Model ship and boat kits for adults
Pyro American Cup Racer - With Sails, 1/96, B328-400
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$78
Mid 1960s large-scale model of the famous schooner that would race between New York and Bermuda. Very nicely detailed and measures about 19 inches long when built. Features a one piece hull with separately molded rudder, full deck fittings, small boats with oars, multi-piece masts with separate gaffs, full vacuform billowing sails, rigging material and instructions for both standing and running rigging. The hull is molded in dark gloss green and the other parts are molded in a lite tan and swirl dark wood plastic. The kit has never been started. The dark wood parts are still in the factory sealed bags. The other parts have been inventoried complete including instructions. The vacuform sails are in mint condition.
Tamiya IJN Battleship Yamato, 1/700, 9
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$29
1/700 scale waterline model that is very highly detailed and finely molded. Never started. The part are either still in the factory sealed bags or inventoried complete. Includes decals and instructions.
Aoshima Kiev Aircraft Carrier - USSR, 1/700, 131
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$26
Finely molded and detailed 1/700 scale waterline model. Includes Yak-36 aircraft & helicopters and airwing decals as well. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The decal have brown age staining.
Tamiya IJN Light Cruiser Kiso - With Wooden Display Base, 1/700, 7604
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$24
Special edition that includes a beautiful hardwood display base that is completely factory finished and ready to use. The 1/700 scale waterline model that is highly detailed and finely molded. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa IJN Light Cruiser Yahagi - Operation Ten-Ichi-Go 1945 - Plus Hasegawa Photoetched Updgrade Sets A and D, 1/350, Z26
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$179
Includes the excellent aftermarket Hasegawa PE super detail sets "A" and "D". Very finely molded and incredibly well detailed full-hull model with 511 pieces. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa IJN Akagi Aircraft Carrier, 1/350, Z25
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$265
This superb, highly detailed large-scale kit needs no introduction. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa IJN Battleship Nagato 1941 With Hasegawa PE Upgrade Sets A And B - With Metal IJN Combined Fleet Commander-in-Chielf Isoroku Yamamoto Figure, 1/350, Z24
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$229
Includes the superb Hasegawa aftermarket super detail sets QG15 Set A and QG16 Set B. These are both factory sealed and are large brass frets of PE details. The actual model is fantastically detailed with 847 pieces. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Santa Maria - Columbus' Flagship, 1/90, 5627
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$42
From 1991. Large scale model with excellent detail typical of all Revell sailing ship kits. Comes with figures, preformed sails, rigging thread, directions/rigging diagrams, and colorful markings and flags. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Merchant Fleet Gift C3 Freighter Hawaiian Pilot / Standard Oil T-2 Tanker J.L. Hanna / Harbor Tug Long Beach, G332-495
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$475
Rare 1956 Revell Gift set containing all three ships and even the unopened tube of colorful Revell "S" cement. This was the first and only issue of this specific gift set and features spectacular special box artwork. The tugboat is 1/108 scale and the tanker and cargo ship are both 1/400. Inside, the kit is 100% correct. The special color cardboard over lay is factory fresh. The tug and C-3 lower hulls are factory painted red (the T-2 was molded in red so it was not painted). Decals are included. The instruction sheets are excellent with the typical yellowing as the only flaw. The three kits have not been started. The tug and freighter still have the small parts in the factory sealed clear bags; the parts that were never sealed have been inventoried complete. The tanker has been inventoried 100% complete. All three kits include decals and instructions. The box has brilliant color and gloss, four solid corners and no repairs. There is no tape, tape marks, price tags or price tag marks. However, there is moderate and light general wear and 'dings' on the two lower corners as shown. Shipping insurance is required with this kit.
Revell Meteor Research Vessel, 1/300, 05208
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$44
From 2003 and hard-to-find. Very nicely detailed, full-hull model featuring railings, detailed deck fittings, six cranes and hoist system, detailed superstructure, command bridge, lifeboats, radio mast and antenna, full decals and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Skywave D80 HMS Sheffield Missile Destroyer Type 42 Batch 1 - Also HMS Coventry D118 and ARA Argentina Ships Of The Hercules Class, 1/700, SP2
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$30
Very well molded and detailed waterline kit with decals for all the ships named. The kit has never been started. Internal factory sealed bag including decals and instructions.
DML LSSC Light Seal Support Craft, 1/35, 3301
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$39
Full-hull model features complete interior, highly detailed machine guns and a full crew that can be assembled in many different positions. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Revell DD-931 USS Forrest Sherman - 'S' Issue, 1/320, H352-169
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$129
Original 'S' issue from 1958 with classic Revell box art. Full hull kit with very good detail for that time. Never started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing one part, a gun barrel. Otherwise complete with all other parts, decals, flag sheet and instructions.
AMT-Matchbox USS Fletcher DD445 Destroyer - (ex Matchbox), 1/700, 4403
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$16
Most likely from the 1970s. This is a waterline kit with very good detail for that time. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Imai Kaiwo Maru 4 Masted Bark With Sails, 1/350, B-309
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$22
Still factory sealed. Waterline model of the sister ship to the Nippon Maru which took part in Operation Sail in 1976. This is one of the finer smaller-scale sailing ship models and features detailed deck fittings and houses, lifeboats and davits, separately molded yard arms, detailed standing rigging diagrams, full vacuform sails, running rigging diagrams and more.
Aurora Cutty Sark Clipper Ship, 1/260, 432-198
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$42
Excellent builder kit. Nicely molded, smaller scale full-hull kit. Kit features molded rat lines, detailed deck and fittings, display stand and rigging instructions. Molded in green, wood tan and black. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts including flag sheet and instructions. NOTE: the smallest yard has 1/3 of the tip broken off and that tip is missing.
Revell USS Pittsburgh Heavy Cruiser, 1/490, H457
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$64
Still factory sealed and rare in this condition. This is the 1971 issue of the Iwo Jima and Okinawa veteran and measures over 16 inches long when assembled. Features movable guns and turrets, complete secondary and AA gun mounts, detailed deck, scout planes, crane and more.
Revell Type XXI U2540 U-Boat - Submarine with Full Interior, 1/144, 05078
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$62
Still factory 'round tape' sealed. Large kit with very highly detailed interior and extensive decals. The Type XXI U-Boats were the world's first true submarines; they could travel at high speeds for great distances underwater and attack without visual contact with the targets. The 'snort' allowed them to recharge the batteries and renew the air, eliminating the last needs for surfacing. A development of the Walther Peroxide Boats, the XXIs were seen as a faster way to put a more advanced submarine into service.
Revell USS Ward DD139 Detroyer - Wickes Class Four Stacker, 1/240, 5023
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$65
Older but well detailed model, measuring 15.75 inches long when assembled. The kit has never been started. The parts have been inventoried 100% complete and includes decals, flag sheet and instructions. NOTE: one small parts is a slightly darker shade of gray plastic. it is from an earlier issue of this same kit. The Ward was a Wickes-class 1247-ton destroyer launched in 1918 . After serving as a station ship during the first trans-Atlantic flights of NC-1, NC-3 and NC-4 in 1919, she came back to the Pacific and was decommissioned there in July 1921. In 1920 the ship received the hull number DD-139. On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Ward was on patrol just outside Pearl Harbor. She spotted and sank Japanese Midget Submarine and fired the first US shots of WWII. The Ward saw extensive activity through the war as a transport in most of the major battle areas of the Pacific as a fast transport. During the Leyte operations she took a Kamikaze hit amidship and the crew had to abandon her. The destroyer USS O'Brien had to sink the Ward with gunfire. The Commanding Officer of the O'Brien was William W. Outerbridge, who had been in command of Ward off Pearl Harbor on that fateful day. The date that she was sunk was December 7th, 1944, three years to the day of her opening shots.
Revell Documented Arizona Factory Display Owned By Esther Ross, Who Christened The USS Arizona
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$3800
An incredibly rare, documented, one-of-a-kind piece of history in amazing investment-grade collector condition. For the very advanced collector of unique military history and model kits. This Revell Factory Model was originally owned by Mrs. Esther Ross Wassell, who earlier was Miss Esther Ross who christened the USS Arizona in New York on June 19, 1915. She went on to play a very key role in the creation of the USS Arizona Memorial. Thanks to newspaper reports, we know that her father, William Ross, was a prominent pharmacist in Prescott, Arizona. He and his friends convinced Gov. Hunt to choose his daughter from the other 100 applicants anxious to do the honors. It turned out to be a wise choice reasons no one could foresee. Miss Ross took the task of launching the world's most powerful battleship very seriously. She practiced her duties every day after school for months, smashing syrup bottles full of water against a fence behind the house. Miss Ross was popular and well respected in Prescott. Even the Associated Press reported that she "was one of the prettiest girls in the state." A special train took Gov. Hunt, Miss Ross, her family and others to New York for the event. Although the applause for the then unpopular Gov. Hunt, the cheering for Miss Ross was "heard for miles." Page 1 of the Prescott Journal Miner, June 20th, 1915, reported that at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Miss Ross cried "I dub thee Arizona," and "Not a hitch or sign of accident marred the success of the launching." "This is the proudest moment of my life," she stated, "and I am most intensely gratified at the magnificent demonstration that my friends and the city of Prescott has given me." Sometime after the launching ceremony, Miss Ross married Mr. Arthur Wassell and became Mrs. Esther Ross Wassell. She saw the horror of World War II and the disaster of the Arizona touched her deeply. After the war, she joined the drive to create a memorial over the ship to the 1177 sailors entombed in her. She joined the Arizona Memorial Committee which raised all the funds needed to build the Arizona Memorial. She served on the staff and toured the USA giving numerous media interviews and key speeches for the fund raising. Out of gratitude, the USS Arizona Memorial Committee ordered a special Revell Factory Display USS Arizona for her. It came with two specially affixed small Fleet Reserve and Arizona Committee signs (shown in the photos) on the right side; these special markings are only found on the rare "appreciation gift" factory displays from the Arizona Memorial Committee members to important fundraisers. The model was shipped to her in Los Angeles. You can see the original "Arizona Memorial Committee" mailing label that has her full name and address, documenting that it was her model. Esther treasured this gift and kept it in remarkable and very complete condition. Included is the original shipping box in "very good++" condition with all the original shipping tape, all the original internal special cardboard packing material, the model ship in exceptional condition, the cardboard display base(complete but with small tears and very light wear as shown), the colorful backdrop (with wear and slight tears as shown, missing one lower tab), the original display assembly instructions and even an original fund raising card from the Arizona memorial campaign. This display, box and all materials were always in a climate controlled environment. The colors on the cardboard display are in stunning, factory-new condition. The instructions for the display are 'excellent.' The ship is 100% complete and the factory paint is in exceptional condition. Even the factory rigging and all flags are intact. There is very little dust on the ship; it appears to be in 'not displayed' condition; but I know it was displayed for a short time because of the small tears and one tab on the cardboard display backdrop (see photos), which were probably due to putting it up and taking it down. I have only found one repair; the jackstaff broke and was neatly repaired at some point. The factory shipping box still has all the original tape and very little wear for that age. The original Arizona Memorial Committee shipping label is in 'very good' shape. Due to it being on the bottom of the shipping box, it does have some wear, but all the writing can be clearly read with slight magnification. This piece passed to Esther's daughter, who gave it to a friend who then gave it to another friend. The later friend is wife to an OMK customer, who sold me the model. This kit must be shipped insured and I may require it shipped by special courier.