detailed kit with over 75 parts. Well molded parts with recessed panel lines, weighted or normal tires, photoetched rigging, detailed cockpit and engine and more. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.

Monogram Wright Brothers Flyer I Kitty Hawk - Four Star Issue, 1/40, PA30-98

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good++

$49   

First issue 1958 hardbox and possibly the best injection molded kit of the first aircraft to sustain powered, controlled flight. Excellent detail and includes rigging material and instructions. Also features figures of Orville and Wilbur Wright, monorail launching track and carrier dolly and historical accessories- 'C' clamp, bench, can, spade and starting battery that were all present at the first flight. Correctly molded in brown and ivory plastic with a clear stand. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions.

Airfix Savoia-Marchetti SM-79 Mk.II, 1/72, 487

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good-

$29   

1960s issue with type 3 logo. Features moving rudder, elevator and ailerons, cockpit detail and torpedo loadout. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The SM-79 was considered an excellent aircraft and one of the best land based torpedo bombers of the war. Designed and serving as an airliner from 1934 onward, 100 were supplied to the Nationalist Air Force for the Spanish Civil War where they served as day and night bombers. The aircraft performed well in the Med and against Malta, sinking many allied ships.

Revell Type XXI U2540 (U-boat) - Submarine with Full Interior, 1/144, 05078

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good++

$58   

Large kit with very highly detailed interior and extensive decals. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The Type XXI U-Boats were the world's first true submarines; they could travel at high speeds for great distances underwater and attack without visual contact with the targets. The 'snort' allowed them to recharge the batteries and renew the air, eliminating the last needs for surfacing. A development of the Walther Peroxide Boats, the XXIs were seen as a faster way to put a more advanced submarine into service.

Aeroclub D.H. Vampire T. Mk 11 Trainer - Bagged, 1/72

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good++

$20   

Still factory sealed. Injection molded limited issue that is well molded and includes fine cast metal details and full decals.

Airfix Boeing B-29 Superfortress - Craftmaster Issue, 1/72, 1601-200

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good-

$42   

1960s 'Black Side' box issue with fantastic artwork. Highly detailed for that time and features good interior, opening bomb bay doors, full bomb bay detail and weapons load, moving ailerons, elevators and rudder, and optional position landing gear, crew figures and more. Decals for 'Eddie Allen' and 'Joltin Josie.' The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.

Supermodel Savoia SM-81 Pipistrello, 1/72, 10-008

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

$36   

Nicely detailed and molded kit from 1972. Features two cowls for Piaggio and Alfa Romeo engined versions, very good interior details, retracting and rotating turrets with elevating guns, optional position crew doors, separately molded control surfaces, rotating props and wheels, optional torpedo and markings for two aircraft (camo and Pipistrello). The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The SM 81 was an Italian bomber / torpedo bomber / transport in service from 1935 and 1945. It was derived from the MS 73 transport in 1934 and ordered into mass production following successful testing. The aircraft saw action in Eritrea/Ethiopia, Spain and Spanish Morocco, Libya, Albania, Italy and East Africa. Some even saw action in the Italian and Finnish Air Forces after WWII.