Model ship and boat kits for adults
Revell Container Ship Colombo Express, 1/700, 05152
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$74
This fine kit is from 2017. It is highly detailed with 226 pieces, full hull with propeller & rudder, detailed superstructure, container payload and much more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Tamiya USS Saratoga CV-3 Aircraft Carrier - With Aircraft, 1/700, 31713
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$48
This model is a 1/700 scale waterline kit that is very highly detailed and finely molded. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes extensive decals and instructions.
Snowman Model USS Frank Knox DD-742 And USS Goodrich-DD-831-Destroyers - Gearing Class DD - Two Kits In One Box, 1/700, SP7001
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$38
Includes both models in the one box. Both kits are highly detailed and includes brass PE parts. Additionally, you can build one of them full hull if you like and the other one waterline. There are two full color, multi-view paint guides (one for each ship) and two extensive decal sheets. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Tamiya USS Hammann DD412 Destroyer - Destroyer At Midway With The Carrier Yorktown, 1/700, 911
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$20
Still factory sealed. This is the Hammann of Midway fame and tragedy that was helping the Yorktown so effectively until Japanese submarine I-168, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Yahachi Tanabe launched a precise attack which sank the carrier and the destroyer. While not the world's most successful torpedo spread (fired at the USS Wasp task force off Guadalcanal by Lieutenant Commander Kinashi Takazu who commanded I-19), I believe it should make the top 3. This 1/700 scale waterline kit that is highly detailed and finely molded.
Revell Old Ironsides USS Constitution with Billowing Sails, 1/192, 5404
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Good
$32
Still factory sealed. 1979 issue of one of Revell's best selling ship kits of all time. The model builds to just over 15.75 inches long and has excellent detail for the scale. Includes preformed ratlines, full deck fittings, billowing vacuform sails, rigging material and instructions for standing and running rigging and more.
Revell Cut Away George Washington Class Polaris Missile Submarine (SSBN), 1/261, H437
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair+
$99
Dated 1975. This is Revell's own cut away nuclear SSBN, not the Renwal reissue. The molds were slightly modified from the 1961 originals. Features highly detailed interior with nuclear power plant room, reactor room with shield, 'Sherwood Forest,' instrument and chart room, mess and galley, crew's quarters, torpedo room, opening missile hatches, Polaris missiles and much, much more. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried 100% complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: two pieces are a different shade of gray plastic; they are from an earlier issue of this same kit. There are two decals sheets and NOTE: one is in fine condition but only about 70% complete. The other sheet is a full sheet but badly damaged. The instructions are in 'very good' condition.
Heller Queen Mary 2 Ocean Liner - Cunard, 1/600, 80626
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$58
Very highly detailed kit with 339 parts. Measures 57.5cm (22.64 inches) long when assembled. This full, one-piece hull model features open hull windows, extensive deck fittings, all lifeboats, all davits, detailed superstructure, 4 engine nacelles & drive screws, dual swimming pools, many clear parts for windows, radomes, signal horns, 8 excursion launches, 2 small speedboats, foredeck with spare anchor, two loading cranes, spare screw blades, deck sports areas and more. Includes extensive decals and display stand. Molded in white and clear. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bags including decals and instructions.
Revell The Firefighter Harbor Fire Boat, 1/84, 5200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$125
1979 issue of this very large scale model which measures over 19 inches long when assembled. Revell pulled out all the stops on this kit and has excellent detail throughout. Features full hull, dual propellers & rudders, full deck fittings, detailed superstructure with detailed bridge interior, deck railings and stair railings, seven deck fire guns, powerful bow-nozzle gun, large firetower with top mount fire gun, radar array, three hose reels, two fire hoses, one headlight and five searchlights, five figures including Firechief, Helmsman and 3 Firemen, lifeboats, New York Fire Department decals and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals, braided line and instructions. There is no assembly but NOTE: the two propeller shafts have been very neatly airbrushed red. There is no other painting.
Lindberg Motorized German Battleship Bismarck, 1/350, 762
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$65
1970s release of the dard-to-find motorized issue with John Steel artwork. This large 25.5 inch long classic kit features motorized propeller drive, automatically rotating main turrets with elevating main guns and the ship can be programmed for straight, figure eight or circle sailing patterns. One of the nice things about this model is that it all works well! I had endless fun with mine in a local lake. Never started. All of the plastic parts (except the hull) are still in the factory sealed bags. Includes the motor, wiring, decal sheet, flag sheet and instructions. NOTE: the flag sheet and decals have been ruined by water damage. NOTE: missing the small clear bag which contained (5) small deck screws, drive shaft coupling (a rubber tube) and the tiny spring that centers the rudder.
Revell Tanker J.L. Hanna - Standard Oil of California T-2- S Issue, 1/400, H322-169
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$145
Rare original issue from 1955. This model has some of my favorite Revell 'S' artwork and is also an exemplary kit for that that time. Inside, the model is molded in the correct gloss dark red plastic and has not been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts present and includes decals, flag sheet and instructions. Decals are perfectly flat and intact, with the typical age yellowing as the only flaw. The instructions are 'excellent' with the same age discoloration but otherwise fine. Please NOTE that the box is 'good-' so it is not in collectible condition. It has many small dark spots on the left (very hard to see at some angles), a 2" long tape tear at the center of the lower long side, edge wear, litho chipping on the edges and just a lot of wear all around - but good gloss, color and with four solid, original corners. But not collectible.
Lindberg LST Landing Ship Tank, 1/250, 702-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$125
Rare, early to mid 1950s issue with dramatic Ray Gaedke artwork. This box has the 1st Lindberg 'circle' logos on the short sides and the then 'new' rectangle logo in the other locations. This full hull kit is very well detailed for that time and features 153 pieces, full hull, propeller & rudder detail, extensive deck fittings, detailed guns & mounts, gun tubs, complete superstructure, landing craft with opening front doors, stanchions for thread railings and much more. Includes a display stand with name plate. The kit has been inventoried complete with all parts present, decals, color flags, and correct first logo instructions. This kit has a fascinating history directly linked to the origins of USA plastic ship modeling. Originally produced by Varney in 1944, it was highly detailed, had a wooden hull, cardstock deck but all injection molded tenite deck parts and details. When the early Varney aircraft and ship kits did not sell well, Gorden Varney sold the molds for the kit to O-lin (Olsen and Lindberg). O-Lin reworked the kit using a vacuform hull, cardstock deck, metal railings and tenite parts. When Lindberg took full control of O-lin, he modified the molds for a third time so the kit has metal railings and all other parts are injection molded. The fourth issue had all plastic parts; Lindberg dispensed with the metal railings, replacing them with notched stanchions for more scale-looking thread rails. The fifth issue was motorized, including an electric motor, switch, hardware, drive propeller and provision for batteries. Over the years Lindberg has reissued this popular kit several more times; some were motorized and some where not.
Testors USS Ohio SSBN / USS Michigan / USS Florida / USS Georgia / USS Henry M Jackson / USS Alabama / USS Alaska / USS Nevada / USS Tennesse / USS Pennsylvania, 1/350, 930
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$95
Rare and from the quality DML molds. This is the largest injection-molded Ohio kit available; it is well detailed and molded. Includes decals for all the ships listed so you can build the one of your choice. Also includes in-scale SH-60B Seahawk helicopters. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Container Ship Colombo Express, 1/700, 05241
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$64
From 2009 and highly detailed with 226 pieces, full hull with propeller & rudder, detailed superstructure, container payload and much more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg Monitor And Merrimac, 77257
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$36
This 2007 set includes both kits. The Merrimac measures just shy of 13 inches long and the Monitor measures 8.25 inches long. Never started. The two ships have been inventoried complete with all parts and instructions present but NOTE: the vacuform water 'battle display base' is missing. These are the two American Civil war ships that spelled the end of the wooden ship age. In March of 1862, the Merrimac put to sea to raise the Union Blockade off the James River. There she sank the Cumberland and Congress. The Monitor, the Union's only ironclad and the first turret ship, was rushed to the scene. The epic battle between the two iron-clad ships ended in a draw, with the Merrimac suffering a little more damage than the Monitor. The Merrimac was blown up to avoid capture; the Monitor sank in a gale in 1862.
Lindberg USS DeLong DE-684 Destroyer Escort Motorized - Rudderow Class DE, 1/300, 1722
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$48
Large scale 1/300 destroyer escort that is motorized for water operation. Features detailed superstructure and deck, K guns, stern depth charges and racks, twin 5 inch turrets, 20mm guns with shields, 40 mm guns, battery holders, electric motor, scale propeller and drive propeller, shaft, etc. The kit has never been started. The motor is still in the factory sealed bag, and the other parts have been inventoried 100% complete. Includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg LCVP Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel - KA16-17 (L.C.V.P.) - Motorized, 1/32, 7414
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$54
1989 issue that is motorized and intended for operation in water. Features defensive machine guns, operating ramp and 6 figures - 3 Navy and 3 Army troops. This kit is from the original 1950s molds. Back in the day it was considered a very well detailed model in reviews. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Lindberg USCG Cape Gull (WPB-95304) - US Coast Guard Patrol Boat CG-95304 - Motorized, 1/80, 707M-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$125
Rare. Late 1950s hardbox issue with great Ray Gaedke artwork. This large 1/80 scale kit of this beautiful ship is very highly detailed for it's time and still makes a fine model today. Includes all parts for motorizing; contacts, switch, dual drive system, metal shafts, motor & motor mounts. There is plenty of room in the hull so you could easily convert it to R/C with today's small systems. Features finely engraved hull with raised panel lines, detailed superstructure with ammo boxes, pump case, life rafts and rings, searchlights, horn , DF loop antenna, clear windows, ships wheel and even tiny engine speed control levers. Weapons include 20mm gun with magazine and shield, two angled Mk20 boxes, depth charges and racks and two hedge-hog launchers with four hedgehogs each. Deck fittings are complete with bitts, hatches, towline bitt and stops, staffs, vents, anchor, lifeboat, mast with radar antenna and platform light and stanchions that you can easily rig to create a railing. Includes a nice display stand. The kit has never been started. NOTE: missing one clear side window for the bridge. It is flat, so you can easily make it from any flat clear plastic material. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts including decals, flags and instructions. The 95' U.S. Coast Guard Cutter 95304, a Coastal Patrol Boat was one of 36 boats built between 1953 and 1959. These cutters were stationed all along the U.S. coasts and performed Search and Rescue missions, and Port Security duty. Nine of the vessels were transferred to South Korea. The remaining vessels remained on active Coast Guard duty until 1986 to 1990. They were replaced with a succession of 82', 87' and 110' Patrol Boats.
Airfix SS Canberra Ocean Liner, 1/600, 05201
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$119
A very good kit of the passenger liner which also served in the Falkland War and nicknamed 'The Great White Whale' by the troops she carrier. Well molded and detailed, like most Airfix ships. Features 86 pieces, full hull, accurate propellers & rudder, port and starboard inner lifeboat decks with separately molded lifeboats (with attached davits), five-deck layer stern, detailed superstructure and more. Includes display stand and extensive decals. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The large 45,270 ton Canberra was a famous post-WWII P&O ship from the final glory days of ocean liner travel. She was very innovative and it is said that never were so many new concepts pressed into service on one ship. She could carry a total of 3,199 passenger and crew and turn 27.4 knots with her powerful turbo-electric drive. Pressed into service as a troop transport during the Falklands war and nicknamed the 'Great White Whale', she could have been a prime target of the Argentine Air Forces but escaped damage.
Airfix Queen Elizabeth 2 Cunard Ocean Liner, 1/600, 06203
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
Sold
Type 4 logo box issue from 1993. Very nicely detailed, 20 inch long kit of the replacement for the original Queen Elizabeth. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: while the decals are present, they badly water damaged and cannot be used. The instructions are water damaged but still fully usable. The box is heavily water damaged and only 'fair.'
Revell USS Buckley DE51 Destroyer Escort, 1/249, 85-3013
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$54
2010 reissue. This large scale, full hull model is from the original 1957 "S" molds and is very well detailed for that time. Features detailed hull, deck and superstructure, prop shafts, propellers & rudder, deck mounted torpedo tubes and depth charges, three 3 inch guns, eight 20mm guns, one twin 40mm, whale boat, four life rafts, two searchlights, gun directors, range finder and display stand. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.