SS Rex Ocean Liner - With ScaleDecks Wood Deck - Italian Line / Mid To Late 1930s
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Mint
$669
Finally, the Pride of the Italian Line in 1/350 scale! The SS Rex is from the same team that brought you the 1/350 SS Normandie Ocean Liner. This four year project is a 100% new model and represents the Rex in her glory years of the mid 1930s. All design work was done in CAD by Ken Friend, a master modeler, designer and builder of experimental engines and test equipment and an engineer who specialized in CAD/CAM/CAE Systems Management and Implementation. All of the smaller parts are printed on ultra-high resolution 3D SLA resin printers. These parts meet and often exceed what is possible with injection molded plastic. Only the larger parts (hull, deck pieces and funnels)are cast resin. These are pressure-cast from de-aired molds to minimize air bubbles. The Italian Line advertised that "The Southern Route Is the Lido Deck Route." By virtue of avoiding the stormy and cold North Atlantic, travelers experienced a true outdoor lifestyle. The Rex was intentionally designed for this. For this model, extensive research and time was spent capturing the exact look of the colorful 1st and 2nd Class Aft Pool Areas- from the changing room & showers, grab rope on the pool, pool slide, stairs & diving boards, tables with umbrellas, recessed (covered) 1st Class Restaurant/Lounge and more. Because of the superior performance of 3D Printing, over 90% of the usual PE (photoetched) metal parts are now 3D printed resin. This is a vast improvement as they are no longer flat, but are true to the shape of the prototype. This also makes for a nearly complete model "out-of-the-box." Includes a real wood deck from Scaledecks. NOTE: railings are the only parts not included with the model shown. They are not required to complete the kit, however 1/350 railings are sold by a vast number of aftermarket sources. I will refer all buyers to the sources that I believe work the best with the kit. more info >
Pocher Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 Monza 1931, 1/8, K71
Multimedia Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$1200
This kit is still factory sealed in the clear cello wrap but the seal has splits. Pocher made the finest automobile models ever created. The detail and working parts on these long out-of-production, big 1/8 scale kits is amazing. This kit has 1954 parts of plastic, brass, steel, leather, iron, rubber, copper and many other material. Working features include operating steering, working suspension, lights that operate from the dashboard, doors that open and close with operating door latches and handles, starting handle that operates the crankshaft, connecting rods, pistons, V-belts, Fan, dynamo and more in the engine and much more. Recommended for experienced modelers only. This is the desirable early version with the most realistic wheel construction. Each wheel is built just like a real spoke wheel with individual spokes and well over 100 parts each. Shipping insurance (and Express Mail for international customers) is required.
Revell Convair B-36 Giant Bomber - Pre-'S' Issue, 1/184, H205-98
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$129
1954 issue of this classic kit. Molded in the correct gloss silver and clear and with the famous clear 'Revelving Swivel Base.' The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions. NOTE: the box would grade higher than 'excellent' but there is a very, very light stain below the front of the aircraft. It is difficult to see. This kit has an interesting history. The first issue came out in the 'short' hardbox that had the full version of this artwork with a port and ocean scene in the background. The first version also had the one-piece stand arm and the instructions that reflected that. The second issue had the same artwork, but with a completely different background that gave better contrast. There may be a 'one-piece' stand arm version in this revised artwork, but I have yet to see one.
Wingnut Wings Bristol F.2B Fighter - (F2B), 1/32, 32004
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$229
Out of production. Amazingly well detailed and certainly the finest plastic F.2b kit ever available. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Revell F-18A Hornet - VF-11 USS Forrestal, 1/32, 4707
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
$54
1980 issue of this large, very early F-18 featuring very fine raised and some recessed panel detail, detailed gear wells and 'good' cockpit, excellent landing gear with rubber tires, wingtip mounted missiles and more. Never started. All parts but the clear are still in the internal factory sealed bags; NOTE: missing (1) small clear part, the gunsight. Otherwise includes all other parts. Includes decals and instructions.
Skywave AOE-423 Tokiwa Fast Combat Supply Ship - Towada Class JMSDF, 1/700, J23
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: NM
$28
This is a very highly detailed waterline model that is finely molded. Includes a two-view full color painting guide on the back of the box. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Delphis Models Italian Navy Audace Class Destoryer / Audace D551 / Ardito D550 - Circa 1970s, 1/700
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: VG+
$54
Rare. This waterline model is cast in high-definition resin and has higher quality detail than injection molded kits in the same scale. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions.
Minicraft Lockheed Super G Constellation L-1049 - Eastern Airlines, 1/144, 14491
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
$16
Still factory sealed and dated 2001. Includes very colorful decals for the Eastern aircraft on the box artwork.
Lindberg Grumman F11F-1 Tiger Blue Angels - (F11F F11F1), 1/48, 2332
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$29
This 1982 issue includes Blue Angels decals and is part of Lindberg's 'Past and Present' Series. From the original late 1950s molds with all features that made the older kits special: movable ailerons, rudder & elevators, detailed engine with opening inspection panel, pilot with ejection seat, basic cockpit, and more. Includes a large & complete Blue Angels decal sheet with all strips and numbers for aircraft 1 through 6. Molded in blue and clear plastic. Never started and inventoried with all aircraft parts present but NOTE: missing display stand. Otherwise complete with all other parts and includes decals and instructions.
Monogram Mig-29 Fulcrum - USSR - Iron Curtain Series Issue, 1/48, 5825
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$28
From 1990 and features a very good cockpit, pilot figure, optional position canopy, very good engine air inlets & exhaust, detailed gear wells, long range drop tanks, two types of air-to-air missiles and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Italeri Heavy Tank Trailer TOPAS, 1/24, 3731
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
$58
Still factory sealed and from 2011. This is a very highly detailed kit features numerous parts, detailed underside with full suspension and much more.
Kitty Hawk F-35B Lighting II - Version 2.0, 1/48, KH80102
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$74
Very high quality and from new molds. Includes photoetched parts, superb cockpit and gear wells, detailed engine and exhaust vectoring conduit, detailed weapons bay with optional position bay doors, separately molded wing trailing edge control surfaces, air to air missiles and much more. With full color paint guide and markings for several different aircraft. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions.
Rye Field Model Tiger I Late Production With Several Aftermarket Upgrades - Sd.Kfz.181 Pz.Kpfw.VI Ausf. E - With Full Interior, 1/35, 5080
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
$99
Includes the following aftermarket detail sets that retail for ~ $100. They are all either factory sealed outside or never started and internally sealed inside condition: Eduard 35441 PE Detail Set, Aber 35L-181 Metal Barrel Set, San Xin Model SX35020 Metal Track Links & Pins and Eureka XXL ER-3502 Tow Cable. The actual kits is a recent issue from completely new molds. Very well detailed inside and out. Includes complete interior. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Minicraft Boeing B-29A Superfortress Enola Gay, 1/144, 14488
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
$14
Features very fine raised panel lines and recessed control surface outlines, all correct clear windows and blisters, detailed engine fronts, rotating propellers, complete landing gear and more. With Enola Gay decals. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.
Minicraft British Airways 707-420 - (Boeing 707), 1/144, 14485
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc
$18
Still factory sealed.
Tamiya Nakajima J1N1-S Gekko Type 11 Late Production Irving - Night Fighter, 1/48, 61078
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$36
Still factory sealed and from 2001. Very highly detailed and well molded featuring all fine recessed panel lines, complete cockpit with crew, unique upward firing gun package, very nice engine and exhaust detail, detailed gear wells, optional position canopies, optional drop tanks and decals for two different aircraft.
Revell F-15 Eagle Chuck Yeager SuperFighters Issue, 1/48, 4564
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good+
$22
Still factory sealed and dated 1987. Features detailed cockpit and ejection seat, opening canopy, good intake and exhaust/afterburner detail, detailed landing gear bays, full AIM-7 Sparrow and AIM-9 Sidewinder Air-To-Air armament and more. With special decals.
Squadron Grumman JRF Goose - US Coast Guard / US Army Air Corps Wheeler Field Pearl Harbor 1941 / Swedish Air Force / Cuba Marina de Guerra 1945 - Encore / Squadron Issue, 1/48, 48005
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
$85
Still factory sealed. Highly detailed, big scale, limited run Goose that features injection molded main parts & details with fine recessed panel lines, clear cockpit and side windows, very good cockpit detail, full cabin with cast resin bulkheads, sidewalls, seats & more, resin engines, exhaust, wheels & bombs and paint guides & decals for all four aircraft listed.
Testors Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat - US Navy VF-61 or Blue Angels US 'Beetle Bomb' Aircraft - (F8F2), 1/48, 589
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$27
1984 issue features 'good' cockpit, optional position canopy, pilot figure, optional underwing bombs & missiles, centerline drop tank and more. Includes decals for the aircraft on the box cover and 'Beetle Bomb' of the famed Blue Angels. The kit has never been started. Inventoried 100% complete including decals and instructions.
Frog Hawker Hunter FGA Mk.9 or Mk.59 - RAF No. 54 Sq 1969 or Swiss No.1 Sq 1964, 1/72, F204
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
$26
Late 1970s final logo issue. Includes parts and decals to make either version/aircraft. Excellent full color painting guide is located on the bottom of the box. Typical high quality Frog kit with fine panel lines and no rivet detail so it builds up to a realistic model. Includes the famous big blue Frog "Skybase" display stand. This kit has not been started. Inventoried 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions. Frog is considered the father of injection molded model kits. The Lines Brothers opened Frog in 1932, capitalizing on the fever caused by Lindberg's solo transatlantic flight. Almost overnight the western populations became 'Air-Minded', and anything aviation was in high demand. Frog created a quality line of stick and tissue rubber powered aircraft and gliders as well as innovative ready-to-fly rubber powered aircraft that required no assembly. The box even contained a built-in rubber motor winder and fuselage holder. Model airplane flight competitions were popular in Great Britain, and one category was 'Rise Off the Ground', or ROG. By changing this to 'Flies Right Off the Ground', the FROG name was born. In 1936 Frog created a line of injection molded plastic models, the first such kit line in the world (Hawk sold a line of injection molded aircraft models in 1934 but they were factory assembled and painted). Named 'Penguin' after the bird that does not fly, the kits were innovative beyond the means of production. At a time when models were simply built by wingspan, the Penguin line was a constant 1/72 scale. Furthermore, a large 1/72 Short S.30 Empire class flying boat contained a full interior and lights! A line of accessories such as AA guns, tractors, hanger, ambulance, sound locator, searchlights and lighting kits were quickly added to the line. WWII caused a pause in production. After the war the box color changed from silver to green, and Penguin kits were also marketed in the USA. Production ended in 1950. Frog quickly expanded and released the Red, Blue, Orange, Black, Green, Gold Token, Spin and Comet series as well as Trail Blazers and several others. It is noteworthy that while most manufacturers in the 1940s/50 were making toy-like models, Frog attempted to make very realistic models. For example, 'detailing' kits with excessively large rivets was once very popular. Frog ignored this trend and continued to mold aircraft with fine panel lines and no rivets. As a result, Frog kits can be built into very realistic replicas. Production ended in the late 1970s, but Frog molds are still in use around the world.
Academy Mig-29A Fulcrum A Ukranian Demo Team, 1/48, 2128
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
$26
Large scale, highly detailed model that features all recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit and gear wells, two piece canopy, AA-10D, AA-11 or AA-8 missiles, drop tanks and more. Includes markings for the colorful box art aircraft. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions.