Model ship and boat kits for adults
Aurora The Bluenose Schooner - With Sails - (Blue Nose), 1/124, 431-249
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$85
From 1963. This large scale model measures about 15.5 inches long when assembled and is still popular today. Features very good detail for that time, one-piece, full hull, full deck fittings (most separately molded), separately molded masts and booms, deadeyes, anchor with metal chain, lifeboats with separately molded seats and two oars each, billowing sails, rigging diagram and more. Includes an excellent display stand. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals, 'excellent+++' condition sails 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 RMS Mauretania Ocean Liner, 1/600, X481-800
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$59
Rare Airfix Japan issue. Like the other Airfix ocean liners, this is a well detailed and finely molded kit. Features full hull, complete propeller & rudder detail, accurate multiple level decking, skylights, all ventilators, kingposts & booms, anchor crane, separately molded anchors, extensive molded-in deck detail (winches, cleats, etc.), separately rear docking bridge, separately molded davits and lifeboats and more. Includes a display stand. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes full color flag sheet, decals and instructions. NOTE: two davits and two lifeboats are a slightly different shade of plastic; they are from an earlier issue of this same kit. The Mauretania and her sister Lusitania were considered the finest and most beautiful ships of the day, both inside and out. Launched in 1907, she quickly won the Blue Riband from the 'Kaiser Wilhelm II' for the fastest Atlantic crossing. For more than 22 years she was the Queen of the Atlantic liners. She saw extensive service in WWI as an armed cruiser, transport and hospital ship. In 1922 she was converted from coal to oil and set another record in 1931 when she crossed the Atlantic 4 times in one month. Sadly, she was scrapped in 1935 as the Queen Mary neared completion.
Airfix SS Canberra Ocean Liner, 1/600, 05201
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$129
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.'
Airfix Golden Hind - Sir Francis Drakes Ship - 18 Inches Long, 09258
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$69
From 1988 and a well detailed model with 109 parts that measures 18 inches long when assembled. Features fully detailed decks, 12 hull mounted cannons, 4 cannons and carriages, 5 crew figures, pre-formed sails, full color flag sheet, display stand and nameplate, full instructions and rigging diagram. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. This is Sir Francis Drake's English galleon that is famous for its circumnavigation of the globe between 1577 and 1580. The ship was originally named Pelican, but Drake re-named her in mid-voyage 1577 just before entering the Strait of Magellan. The name 'Golden Hind' was a compliment to his patron of the voyage, Sir Christopher Hatton. Hatton's family coat of arms was a golden female deer ('hind').
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.
Revell Esso Oil Tanker Glasgow - (T2 Tanker JL Hanna), 1/400, 05221
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$129
2004 reissue in Esso colors of the famous 1950s 'S' kit of the Standard Oil Hanna. This full hull kit has excellent detail for that time. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Revell Nuclear Powered Polaris Submarine With Full Interior - George Washington Class SSBM - Master Modelers Club Issue, 1/261, H425-249
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$165
Rare, early Sea Power hardbox issue dated 1961. The box is in 'Very Good+' condition and the kit is unusually complete down to the Master Modelers Club Trading Stamp (of this kit), Revell 1962 Miniature (1/25) Catalog and even the 'Submarine Development' booklet. This kit caused a real issue with the Navy who was shocked that Revell had been able to issue such an accurate model. It was highly detailed for that time will full interior, removable starboard hull half and two Polaris missiles that 'fire' using spring power. Includes a display stand and a large decal sheet which has markings for SSB(N)600 Theodore Roosevelt, SSB(N)601 Robert E Lee, SSB(N)602 Abraham Lincoln, SSB(N)558 George Washington and SSB(N)559 Patrick Henry. Molded in the correct gloss medium gray, light green and black. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Zhengdefu RMS Titanic Ocean Liner, 1/720, DF054A
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$18
Very well molded and detailed model with 168 pieces, full one-piece hull, complete propeller & rudder detail, extensive and finely molded deck fittings and more. Includes a display stand. Never started. The parts and all paperwork are still in the internal factory sealed bags. Includes decals, name plate and instructions. This is not the motorized version; but you can see all of the provisions in the hull for the motor, batteries and drive. If you are handy and have the equipment, it could be motorized.
Renwal USS King Destroyer Leader DDG-10, 1/500, 85-0603
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$48
Still factory sealed. This is the modern 2015 reissue from the original 1950s molds. It is a well detailed, full-hull model of this 512 foot-long large destroyer designed for anti-air and ASW duties. It features full rudder and propeller detail, excellent superstructure, separately molded main guns, 40mm mounts & 20mm cannon, twin Terrier missile launcher and all guidance and tracking units, ship's boat, life rafts and more. Includes a display stand and decals with hull number, draft markings and stern name.
Fore Hobby Kriegsmarine Schnellboot S-38b, 1/72, 1003
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$72
From all new molds. This is a fantastically detailed 1/72 full-hull Schnellboot with over 400 pieces. Feature propeller & rudder detailing, one-piece bridge molding, opened or closed hatches, torpedo tubes with opened or closed hatches at the front and back, option to show torpedoes exposed or half loaded, detailed bridge, clear windows and vents, realistic railings with plastic and metal parts, lathe-sharpened metal barrel, 5 frets of detailed PE parts and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Hasegawa Soya Antarctica Observation 3rd Corps With Hasegawa Detail Up PE Frets 72113 And 72111, 1/350, 40023
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$115
Includes the following Hasegawa factory sealed PE Sets: QG11 And QG13. These have a retail price of over $40 each ($80+ together). This famous ship has a fascinating history. Built in Japan 1936-38 on a Soviet contract, Soya's delivery was canceled due to tension between the Empire and the USSR. Purchased by the IJN in 1939, Soya survived multiple US and British attacks in WW II, with damage and crew losses. Postwar, the vessel helped to repatriate refugees from Japanese territory seized and occupied by the USSR. After that, Soya enjoyed a long career as an ice breaker and rescue ship. In 1959, news outlets around the world reported Soya's rescue of two huskie dogs after severe weather had forced an earlier expedition to leave them behind. She is now a museum ship, restored to her original, 'as launched' commercial freighter configuration. The long career of this ship exemplifies the recovery and resurgence of the spirit of modern Japan. This model is from all new molds and does justice to this historic vessel. The full-hull model features 323 pieces and includes all deck fittings, float plane, helicopter and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Airfix HMS Victory - Lord Nelson's Flagship - Premier Collection Issue, 1/180, 99252
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc+
$69
This very well molded and detailed kit features 353 pieces, full hull complete deck & cannon details, billowing sails, two types of rigging material, full rigging instructions, large, full color flag sheet, display stand and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes flags and instructions. Includes the paint brush and glue but NOTE: missing the paints. The Victory was started in 1759 and launched in 1765 for the Royal Navy. She gained fame as the flagship for Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. The HMS Victory is the oldest naval ship still in commission, and is a museum ship in drydock at Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Heller Corona Galleon Type 1450, 1/200, 840
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$50
Early issue from the late 1960s/early '70s with the highest mold quality. This highly detailed model has 173 pieces and is an accurate representation of a Galleon-type of warship from about 1450. Note the 8 towers, which housed men-of-arms for when the ship drew near the opponent. Includes billowing sails in 'excellent' (minor wear only) condition. The actual ship has never been started but NOTE: the display stand is built. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, colorful flag sheet, sails and instructions present.
Lindberg Monitor And Merrimac With Diorama Seascape Base, 77257
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$55
Still factory sealed. This 2007 set includes both kits and a plastic seascape battle display base. The Merrimac measures just shy of 13 inches long and the Monitor measures 8.25 inches long. 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.
Life-Like Monitor and Merrimac - From ex Pyro Molds, 09257
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$65
1970s issue from the original high-quality Pyro molds. The Monitor is 10 inches long and the Merrimac is 11 inches long when built. These models are considered superior to the Lindberg kits in detail and accuracy. They features full hulls, propeller & rudder detail, separately molded cannon & deck fittings, flags, ventilators and more. Never started. Both have been inventoried 100% complete with all parts and includes instructions. The Monitor and Merrimac 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.
Lindberg Sea Witch Clipper Sailing Ship - With Sails - (ex Marx), 1/96, 813
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$125
Still factory sealed and dated 1979. This beautiful model is from the original Marx Swordfish/Sea Witch molds. It is a beautiful and well detailed model with over 500 parts and measures 33 inches long when assembled. The world's largest toy manufacture, Louis Marx, spared no expense in this early 1950s entry into the growing field of plastic models. The model claims to the first time that anyone could build a museum-quality large ship at home. The claim is correct since the kit pre-dates the Revell 1/96 Cutty Sark. Full hull kit features complete deck fittings, extensive standing and running rigging instructions, optional billowing sails (in amazing 'near mint' condition), crew members, rigging thread and metal chain. It is molded in several colors just like the original Marx issue.
Revell PT-207 US Navy Mosquito Boat, 1/106, H306-100
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$74
Rare 1965 hardbox issue with box artwork by the great Jack Leynnwood. The kit has never been started. Inside, the parts and paperwork are still in the internal factory sealed bag. Literally everything inside the kit is factory sealed.
Minicraft USS Spruance DD-963 Destrpuer - With Decals For Paul F. Foster-Kinkaid-Hewitt-Elliot-Arthur W. Radford-Peterson-Caron-David D. Ray-Oldendorf - BAGGED, 1/700, 11311
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: No Box
$14
NOTE: bagged kit; there is no box. The box is shown for reference only. Very well molded and well detailed full-hull kit. Includes decals to build as either of the following - Spruance, Paul F. Foster, Kinkaid, Hewitt, Elliot, Arthur W. Radford, Peterson, Caron, David D. Ray or Oldendorf.