1/82 PL-6-29 Comet Republic Thunderstreak F-84F
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
Rare kit from the 1950s. This is the two-piece box with an early 29 cent price extension and is the third issue. It is molded in glossy silver and clear plastic and includes the silver two-piece 'teardrop' base display stand. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions (both in 'Near Mint' condition) and even the famous Comet yellow envelope that you could send in for a catalog. Comet originally began model production in 1929 with a line of balsa flying models. In the mid-1950s Comet made a beautiful line of small and medium scale aircraft and missile models with colorful boxes. The early issues were in one-piece 'flip-top' boxes, and the later issues and releases were in standard two-piece 'hardboxes' with a lithograph slick glued to the top box. In 1963 Comet sold the plastic kit molds to Aurora, who reissued some but not all of the kits.
$48.00