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.
Revell Nieuport 28, 1/72, H653-50
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$29
1966 one-piece box issue with framable box art. N started. It has been 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.
Revell USS Franklin D Roosevelt - Midway Class Aircraft Carrier, 1/547, 0307
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$139
1995 reissue of the original 1950s 'S' issue. Rare model of an early straight-deck Midway class that is well detailed for that time and features full one-piece hull, separately molded main anti-aircraft armament, gun directors, detailed island structure with sensors, airwing of F9F-8 Cougars (straight and folded wings), helicopters, F4U Corsairs & AD-6 Skyraiders, display stand and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
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 CV-61 USS Ranger Aircraft Carrier - Picture Fleet Issue, 1/542, H360
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$179
1971 dated Picture Fleet issue with John Steel artwork. Kit features large flight deck decals with dark gray landing area and white lines, movable cranes, optional position elevators, 16 aircraft, helicopters, 11 tow trucks, 10-5" guns, lifeboats and radar details. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The decals are in amazing 'near mint+ condition.
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.
Heller Le Royal Louis - With Sails, 1/200, 910
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$74
Large and very well detailed model with over 640 parts. Includes complete deck fittings, cannon & carriages, detailed masts, vac billowing sails, full rigging instructions and more. Never started. Inside, the parts are still in the factory sealed parts bags and instructions.
Airfix DHC-2 Beaver - USAF or RAF Floats/Skis/Wheels, 1/72, 03017-7
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$40
1970s type four logo issue. Features optional parts for wheels, floats or skis and is well molded with full interior and excellent details for that time. Includes decals for RAF or USAF versions. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.