Air Lines Fairey Gannet ASW Aircraft - (ex Frog), 1/72, 9804
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Nicely done early kit from Frog molds and marketed by Air Lines. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. Air Lines manufacturing history: The kits, decals and instructions were made in England, then imported to the USA where Testors created the boxes with the colorful trading cards on the back. There are two trading cards on each box which show the boxart but not the advertising/logo. Some kits contain a Testors color painting guide also, but it is not specific to any model.
Imai Santa Maria - Christopher Columbus' Flagship, 1/60, 8061
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Very large scale (1/60) and well detailed kit. Perhaps the finest kit every made of this historic vessel. Almost two feet long when assembled. Features detailed full hull and deck with complete fittings, anchors, lifeboat and cannons, real cloth sails, colorful cloth banners and flags, extensive rigging instructions, rigging material and more. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bags including flags, sails, rope and instructions.
Aurora USS Independence, 1/600, 700-249
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++++
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1957 to 1959 issue. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts decals and instructions.
Pro Scale Canadian Armed Forces Boeing 707-347C 'Air Transport Command' (RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force), 1/72, 91-53
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Rare. Large 1/72 scale 707 with two large and colorful sheets of extensive Canadian Forces decals. These decals cover three different aircraft, -1, -2 and -3. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bags including decals and instructions.
Life-Like Westward Ho Pioneer Wagon (Covered Wagon) - (ex- Miniature Masterpiece / Revell / Adams), 1/48, 09683
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Poor
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Excellent builder kit. Very highly detailed model includes wagon, accessories, large display base, two Longhorn Oxen, horse, rider and figure. The kit has never been started. NOTE: missing one set of ox horns and the boy figure. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts and instructions. The box is poor as both short end panels are missing. This kit has an interesting history. 'Miniature Masterpieces' was formed through an alliance of Lew Glaser (Revell) and Steve Adams (Adams Action Models) in 1953. Although the molds were made at Adams and it had the appearance of an independent company, the firm was run by Revell down to the prototypes being made at the Revell plant. Originally there was no evidence of the parent company on the surface. The State Coach of England was the first kit, issued in 1953. More kits of excellent quality followed. Revell completely took over the line in 1954 and in that year and the next, kits were labeled 'Revell' with a 'Miniature Masterpiece' label on the box top also. However, Adams broke the relationship with Revell in the later 1950s and began making kits under the Adams name in 1958 with the original molds. Life-Like acquired these Adams molds but not all Adams molds. This issue is from about 1976 and lists the former MM Chuck Wagon, Western Figures, Wells Fargo Stage coach as well as numerous Pyro and Palmer kits as being currently available.
Ulrich Seaboard 'Air Line Railway' Triple Hopper - Functioning Factory Assembled Working Car, HO, RT2
Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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From the early 1950s. All metal factory assembled, painted and lettered triple hopper. Single point activation on the bottom opens up all three hoppers simultaneously. Features all metal real sprung trucks. Has light wear, may have never been run - I would give it a 9 out of 10 condition, with 10 being perfect.
Tyco A.T.&S.F. Flat Car (Mantua), HO, T-308-C
Metal and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Factory assembled, painted and lettered early flat car made by Mantua but marketed by Tyco. Very heavy and well built - features a cast metal underframe and trucks with injection molded one-piece top and sides. Complete and unbroken. No wear - does not appear to have been used or run.
Varney Central of Georgia HO Scale Hopper Car, HO, H-16
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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From the late 1950s or early 1960s. Fairly early injection molded assembly kit that is factory painted and lettered. Includes coal/rock load, all metal real sprung trucks, still sealed factory parts bag and full instructions. Never started and complete.
Berkeley Fairchild 24 Flying Model Airplane Kit, 1/12
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Big 1/12 scale model with a 36 inch wingspan. Originally designed as a gas powered model for free flight or control line, or can be converted to electric power and modern RC (radio control) gear. Features hardware, decals, full size plans, formed wire parts, die cut balsa and plywood parts and more. The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Berkeley is a very famous manufacturer of flying model kits from the Golden Age of flying aviation, about 1932-1954. Founded in 1933 by William Effinger, the company was quite progressive in producing quality kits - it was likely the Berkeley 'Buccaneer' was the first gas powered model in kit form. In the later 1930s, Effinger acquired the services of a very talented Henry Struck. Struck went on to design numerous award-winning kits under the Berkeley name. Berkeley weathered the post WWII recession and emerged as a major kit producer in the late 1940 and 1950s. These were great years for Berkeley and they produced some incredible and large kits. The company went bankrupt in about 1960 however. Fox engines (Duke Fox) bought the company and released the kits alongside his own FOX models and engines. This arrangement did not last, and in the early 1960s the Berkeley name disappeared from hobby shop shelves.
Ideal Aeroplane & Supply RMS Queen Mary - 18 inch Wooden Model - 'Win A Free Trip To Europe' Issue
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair++
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Very old 1930s issue from Ideal Aeroplane & Supply Company. Ideal was one of the first US model producers, starting their business in 1911. The catalogs show complete kits but they also sold a very large variety of model fittings and raw materials for the scratch builder (who were the majority at that time). Ideal ran what may have been one of the very first hobby shops in New York. It was a small walk-in area of the plant where you could buy catalog items over the counter. This kit is the famous 'Contest' issue Queen Mary. It has an 18 inch 'Redi-Form' hollow hull which is already molded to shape, numerous print wood sheets, formed fiber funnels, the original paint (in corked glass bottles), fiber printed parts sheets and full size plans with 40 detail diagrams and 10 construction photos. The ship has metal fittings. NOTE: the following metal parts are missing- 6 of the 22 metal lifeboats, 1 of 2 anchors and 2 of 4 props. The kit includes all other parts, printwood sheets, funnel material, stock wood, fiber parts, molded hull, wood filler, paint and plans.
Megow 1942 Megow Catalog Number 12 - 128 Pages
Cardstock Paper Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
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Rare. 1942 Megow catalog. Very thick 128 page catalog from the 'Golden Age' of model building includes the full Megow gas, rubber and static scale aircraft line, an article on the 'Story Behind Megow Balsa Wood', model aircraft dope with a Megow Store Display, Megow's Quick Dry Cement, die-cast parts and fittings for super-detailing static solid models, pages supplies for flying models, the Strombecker wooden kits line (distributed by Megow), American Junior (A-J) Line, Fireball U-Control, Gas Powered Models, gas motors, timers, knives, props, gas flying accessories, gas car models, Megow's extensive line of ship models and fittings, Megow's historical and large line of O and HO Gauge kits and accessories, and advertising showing the famous Megow 'Green Cabinet' and different signs for Megow Dealers. The catalog is complete. There is a very small amount of writing inside such as a 'check' next to a kit, and I saw 'Not in stock' written by one kit. There is general wear on the cover and some clear tape. The other pages are free of tears. Fred Megow was a famous pioneer in the model aircraft field from the late 1920s till 1949. 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.
Airfix MRCA Tornado -2nd Prototype XX946 / RAF / Wester German Marine, 1/72, 04019-6
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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1970s issue. Nicely detailed. Features decals for three different aircraft, good cockpit detail, crew of two, wings that change sweepback angle, moving elevators,optional position air brakes, optional position landing gear and a wide variety of loadouts for RAF Air Defense, RAF Strike, RAF and German Navy Close Support and RAF and German Navy Strike. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
Frog Messerschmitt Me-410 A-1 or A-1/U-4 with Cannon, 1/72, F178
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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Very nicely molded high quality Frog kit. Includes parts for a standard day fighter or large cannon armed bomber destroyer. Includes color painting guide and decals for two aircraft. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. NOTE: decals are peeling
Frog Messerschmitt Bf-109F Marseille or Galland Bagged, 1/72, F192F
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Bagged kit with very good condition header. Contains decals for Oberstleutnant Hans Joachim Marseille of JG27 with 101 kills, El Gazala North Africa 1942 and Oberstleutant Adolf Galland, JG26 France 1941 with 94 kills. Excellent kit with very fine panel line details. No rivets or other unrealistic engravings. Builds to a very realistic model. The kit has never been started. Including decals and instructions.
Aurora Bristol F.2B Brisfit (F-2B) - Western Front No. 48 Sq R.F.C. Pilot Keith Park / No. 22 Sq Pilot Vert Galand, 1/48, 776
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Poor
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Builder kit. Box is badly stained, but the plastic parts, decals and instructions are excellent. Dated 1976. Later issue with greatly improve mold quality, full rigging instructions and decals for both aircraft listed. The kit has never been started. NOTE: missing 2 pilots and prop. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts, decals and instructions.
Aurora British SE-5 Scout, 1/48, 103-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Poor
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Builder kit. Box is heavily stained, but the parts, decals and instructions inside are excellent. Dated 1963 but likely from around 1965 due to the 100 price extension. Molded in tan and black. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
21st Century Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero Type 21 - Lt. Hideki Shingo Battle of Santa Cruz - IJN Shokaku Oct. 26 1942 / Kounoike Flying Group Japan 1944 / Lt. Suimio Nono - Section Leader from Hiryu - Second Wave Pearl Harbor Attack Dec. 7 1941, 1/32, 22101
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Large scale (1/32) Type 21 Zero. Features engraved panel lines, optional position canopy with very nicely detailed cockpit, operating main landing gear, very nicely pre-painted pilot, rubber main gear tires and a large, excellent decal sheet for three aircraft. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bags including decals and instructions.
Meikraft Models Vought SB2U-3 (V-156) Vindicator - Commander's Aircraft from CV-4 USS Ranger / Royal Navy or French Navy - (SB2U3), 1/72, 1601
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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Limited issue injection molded kit. Features photoetched details, two sets of injection molded clear canopies - one open and one closed, two optional cowlings, interior detail, two sets of wings - one for wings folded and one for unfolded, optional belly tank or centerline bomb load, plans and instructions as decals for the three aircraft listed. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Airfix Hawker Demon Bagged, 1/72, 132
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Poor
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Still factory sealed. 1960s Type Three logo issue bagged kit with header. Well detailed kit with very colorful decals as shown on the artwork. NOTE: the header has water damage. The decals look excellent, but I cannot verify this since the kit sealed.
Merlin Models Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter, 1/72
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
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Limited production kit, approximately 2000 were made. Injection molded kit with metal details and decals. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.