Revell Moon Ship 'S' Issue, 1/96, H1825-79
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Rare 1957 first and only issue. When sales of the dramatic XSL-01 Moon Rocket did not meet expectations, Revell molded the top stage in a different color plastic from the XSL-01, added a special 3D Moon Base Stand and boxed it as a stand-alone kit. The result was this Moon Ship with incredible box art. The box art invites you to 'Enter the Age of Space' with these action features: retractable landing ski, removable fuselage section with detailed cabin with controls and instrument panels and a crew of three astronauts. The box is in 'Very Good++' condition with perfect color and gloss, four solid corners, no tear, rips, holes or fading and no price tag or tape (other than the factory sealing tape of course). There is general wear as shown.. Molded in correct baby blue and clear plastic. This model has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions.
Aurora German Sea Raider Atlantis 'The Rattlesnake of the Ocean', 1/456, 710-249
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
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First issue. The hardbox is dated 1959 and has 'Famous Fighters' in the oval border of the logo, with 'Aurora' over the 'Northern Lights.' Dramatic Jo Kotula artwork. This is the only model ever made of the famous (or 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 float plane. The box has four solid corners, no repairs and 'very good' gloss and color - there is wear as shown, especially at the corners. The model has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Shipping insurance is required. 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.
Accurate Miniatures Grumman TBF-1C Avenger With KMC Wingfold Set / Engines & Things R-2600 Engine / Aeromaster Decals Fleet Air Arm - Battle of the Atlantic May 1944 USS Block Island (TBF1C), 1/48, 3403
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Includes the following aftermarket accessories: KMC #48-5061 TBF-1 Wingfold set with resin and numerous photoetched parts (never started, factory sealed inside and with instructions), Engines & Things #48004 Curtiss Wright R-2600 Double Cyclone resin engine (still factory sealed) and AeroMaster #48-252 British Fleet Air Arm (FAA) Avengers Part 1 (in mint, never used condition with paint and markings guide). The actual kit is highly detailed and widely considered the finest Avenger in 1/48 scale. Features over 100 parts of excellent mold quality. Includes fully detailed crew stations, excellent rear turret, full engine, separately molded rudder, detailed bomb bay with weapons load and optional position bomb bay doors, bomb cart, optional position pilot's canopy and rear crew entry door and decals and paint guide for the listed aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Roden Junkers D.I First All Metal Fighter - Western Front Autumn 1918 w/n 5180/18 Or w/n 5187/18 - (D1 / DI), 1/48, RO433
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Very nice kit from new molds and with decals and paint guide for both aircraft listed. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Roden Fokker DVII (Alb Early) - Ltn August Hartmann Jasta 30 July 1918 / Ltn RF Jakobs Jasta 43 mid 1918 / Ltn Carl Degelow Jasta 40 CO mid 1918 / Jasta 43 Pilot Unknown July 1918, 1/48, RO421
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
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From new, well detailed molds featuring a full engine & cockpit and decals for lozenge camouflage and for all four of the colorful aircraft listed. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Martin B-26 Marauder - 'The Yankee Guerrilla' 555 Bomb Squadron 386 Bomb Group, 1/48, 5506
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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1991 issue from the original quality molds. Features excellent interior detail, crew members, rotating turrets with elevating guns, full wheel well detail, opened or closed bomb bay doors with bomb load, rotating props and rear boarding ladder. The kit has never been started. The parts that were factory sealed are still in the sealed bags. The parts that were not factory sealed have been inventoried complete including decals and instructions. 'The Yankee Guerrilla' was a famous B-26 with a very long combat career and 130 completed missions in Europe. Her first combat mission was August 9, 1943. She crashed in bad weather in France on October 5, 1944.
Airfix Lockheed S-3A Viking - VS-21 USS John F. Kennedy or VS-28 USS America, 1/72, 05014-4
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
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Dated 1978. Features detailed cockpit, crew of two, detailed weapons bay with optional position doors, optional position landing gear, separately molded rudder and elevators, torpedo load out for the weapons bay, optional drop tanks and Harpoon missiles. Includes very colorful decals for both aircraft. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell C-17A Globemaster III, 1/144, 04044
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
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Very well detailed and molded kit. Never started. All parts are still in the internal factory sealed bag. Includes decals and instructions.
Revell DC-10 Airbus Delta Airlines, 1/144, H118
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good++
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Still factory sealed but the seal has shrunk and split on a bottom long side and also drawn the box top concave as shown. 1972 issue with colorful Delta decals, detailed engine pods, clear windows and detailed landing gear.
Revell Douglas DC-9 - Short Haul Airliner Great Britain Issue, 1/120, H246
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
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Still factory sealed. Revell of Great Britain issue. Unusual 1960s kit of the early short fuselage original DC-9.
Matchbox Sea Venom NF-3 / FAW-22 - Royal Australian Navy / RAF or Fleet Air Arm, 1/32, PK-506
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
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Dated 1983 and a very good model for that time. Features parts to build both versions, opening canopy, removable detailed engine and folding wings. Includes a paint guide and very large decal sheet for three aircraft: No 894 Sq HMS Albion 1960, FAW53 version 805 Sq HMAS Melbourne and RAF 151 Sq Leuchars 1955. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
AMT 1951 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible - Cruisin USA George Barris Custom, 1/25, 2253
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
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1980 issue that features detailed straight-six Stovebolt engine and engine compartment, opening hood, detailed underside with exhaust and suspension, complete interior and rubber tires. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: the 'engine turned' stickers are in 'near mint' condition but the dry transfer decals for the flag motif are peeling and ruined.
Jimmy Flintstone 1951 Chevy Leadstone Custom Resin Body, 1/25
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
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Beautifully molded body shell with fine recessed trunk and door panel lines. This is a body only - the suggested donor kit is AMT #30264 (or older issues) '51 Chevy. Never used and complete.
Midwest Super Jabberwock - 33 Inch Wingspan Class C Cabin Competition for Free Flight or R/C Conversion, 401
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Purchased new on April 9, 1966 at Hobby House on 5240 Warrensville, Maple Heights, Cleveland, Ohio. Includes the original receipt! Cabin style 1949 record holding aircraft designed by Wally Simmers. These aircraft were common in the 1930s when the sport of free-flight model airplanes reached it's zenith. It was not uncommon for these models to fly for 45 minutes or more on rubber power alone. Many flew out of site, so it became common practice to write your name, address and phone number on the covering tissue. Quality kit includes printwood, strip wood, precarved prop, covering tissue and beautiful full size plans. Never started and inventoried complete.
Midwest Wally Simmers' Gollywock - 32 inch Wingspan Class C Aircraft, 403
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Purchased brand new on November 21, 1966 at National Hobby, Inc on Lorain Ave in Cleveland, Ohio. Includes the original receipt. Another successful design for Class C Stick National Competition by Wally Simmers. Climbs at 1200 feet/min on rubber power with a glide angle of 10 to 1. Large and graceful. Features covering tissue, high quality print and stripwood, carved prop, hardwood and beautiful full size plans. Never started and inventoried complete.
AMT 1961 Mercury Comet 2 Door Sedan Promo, 1/25
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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Original dealer promotional model in 'excellent+' condition. This one was a 'roller' from the factory and never had the friction drive. The body is straight with no warping. The black plastic has brilliant color and gloss and very little wear. The clear is 'excellent.' The tires are like new - this promo was never played with and was always a one-owner model (the collector actually kept a log of the day that he obtained or bought each one, and it was almost always in the year of issue. No parts are missing and it is original except that the chassis has been painted black and some of the fine trim (door handles, trim, etc) has been correctly and very neatly adult painted. The quality is good enough to pass for factory paint.
Frog Martin 167 Maryland - Reconnaissance Bomber 'Nantes' GBII/20 Free French North Africa 1941/42 or South African 24th Sqn No.3 Wing Desert Air Force 1941/42- Green Series, 1/72, F241
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
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1970s issue includes a color painting guide and decals for both aircraft. Well molded for that time and contains no rivets - just fine panel lines. Features rotating turret, crew of three and some interior detail and optional position landing gear. Includes decals for Free French 'Nantes' GB II/20 North Africa and South African 24 Sq No 3 Wing North Africa. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. The Lines Brothers opened Frog in 1932, capitalizing on the fever caused by Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight. Almost overnight the western populations became 'Air-Minded', and anything aviation was in high demand. Frog created a quality line of stick and tissue rubber powered aircraft and gliders as well as innovative ready-to-fly rubber powered aircraft that required no assembly. The box even contained a built-in rubber motor winder and fuselage holder. Model airplane flight competitions were popular in Great Britain, and one category was 'Rise Off the Ground', or ROG. By changing this to 'Flies Right Off the Ground', the FROG name was born. In 1936 Frog created a line of injection molded plastic models, the first such kit line in the world (Hawk sold a line of injection molded aircraft models in 1934 but they were factory assembled and painted). Named 'Penguin' after the bird that does not fly, the kits were innovative beyond the means of production. At a time when models were simply built by wingspan, the Penguin line was a constant 1/72 scale. Furthermore, a large 1/72 Short S.30 Empire class flying boat contained a full interior and lights! A line of accessories such as AA guns, tractors, hanger, ambulance, sound locator, searchlights and lighting kits were quickly added to the line. WWII caused a pause in production. After the war the box color changed from silver to green, and Penguin kits were also marketed in the USA. Production ended in 1950. Frog quickly expanded and released the Red, Orange, Black, Green, Gold Token, Spin and Comet series as well as Trail Blazers and several others. It is noteworthy that while most manufacturers in the 1940s/50 were making toy-like models, Frog attempted to make very realistic models. For example, 'detailing' kits with excessively large rivets was once very popular. Frog ignored this trend and continued to mold aircraft with fine panel lines and no rivets. As a result, Frog kits can be built into very realistic replicas. Production ended in the late 1970s, but Frog molds are still in use around the world.
Amodel NC/AC-123K Provider - With Markings For Two USAF Aircraft In South Vietnam, 1/144, 1407
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
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Nicely molded 1/144 scale kit with all fine recessed panel lines. Features very good cockpit and cargo bay detail with optional position cargo bay rear doors. Includes decals for two different aircraft. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Amodel Su-9U Maiden, 1/72, 72122
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
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The rare training version of the Su-9 Fishpot. Only about 50 were produced. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: the decals are intact and complete, but there is some staining on the backing sheet they have been exposed to moisture.
Airfix Panavia Tornado F3 - RAF 299 OCU/65th Sq Coningsby or 29th Sqn Coningsby 1987, 1/48, 09175
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
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Still factory sealed. Large scale kit that is very nicely molded and detailed with markings for two aircraft.