Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$42
Still factory sealed. Features 401 'Nailhead' V-8 engine, detailed engine compartment, opening hood, deluxe wheel covers, detailed underside, complete interior, rubber white wall tires, a huge host of custom accessories and parts, continental kit, scissors jack and more Molded in white, clear, red-tinted clear, chrome and with rubber tires.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$32
Still factory sealed. Recent reissue using the original molds from kit #6324-150. Features numerous optional parts for all three versions, detailed engine and engine compartment, opening hood, detailed chassis, full interior and much more.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
$44
From 2001 and a high quality kit that is well detailed inside and out. Features complete engine and engine bay, opening hood, detailed front and rear driveline and suspension, full exhaust, complete interior and more. Molded in British Racing Green, black, clear, chrome plate and with rubber tires. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$52
Very well detailed kit with optional parts to build a 1946, '47 or '48 vehicle. Features an accurate rolling chassis build up just like the real car, complete drive line, excellent front and rear suspension, full exhaust, complete engine (stock or 427 CID custom), opening hood, full interior, opening doors, front seats that fold forward and more. The convertible top can be displayed up or down with boot. There are numerous other parts and features for the custom version. Molded in white and clear with chrome plated parts and rubber tires. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$35
Features parts for stock or race versions, detailed engine, opening hood, good chassis, complete interior and much more. Never started and the parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$52
Very nicely detailed with 133 pieces and features underside and full suspension detail, complete engine and removable hood, full interior detail, optional convertible top or boot, optional side windows and more. Molded in tan, black and clear and with chrome plated parts. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
$38
Still factory sealed but the seal has shrunk and drawn the box top concave as shown. This very well detailed kit has 110 pieces and features a detailed rolling chassis build up just like the rear car, full front suspension with upper and lower A arms & springs, complete steering linkage, full rear suspension, differential, complete drive line, full exhaust, detailed engine & engine compartment, opening hood, full interior, optional uo or down position door windows, spoke wheels, optional 'up' position top or lowered top boot and more. Decals include all instrument panel faces. Molded in blue, tan, black, clear, chrome plate and with rubber tires. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$169
Still factory sealed but the seal has many splits. Very large scale and highly detailed model fatures fully detailed engine and engine compartment, opening hood, complete inner-body substructure, suspension and steerable front wheels, full interior, opening Gullwing doors and more. Usually molded in white, dark red, black, silver, chrome plated and with rubber tires.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$38
Still factory sealed 1983. This well detailed model features a body molded in metallic blue plastic, complete straight 6 engine, full engine compartment, opening hood, complete suspension, exhaust and driveline, full interior and custom decals.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG+
$56
1970s issue that is still factory sealed. This model features detailed engine and engine compartment, opening hood, full interior with opening doors, positionable front wheels, stock and custom bumpers and headlight and more. Molded in colored plastic, clear, red-tinted clear, chrome plate and with rubber tires and metal axles.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG
$46
Still factory sealed. Features full engine detail, transaxle assembly, removable hood, underside detail, complete interior and more.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$42
Well molded and detail kit. The parts are gloss white, black, clear and chrome plated plastic. There are rubber tires and a paint mask set. There is no assembly but NOTE: one part #2 has the air intake painted black to 'professional' quality. There is no other painting. Most parts are still in the factory sealed bags; those that are not sealed have been inventoried complete. With decals and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$59
Very large scale first-generation T-Bird features detachable hard top, 312CID Thunderbird Special engine with flexible ignition wires and hoses, detailed engine compartment, opening hood, complete interior, opening doors, underside driveline, suspension and exhaust, many optional parts for the custom version and decals for the custom version. Molded in light blue, chrome, clear, red tinted clear and with rubber tires. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. NOTE: the decals are for the custom version only; they are flat and intact but have numerous stains on the backing paper. I would rate the decals as 'fair-'.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed VG++
$335
Still factory sealed and from 1975. Very large 1/8 scale model that measures 22 inches long when assembled. Nicely detailed and well molded kit. Features complete 327 CID Fuel Injection engine and detailed engine compartment, opening hood, exhaust, suspension and chassis detail, steerable front wheels, complete interior, headlights that open and close and more. Molded in bright gloss red, black, clear and chrome and with real rubber tires.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$38
These kits have a very interesting history. When the Gowland/Revell 'Highway Pioneers' burst upon the hobby scene in 1951, they started a hobby revolution. Plastic model kits were not new in 1951, but successful mass marketing of plastic kits was new. The sensation swept the country, and Gowland & Revell could not make the kits fast enough. The fact that the public was buying these models shocked the successful hobby establishment. One such manufacture was Hudson Miniatures. In the 1940s, Hudson had established a name in making 1/16 scale 'Old Timer' models of automobiles. These were excellent kits with wood and metal parts, but a high degree of skill was required to finish the wood parts. In the late 1940s, they added some injection molded plastic parts (usually acetate wheels and lamps) but all other parts remained wood and cardstock. When Hudson saw what was happening with the Highway Pioneers, he began to design his own 1/32 scale line called 'Lil Old Timers', which hit the stores in 1954. An early paper fold-out catalog shows 18 models including some real gems like the 1910 International Harvester Passenger Car, 1911 Brush Delivery Truck and 1906 Columbia Electric Car just to name a few. The line was bought by Revell a short time after it's release, and Revell did reissue some (but not all) of the kits. As you would expect from Hudson, this is a nice kit with excellent moldings and detail for the time. Molded in a brilliant deep red plastic. Never started and inventoried complete with all parts and instructions.
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$34
1954 original issue of the famous Highway Pioneers 'Foreign Car' series. These issues feature the same 5 car artwork on every box; the only way to identify the contents was an ink-stamped name on the box ends. Molded in gloss dark green plastic. This kit has never been started. All parts are still in the factory sealed bag. Includes instructions. These kits have a fascinating history. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream and never made the top 10 list of boys activities. Spurred on by the nation-wide aviation craze in the 1920s, many became modelers and built flying or static wooden models of airplanes, ships, trains, automotive and other subjects. Basic kits existed, but many of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s when the Gowland & Gowland/Revell Highway Pioneers became the sales sensation of the year. Demand was so great that the factories could not keep up and almost overnight 'model building' was mainstream. The phenomenon of the 'Highway Pioneers' kits was a significant force in proving that model building as a hobby could have mass appeal, provided that the kits were easy enough to build and finish. These 1/32 scale vehicles fit the bill: they could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real cars. The success of the Highway Pioneers lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the late 1950s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys...and many adult males too!
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$39
1954 original issue of the famous Highway Pioneers 'Foreign Car' series. These issues feature the same 5 car artwork on every box; the only way to identify the contents was an ink-stamped name on the box ends. Molded in gloss dark green plastic. This kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts and instructions present. These kits have a fascinating history. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream and never made the top 10 list of boys activities. Spurred on by the nation-wide aviation craze in the 1920s, many became modelers and built flying or static wooden models of airplanes, ships, trains, automotive and other subjects. Basic kits existed, but many of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s when the Gowland & Gowland/Revell Highway Pioneers became the sales sensation of the year. Demand was so great that the factories could not keep up and almost overnight 'model building' was mainstream. The phenomenon of the 'Highway Pioneers' kits was a significant force in proving that model building as a hobby could have mass appeal, provided that the kits were easy enough to build and finish. These 1/32 scale vehicles fit the bill: they could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real cars. The success of the Highway Pioneers lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the late 1950s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys...and many adult males too!
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$40
1954 original issue of the famous Highway Pioneers 'Foreign Car' series. These issues feature the same 5 car artwork on every box; the only way to identify the contents was an ink-stamped name on the box ends. Molded in gloss dark green plastic. This kit has never been started. All parts are still in the factory sealed bag. Includes instructions. These kits have a fascinating history. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream and never made the top 10 list of boys activities. Spurred on by the nation-wide aviation craze in the 1920s, many became modelers and built flying or static wooden models of airplanes, ships, trains, automotive and other subjects. Basic kits existed, but many of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s when the Gowland & Gowland/Revell Highway Pioneers became the sales sensation of the year. Demand was so great that the factories could not keep up and almost overnight 'model building' was mainstream. The phenomenon of the 'Highway Pioneers' kits was a significant force in proving that model building as a hobby could have mass appeal, provided that the kits were easy enough to build and finish. These 1/32 scale vehicles fit the bill: they could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real cars. The success of the Highway Pioneers lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the late 1950s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys...and many adult males too!
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$45
1954 original issue of the famous Highway Pioneers 'Foreign Car' series. These issues feature the same 5 car artwork on every box; the only way to identify the contents was an ink-stamped name on the box ends. Molded in gloss dark green plastic. This kit has never been started. All parts are still in the factory sealed bag. Includes instructions. These kits have a fascinating history. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream and never made the top 10 list of boys activities. Spurred on by the nation-wide aviation craze in the 1920s, many became modelers and built flying or static wooden models of airplanes, ships, trains, automotive and other subjects. Basic kits existed, but many of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s when the Gowland & Gowland/Revell Highway Pioneers became the sales sensation of the year. Demand was so great that the factories could not keep up and almost overnight 'model building' was mainstream. The phenomenon of the 'Highway Pioneers' kits was a significant force in proving that model building as a hobby could have mass appeal, provided that the kits were easy enough to build and finish. These 1/32 scale vehicles fit the bill: they could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real cars. The success of the Highway Pioneers lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the late 1950s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys...and many adult males too!
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Fair
$34
1953 issue, the first year for the 'Series Three' Highway Pioneers. Molded in a beautiful dark burgundy plastic. These issues feature the same 5 car artwork on every box; the only way to identify the contents was an ink-stamped name on the box ends. This kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internally sealed factory bag. Includes instructions. These kits have a fascinating history. Hobbies were nothing new to America in the 1930s/40s, but they were not mainstream and never made the top 10 list of boys activities. Spurred on by the nation-wide aviation craze in the 1920s, many became modelers and built flying or static wooden models of airplanes, ships, trains, automotive and other subjects. Basic kits existed, but many of these models were built from scratch, which demanded a high talent level developed from years of experience. That changed in the early 1950s when the Gowland & Gowland/Revell Highway Pioneers became the sales sensation of the year. Demand was so great that the factories could not keep up and almost overnight 'model building' was mainstream. The phenomenon of the 'Highway Pioneers' kits was a significant force in proving that model building as a hobby could have mass appeal, provided that the kits were easy enough to build and finish. These 1/32 scale vehicles fit the bill: they could be built in an hour after dinner and looked much like the real cars. The success of the Highway Pioneers lead to the production of other subjects in plastic and the effect was revolutionary. By the late 1950s, model building was the #1 past time of American boys...and many adult males too!