Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$69
This is one of the very few detailed kits of a modern cargo ship. It is from quality ex-Nitto molds and features full, single-piece hull with propeller & rudder, very good deck detail with full fittings, booms, life boats, detailed superstructure and more. Includes decals for any of the ship listed in the title. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$149
This is the only ship kit released by Adams during their short production run in the late 1950s. This kit was also featured in the Nuclear Powered Gift set with two missiles. The model is well detailed and features a full hull with propeller & rudder, detailed superstructure, clear promanade deck window inserts, lifeboats & davits, detailed cargo boom assemblies, separately molded cargo hatches, color flag sheets, very cool looking 'Atomic' display stand and more. With full decals and includes side stripes. The kit has never been started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed bag. The larger parts were never sealed and have been inventoried complete. With decals and instructions. Please NOTE that the box displays better than the 'very good' grade but is rated as such because ther is a 'v' shaped section (1.5" wide at the base, 1/2" high) of box top missing along the lower long side and the right short side has wear/stains. Adams was founded by Steve Adams and released plastic assembly kits in the late 1950s. The company was innovative and the general quality of most kits was very high for the time- so much so that builders (not just collectors) still seek these models today. Adams is best known for a series of military vehicles and missiles, although they also released an aircraft (Saab Draken), helicopter (YH-41), balloon (La Coquette) and ship (SS Savannah). Some of these appeared in gift sets as well. The Adams smaller scale (1/40) Atomic Cannon, Hawk Missile Battery, Honest John, Vanguard (1/80), Thor (1/87)missiles and other kits are actively sought by builders and collectors. Combinations of these kits were issued in gift sets, which are very rare and desirable today. In the late 1950s, Adams entered into a joint venture with Revell and several of the military kits were released under the Revell label, such as the Jeep. Around 1960 there was a disagreement between Adams and Revell and the program was terminated. Sometime after this, Adams bowed out of the plastic model business. Revell ended up with the 'Miniatures' line & Lindberg got the Draken. Other molds surfaced later for UPC kits and in the late 1960s/early 70s Life-Like had many of them.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$225
Rare second issue hardbox from 1960 which builds up to an impressive and well detailed model. Features an airwing with twin-rotor helicopter, F9F Cougars, F8U Crusaders, A-1 Skyraiders, A-4 Skyhawks and F11F Tigers, deck crane, 6 deck tractors, side aircraft elevators that move up and down; mid-deck bow elevator can be displayed down or up, detailed island, separately molded main AA gun armament and much more. Includes a large and extensive decal sheet with full ship numbers, name, detailed deck markings and aircraft markings and more. The decals are in 'excellent' condition with light yellowing as the only flaw. Molded in the correct gloss gray. This kit has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals, flag sheet and instructions. The decals and flag sheet are both in 'excellent++' condition. The instructions are 'very good+'. The box has great color and gloss, four solid & original corners, no tear, tape or torn or missing lithogrphs. It displays much better than the 'good++' grade but it is rated as such because there is a crease at the lower center as shown and several pin holes (literally made by straight pins) in the box top. They cannot be seen in the photo due to their small size.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$59
Dated 1977 but the molds likely date back to the 1960s. This is a large and detailed kit for that time. Fully motorized motorized and ideal for RC conversion with modern, small servos & receivers. Features electric motor, dual prop drive, dual rudders and complete deck fittings, bridge, crew members and much more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: the yard arm is broken at the middle; all parts are present and fit back together perfectly. 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.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$22
Very well detailed and molded kit. Features one piece hull, complete rudder and propellers with shaft, detailed deck and island structure, display stand, aircraft deck crane, moving elevators, extensive decals for the ship and aircraft and RA-5C Vigilante, A-4 Skyhawk, A-6 Intruder, A-7 Corsair II, E-2 Hawkeye, EA-6 Prowler, F-4 Phantom, F8 Crusader, F-14 Tomcat, F/A-18 Hornet, S-3 Viking, SH-3 Seaking and SH-60 helicopters and aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: there is a 4 x 2 inch section neatly cut out from the lower side panel.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$18
This is a finely molded kit that can be built full hull or waterline. Includes numerous injection molded parts and PE details. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$38
1977 issue of this unique, large scale kit of an unusual subject. Measures 17 inches long when assembled. This model is engineered for motorized for operation in the water and can easily be converted to R/C with modern, small components. Features one piece hull, detailed rocket launchers and deck fittings, life boats and davits, full, separately molded deck fittings, detailed superstructure, display stand, electric motor, hardware, decals, flag sheet and more. NOTE: this kit has minor, adult and very neat subassembly as noted: battery box; drive pulley halves. There is no other assembly. The kit has been inventoried and NOTE: missing (1) of (2) metal propeller shafts and (1) propeller. Otherwise complete with all other parts, decals and instructions present.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$525
This huge kit is from all new, state-of-the-art molds and measures over 4 feet long when assembled. It features over 2,800 pieces, has 15 frets of PE details and is the last word in Yamato model kits. Never started. Inside, the kit is exactly as it left the factory with everything factory-sealed and in the correct boxes. Includes a large and extensive decal sheet and an instructions book (yes, literally a 95 page book.)
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$250
Build the ultimate 1/350 'Jeep Carrier' with this kit and all of the following factory-sealed detail sets: White Ensign PE35149 Independence The Ship Carrier PE Upgrade Set, White Ensign quantity (2) PE#35150 Independence Airwing PE Details, Artwox #AW10011 Independence Wood Deck, G Factor Brass Propellers, quantity (2) Trumpeter #06210 Grumman F6F Hellcats (6 per pack, so 12 aircraft total), quantity (2) Alliance Modelworks #NW35031 WWII USN 40mm Bofors Twin Mounted (6 twin mounts per pack, so 12 twin mounts total), quantity (4) sets of different and superbly printed Shapeways 3D Printed Upgrade Parts for this kit, Master SM350-050 Oerlkon 20mm/70 UNS Type (20 guns with brass pedestals), Master SM-350-014 Bofors 40mm/56 Barrels (brass, 20 pieces total) and GPM Pe Brass 1mm Portholes (about 625 of them by my rough count). The actual model is outstanding. Features over 1,300 parts, an airwing molded in clear, numerous PE parts on several frets and much more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$110
Minihobby received permission from Tamiya to directly copy their all-time classic 1/350 USS Enterprise. As a result, the parts and detailing are almost identical to the 1980s Tamiya release. If you are an R/C (radio control) fan, the main difference is that the Minihobby kit was designed for operation in water and there is plenty of room for a larger battery and any R/C equipment you could imagine. This is the motorized version with an electric motor gear box and drive on all four propellers. If built for water operation or static display, it includes all of the well-know features and details of the Tamiya model. Never started. Most of the parts are still in the factory sealed bags. The few that are not factory sealed have been inventoried complete. Includes electric motor and motorizing hardware. With decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$125
First release 1953 hardbox pre 'S' kit and the first ship model that Revell cut their own molds for. Earlier Revell ship releases were very small scale sailing shps from ex-Gowland & Gowland molds. This kit was so popular for so long that many believe it was Revell's best selling ship model of all time. Inside, the kit is molded in the correct gloss medium gray plastic. It has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including all parts, correct flag sheet and the correct instructions. Please note that Revell did not furnish decals with this issue.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$68
From all new molds. Very highly detailed and features over 400 pieces, options to build full hull or waterline versions, complete hanger deck detail, brass PE details, airwing of S2F-1 ASW and HSS-1 Helicopters molded in clear plastic and much, much more. Includes an excellent painting guide and a very large and extensive decal sheet for all ships listed, flight deck markings, airwing and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$48
Very highly detailed and includes three styles of hull numbers so you can build one of many of the W & V (Wallace & Vampire) class destroyers of the Royal Navy or Australia. The kit features a full, one-piece hull, highly detailed and extensive deck fittings, weapons & superstructure, two frets of brass PE with numerous pieces, ships boats, davits and much more. Includes a full color, full-size, three-view painting guide and a very large and extensive decal sheet. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$68
Includes the well-known Gold Medal Models #35044 San Francisco Brass PE Detail Set; never used and complete with all parts on the fret and instructions. The actual kit is modern and very highly detailed with 263 pieces. Can be built as full hull or waterline. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and copied instructions. Includes photocopied instructions only; NOTE: the original instructions are missing.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$68
1987 release of this large scale, highly detailed model of the famous sailing ship. Nicely molded and features 229 parts, includes full rigging instructions, vac billowing sails and much more. Never started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, pre-formed ratlines, a large, colorful flag sheet and instructions present.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$155
This 1/200 scale model is highly detailed. It features a one-piece, full hull, complete propeller & rudder detail, rotating turrets with elevating guns, rotating torpedo tubes, detailed superstructure & (outdoor) bridge with instrumentation, ladders, searchlights, DF antenna, AA guns, davits & ships boats, deck fittings such as cable reels, vents, paravanes & more, rangefinders, crane, bollards, depth charges and much, much more. Includes a display base with brass plated pedestals and full color decals. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. This is not the motorized issue of this kit, but it is easy motorized if you wish to do so. There is plenty of room for today's small R/C equipment also.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$52
Still factory sealed and dated 1992. This large-scale model is well detailed and features 128 pieces, full hull, complete deck fittings, preformed sails, rigging thread, rigging diagrams and more. Includes colorful markings and flags.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$18
Still factory sealed. This full hull model is 15.5 inches long when assembled and features a full hull, main deck guns & AA guns, periscopes, diving planes, propeller & rudder detail and more. From 2007 but from the original molds. This kit has a fascinating history. These molds are believed to be the oldest production plastic ship model in US modeling history. The kit started as the Varney Fleet Sub in the mid 1940s. It is widely regarded as the very first USA all-plastic construction kit of a military vessel. Varney produced an all plastic aircraft kit at the same time, the PT-17. It is the #1 candidate for the first plastic airplane kit in the USA. Varney was a famous manufacture of model trains, first O then a leader in HO models. The two new additions did not sell very well - remember, the Gowland/Revell 'Highway Pioneers' had yet to be issued, so the boom in modeling had not occurred. Varney soon sold the molds for the Fleet Sub and the PT-17 to O-Lin (along with the molds for a fantastic multi-media kit with a wooden hull and plastic fittings, the Varney PT Boat ). O-Lin was a joint venture by Paul Lindberg and Mr. Olsen. O-Lin successfully issued the PT Boat (the PT Boat was given an injection molded hull and deck), PT-17 Stearman and Fleet Sub but modified the molds for the Sub. The original Varney kit had a solid, one-piece black hull and gray fittings. O-Lin engineers created a two-piece hull that provided a hollow hull and made from the same shot of plastic as the fittings. The 'Lin' in O-Lin, Paul Lindberg, was already well known for his publication of articles and plans for flying model aircraft in some of the leading aviation publications in the 1940/50s. Mr. Lindberg soon bought out Mr. Olsen and began marketing the same O-Lin kits under 'The Lindberg Line.' One immediate change was the box art. O-Lin box art was usually two or three color and not very exciting. Near the end of O-Lin, the partners asked Ray Gaedke to provide some box art. The bright colors and vivid action were an immediate hit, and Paul Lindberg took this lesson and Mr. Gaedke's artwork along to the new 'Lindberg Line.' Lindberg continue to issue the old Varney kits with the O-Lin modifications. The kit has been issued by a resurgent Lindberg as late at 2009, likely making it the longest in-production ship kit in US history.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$250
Very well detailed with over 1290 pieces, 8 good sized brass frets with a large number of PE details, full hanger deck, airwing of F4U Corsairs & SB2C Helldivers and much, much more. Includes extensive decals for the ship, flight deck markings, flags and aircraft. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$79
A state-of-the art model with over 520 pieces from new molds. Extensively detailed and includes PE parts. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
