Revell USS Helena Picture Fleet Issue - (Los Angeles - Fall River - Baltimore - Pittsburg - Columbus - Bremerton - Canberra - Toledo - Quincy - Chicago - St. Paul - Macon - Boston) - Picture Fleet / Master Modelers Club Issue, 1/481, H370-169
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Very rare. This is the original issue USS Helena from 1960. It has the beautiful John Steel painting for framing. The kit contains decals to build any of these sister ships - Los Angeles - Fall River - Baltimore - Pittsburg - Columbus - Bremerton - Canberra - Toledo - Quincy - Chicago - St. Paul - Macon - Boston. This kit is the correct glossy gray plastic for this early issue. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals, flag sheet and instructions.
Monogram Supermarine Mk IX Spitfire, 1/48, PA79-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Mint
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First Issue. Four Star hardbox is dated 1962. This kit is part of a very famous World War II action kit line that Monogram issued in 1/48 scale. The original owner opened the kit but was very careful to keep the cello on the box top, thus making this box mint condition with as-new color and gloss. Very nicely molded kit. Features retractable landing gear, pilot, four blade prop, 20mm cannon and belly tank. The model has 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.
Revell Me-262 Swallow World's First Jet Fighter, 1/32, H218
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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First issue from 1971. Features full cockpit, detailed Jumo jet engine, pilot figure, hinged canopy and moving wheels. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Monogram Warhawk P-40N Fighter, 1/64, P402-49
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Plastikit 'Forty Niner' issue from 1960. Very finely molded with excellent detail. 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.
Airfix Avro 504K, 1/72, 01048
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. Well molded and detailed model for it's time.
ESCI McDonnell Douglas A-4 M/N Skyhawk - With Markings for (2) US Marine Aircraft or Israeli Air Force, 1/48, SC-4016
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. Nicely molded kit. Includes decals for three aircraft.
ESCI AD-6 Able Dog - USAF 56th SOW Rescap Thailand 1972 - (A1-H), 1/48, 8212
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+++
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Features detailed gear wells and cockpit, detailed engine and a huge variety of underwing loads including rockets, drop tanks and bombs. Never started. Factory sealed box/bag or 100% inventoried with all parts decals and instructions present.
Eagles Talon Northrop HL-10 Lifting Body - Bagged, 1/72, ET121
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
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Still factory sealed. Very high quality complete kit with decals. Features very fine recessed detail and panel lines - better detail than many injection molded kits. Includes full plans/instructions. Certain modeling skills are required to build vacuform kits. Not recommended for beginners.
Airmodel Focke-Achgelis FA-223 Drache, 1/72, AM-105
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
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The Fa 223 can claim to be the world's first successful operating production helicopter (along with the FL-283). Professor Focke's 1937 helicopter was very successful; his follow on was the Fa 223. The type was accepted into production after extensive testing and deliveries were to made in 1944. The first bombing raid destroyed V4 through V10; production was moved and V12 through V17 left the production line. Further bombing attacks halted production. After the war France built an improved version called SE 3000. Still sealed. Features vac body and tail with clear canopy and all details in resin.
Bandai Infantry Tank MkIII Valentine, 1/48, C8
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Rare 1/48 scale kit. Part of the classic and highly detailed Bandai 'Pin Point' 1/48 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. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Matchbox Heinkel He-70 F2 / He-70 G1 / He-170A, 1/72, 40132
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
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Factory sealed. Has markings for Lufthansa Civil aircraft D-UMIM. Very nicely molded kit with very fine panel lines. Features full cockpit and cabin (with appropriate options), gun or non-gun deck, separately molded rudder, optional position landing gear and more.
Airfix Mosquito Mk.II / VI / XVII -23rd Sq - 248/254 Sq - 1 Sq RAF, 1/72, 399
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Very nicely molded older kit can be built to a nice model. Includes parts for all three version, a wide variety of underwing stores and decals for all three aircraft. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Fred Pastorius Three Lockheed 1049 Super G Constellation Promotional Air Line Model - One TWA and two Pan Am Clipper 'Los Angeles' - Bagged, 1/490
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
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From the 1950s. Back when air travel was still an event, gift shops would sell small airplane models and major and minor airlines would give out small models to customers as promotional items. These three Super G Constellations are very finely molded with all recessed details. They are each 2.75 inches long. Two were originally Pan Am and have the clipper name 'Los Angeles' on the left wing. Both of the Pan Am models are excellent - they have never been broken, repaired or painted. The other is TWA and it has been broken and repaired on the elevator and twice on the wing. All parts are present, however. I used to think these were made by Hawk, but Dan Dill reports that they were made during the 50s and maybe the early 60s by TWA Captain Fred Pastorius in Oceanside, CA. Fred was an artist and produced several different models in this scale, mostly for TWA but a few other airlines and models also. Dan writes- 'Fred made these in his garage and they were sold at airport gift shops. There was no packaging as I recall; they were just sold loose in a small cardboard box of maybe twenty or so at a time. My father was a friend of Fred's and would fly with him once in awhile and always bring a few of them home for my brothers and me. I still have about twenty of them. Fred made model 749, 1049 and 1649 constellations and Martin 404s. He also made a TWA Boeing 707-131 with a plastic stand. It came wrapped in cellophane. His models were mostly TWA but I have learned he did make some others special order with other airline names etched on the wing. Fred also made gold plated models inside clear plastic bubbles with names etched on the clear plastic for gifts. My father had one made for my grandfather, which I still have.' Thank you Dan!!
KeilKraft Sopwith Camel, 1/72, F2
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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KeilKraft was produced by the E. Keil & Company, Limited of Wickford, Essex Great Britain. Keil specialized in stick and tissue scale flying models and gliders. However, they moved into injection molded kits after WWII. Four kits were planned but only two were released. This Hurricane was the first one, followed by F2, a Sopwith Camel. The Stuka and Chipmunk were never issued. This kit has not been started. The parts are either still in the factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Vac Wings Tachkiawa Ki-36 / Ki-55 Ida, 1/72, VW7221
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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High quality vacuform kit with recessed panel lines, full plans/instructions and clear parts as needed. Still factory sealed. Certain modeling skills are required to build vacuform kits. Not recommended for beginners.
Airmodel Focke-Wulf Fw-58 'Weihe' (Kite) Bagged, 1/72, 137
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Designed in 1935 to meet Luftwaffe requirements for a light twin trainer that could perform advanced flight, instrument flight, bombing, gunnery, radio and navigational training. The Fw-58 beat out the Ar-77 during the competition and went on to be a very successful trainer in the Luftwaffe as well as being built under license in several other countries. Never started. Factory sealed bag or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions.
Airmodel Bucker Bu 131 Jungmann (Bestman), 1/72, 278
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Has some injection molded details. Complete and unstarted with all parts and instructions. Never started. Complete with all parts and instructions.
Cleveland Boeing P-26A Peashooter Balsa Flying Model Airplane Kit, 1/16, SF-60
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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This is a Cleveland 'SF' or 'Scale Flying' model in museum scale of 1/16. The kit came from a long time collector of 1930s and 1940s models and is in exceptional condition. All Cleveland kits were exceptionally complete and this one is no exception. Features very high quality balsa printwood and strip wood, covering material, highest quality plans, all parts required for assembly and decals (if issued with the kit). The model has not been started. The parts are either in factory sealed bag(s) or inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. The Cleveland Model and Supply Company played a pivotal role in the development of true scale models. In 1909 Bleriot’s English Channel flight caused a surge in aviation and model aircraft around the globe. Several companies were ideally positioned to take advantage of the aviation craze. In the USA, Wading River Manufacturing Co. (1909), White Aeroplane (1911), Ideal Model Aeroplane (1911), Broadfield Model Aeroplanes (1919) were among these pioneers, offering everything from plans and parts to complete kits and ARF models. Lindbergh’s 1927 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean caused an even bigger world-wide phenomenon called “The Aviation Craze” that extended up to the start of World War II. Many companies such as Megow, Guillow's and others started right around the time of Lindbergh’s flight. Some of these models flew and flew well, but they all had one thing in common - were generally not accurate scale representations. In 1929, a youngster named Ed Packard had a very advanced dream – to produce incredibly accurate, true scale models that flew perfectly. This radical idea established the world’s longest running single-owner (77 years) model airplane supply business – Cleveland Model and Supply Company. To this day, Cleveland models are treasured as the most accurate flying scale models produced. The fact that Mr. Packard started and successfully grew this business during The Great Depression is a testament to his ideals and business skill. I highly suggest the excellent book called ‘Aviation’s great Recruiter – Cleveland’s Ed Packard’ by H.L. (Herm) Schreiner. It is an excellent history of the man, his company and the times of the Golden Age of Model Aviation.
Aurora Eastern Boeing 727 Whisperjet - Photo Boxart Issue, 1/96, 351-250
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
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Rare 1968 hardbox issue with a beautiful box photo of a Eastern 727 at night on the ramp, ready for boarding forward and aft with airstair door extended. Inside, the kit is molded in the correct white with the clear Aurora 'Globe' stand base and arm. The decals are excellent with no yellowing and they are flat. The instructions are excellent and correct for this issue as well. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Renwal The Visible V8 (V-8) Transparent Motorized Operating Auto Engine, 1/4, 802
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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The original issue from the 1950s. Classic motorized kit with over 100 moving parts. All internal cardboard and cello display packing is present. Includes the Renwal parts order sheet, packing inspection ticket, instructions and original V-8 booklet. When built, all major internal parts move via electric motor and spark plugs (red lights) flash in time. This kit has never been started. It has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts. The glue is not present.