Model ship and boat kits for adults
Revell Guided Missile Fleet Set ABC Navy Log Gift Set USS Norton Sound / USS Nautilus Submarine / USS Boston - 'S' Issue, G333-495
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$650
Rare 1955 first and only release with the Norton Sound Missile Test Ship. This special holiday promotional box includes all three ship models in 'factory-new' condition. All of the small parts are still in the clear factory sealed bags. The larger parts that were never factory sealed have been inventoried complete. Instructions and decals are present as well as the colorful internal presentation cardboard. Please note that the box has great color and gloss, but significant wear as shown. NOTE that the paint, glue and brush are not present.
Hasegawa IJN Yugumo Destroyer, 1/700, 27
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$14
Very highly detailed and finely molded waterline ship kit. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Skywave TWO Fletcher Class USN Destroyers, 1/700, SW-350
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$32
Contains two complete kits. Very highly detailed and finely molded waterline models that include hull numbers for many different ships of the class. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa IJN Tatsuta Light Cruiser - (Wake Island Invasion Force), 1/700, WLC093
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$23
1/700 scale water line model that is finely molded and highly detailed. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. Tatsuta was classified as a light cruiser by the west, but was essentially an enlarged destroyer and was intended to be a flotilla leader. She lead a very active career in the South Pacific in WWII including the first (unsuccessful) and second (successful) invasions of Wake Island along with her sister ship. Tatsuta was escorting a convoy and sunk by the American submarine Sand Lance in March of 1944.
Hasegawa IJN Submarines I-361 and I-171, 1/700, 95
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$18
Highly detailed waterline small-scale model includes both submarines and several separately molded Kaiten. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. I-361 has a very active career as a supply sub making runs to Wake Island. In May of 1945 she is outfitted with five kaiten and sent to attack Okinawa where the US invasion fleet was. After evading American forces for several days, she was sunk on May 31, 1945 by an Avenger using sonobouys and a Mark 24 "Fido" acoustic tracking torpedo. I-171 lead a very active career from Pearl Harbor, Midway and beyond. She was diverted to supply duty and was depth charged and sunk on one such mission by DD-472 USS Guest and DD-475 USS Hudson, 1 February 1944, off Buka Island.
Aoshima IJN Destroyer Shiranui, 1/700, 57
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$14
Very highly detailed waterline ship model in 1/700 scale. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Aoshima IJN Amatsukaze Japanese Destroyer, 1/700, 62
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$14
Very highly detailed and finely molded waterline model. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa IJN Arashio Destroyer - (Asashio Class), 1/700, B-13-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$16
1/700 scale waterline kit that is finely molded and well detailed. Never started. All trees are still sealed in factory bags. Complete with instructions and decals. There is a multi-view, full size & full color painting guide on the back of the box.
Aurora Flying Sub Test Shot - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Seaview Submarine) Bagged, 1/60
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$150
Very rare item for the advanced collector. This item was from the estate of Dave Cockrum, the world-famous Aurora box artist, sculpture and kit designer. However, he is even more famous for his long history with DC and Marvel Comics. When working at Aurora, Dave had access to 'The Room'. In it were test shots from almost every Aurora kit ever made; employees were welcome to come in and take a kit when they pleased. This Flying Sub came from that room. It is a rare test shot molded in the usual test shot color - white- and includes the clear parts. Although the kit is complete, it does not have a box or instructions like most all test shots.
Minicraft IJN Destroyer Nenohi, 1/700, B33-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$14
This 1/700 scale waterline kit is from the original Aoshima molds, which are very highly detailed and finely molded. All trees are still sealed in factory bags. Complete with instructions and decals.
Tamiya IJN Destroyer Ayanami, 1/700, 38
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$14
1/700 scale waterline kit that is very highly detailed and finely molded. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Minicraft RMS Titanic Ocean Liner, 1/350, 11312
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$54
Large and highly detailed model that is over 30 inches long when assembled. Never started. Factory sealed bags and complete with decals and instructions. Just about every aftermarket photo-etched accessory you can imagine is available for this kit, so you can create a museum masterpiece if you wish; I prefer the sets from Tom's Modelworks and Gold Medal Models as they provide superb detail and are affordable.
Heller Amerigo Vespucci Italian Sailing Ship, 1/150, 80807
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$65
Still factory sealed and out of production. Large and highly detailed kit of the famous Italian Navy training sailing ship. Includes vacuform billowing sails, rigging material and full rigging instructions.
Revell USS Constitution Old Ironsides Pre-S Issue - With Glue, 1/192, H319-298
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$115
Rare, Pre 'S' issue dated 1955 and the first release of this superb model. Please note the deep blue background and stars next to the kit highlights near the box top bottom. The hardbox shows the storyboard history of the ship on the yellow side panels; this was not repeated on any other issue. Revell's early ship models were remarkably detailed and this kit is no exception When this kit was released, it was so far ahead of any other plastic model ship kit even considered that it remained a favorite for over three decades; even by today's standards it is of high quality. Features a full hull, all deck fittings, carriages and cannons on both decks, ship's boat with seats & oars, fife rails, all deadeyes & chainstays, multi-piece masts, Revell's famous preformed ratlines and much more. Includes a display stand, name plate, rigging instructions and even scale, full color flags from the Signal Code Of the US Navy 1864. Never started. The black parts are still sealed in the factory bag; the tan parts are not sealed and have been inventoried complete. Includes large-format, fold-out assembly & rigging instructions with a history of the ship, standing rigging material and even two small metal (plain; not decorated) tubes of unopened glue that are still in the factory sealed bag with the black parts.
Airfix German E-Boat - Kriegsmarine Schnellboot, 1/72, 10280
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$39
Large 1/72 scale Schnellboot with excellent detail. Never started. Inventoried and NOTE: missing (1) small clear window. Easily replaced with clear stock plastic or clear glue. Otherwise complete with all other parts, decals and instructions.
Hasegawa HMS Vanguard Royal Navy Battleship Motorized, 1/450, 6
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$115
Rare, motorized larger-scale kit of the last British Battleship. Nicely molded with 145 parts and includes propellers, shaft & all hardware for operation in water. Easily converted to R/C (radio parts not included). Includes an excellent, full color painting guide on the box side. Never started. All parts are still in factory sealed bags with instructions. Please note that Haseagawa did not furnish the motor with this issue. The common RE-26 is specified.
Revell Harbor Tug Lucky XI - (Long Beach Tugboat), 1/108, 05207
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$38
Still factory sealed and from 2011. It is made from the original molds of the famous, large-scale 'Long Beach' tug 'S' kit from the late 1950s. This large 1/108 scale model features very good detail for that time, full hull with propeller & rudder, full deck fittings, railings, bow and side bumpers, lifeboat, whistles & much more, even crew members. The Long Beach (and her sisters) were built in Decatur, Alabama in 1943 and was one of a fleet of tugs operated by the Wilmington Transportation Company. She had a registered length of 81.1 feet and a beam of 24 feet. Gross tonnage was 146 inches and she drew 8 feet of water. Powered by a 700 hp diesel, the range was just over 3,500 miles.
IMEX M.S. Trinidad Cargoliner - (ex-Tamano / New Sun / Maule), 1/450, 883
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$64
Full, one-piece hull model and one of the few detailed kits of a modern cargo ship. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Albatross USS Gearing WWII Destroyer, 1/700, 1002
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$30
Rare. Still factory sealed. Waterline model of this World War II destroyer in as-completed configuration. Very highly detailed with excellent mold quality.
Life-Like Monitor and Merrimac - From ex Pyro Molds, 09257
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$75
Still factory sealed and from the original Pyro molds, The Monitor is 10 inches long and the Merrimac is 11 inches long when built. These have superior detail to the Lindberg kits. Both kits feature full hull, rudder & propeller detail, deck fittings, cannon, flags and more. 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 St. James. 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.