Model Airplanes for adults
MPC B-24D Liberator Profile Series - 466th BG 8th AF / 98th BG 15th AF / Liberator B Mk. VI 356 Sq SEAC, 1/72, 2-2001-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$38
Still factory sealed and in investment-grade 'Near Mint' box condition. 1970s issue of this quality Airfix model issued by MPC in the popular Profile Series line with markings for three aircraft: 466 BG, 8th AF - 98 BG, 15th AF and RAF 356 Sqdn, SEAC. This was a well detailed model for that time featuring elevating guns and rotating turrets, movable control surfaces, retractable landing gear, crew members, rotating propellers and wheels, optional position crew entry door & ladder and more.
Monogram F3F-3 Grumman Navy Fighter - (F3F3) Four Star Issue, 1/32, PA70-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$129
Rare, original issue 4-Star kit from 1961. Very highly detailed for that time and features a unique system for retracting and extending the landing gear: when you pull the propeller outward and rotate it CCW, the landing gear retracts. Pull it outward and rotate it CW, and the gear extends. Push the prop in, and it freewheels as normal. Also features movable ailerons, elevator and rudder, detailed cockpit, sliding canopy, pilot figure and more. Includes rigging material and instructions for rigging. Molded in the correct red, yellow, silver and clear plastic. The original internal yellow cardboard presentation material is present and in 'near mint' condition. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present Decals and instructions are in amazing 'near mint' condition.
Monogram C-47 Skytrain with Paratroopers, 1/90, PA11-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$79
Second issue dated 1955. Monograms fine effort is the finest early C-47 model and a favorite today for 'classic builds.' Features perfect fit and finish, very good surface detail, rotating propellers & main wheels, two pilot figures, 'Sky Train' decals, rear fuselage doors that can be placed open or closed, boarding ladder, four paratrooper figures and more. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
MPC Vought Kingfisher OS2U-1 - (OS2U1), 1/72, 1-4012
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$22
Still factory sealed and in 'Near Mint' condition. Dated 1983 and from quality Airfix molds. Very finely molded and still a very desirable 1/72 Kingfisher which can be built with wheels or floats.
Monogram Hawker Mk 1B Typhoon With Eduard PE and True Details Wheel Set, 1/48, 85-6841
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
$36
The perfect 'Classic Builder' includes the following factory-sealed aftermarket details: Eduard 48-186 1/48 Typhoon designed for this kit and True Detail 48036 Typhoon or Early Tempest Wheel Set (two main resin wheels with smooth tread). The actual kit is still factory sealed and the 1999 Monogram Classic reissue from the original 1968 molds. Features optional position landing gear, detailed wheel wells, 'good' cockpit, optional position canopy, rotating wheels & propeller and more.
Monogram US Navy F-4J Phantom II - VF-92 USS Constellation, 1/72, 5452
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$36
Still factory sealed and dated 1990. Finely molded and features detailed cockpit and wheel wells, optional position canopy, AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, drop tanks, laser guided bombs, iron bombs and multi-position wing flaps. Includes colorful decals for the box art aircraft.
Revell Douglas X-3 Stiletto - History Makers Issue, 1/65, 8620
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$29
Still factory sealed. This 1982 issue is from the original molds and a perfect 'Classic Builder.'
Revell Whip-Fly F-89D Scorpion, 1/80, H153-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$49
1960 issue of the rare 'Whip Fly hardbox series. Tom Kelly did the 'Action' photos for most of these kits. Whip-Fly kits contain the aircraft model with nose ballast, a metal control ring, 12 feet of control line and a control handle. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The back of the instructions gives the user important tips about whip flying and a paragraph on calculating 'How Fast Will It Go?' The long side of the box shows the complete Whip-Fly series with the action box art. Included are H151 F9F-8 Cougar, H152 F-84F, H153 F-89D Scorpion, H154 F8U-1 Crusader, H155 F-39 Airacobra and H156 F-101A Voodoo. Although not listed yet, there was also a Whip-Fly Canberra, F-106 and Yak-25 Flashlight. The Whip-Fly series seemed like a good idea...at first. Revell quickly realized that spinning heavily-ballasted, sharp objects at dizzying speeds near groups of children was not the best plan; the series was quickly discontinued.
Special Hobby FMA IA-58A Pucara Falklands War - BAGGED, 1/72, SH72047
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
$36
NOTE: bagged kit; there is no box. The box is shown for reference only. Limited edition injection molded kit. Well detailed with crisp injection molded parts with fine recessed surface detail, many photoetched parts, film instrument, resin details, very good cockpits, enclosed gear wells and more. Includes decals and paint guide for four different Malvinas/Falklands War aircraft including one shot down by a Sea Harrier, one destroyed on the ground and one captured and taken back to the UK. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Sterling Curtiss P-6E Hawk Drops Bombs In Flight - 16 Inch Wingspan Flying Model Aircraft, A10
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$62
Excellent flying model from the early to mid 1960s that is designed for rubber free flight or control line. It includes an innovative system for dropping bombs in flight. Features stick and tissue construction, quality die-cut balsa parts, stripwood and spars, other wood stock as required, die-cut clear windshield, vac plastic details including radiator scoop, engine cowling, pilot bust, wheels pants, exhaust ports and more, finished wire landing gear struts, finished main and tail wheels, rubber motor, plastic propeller, covering tissue and a big full color decal sheet. Includes excellent full size plans with detailed instructions. Never started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed bag; the parts that were never sealed have been inventoried complete. Please NOTE: the box displays better than the 'very good+' grade but is rated as such because there is a 1.5" long closed tear at the center of the lower long box side. Sterling was a famous manufacturer dating back to the 1930/40s flying model craze. Although they continued to produce kits for decades after the flying model slump following World War II, they eventually fell victim to the general lack of interest in modeling that occurred in the early 1980s. I always considered Sterling's offering to be 'deluxe' compared to other manufacturers.
Revell Mig-29 UB Two Seater Fulcrum - Soviet Air Force 1990 / DDR East Germany 1989 / Czech Air Force 1991, 1/32, 4751
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$79
Still factory sealed. 1991 issue of this large and well detailed model which features featuring 173 pieces, all fine recessed panel line detail, very good cockpit with optional position canopy, detailed gear wells, excellent inlet and exhaust, extensive air-to-air weapons loadout and more. Includes a very large decal sheet for all three aircraft versions.
Revell Hawker Fury Mk.I - RAF #43 Squadron, 1/72, 04693
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$20
Well molded model of this beautiful biplane fighter. Includes paint guide and decals for the colorful aircraft shown in the box art. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell F4U-4 Corsair - Naval Air Reserve Training Unit US Navy Jacksonville Florida June 1954, 1/72, 03955
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$26
Dated 2016 and a superb kit from all new molds. Features 65 pieces, all very fine recessed panel lines, excellent cockpit, opened or closed canopy, detailed gear bays, optional position landing gear, two drop tanks, detailed engine front and more. Includes a four-view, full color large painting guide and decals for the box art aircraft. Never started. The parts are either still in the internal factory sealed bags or inventoried 100% complete. Includes decals and instructions.
Revell Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IIa - With Eduard Brassin Cockpit And Two More Upgrades - RAF No.65 Sq Kirton-in-Lindsey England July 1941 / No. 19 Sq Fowlmere England June 1941, 1/32, 03986
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$52
Includes the following factory-sealed aftermarket detail sets: Eduard Brassin 632064 Spitfire Mk.II Cockpit (designed for this kit), True Details 32007 Spitfire Mk.I Through IX Wheel Set in high definition resin and Model Technologies 1/32 British WWII Seat Belts With Buckles. The actual Revell kit is from all new molds dated 2014 and features 115 pieces, recessed panel lines and surface detail, excellent cockpit, optional position canopy and fuselage entry door, enclosed & detailed gear wells, separately molded elevators, rudder and ailerons, optional position trailing edge wing flaps, realistic radiator interiors, antenna rigging instructions and more. Includes detailed, 4-view paint guide and decals for both aircraft listed. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Luftschiff LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin II, 1/720, 04823
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$48
1998 issue that is known for it's superb mold quality and excellent accuracy. While the box is only 'fair', the kit inside is factory mint. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Trumpeter Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker B Plus Black Box Cockpit Set, 1/32, 02224
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$110
Includes the superb Black Box #CS32022 Su-27 Sukhoi Cockpit Set designed for this kit. It features a full cockpit: tub, all details & superb ejection seat all made from high-definition case resin parts. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. The actual model is from all new molds, very highly detailed and finely molded. Features 30mm cannon, metal boarding ladder and pitot tube, metal landing gear struts, resin engines, optional clear nacelles and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Testors F6F-5 Hellcat - With True Details Wheels and Model Technology PE - Air Group 15 David McCampbell Top Scoring Navy Ace Sept 1944 / VF-27 USS Princeton October 1944 - (F6F), 1/72, 416
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$20
Includes factory-sealed True Details 72025 Resin Wheel Set and Model Technologies MT0006 1/72 American WWII Seat Belt Buckles with Mounting Hardware in PE metal. The actual model is dated 1985 and features over 40 pieces, very fine raised panel lines, recessed control surface outlines, a very good cockpit, optional position canopy, complete two-row radial engine, centerline drop tank, six 5" wing-mounded HVAR rockets and more. Includes large, multi-view paint guides and decals for both aircraft listed. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Testors 1932 Howard Ike DGA-5 / 1925 Curtiss Racer R3C-2 / 1935 Mister Mulligan DGA6 - (ex Hawk), 1/48, 915
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$34
Includes all three kits from quality Hawk molds. All kits are are never started. The Mulligan and Curtiss have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions present. The Howard has been inventoried and NOTE: missing tiny clear windscreen. Otherwise complete with all other parts, decals and instructions present.
Comet Convair B-58 Hustler - Supersonic Jet Bomber, 1/96, PL-802-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$85
Rare model injection molded plastic model from the late 1950s. Comet, the famous manufacture of wooden flying model kits, cut molds in the '50s for several aircraft. They made two different Hustlers; this is the larger of the two Comet issues and is housed in a two piece hardbox. Very nicely molded and detailed for that time. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. Please note that the box displays slightly better than 'very good++' but is rated as such because each long side has small, 1/2" x 1/2" tape tears from the factory sealing tape. In the mid 1950s Comet, then known for it's line of stick and tissue flying model aircraft, branched out into plastic model kits. By 1963, Comet sold all production molds to Aurora, and Aurora reissued the kits. This lead to Aurora having three different scale B-58 kits in stock - their own near 1/72 and the two from Comet.
Comet Republic P-47D Thunderbolt - 24 Inch Wingspan Flying Aircraft, 3502-298
Wood Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$36
1970s large-scale issue for rubber or gas free flight, or easily converted to RC using today's tiny and light servos and receivers. Kit features traditional wood/tissue construction, large insignia sheet, detailed full size plans that include text building instructions and additional construction drawings, fully formed & finished main and tail wheels & thrust button, hardware, tissue, clear canopy material and pattern, propeller, rubber motor and more. The model has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions. Comet was a famous manufacturer of stick and tissue flying and static models. In the 1930s Great Depression, they lead the low-priced kit revolution with the "Dime Scale" kits and famous advertisements in Model Airplane News magazine and others. Comet reached it's peak in the 1930s when they acquired the services of Carl Goldberg. Goldberg was a highly accomplished modeler with articles in Model Airplane News and famous designs that won him several National level competitions in the 1930s and beyond. (Carl Goldberg went on to found his own company and produced well designed and popular free-flight and RC aircraft). Comet survived the post World War economic slump and continued kit production until they were bought out by long-time competitor Guillow's in 1998.