ESCI TU-22 Blinder, 1/72, 9100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$59
Still factory sealed. Large kit featuring all fine recessed panel lines, 'good' cockpit and gear well detail and optional opened or closed bomb bay and iron bombs. Decals are for the USSR.
Eduard Fokker DR.1 DR-1 Profipack, 1/72, 7016
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$36
Includes brass photoetched parts. Never started. Factory sealed box/bag or 100% inventoried with all parts decals and instructions present.
Bandai German Soldiers Sapper No 1, 1/48, 8244-125
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$20
Very highly detailed 1/48 positionable soldiers with numerous accessories and a short bridge. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Entex Tupolev Tu-144 SST, 1/144, 8457
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$75
Still factory sealed. A very nice kit of the worlds first supersonic transport. Features good detail and over 50 parts; measures about 16 inches long when completed. This kit may be from Nitto molds but I am not certain.
AMT Tupolev Tu-26 Tu-22M Backfire C, 1/72, 8832
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$65
Large 1/72 scale kit of the successful Soviet supersonic follow-up to the Tu-22 Blinder. Well detailed with full cockpit, swinging wings, detailed wheel wells, crew boarding ladder, AS-4 Kitchen air-to-surface missile and decals for three aircraft. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
AMT F/A-18 Hornet Desert Storm - Mig Killer, 1/72, 8703
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$18
Desert Storm Version. Never started. Factory sealed box/bag or 100% inventoried with all parts decals and instructions present.
Aurora F-86D Sabre Jet, 1/48, 77a-89
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+++
$169
Second issue of the Orange Sabre, and the first issue from the West Hempstead factory. Correct with landing gear and the other post-Brooklyn additions. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts decals and instructions.
Aurora British SE-5 Scout, 1/48, 103-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$69
First issue from 1956 with Jim Cox boxart and Northern Lights logo. Investment-grade box in 'near mint' condition. The logo on this kit only appeared for one year. In 1957 it was replaced with the famous oval 'Famous Fighters' Sunburst logo. This kit was one of a very famous line of 1/48 scale WWI aircraft kits introduced by Aurora at this time. Due to the popularity, subjects were still being released into the 1960s. Molded in glossy olive green and black. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Aurora The Barnstormers Customizing Kit DH-4 and JN-4 Jenny, 1/48, 200-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$175
Rare one and only 1960 issue that contains both the DH-4 and Curtis JN-4 Jenny. Aurora really went out of the way to make this a special kit; however, it did not sell well and was retired after one year. Features completely new box artwork, the DH-4 molded in dark green, the JN-4 molded in bright yellow, great custom decal sheets for both aircraft and special 'Barnstormer' instructions for each aircraft. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Aurora Nieuport 28, 1/48, 108-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$64
First issue from 1957 with an excellent box top. This is the yellow-sided issue without the parents seal on the box art. Molded in the correct gloss gray and black. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts decals and instructions.
Aurora Boeing P-12E, 1/48, 121-69
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$59
Dated 1958 with amazing Jo Kotula box artwork. First issue with the 69 cent price extension, Parents' Magazine seal and 'Famous Fighters' sunburst oval logo. Never started and inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions included.
Aurora HC-1B Chinook (CH-47), 1/48, 350-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$199
First issue hardbox issue dated 1961 with classic Jo Kotula artwork and the 'Famous Fighters' in the border of the Aurora sunburst logo. Very large 1/48 scale kit with good cockpit and rotor detail, moving rotors, clear side and cockpit windows and full decals. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Aurora HC-1B Chinook (CH-47), 1/48, 350
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc-
$155
Still factory sealed but the seal has split on the right short side. Second issue hardbox is dated 1961 with classic Jo Kotula artwork. The actual issue date is likely 62/63 since there is no 'Famous Fighters' in the border of the Aurora sunburst logo. Very large 1/48 scale kit with good cockpit and rotor detail, moving rotors, clear side and cockpit windows and full decals.
Aurora German Sea Raider Atlantis, 1/456, 710-249
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc +++
$900
First issue. The hardbox is dated 1959 and has the "Famous Fighters" in the oval 'Northern Lights' logo. This is the only kit made of the infamous German WWII converted merchant raider which was the subject of several books and a major movie called 'Under Ten Flags.' The long WWII voyage was legendary, and the ship is well represented in this full-hull model. Covers can be removed to reveal hidden guns, torpedo tubes and the Ar-196 floatplane. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. From modeler Stephen Payne: Recommend that the builder or collector of this kit add the following books to their collection-The German Raider Atlantis by Captain Bernhard Rogge & Wolfgang Frank & Sea Raider Atlantis, Story of a German Surface Raider by Ulrich Mohr & A.V. Sellwood. The first book is by the ATLANTIS commander, Kapitan zur See Bernhard Rogge. He oversaw the transformation and outfitting in Bremen and captained the ship during her 602 day operational voyager which sank or captured 22 ships totaling 144,384 t (142,104 long tons). Rogge also was one of the few German officers of flag rank who was not arrested by the Allies after the war due to the way he had exercised his command of Atlantis. Captain J. Armstrong White, captain of the British CITY OF BAGHDAD, which Atlantis sank in July 1941, stated, "His treatment of prisoners left respect, instead of hatred."The second book is by the ATLANTIS First Officer, Ulrich Moher. Both books read much the same as the events related are the same, but it is interesting to see these events from the two perspectives. Captain White (see above) wrote the foreword to Atlantis, the Story of a German Surface Raider, written by U. Mohr & A. V. Sellwood.The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis (HSK 2), known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 16 (SHIP 16) and to the Royal Navy as Raider-C, was a converted merchant vessel to German Hilfskreuzer (auxiliary cruiser) used for commerce raiding. Commerce raiders did not seek to engage warships, but rather attack enemy merchant shipping; the measures of success are tonnage destroyed (or captured) and time spent "at large" holding up enemy resources. Atlantis had the longest raiding career of any German commerce raider in either world war.
Aurora McDonnell F-4H Phantom, 1/48, 394-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$125
First issue from 1961 with the sunburst oval logo and 'Famous Fighters' in the border. Large scale kit with fantastic Jo Kotula box artwork. Nicely detailed kit for 1958 with cockpit, full landing gear, four AIM-7 Sparrow missiles and a large, clear 'Triangle World' display stand. Even includes a tiny two-piece F-4 model that is almost 2 inches long. Molded in gloss gray and clear. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and including decals and instructions.
Aurora DC-8 Jet Mainliner United Air Lines, 1/103, 387-249
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$155
First issue dated 1959 and with 'Hobby Kits' in the oval logo border. Still a favorite among builders because it is the only early DC-8 in 1/100 scale and fairly accurate. Features full landing gear, early style turbo-jet engines, clear cockpit windows and can be easily built 'gear up' if you wish. With the large, clear, triangle-based Aurora 'World' stand. Molded in white and clear. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Aurora AT-6 Texan Trainer, 1/48, 70-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$58
Factory sealed. Dated 1960 but is actually later than that because there is no 'Famous Fighters' in the border of the oval logo.
Aurora Focke-Wulf FW-190, 1/47, 30-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$145
Hardbox issue of this classic Aurora kit dated 1960. Notice the 79 cent extension, 'Sunburst' logo with no 'Famous Fighters' which makes this issue closer to about 1963/4. Molded in black and clear with the clear triangular 'globe' display stand. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Aurora Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet Delta, 1/156, 360
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$99
Factory sealed and in investment-grade condition. AURORA block letters logo issue dated 1972. Features full color Delta decals, clear windshield, detailed 18 wheel landing gear and large tripod stand.
Aurora Boeing 747 United, 1/156, 362-250
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$135
Still factory sealed. Hardbox issue is dated 1968. Features full landing gear, clear cockpit windows, a clear display stand and colorful United decals.