Model ship and boat kits for adults
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
$68
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.
Revell USS Lexington CVT16 Aircraft Carrier - (Angled Deck Essex Class), 1/500, H444
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$119
This 1975 issue is a detailed model of Lexington after her angled deck conversion and serving as training carrier CVT-16. Includes one piece hull with full propeller and rudder detail, detailed angled deck, two movable elevators, rotating crane, six aircraft tugs, mobile deck crane, 24 aircraft - TA-4J, Buckeyes, T-28C, Cougars, Trackers, F-4B Phantoms and 2 helicopters, separately molded anti-aircraft guns and directions, detailed island structure and more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The decals are in amazing 'near mint+++' condition.
Tauro Model R.N. Gorizia Italian Heavy Cruiser - With Photoetched Railings, 1/350, 203
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$34
Large and highly detailed kit with 229 pieces, a full set of photoetch railings, metal anchor chain and more. Of the Zara class, the Gorizia was lucky to not take part in the disaster of Cape Matapan, where her three sisters, Zara, Pola and Fiume were sunk at very close range by the Warspite. Gorizia did not survive the war, however. When German forces took her over, she was sunk by an attack from British and Italian frogmen. These ships were very fast at 32 knots and well armed with 8 x 8" guns. The kit has never been started. Most parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags; one bag is open and that one tree has been inventoried complete. Includes decals and instructions.
Skywave HMS Escort Carrier D-24 Tracker - (Ruler Class), 1/700, W-3
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$42
Very highly detailed waterline carrier kit which also includes RAF B-17 and PBY Catalina Coastal Command aircraft. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Decals include hull numbers for other ships of the class.
Revell USS Ward DD139 Detroyer - Wickes Class Four Stacker, 1/240, 5023
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$125
Still factory sealed. Well detailed, large scale full-hull model measures 15.75 inches long when assembled. 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.
Hasegawa HMS Vanguard Royal Navy Battleship Motorized, 1/450, 6
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$124
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.
Albatross USS Gearing WWII Destroyer, 1/700, 1002
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$36
Rare. Still factory sealed. World War II destroyer in as-completed configuration. Very highly detailed with excellent mold quality.
Revell USS Franklin D Roosevelt - Midway Class Aircraft Carrier, 1/547, 0307
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$149
Still factory sealed. 1995 reissue of the original 1950s 'S' issue. Rare model of an early straight-deck Midway class that is well detailed for that time featuring full on-piece hull, separately molded main anti-aircraft armament, detailed island structure with sensors, air airwing of F9F-8 Cougars (straight and folded wings), helicopters, F4U Corsairs & AD-6 Skyraiders, display stand and more.
Monogram USS Ramsey DDG-2 Guided Missile Destroyer, 1/310, 3011
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$110
Rare and dated 1987. This large scale, excellent model features full one-piece hull, detailed superstructure, bow sonar dome, hull 'fins', rudder and screw, rotating gun turret, directors and missile launcher, ASROC launcher, Tartar missile, helicopter and more. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell HMS Ark Royal And Tribal Class Destroyer, 1/720, H483-200
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$54
967 issue contains both ship models. Very well detailed for that time and features snap-on-and-off lower hulls so they can be displayed waterline or full hull anytime you wish. Features 8 Fairey Fulmar aircraft, separately molded guns and gun directors, excellent superstructure and flight deck island, davits, lifeboats, full propeller & rudder detail, display stand and more. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes instructions.
Revell USS Randall Attack Transport PA224 - Haskell Class - 'S' Kit, 1/376, H329-169
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$145
Original issue Revell 'S' hardbox kit from 1956 with the fantastic box art that has made these kits so famous and collectible. The actual model is highly detailed and well molded. Features deck guns, all masts and booms, barges and landing craft, deck fittings and much more. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The USS Randall was on of 57 Haskell Class Attack Transports built for service in and immediately after WWII. The ships were designed to carry troops close to the beachheads, transfer them to landing barges (carried on board) and to supervise the landing operations. Her length was 455 feet and she could handle 1,560 troops and carry 3000 tons of equipment. Through her colorful career she earned many awards. She had to tours in the Pacific including Iwo Jima and Okinawa. After the war she took part in 'Magic Carpet'. Her Hollywood career was in the movie 'Away All Boats' in which she played the Belinda'.
Tauro Model RN Fiume Heavy Cruiser - Zara Class, 1/400, 201
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$34
Large and highly detailed kit with 249 pieces, metal anchor chain, decals and more. The Fiume was very fast at over 35 knots and well armed with 8 x 8" guns. She has the misfortune to be at Matapan with her sisters Pola and Fiume. All three were sunk at very close range by the Warspite. Never started. All of the small parts are still in the factory sealed bags; the large parts are not sealed and have been inventoried complete. Includes decals and instructions.
Skywave Kurama DDH144 (Shirane Class Destroyer) - With Scale P-3 Orion and Sea King Helicopter, 1/700, 36
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$28
Pit Road/Skywave issue that is a very highly detailed and finely molded waterline kit. The S-3 Sea King helicopter can be displayed with rotor blades folded and the 'copter placed in the hangar bay or with blades ready for flight. Includes P-3 Orion also. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.